Comments on: Irish women Vs Asian women: who uses more skincare? Beaut.ie survey reveals the truth!

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:47:45 +0000

In the mornings, I use my konjac sponge (no cleanser) and moisturise. Sometimes tinted moisturiser, usually the new Vichy.

At night I use Nip & Fab facial cleansing oil (which as done wonders for me) and moisturise again.

Every 3rd shower I’ll use a face scrub.

If I wear makeup, I use Taaj cleansing water and then the sponge or oil depending on time of day

By: mandy

mandy — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:04:05 +0000

hmm lets see
in the morning its demalogica dermal clay cleanser followed by demalogica active moist and total eye care moisturisers.
at night then its dermalogicas precleanse followed by dermalogica essential cleansing solution and an eye make up remover then same moisturisers again followed by a prescribed topical cream for acne.
Im not mad on toners i do have a few and use them to freshen up my skin on days Im not wearing make up which isn`t often!!
I rotate my masks and use one every three days from clay based ones to hydrating ones to ones with AHA`s to get rid of scarring as i have acne prone skin. I also exfoliate once a week.

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:29:52 +0000

I am an Asian woman and I can confirm that the survey is accurate.
We have been told by our mommies to take care of our skin since early on in life. Once we hit secondary school, it’s always about skin care. Moisturising all over, and sunscreen religiously EVERY DAY! Even when you are inside as the sun can go through window and it amplifies the UV light.
So yes we are obsessed with skin and whenever I hear comment from Irish people ‘Asian people have good skin’ I thought to myself ‘you don’t know how much work we have put into this!’

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:29:14 +0000

By: Eileesh

Eileesh — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:58:39 +0000

hmm .. my routine is changable… but usually consists of:
AM – face wash in shower, Trilogy very gentle calming fluid, LRP moisturiser / maybeline BB dream fresh
PM – if used mousturiser -NO evening routine unless my skin feels bad
– if used BB or makeup -> LRP micellar cleansing gel & LRP thermal water spray, & if eye makeup used then – Body shop eye make-up remover.
So 5 to 6 products total

By: freckleface

freckleface — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:52:36 +0000

What in the name of god is a face pre-serum?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:02:14 +0000

Wow, I feel like a big mad slacker! I wash my face in the shower with Dead Sea Spa Magik facewash, then some Oil of Olay moisturiser with factor 30.

When I come home after work I use Shu Uemura clarifying cleansing oil to wash my face…and that’s it!
I am part Italian with extremely oily skin and moisturising in the evening just doesn’t work for me. My own face oil has seemed to keep me looking young so far…..

Can anyone recommend a good exfoliant though? preferably a fine grained one that I can really scrub with? need to start exfoliating again, have really been slacking off…..

By: LoCo

LoCo — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:34:48 +0000

This is fascinating I love seeing what everyone uses.
I’m going to investigate the Konjac sponge.

I have quite dry skin so I love serums

I just splash water on my face to clean it in the morning then
IMAGE Skincare Ageless Serum
Trilogy Age Proof CoQ10 Eye Recovery Concentrate
Clarins HydraQuench Intensive Serum
Alpha-H Daily Moisturiser (with SPF 50)

During the day I tend to spritz face with Avene Water Spray

Evening
Clarins Cleansing Melt Gel with Muslin Cloth
Bioderma
IMAGE Skincare Ageless Serum
Trilogy Age Proof Serum
Trilogy Oil
Trilogy Age Proof CoQ10 Eye Recovery Concentrate

Every second night use Alpha-H Gold

Twice week either Apha H Micro Cleanse or Dermalogica Gentle Exfoliant Cream Like to mix it up.

I don’t use everything everyday but this is my arsenal of products.
So I’d say use 9 most days ehh in the 3%.

But I don’t wear make-up most days; my skin looks pretty OK without not amazing but grand.

By: Fee

Fee — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:16:08 +0000

Thanks le smurf, found the post there, totally sold! Going travelling soon and this sounds like just the ticket too

By: le smurf

le smurf — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:10:00 +0000

Fee – Harvey Nicks sell them or you can get them online. Think Emma did a post on them a while ago! Apparently they are magical!