Which product and in which order? HELP! I'm a guy ;)
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Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:35 am

Hi there.

I'm a guy in his early 20's, who's just starting to give some attention to his skin. I've never had problems with big acne but have a couple of visible pores and blackheads on my nose. I rarely breakout in my face.

I have just ordered Paula's Choice "Healthy Skin Refreshing Toner" and her "Exfoliating 8% AHA Gel".

I use "L'Oréal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Cleansing Gel" to cleanse my face.

I want to get one of Cellbone's Vitamin C serums and one of their Hydra moisturizers (B5, repair..).

I am new to all these products and don't know which one I should get because I don't want to OVERDO it and once I have them I'd like to know in which order to apply them? Obviously, I'd cleanse my face first but what about the vitamin c serum, the toner, the aha gel and the moisturizer? I know that I would use sunscreen at the end.

Thank you so much for your help. I am so lost Laughing

Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:12 am

Hi, TheChico

I would definitely add sunscreen, especially when using AHA products.

am:
L'Oréal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Cleansing Gel
Paula's Choice Healthy Skin Refreshing Toner
Cellbone's Vitamin C serums (apply and wait at least 5 minutes to absorb)
Cellbone's Hydra moisturizers (if the sunscreen is not moisturizing enough)
Sunscreen

pm:
L'Oréal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Cleansing Gel
Paula's Choice Healthy Skin Refreshing Toner
Paula's Choice Exfoliating 8% AHA Gel (apply and wait a bit to absorb)
Cellbone's Hydra moisturizers

Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:24 am

ramses,

thank you so much for your reply.

I read somewhere that you should wait 30min before you applying anything after the vitamin c serum. Is that true?

Does anyone how long I should wait between these specific products?

Thank you so much.

free skin care · Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:08 am

TheChico wrote:

ramses,

thank you so much for your reply.

I read somewhere that you should wait 30min before you applying anything after the vitamin c serum. Is that true?

Does anyone how long I should wait between these specific products?

Thank you so much.

Chico, you should wait 5-10 min after cleansing your face and before applying vit.C - to make sure you apply vit.C on perfectly dry skin.
then you should wait 20-30 min after applying vit.C and before anything else - to let vit.C absorb and do it`s job.
so vit.C is a time-consuming thing Laughing

and yes, don`t forget sunscreen.

free skin care · Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:35 am

Hey, good luck with your new routine! I must say that I'm impressed! I've tried and tried to encourage my husband to take better care of his skin but other than washing he has very little interest!

free skin care · Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:23 am

i hardly see guys so into skincare, but i applaude your courage! good luck and hope your skin improves after the tender loving care!

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