r/AusSkincare • u/debugging_life_14 • 2h ago
Discussion📓 Men of Reddit (or low-maintenance women), what is your actual 'lazy' routine that still gets compliments?
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u/Numerous_Honeydew489 2h ago
Sunscreen in the morning, tretinoin at night
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u/FI-RE_wombat 1h ago
How do you get tretonin? It's prescription right - are you going to a derm for it, and what was your skin complaint to begin with to a) get a referral and b) get a script?
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u/debugging_life_14 1h ago
I had the same question about tretinoin a few months ago. I went down a rabbit hole of research and honestly got so overwhelmed with 'start with 0.025%' / 'sandwich method' / 'purge vs breakout' / 'don't use with vitamin C' / 'wait 30 minutes after washing'... I ended up writing myself a simple cheat sheet just to keep it straight. If anyone wants the PDF I made (literally 2 pages, no fluff), happy to DM it.
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u/Reasonable-Apple2655 1h ago
Search retinol on Amazon. Then look at the actual pictures - some are tretinoin from India. I stopped getting scripts as the quality is the same
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u/jessthatcatlady 46m ago
41 and have always gotten compliments. Honestly I think 75% is genetics, the rest being consistent with
- Not sleeping in makeup/removing it well but gently (I’ve always double cleansed with gentle cleansers since I was 15)
- Keeping skin moisturized. Qv and cerave have been my go-to’s for decades.
- SPF every day.
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u/Narrow-Try-9742 2h ago
39F. Get compliments on my skin all the time.
I use St Ives scrub in the shower in the morning, and CeraVe cleanser in the evenings. Olay moisturiser after both. I use the sensitive one with SPF30 in the mornings and the normal/dry in the evenings.
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u/roydogaroo 1h ago
Vit C serum in morning straight after shower/shave + moisturiser with sunscreen. Retinol twice to three times a week at night plus moisturiser. I’m Late 40’s and get complimented a lot that I don’t look it.
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u/FrostingPlayful6160 57m ago
It’s not lazy, or cheap, but 1L of water and hot yoga (so very sweaty, but staying hydrated) in the morning does way more for firmness and glow for me than anything topical and has other benefits. After a shower, 50spf and a generic moisturiser every day.
Also minimal makeup (just mascara, brow fill and sometimes a bit of eyeliner) so my skin can breathe all day, just a quick rinse at night with a muslin cloth. Sometimes water, sometimes cerave cleanser. More generic moisturiser. Attempt 8h of uninterrupted sleep.
Im not always on the wagon with early morning exercise, but when I am it shows.
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u/victorian_vigilante ✨Put down the serums Brenda✨ 1h ago
Genetics, staying hydrated, sunscreen,and cetaphil moisturiser occasionally
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u/noideawhattouse1 37m ago
Sunscreen and maybe once a week if I remember some sort of moisturiser. I don’t often wear makeup not sure if that helps.
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u/mr-snrub- 2h ago
Genetics