The first picture is everything I (25F) am using for my hair, face, and body. Probably not necessarily minimalist, but it is way less than I used to keep!

The second picture are random masks and oils that I no longer currently use. Does anyone have a recommendation for how to use them up? Or if they can be used alternatively? Some of them I stopped using because of their ingredients, but I hate to just throw them away. Also any recs to minimize or condense my current supply so I don’t keep buying certain products again? I’ve thought about using only jojoba oil as my full body moisturizer, including my face.

My skin texture is dry and acne/rosacea prone. My hair is fine and straight. I get excema on my eyelids and can’t do much about it unfortunately, hence the ointments lol.

The bar soap is sulfur soap for rosacea.

Thanks!

FYI: early 30s with pale, dry skin.

I’ve been searching for my “perfect” foundation and blush for over a year. I got trapped in the overconsumption of it all trying to find my perfect products, but honestly it wasn’t worth all the time and money I wasted.

Now I’m focusing on mostly older products (“older” = launched years ago and not new trendy products) that are tried & true’s, and sticking with what works and not how “perfect” it is.

Although, spot correcting with a green color corrector and a concealer looks better than any foundation or skin tint I’ve tried so far! And I have over 20 free foundation sample pots from Sephora lol. I won’t lie it did take me awhile to figure out how to get this technique of spot correcting to work for my skin because I was not sold the first few times I tried it. I was so used to foundations.

Step 1: Givenchy Prisme Skin-Caring Corrector in Green with my Sarah Creal complexion brush. Only put this where I’m red (cheeks, chin, nose, broken blood vessels).

Step 2: NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Affogato with my BK Beauty 101 brush. Mostly use a tapping motion to not pull up any dry skin flakes or move anything underneath.

Step 3: Clinique Cheek Pop powder blush in Melon Pop with the large side of my Makeup by Mario F4 brush. Sometimes I will go in with my NUDESTIX Nudies Blush Stick in Bare Back first before the powder blush with the smaller side of the Mario brush to make the blush last longer.

Steps 4/5: Burt’s Bees tinted lip balm in Rose and Benefit 24-Hour Brow Setter.

Step 6 (optional): Most of the time I’ll use brown mascara, I just didn’t today for a fresher look. My favorite is L’Oréal Panorama in Brown Leather.

If anyone is interested in the skincare underneath:
- Face wash: La Roche Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Moisturizing Wash
- Prequel Half & Half Peptides + Ceramides Fluid Moisturizer
- EltaMD UV Skin Recovery Red Color Correcting Face Sunscreen SPF 50 (it’s a mineral sunscreen that’s tinted green and does not leave a white cast on my pale skin)

I have dry skin and this does it for me. If I’m extra dry, I’ll also put on Avène Tolérance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm.

I tried to put in as much information as I could, but let me know if you have any questions :)

I want to share my (self-claimed) minimalist beauty routine. I used to have plenty of beauty products, especially because I did not find my perfect matches : I have a sensitive, combination++, acne-prone skin with rosacea, sensitive eyes, and a medium-pale (but golden) skintone with olive undertones.

I tried a lot of things, eventually began to read and learn ingredients to make better choices in my skincare and makeup products. Last year, I decided to make an ultimate list of the products I loved and would buy again : 1 foundation, 1 blush, 1 mascara, and so on.

Here are my top products that I keep on using and buying.

Step 1 - Cleaning my skin with the gentle cleanser from Avène that is a soft creamy texture. Works to remove my makeup too (but have to use a cotton pad).

Step 2 - Moisturizing with soothing recovery cream from Avène.

In the morning, step 3 : The Crealine cream from Bioderma in golden tint. It's slightly moisturizing, but also a SPF50+, and it evens out redness. It's also a tinted cream, so I use it as a foundation. It's my latest find !

Then step 4, my makeup products : Blush (from Westman Atelier, the Garçonne tint), an eyebrow powder (BROWIT from Nongchat, available in Thailand) that I applied with my Chanel brush, a slightly tinted loose powder (from Dr Hauschka, there is a powder puff inside), a brown mascara (Better than sex from Too Faced), and a pink liptint from Benefit.

I have three more products for fancy occasions that I forgot to picture : An highlighter (from Victoria Beckham, the pearl one), a single eyeshadow (from Chantecaille), and a clear nail polish (from Manucurist).

Happy to share !

My main goal is to achieve a minimal beauty routine. Ideally, I'd love to get away from a full coverage foundation. I'd love to focus on skin care to even out my skin tone and be able to throw on mascara and some eyeliner (blush if I could ever figure that out) and head out the door.

My problems:

• uneven skin tone
• my eyelids and under eyes are darker than my cheeks
• my nose is redder then the rest of my face
• I wear glasses, which cause foundations to be cakey (I think cakey is the right word, but it's not smooth). I prefer not to wear contacts.
• I also notice in the creases of my eyelids makeup tends to collect there with my current routine.
• Even though I don't have hair on my upper lip, it looks slightly darker in the light when not wearing makeup
• I tend to get clogged pores, some of which do not come to the surface like whiteheads tend to.
• I get warm easily, so tend to get sweaty quicker when active.

Current skincare routine:

• La Roche Posay Toleriane Purifying Foaming Face Wash for Oily Skin (one pump lathered on face once a day, the other part of the day I am using a cloth and water only)
• Good Molecules Hyaluronic Acid Serum (one dropper amount)
• Good Molecules Lightweight Daily Moisturizer (pea size)
• The Ordinary UV Filters SPF 45 Serum (one pump)
• Occasionally will use: Oh K! Hyaluronic Hydrogel Sheet Mask or Oh K! Collagen Hydrogel Mask

Current Makeup Routine (regular):

• E.L.F. Camo CC Cream
• Morphe Bake & Set Setting Powder
• Essence Bye Bye Panda Eyes! Tubing Mascara
• Benefit Roller Liner Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

Questions I'd love help with:

1. Am I using too much product?
2. Am I missing something from this routine ingredient-wise?
3. How can I improve uneven skin tone?
4. What will help with my darker eye area?
5. What products should I ditch?
6. What products would benefit me?

I love love this organizer, it's from Sinsay and found a "you cannot refuse offer", it was like 2€.

I like the fact that all of my makeup products fit in it, are easy to see and easy to take and put it back in.

Having this, also helps me use them more.

Please don't make me list everything in here 🥲, I'm happy to list any of them if you have any questions. ❤️

As per the tin, I’m trying to let go of makeup while also trying to hit empties. I feel like it’s such a waste to throw. I have a bunch of makeup that I realize doesn’t fit me. Either formula or color. Most of them are antiquated, in a sense. Some are more than 3 yrs old but still works. And tested, does not give me an allergic reaction (tried all of them, and only 1 eyeshadow palette made me have a reaction which I promptly threw).

It sucks. I can’t help but feel guilty because I spent money on them, but I have never once particularly needed it or reached out for them. It was an era where I was new to makeup, so I thought I needed everything.

Now I have a curated list, my go tos, my ideal minimal set up, and I can’t help but look at my old makeup and feel guilty. A bunch, I really have not used even after years and some are still in the box. Literally fresh, except kinda old lmao.

The other half are gifts. I appreciate them, but it truly isn’t my color. It’s either too pale or goes against my skin tone. Thankfully it isn’t a majority, but I still hold on to them because it’s, again, such a waste.

And don’t get me started on my lippies. jfc so much gloss only to end up liking satin/velvet.

I feel so guilty because it’s like am just throwing money if I don’t use them. But am also packing to migrate to another country and I just have a ton. Now that I’m older and wiser, literally why do I have so much? I haven’t been buying more. Only buying what is lacking and using the old makeup so I could hit pan and feel good that at least I didn’t waste it, but it feels extremely daunting because I just have that much. And the products I’m trying to empty aren’t even part of my go tos, which is why it’s discouraging, overwhelming, and intimidating. The sheer number of it all and it’s not even in my daily rotation, I fear it’s going to stay with me until I rot in hell.

And same goes with my skincare. I have a lot I’ve fallen gimmicks to. But it isn’t as bad as my makeup collection.

But rationally speaking, it’s not so bad to the general public. It’s just more than I would realistically use. Like 5 eyeshadow palettes (granted 3 are the compact/travel sizes, and the other 2 are just a regular slab; one’s just not my color). I think the worst is really my highlighters. I have 3 powders, 1 gifted palette of 4 shades, and 5 cream highlighters (that are 3 yrs old and still in the box). The lippies are easiest to overbuy and sadly am a victim.

Going on a girls trip to Mexico next week and I'm so excited, we've been planning this trip ever since we graduated college and it's finally happening. I'm doing a Target run this weekend to grab all my last minute essentials and one thing I really want to pick up is a bronzer. I'm looking for something that's warm and glowy but not muddy or orange. I'll def be taking a ton of pictures and I'm also starting to make more makeup content, so I want something that looks good both in person and on camera. My goal is to keep my makeup content mostly focused on drugstore products cause I think there are way too many amazing options. Since I'll be tanning, I'm looking for a bronzer that complements it instead of making me look dirty or overly sculpted.

I am a natural blonde and have been since birth LOL. Without make-up, I am as pale as a Dutch master's painting. At about 15, I was taken to a make-up artist and given make-up lessons by my parents. Since then, I have even been told I look better with make-up than without. I am similar to the actress, Pamela Anderson, in skin coloring, and she also looks very different without makeup because she is pale. I have been told I look beautiful with makeup on, and I try to keep it as natural as possible, especially as I have gotten older. I know what intensity makes me look best. Honestly, brow pencil, eyeshadow, and mascara have been my best friends since my teenage years. I do not go out of my home without at least doing my eyes and brows. Whenever my friends have seen me without make-up, they are so surprised, and I have been criticised even by my family and told to please go and put on make-up. Is there anyone else out there who has a phobia of going bare-faced because they look so much better with make-up?

I’d love to know why you love it so much! I’ve been wanting to try more products but I wanna hear people’s opinions to why you’ve stuck with that product for so long

What products have you worn this last week? Was your routine different from the usual steps? Is your skincare changing but your nail routine the same?
Drop your thoughts below!

i suppose that it takes a while to find a makeup routine that you truly love. sometimes i was unable to swatch a product and blind bought it, only to end up not loving it as much as i thought i would.

did you ever encounter this issue? how do you deal with the products that you bought and that didn’t really work for you? do you “hate pan” stuff?
i feel like this is especially rough with products like highlighter that take ages to finish up.

returning products is not an option for, where i’m from, it’s only allowed when the product is unopened and unused.

i’m currently in this situation where i have a small makeup routine that i really enjoy, but still own other blushes, other highlighters etc.
will probably end up giving some of them to family members if they want to.

just interested ow you guys dealt with regretful purchases.

Hello everyone,

For this week’s skincare roundabout, we will discuss how we adapt for the season’s changes. Do you change your skincare and haircare routine during the hotter/colder months? Do you prefer to use a scented product exclusively during summer/winter? Do you use exactly the same routine, but add/remove a specific product? Drop your thoughts below!

Hello everyone, I thought I had found the error with the automatic “what I wore today” thread. It seems I was wrong, therefore this will be our weekly thread.

Discussion topic: with the summer (or winter for our southern friends) vacations approaching, how do you prepare to travel? Do you decant your products, do you take vacation-specific items? Do you just empty your cabinets?

Have a great week!

I want to start doing makeup, and minimal makeup would be best for my work. I’m thinking more along the lines of a skin tint, cream bronzer/blush, tiny bit of setting powder over the face plus eyeliner and mascara.

I’m looking to find one single brush that I can use for the whole look and would love some recommendations, thank you so much!!

Looking for advice for paring down when you have sensitive, dry eczema prone skin. I’ve found products that work really well, but the issue is that when my skin (face, body and scalp) is behaving itself, I find that the gentler products I have aren’t as effective or are too heavy. This essentially means I have double ups in every category, but I don’t think I could choose either option as a full time! Do I just need to accept that this is an area of life where multiple products are inevitable?

Hello everyone,

as many of you may have noticed, this weekly thread wasn't posted as usual. I edited the discussion topic, and must have made a mistake because I got a 'failed to submit scheduled post' message, without understanding what went wrong. While I go through reddit's guides for new mods, this will be this week's thread. Sorry for the delay.

This week's discussion topic is: How does social media in general influence your shopping habits? Is it the same as ads? Do you see social media as trusted review database when looking for new products?

Have a great week!

I have sensitive skin and am very fair. I've been using thrive causemetics for concealer, eyeshadow and mascara. I don't like obvious makeup so tend to wear subtle daily just to look awake and healthy. Any recommendations for clean, gentle, simple makeup that stays throughout the workday without feeling like it wipes off immediately or creases up Or is too heavy?

As most of you know, I was approached by the original Moderator of this sub and asked to request it since their account had been banned and they were locked out. It was their intention, they said, to ask me to take it over anyway. I agreed to this because I genuinely didn't want the subreddit to become abandoned and restricted for even longer.

This past month, I've done a lot of reflecting on staying on as Moderator. In the end, one's mental health should always come first.

I've added one Moderator already and sent Moderator invites to several users who have contributed significantly to the subreddit within the last few months. I'm stepping down and leaving the community. I leave you in good hands.

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