Today I turn 40 and yesterday I got an email confirming that my domain was registered for another year. I started blogging on Halloween of 2008, but bought my dot com right before my birthday.
With that, and probably some wrinkle paranoia, I've seriously updated my skin routine. I had gotten a little lazy last year and over this past summer I kicked it back into high gear. Granted I'm not a Botox user, so there is only so much that can be done for the forehead and the amoutn of faces I make. Anything to slow the process though.
My big splurge for my 40th is that I am having my eyebrows microbladed, tattooed, by Haylee Mel PMU. I'm seriously stoked, these brows had some damage done to them in the early 2000's that I didn't start trying to fix until I was on maternity leave with Harrison. So whatever you see in photos, thats all smoke, mirrors, and makeup. Now the only downside to this, I have to give up using trentinoin for several weeks.
Gasp! The shock and horror! It's taking some hard core self control to resist, but there is absolutely no point in using it though because all that work will be in vain when my eyebrows won't take the tattoo or it fades too fast.
Well, anyway, let's get into my ridiculous skin care routine that could be more ridiculous but I am trying to not prevent the children from ever attending college, because I spent all out money on serums.
Everything below is in the order I put it on!
Morning Routine:
70 SPF
Evening Rotine:
Trentinoin 0.025% (2 nights on and 1 off)
Then I like to do my LED mask a few nights a week and I do face cupping again in the evening. After that I will etiher put on a silicone forehead patch, use
kinesology tape, or if it's a vacation and I can keep it on longer I will use Frownies.
I love
Frownies since they are much stiffer than K Tape, but at $25 per box I can't rationalize using them everyday. I also wish I would sleep on my back, but I'm a side sleeper and rarely sleep on my back.
It's a lot, but I've gathered products over the years, so things run out really spaced out. Once I run out of the Dr Althea PDRN cream I'm going to try out
Centellian 24 Madeca Cream Time Reverse. I've heard good things about it and it also works well to rebuild the skin barrier and can help on trentinoin nights.
I don't have a link for my LED mask, I bought it about 6 years ago and paid $50 back then before they got popular. Also, when it comes to silicone forehead patches I have found that the cheaper ones last even longer than the name brand patches.
My biggest game changer in the past year has been using ChatGPT for supplements and my skincare routine. Put in what you are using and your goals and it can help you tweek your line up. My cholesterol was borderline two ish years ago and I started messing with my supplemts to get it straight. I put all of my blood panel info and supplements into Chat and the next time I did blood work the doctor told me I was A++. I recently did the same to mess with my skincare and goals, I basically needed to add an SPF outside of my La Roche Posay and it gave me advice for what to stop using and when to restart with my upcoming microblading appointment.
