Yourskintellectual
Oily/Resilient
Most importantly you need to adjust your expectations to something achievable because real skin has pores and hairs and so on - glass skin is not achievable without photoshop, make up etc.
If you have damaged your skin barrier, I would suggest you go back to a simple routine of cleanser and moisturiser/spf at least for a few weeks. Moisturisers with ceramides can be great for this. Cerave has a few, but there's lots of recommendations on here.
Why do you have two cleansers in both routines? If you're double cleansing with both of them, you've likely stripped your skin excessively. Your first cleansing step should be micellar water, cleansing balm or something like that.
Also, from my experience mattifying moisturisers don't moisturise enough and further add to drying the skin out.
Regarding retinoids - introduce gradually starting with once a week in the pm routine and work your way up to every other night. Don't mix with exfoliants. Apply to clean skin and follow up with a moisturiser. If that's too irritating, you can apply moisturiser first, then retinoid and then moisturiser again (sandwich method). Be patient with the results, retinoids take a long time to work.
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Yourskintellectual
Oily/Resilient
I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Some products simply don't work but as I said before, you were overcleansing it which leads to dehydration. People tend to think oily skin doesn't need hydration and moisture - but it does and I was making that mistake for years. We're not all simply oily or dry, we all have different skin and we need to learn what it needs and how to help it be healthy and glowy.
Keep at it! 👌
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SWhetstone
Oily/Resilient
I’m having the same problem with trying to find a routine for me that works. I have oily skin too and I wake up in the morning and my face feels oily and periodically throughout the day I’m having this issue to.
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nadikabi
Oily/Sensitive
same it’s so annoying! and then as soon as I moisture my face it gts even more oilier 😭😭😭
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pickytaytay
Oily/Resilient
I've also been having the same problem my skin is oily or a bit to dry I'd love to find my happy medium
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