My Skincare Routine: SK II and Estee Lauder

SK II Facial Treatment Essence
This 'miracle water' is suppose to prevent ageing and keeps your skin supple. My best friend asked me when I bought SK II products, 'Don't you think you are too young to use their product? Isn't it for the older women? Next time, when you aged and you will find no products suitable for your face because you let your face got use to these 'stronger' products, it won't be effective on you when you aged next time.'
I do not agree with her and I have checked with the counter about my suitability. Basically, this is a really good moisturizing product that keeps my skin soft and supple. The moisturizing effect is especially obvious when I used it after a night out partying and drinking alcohol which dehydrates our body. It also visibly reduces my spots caused from recent pimple out break. I do not think that it has firming effect. I always believe that the skin should be kept moisturized at all times to prevent wrinkles from surfacing. When your skin is dry, creases on skin occur easily.
I had sunken areas, like two tear tracks down my cheeks after drastic weight loss from last year. They are not exactly wrinkles but my mom commented that it was due to the drastic lost of weight that my baby fat on my cheeks suddenly disappeared and so it look sunken. It could also be because of the lack of certain nutrients that period when I almost ate nothing everyday. Anyway, using this miracle water made them disappear after a month of usage. Sometimes when I am too tired from work or late night outings again, one tear drain or tear track will appear on my cheek and I apply the essence generously. It is very light just like water and you need to pat your skin to let it absorb before it evaporates away.

SK II  Facial Treatment Clear Lotion
It is a toner. It contains AHA which is quite common in most toner. You do not apply them near eye areas due to the AHA content. It leaves my skin clean and conditioned before I put everything on my face before sleep. Sometimes I will just skipped it if I find that my skin is really fresh and clean from the facial wash. I do not find this necessary. But since it came with the essence, I will put it when I remember.

Estee Lauder Youth Infusing Hydrationist
It is simply a very expensive moisturizer. Maximum moisture lotion it claims. I use it after toner, treatment essence and then this. Previously, I used Olay facial moisturizer lotion which I bought in Hong Kong at very cheap price. It was very light on skin, good effect, cheap and smells nice too. Due to convenience of being near Sephora one day, I just bought it. I have always been using this brand's product on and off  ever since my mom taught me about skincare. Estee Lauder's cream product is too rich so I opt for lotion instead. I had past experience of using their cream product and it was too rich that I have oil buds near my under eye. I do agree that it gives a maximum moisturizing effect. Just one pump and I spread it across my whole face, I find it sufficient. For olay, I need to use quite a bit to feel moisturize but because it is light so I do not mind. For this Hydrationist, it is light too but I find it slightly stickier than the Olay one which I do not even feel sticky at all. I hate this sticky feeling especially from some serum products because eventually after awhile my skin looks and feels oily. Hydrationist does not make me look oily.  It cost my $92 which is quite expensive for a moisturizer.

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye
I bought the gel version as I am not suitable to use cream form. This is to prevent first sign of ageing and it also claims to reduce visible past damage near eye areas. My concern is to prevent lines from forming. Recently I notice visible lines near my eyes perhaps due to contact lens wearing process when I need to pull my skin there. So I bought this to see whether those newly form tiny lines could be reduced but to no avail.
Initially, I felt this warm feeling around my eye area when I applied it so it gives me the feeling that it is effective and in fact it moisturizes my eye area very well. Gradually, I find that it is not effective anymore and I tend to put generously now. It cost me $86. It is a very small bottle hahaha but our eye area is the most susceptible and easiest to form creases and wrinkles so I am willing to spend a lot on eye creams. Sometimes after putting this for awhile before sleep, I still find my eye area quite dry. My best friend bought the same product but cream form and she also commented that it is not effective after awhile. Maybe it is really hard to counter natural ageing because the elasticity of your skin will eventually deteriorate and there is limited external ways we can prevent it from happening.

So the above are the products I used for skincare before I go to sleep everyday. If I drank a lot of alcohol that night, I will drink a lot of water and skip this skincare routine and opt for a pull over mask before I go to sleep. This recovery work is important otherwise you will find yourself age so much or quickly.