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[sundayskin]

15 Skincare Things I Don’t Give AF About Anymore (skincare level: ~enlightened~)

Well, well, after another whatever months of radio silence, as usual, the poster child of Tumblr skincare blogs returns (just kidding... or am I??).

If you're new here, welcome to what I'd call one of the UNESCO OG skincare blogs on Tumblr. Okay, maybe that is a bit of a stretch. If you've been here since SUNDAYSKIN's origins, like I'm talking back in 2017, I really, really love you. Like, really. You're awesome.

The lowdown is that I've been knee-deep in skincare since I discovered it in my teens. Fast forward almost a decade (damn I'm old wtf), and I think I've reached the point where it's not something I have to stress about or try to figure out anymore.

I know what works for me, what doesn't, the finish and feel I like, the ingredients I want to use, etc. Of course, I'm still learning and trying new things, but I've got a pretty good understanding of my skin or skin in general.

Maybe you are new to skincare (welcome to the rabbit hole, enjoy the fall) or maybe you've been figuring it out for just as long as I have. Whatever the case, here are 15 skincare things I used to do or care about, but now I couldn't care less. 😎

Have I become lazy lazier, or did I just reach an enlightened level of skincare? You can decide.

1. Using the same routine every day/night

Though I ~typically~ use the same products daily or on a rough routine (back and forth, once a week, etc.), I don’t force myself to follow the same 1-2-3-step routine every day nor do I use the same products every day, save for my prescribed acne medications (sigh). I used to obsess over consistency, as in applying the same things in the same order every single day/night, but I think you should instead just consistently take care of your skin, in whatever way works for you.

My verdict? Tweak your routine based on your skin condition at the moment. Eventually, you’ll instinctively grab whatever you need from your skincare vault. You’ll get there, babe. Trust the process. 

2. Drying my face completely

A recent(?) trend in skincare, at least in the US, seems to be about how a towel can harbor a lot of bad bacteria and therefore you should wash your towel often and/or have a designated face towel.

Whether or not your towel has been causing your acne or other skincare woes is debatable; I know good and well many people around the world have the clearest skin but don't give a toot about the towel they use to dry their face. I'm sure it can matter, but I don't think it's going to be a deal-breaker.

My mindset here is why not be "better safe than sorry." I think it wouldn't hurt to try more gentle or hygienic ways to dry your face. My favorite face towel is by INNELLISilk. It's cheap, it's soft, it's apparently made of things that are more antibacterial than your typical towel, it's got one of those tiny hole thingies that lets you hang it places — it checks all my boxes. Though I like to have this towel on hand, I typically use facial tissue to dry my face once a night. A (large) cotton pad would also work.

The whole 1-use tissue for your face is another trend these days, but if it sounds wasteful to you, opt for the designated face towel (preferably a material that won't completely dry the water on your face). A soft facial sponge works too (wet it first, please). You could even go rogue and use no towel at all (wipe as much of the moisture off with your hands as you can).

Bonus tip: whatever you use, it's best to have some leftover water on your face. Apparently, if you let your skin get completely dry in between cleansing and treatment products, your skin will actually start the process of producing more oils. It's also just pretty uncomfortable to have your face dry up. A moisturized, hydrated face is something we all need, regardless of "skin type."

3. Having a routine that's "quick & easy"

My "ultimate skincare goal" used to be that [x]-step, 15-minute skincare routine that I imagined was what the perfect, put-together skincare routine looked like. All the popular products, quick, easy, effective. Girl, stop that nonsense! Everyone is different, so the perfect routine is one that is beneficial, comfortable, and doable for you.

These days, I put on a YouTube video, watch a show, or have Kpop MVs playing while taking my time to go through my routine (E'Last, Just B, Cravity, Enhyphen, and P1Harmony are my fav groups atm, FYI). Sometimes that's 20 minutes, sometimes it's an hour. Take your time, learn about your own skin, and do what works best for your life and schedule.

ps. if you're in need of someone/something to watch/listen to, I've got to give a shoutout to Ulrike Scherer. She's got a YouTube, podcast, and blog. If you really love skincare, and miss the long-form, slowed-down content of the bygone days, namely on YouTube, this is someone you must check out. She's so transparent and passionate about skincare, and she's really helped remind me why I love skincare. It's become my new favorite thing to have her videos or podcast playing in the background when I do my skincare or when I'm just trying to relax. It's seriously like casually chatting with a friend about skincare, and I NEED that comfort in my life rn.

Subscribing on Youtube or liking some of her videos takes seconds and is FREE, so please, please, do it if you can. I'd love to see her hit 1,000 subscribers soon. She really deserves the recondition. Thanks in advance if you check out her content.

4. Using only “safe” green-level ingredients

I used to check all products on an ingredient-checking website like Cosdna, and if there was any ingredient listed as being "unsafe" or comedogenic, I'd almost immediately decide not to further research the product, let alone purchase it.

Unless it has an acne-causing or irritating ingredient that is almost universally shunned — which is unicorn-level rare when it comes to the products I consider buying — I don't worry about what Cosdna says about the product's ingredients being potentially comedogenic. Granted, whether an ingredient is prone to being comedogenic is a real thing, but I think how your skin actually reacts might be different. I'm not a chemist. You (probably) aren't either. The people who formulate products usually know what they're doing. They don't see a negative ingredient and say, "hey, we should add this to the formulation for no reason."

Usually, you just need to try a product to see if it works for you. Others might hate it; others might call it a holy grail. It's you that really matters. This is your world, babe, and don't let them tell you otherwise.

The jury votes that the "safe level" of ingredients should always be considered with a grain of salt.

5. Doing my routine at the same time every day/night

This just isn't practical for me, but I used to think it was another "must" for clear, healthy skin when I was still a skincare baby. I think the premise of recommending this is so that people who may have a hard time doing their skincare every day (busy, forgetful, etc.) will sort of be forced to remember to do it morning and night. If this is you, go ahead, set a morning and night alarm, and see if that helps you stay on track. For me, it's good enough that I do my routine once when it is light out and once when it is dark, lol.

6. Trying new products ~just~ because they are trending or popular

When I was newer to skincare (see a pattern here?), my approach became buying products that were trending or super popular rather than buying products that I needed or that may have addressed the specific issues I was having.

Now, I almost purposefully don't purchase the most popular, trending skincare products (you know, the ones them Tiktokers Tiktok about). Not to say the popular, trending products aren't worth considering. They are ~usually~ popular for a valid reason, but just don't take the popularity as equal to the product being effective for you. There's often a lot of behind-the-scenes marketing and sponsorships etc. etc. also taking place, so it can be hard to see if a product is popular for a good reason or if it is being made popular.

It's my new thrill to find products that are lesser-known hidden gems, like products that are actually holy grails in Korea/Japan/etc. rather than being primarily popular in the US (the products we say we "discovered" but are old news or not actually popular in the place they come from, lol). I never just buy trending skincare because it's the hot thing of the time anymore. The old me is dead and gone.

7. Using products as they are meant to be used

Let me start this with a precursor that some products certainly need to be used as instructed (like acne prescriptions) or some can't be flexible in how they are used (you shouldn't use cleansers as a serum, for instance, though I'm sure by mid 2025 there will certainly be a product like this, lol).

Besides that, back in the ancient times, if a toner was labeled as a "toner" or a serum as a "serum," that's exactly how I'd use them in my routine. The reality is that you can use most products, whether it is a toner, ampoule, essence, sleeping mask, etc., in any way that works for you. I told you: this is your world. Now believe it!

8. Following the standard Korean skincare routine

I think I often bought products in the past just for the sake of filling in the spots of a typical Korean skincare routine, a routine we in fact declared as the universal Korean standard, i.e., oil cleaner, foam cleanser, toner, essence, serum, etc. I actually used to be a huge believer in essences, thought they were one of the most important products to include, but I haven't used an essence in so long! These days I just use serums as my after-toner-before-cream step. Simplify your routine only a couple of steps or make it super complex and detailed — it's always been up to you.

9. Finishing products *because* I spent money on them

If I'm only 1/10th of the way through a serum or spot treatment and I don't like it for whatever reason, I don't shun myself for moving on to a new product or purchasing something else.

Can it be wasteful sometimes? Yes. Do I sometimes waste money on an (expensive) product that actually doesn't work for me? Yes. It happens! Skincare is a journey and there will be hiccups. Unless, well, you're perfect. Then, congrats!

If something is not working for you, or worse, having negative effects, stop using her and try to instead find someone in your life that might enjoy the product. Last resort? The trash (recycle if possible!).

Tip: some of the best ways to avoid tossing full-sized products and wasting your money is to really do your research before purchasing a product and by trying sample sizes before committing to the full.

10. Using extraction tools

...because it's better than using your hands, right? Nah, listen.

I've bought extraction tools maybe 2 or 3 times in my life, and every time, after a couple uses, I throw them out like I'm throwing out the cake I bought despite being on a diet, lol.

I don't think using a tool to take out blackheads to pop pimples is better than doing it with your hands. I think the best route to clear, healthy skin is to not pick or pop at all.

Better alternatives are exfoliating products, clay masks, pimple patches, and gentle cleansing tools like facial sponges. Let's keep the extraction tools in the hands of skincare professionals, okay?

11. Refrigerating products 

Girl, let me tell you.

I used to be almost obsessed with making sure my serums and creams and whatnot were kept refrigerated. I think I've been through at least 3 or 4 mini fridges over the course of a couple of years. When they didn't work as well in the hotter months or when the power went out, I'd literally move all my skincare to another fridge in the house like I was transporting a donor's organs to a hospital. I sprinted, y'all. S p r i n t e d.

Then, I had an epiphany. When I tried a refrigerated SPF, didn't like how it applied, then coincidently tried it again when I had removed it from the fridge at room temp, wala: it has now become one of my top-3, ride-or-die SPFs of all time. We love a good skincare plot twist.

I found out that I actually like my skincare applied at room temp more because they're truer to their texture and soak in better. Of course, this is case-by-case and has a lot to do with preference, but if you are on the fence about it, I'd say a beauty fridge is a luxury that isn't really necessary.

I thought it was necessary because I was under the impression that products needed to be colder than room temp to last longer, stay "stronger" longer, etc. This isn't really the case. Unless specified by the product description, products, SPFs included, are made to survive just fine in typical, real-life temperatures. If you're room is extremely hot, in direct sunlight, or the temp fluctuates greatly throughout the day, a mini fridge might be a solution. Heck, a mini fridge that is off might be a solution. To me, a dark, cool place like a drawer or somewhere in your closet is just as good, if not better (cause the whole texture, application stuff mentioned before).

Mostly consistent, out of direct sunlight, and not-too-hot conditions are what you want. Odds are, you can get that without a designated beauty fridge.

12. Making diy masks and skincare with kitchen ingredients

Back in the day, I used to make homemade masks with things like lemon (report me!), oatmeal, banana, egg whites, turmeric, you get it. I probably haven't done anything "homemade" or "natural" since my teens. Mostly because I have the finances to buy plenty of real, packaged skincare and masks to use made by people who know what they're doing, lol. There's no point for me anymore to try and make something that might be good or safe for the skin.

I think making DIY skincare masks was my old thing because it was a way for me to try new things and take care of my skin when I didn't have the money or means to buy the variety of skincare easily available to me today.

Homemade things aren't inherently bad or not worth it. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Or maybe you just like experimenting and trying more natural, handmade things. That's cool too. Just make sure to research what ingredients to avoid using, like, you know, straight up lemon juice from the fridge. Oopski!

13. Judging a skincare product by price

Expensive products must be better or more potent than cheaper ones, right? I probably don't need to explain this to you, but the price does not always relate to how good or effective a product will be for you. There is actually probably more popular and effective affordable skincare than there is luxury, triple-digit products. There's so much affordable, amazing skincare these days that luxury to me is anything over $40, lol.

If you want to invest some money on your skin, see a dermatologist or get a professional facial treatment. The next best thing is an at-home skincare tool, but those require careful, experienced hands and a boat load of research. Careful now, these are dangerous waters.

14. Buying products that are *only* for my “skin type”

I've recently been thinking "skin types" aren't really a thing. Hear me out.

I think of "skin types" now more as "skin conditions" or just the current state your skin's health is in, not as something universally true to you or something you were "born with" like the color of your eyes or hair (even those things can change overtime too!).

Of course, I'm not trying to say that perfect skin health equals "normal" skin that isn't oily, dry, or combo. What I'm trying to get at is that you shouldn't feel the need to put yourself in a box and only buy products marketed toward your "skin type." Just because something is said to be oil-free or for oily skin doesn't mean dry-skinned ladies/guys won't like it. It also doesn't mean that it will automatically be what my oily skin peeps need.

Real-world application-wise, I'm not sure how helpful this insight is, lol, because buying products that were created for your "skin type" isn't technically wrong/bad. Maybe just venture out a bit, remove that "for oily skin" or "for normal skin" filter when shopping for skincare online, try something you might not immediately think is for you. You might find a holy-grail product that's marketed toward a totally different skin type/condition. Always look at a product holistically.

15. Patting versus rubbing in

To be or not to be. But like, who cares? Do what works for you, in skincare and in life, bud. Just be gentle and give your stuff time to absorb. Maybe you didn't even know about the pat vs. rub debate. It's that old.

If you want an extension to this, check out 10 Things I Used to Believe About Skincare but Now I Know Aren’t True *tea spilt on myself*. Yes, if you notice, there are a few similar ideas on there. We recycle and reuse here, as we should.

FYI, SUNDAYSKIN also has an IG, @hellosundayskin. There's no real useful content on there, but sometimes I'll upload what I've bought recently. It's usually just cute photos. Visit at your own discretion.

Anyhow, I'm actually, quite literally, going through a life crisis rn. Still, I was able to somehow write this long a** post. I've actually come back to it on and off for a couple weeks now, or has it been over a month?

I'll be back once my life isn't in shambles... it might be a while. See you then.

[the-girl-in-the-tartan-scarf]

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[birdkoskincare]

any other tumblrs that focus on skincare you would recommend?

yes! i really enjoy the blogs of @skincarejesus @skincarehoney @skincarelair @sundayskin @k-skincare @geekbeautysquad @kbeauty-dailyblog @korean-skincare-for-dummies @skincaretipsforyourtwenties @skinknowledge @idontskincare @skincarestudies @still-glows @transcendentskincare @peonies-and-nettle @niacinamides

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[sundayskin]

[birdkoskincare]

hey! could you suggest more skincare blogs to follow! I really love yours but I can't find any similar ones on the platform. thanks! :)

i’ll re-enumerate these favs, i’ve answered a similar ask previously but i’m always happy to re-shout out lovely folks from the skincare community around here!

@skincarejesus @skincarehoney @skincarelair @sundayskin @k-skincare @geekbeautysquad @kbeauty-dailyblog @korean-skincare-for-dummies @skincaretipsforyourtwenties @skinknowledge @idontskincare @skincarestudies @still-glows @transcendentskincare @peonies-and-nettle @cloudskincare

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[sundayskin]

🎶The sun is shining~ The skin cells are dying~🎶

[sundayskin]

Easy Ways to Make Your Skincare Routine More Calming & Relaxing During These Times 🕯️🍵

I think sometimes we get into the habit of rushing through our skincare routine (or, worse, skipping it), but these days a lot of us are staying at home instead of going to work or school. Hopefully, that means you all have a little extra time for yourselves these days. 

Because I know many of us are extra stressed and anxious given the current state of things and that stress can show through our skin, here’s a light-hearted list of easy things you can do at home to turn your basic, everyday skincare routine into a calming & relaxing at-home spa for one, cause you deserve it. 

1. Put on do not disturb & set aside your cell phone to help create a calm, stress-free environment (If you have family or close friend contacts that you don’t want to have on silent given the unpredictable state of things, use your phone’s do not disturb settings to modify what contacts you still want to be notified about even when do not disturb is on).

2. Crack open a window and/or open the shades—breath in the fresh air, listen to the sounds outside, let in the natural light (usually good for morning routines/bright days).

3. Dim the lights (usually good for night routines).

4. Light a candle or incense. 

5. Use a calming, scented mist to spray your routine area before starting your routine (here’s one I use).

6. Slip into something comfy like a robe (for me, comfy is my old t-shirt & pj pants—wear what your body feels comfortable in).

7. Make some hot tea to sip on (my favorite skin-loving teas: roobios & green tea). 

8. If tea isn’t your thing, try making a skin-beneficial smoothie (here’s a video by Beauty Within for inspo). 

9. Turn on some calming, gentle music or sounds of nature (try soft jazz, kpop piano playlists, waterfalls, rain, etc.).

10. Turn on a healing vlog (here’s one from my favorite series). 

11. Turn on a skincare asmr video (here’s one of my favorites). 

12. Listen to an audio book.

13. Steam your face before your routine (an easy method is to wet a face towel with warm water and gently lay it over your face until it is no longer warm; be careful not to burn your skin). 

14. Use your spare time to do a facial treatment or mask (my favorite treatment masks these days are The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution & Burt’s Bees Detoxifying Clay Mask). 

15. Give yourself a facial massage with an oil/oil cleanser using a face tool or your hands (here’s an easy & super relaxing video to follow). 

16. Remember to slow down. Take your time, let your products absorb, enjoy the textures and smells of your routine, etc. (Sometimes I take 30+ minutes to get through my routine and that’s totally okay! Self-love & skin-love have no time limit! Can I get an amen?)

All and all, I hope you all (and your skin) are healthy during these times. And I hope some of these ideas help you cope with any stress or anxiety you or your skin is facing these days. — sundayskin ♡

[sundayskin]

The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% Review 

What it does: This lightweight gel-cream is meant to brighten the skin tone, improve skin texture, and help fight acne. All ingredients are said to be non-comedogenic (aka non-irritating and non-acne-causing), plus, it’s free from alcohol, oil, nuts, and gluten. 

My experience: I found this cream to be very lightweight and fast-absorbing. I can’t give any advice about its acne-fighting claims because I’m not suffering from break outs right now to be able to tell how effective it is. I can say from the several weeks I’ve been using it, it does seem to visibly brighten and even out the complexion, mostly regarding discoloration and redness (I can’t say it takes away old scarring or anything like that as of now, but maybe it will with time). Azelaic acid is an ingredient commonly recommended for people with redness issues like rosacea, so it’s a great ingredient to try if you suffer from constant redness (like me). What really surprised me was the finish of this cream: it gives your skin a velvety smooth matte finish! I think it could definitely double as a primer! However, keep in mind that it probably can’t replace your moisturizer because it’s not very moisturizing. Either way, I like this product and can see myself repurchasing when I run out. Really, The Ordinary is becoming one of my favorite brands because it’s crazy affordable, and the products are formulated with skin-safe ingredients that are potent and effective. There’s no BS with the Ordinary’s products and that’s why I really love the brand. And, not to mention, who doesn’t love their minimalistic aesthetic packaging? It’s icing on the cake. 

Who I recommend for: All skin types. Anyone looking for a product to calm redness (like rosacea, inflamed acne, etc.) and/or even their skin tone and texture. The product may also be a good moisturizer for very oily skin types wanting a velvety matte finish. 

Product tips: Sometimes, especially when you’ve layered several products on your skin, this can start to get crumbly when you apply it or later on when you go to touch your face (don’t touch your face!). I found patting this in instead of rubbing helps decrease this issue (besides, gently patting your skin is usually preferable over rubbing!). Also, try to remember to let each of your products absorb for a bit before moving on to the next. Last but not least, you’re probably better off not using this with any other potent ingredients and/or any sort of product/treatment that is on the harsher side (exfoliants or retinols, for example.) I found my skin getting itchy and irritated when I mistakenly used this alongside a retinol cream--ouch!  

Okay, that’s it for this review. I hope this all is helpful, and definitely check out The Ordinary if simple, ingredient-focused products are your thing. As always, thanks for reading and being a part of sundayskin. I’m glad you’re here. ♡♡