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Morning Skincare Routine for Normal Skin Type
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items A good morning routine helps protect and prepare your skin for the day ahead. I recommend starting with a gentle cleanser, followed by targeted serums, moisturizer, and a broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher to hydrate, nourish, and protect your skin.
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Cleansers
Toners/Essences
Hydrating Sprays
Eye Products
Serums
Moisturizers
Cleansers
Use clean hands and apply cleanser to a damp face. Rinse and dry with a skin-friendly washcloth.
Designed to gently and effectively break down dirt, debris, excess oil and make up, this lightweight pH-balanced formula transforms into a rich lather and prevents stripping vital moisture.
BYOMA Creamy Jelly Cleanser
Gently cleanses, deeply hydrates, and nourishes your skin—all while being pregnancy-safe and free from fragrances, SLS, silicones, and dyes. Suitable for all skin types, it’s the ultimate "desert island pick" for simplifying your skincare routine.
Dancer Cerabalm - Multi Purpose Face Balm
Formulated To Remove Makeup And Mineral Sunscreen In A Single Step - No Need To Double Cleanse! A Multi-Benefit Skin Barrier-Boosting Solution, This More-Than-A-Cleanser Helps Support Skin's Microbiome And Promotes Gentle Exfoliation For A Softer, Sm...
Colorescience Barrier Pro 1-Step Cleanser
Removes dirt and debris and leaves skin feeling refreshed, renewed, and conditioned. A mild surfactant system and an optimized 3% concentration of glycolic acid and glycerin brightens dull skin tone, smooths skin texture, and restores moisture to deh...
SKINCEUTICALS Purifying Cleanser
From my experience, this soothing, creamy formula cleanses so gently that my skin always feels soft and refreshed afterward. It effortlessly removes makeup, buildup, and impurities without ever stripping away moisture, and with the added vitamins C a...
IMAGE Skincare, VITAL C Hydrating Facial Cleanser
I recommend this as a great morning cleanse to help gently remove any impurities off the skin while also keeping it well-hydrated
Dual Action Pre-Cleansing Oil | Skin EssentiA
A creamy formula delivers our most comfortable cleanse, transforming from a rich gel to a foamy lather that hydrates to soothe dry, blotchy skin, even after rinsing. It’s derm-approved and recommended for dry, sensitive skin
Skinfix Foaming Oil Cleanser - 6 oz - Rich Gel-to-Foam Face Cleanser
Toners/Essences
After cleansing, apply toner or essence with cotton rounds or hands. Toner helps prep the skin for other products & makeup. This step is optional.
Balance and refresh your skin with this hydrating toning mist. Alcohol-free and formulated with antioxidant powerhouse CoQ-10, Aloe Vera and Cucumber, this non-drying skin spritzer primes and softens skin exposed to environmental aggressors. Great as...
COQ-10 Toner | Indie Lee Skincare | Balance & Refresh Skin
Gently exfoliates for smoother, more radiant skin. Provides instant and all-day hydration. Reduces the look of dark spots and enlarged pores.
The Ordinary Saccharomyces Ferment 30% Milky Toner
This is a great toner that works at all the skin layers and provides immediate deep hydration. It has multiple capabilities like enhancing the ability of the skin to reduce inflammation as well as stimulates cell regeneration. I recommend this for several reasons: Daily anti-aging care, antioxidant protection, intensive hydration and Lifting and firming.
Forlle'd | Hyalogy P-effect Refining Lotion -
This is a great toner for the morning -easy to use with the swipe of a pad. Gives the skin an instant brightening for the day. This toner pad is wonderful for dry or dehydrated skin - gently exfoliates while drawing moisture in
EXUVIANCE SkinRise Morning Glow Toning Pads
I like applying this by pouring a couple drops into my hands and gently patting it into my skin. Provides extra hydration and revives dull skin
mixsoon Galactomyces Ferment Essence
Hydrating Sprays
Spritz face with a hydrating spray to begin the moisturizing process.
Expertly formulated with Thermal Spring Water, this gentle blend is sourced in its pure state to help comfort and nourish the skin. With a lightweight, quick-drying formula, the spray works to hydrate and replenish lost moisture, leaving skin feeling...
Avène Thermal Spring Water Spray
Complex of natural peptides including Quinoa Seed Extract, Niacinamide, and Pea Extracs boosts radiance, smooths, and firms the skin. Crambe Abyssinica Seed Oil naturally plumps and Lactic Acid brightens the skin. Black Currant Seed Oil replenishes a...
SuperSerum Hydrating Mist | Balancing and Brightening
Lightweight mist is made to shield your skin's barrier for a healthier-looking glow. Diffusing finely over skin and makeup, this barely-there formula casts an invisible veil over your face and neck without disrupting your base or sunscreen.
The INKEY List Hydro-Surge Dewy Face Mist
This is such a fun product, especially if you're a coffee lover like me. It's different than other hydrating sprays for the face. This contains caffeine to wake up and brighten the skin in the morning as well a multiple nourishing ingredients
JEFFREE STAR COSMETICS | Wake Your Face Up Caffeine Facial Spray
Eye Products
Apply to both upper and lower lid using your ring finger to avoid using too much pressure. Hydrating peptides, vitamin C and SPF are ideal ingredients
Provides a long-lasting solution by targeting water and fatty under-eye bags as well as those due to cutaneous aging. Its formula contains active ingredients with a triple osmoregulatory, lipolytic and firming actions, to help correct and protect the...
Serum Liposmose | Biologique Recherche |
Clinical measurements show significant improvement in firmness, contour, puffiness, and eyelid sagging. This high-performance eye cream goes above and beyond to target loss of firmness, drooping and sagging, puffiness, wrinkles, and more. Eyes are vi...
iNNBEAUTY PROJECT Extreme Cream Eye Firming
Works to plump wrinkles, protect the skin from free radicals, and boost hyaluronic acid production. Designed to counteract the aging process, this eye cream features an SPF 15 filter for UVA protection to prevent sun-induced premature skin aging.
Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Eye Contour Cream SPF 15
I love this well-rounded eye product that treats all concerns with the eye area. The applicator feels so good, especially in the morning. This product does the best at treating fine lines, dryness, and redness. My favorite part is it helps maintain t...
Revision Skincare D·E·J Eye Cream® Firming
Serums
A perfect serum is one that is hydrating and/or full of antioxidants like vitamin C, E, or Niacinamide. Use water-based serums in the morning since oil-based can disrupt SPF
Formulated with 15% glycerin and epidermal hydration filler, this hydrating serum delivers a filling effect that helps visibly improve skin's elasticity and smooth the appearance of fine lines.
Kiehl's Hydro-Plumping Hydrating Serum Concentrate
Pure hyaluronic acid and antioxidant-rich purslane combine to promote an incomparably smooth and firm complexion. This dewy serum instantly plumps fine lines while providing long term deep hydration for refreshed, radiant skin
HYALURONIC SERUM | Dr. Barbara Sturm
This is a wonderful HA serum that helps keeps skin hydrated and plump through the entire day - even with skin that tends to be more dry
Dermalogica | Circular Hydration Serum With Hyaluronic Acid
A powerful Vitamin C to help defend environmental aggressors. A potent amount of Vitamin but blended with nourishing ingredients to offset any potential irritation. I recommend for those who are looking for a serum that brightens and smoothes skin
Allies of Skin 20% Vitamin C Daily Glow Serum
Contains stable vitamin C that is triple patented, fragrance free, clinically tested, cruelty-free & perfected to reduce the look of fine lines, wrinkles, even skin tone, increase firmness & create smoother skin texture.
BeautyStat Universal C Peptide Serum 20% Vit C
Moisturizers
All skin types need a moisturizer in the morning. Moisturizing keeps the skin barrier balanced and protects the top layer of your skin
Melts into skin, offering long-lasting nourishment. Complete with vitamins B3 and E, the refreshing formula protects against environmental aggressors, while supporting a dewy, plumper-looking complexion.
Vichy Minéral 89 | 72Hr Hyaluronic Acid and Squalane Moisture Boosting Cream
A lightweight, one-and-done moisturizer formulated for all skin types Made with barrier-strengthening ingredients, including a 3% ceramide complex, 2% niacinamide, and a 1% pre-biotic lactobacillus ferment Soothes skin with 0.5% Silymarin, also known...
Chemist Confessions Mr. Reliable Lightweight Moisturizer
Delightfully weightless, whipped-gel texture calls on brightening plum extract, hydrating hyaluronic acid, oil-balancing willowherb extract and moisture-locking polyglutamic acid to form a powerhouse blend of everyday skin-loving essentials. Together...
Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Cream
This lightweight yet ingredient-rich moisturizer supports healthy skin, day and night. Made with Hyaluronic Acid, Squalane, and Probiotics, the non-greasy formula provides instant hydration with each
hers | Hydrobounce Instant Moisturizer
I love this moisturizer for the morning to help prep skin prior to makeup application. Prevents makeup/products from pilling but also keeps skin bouncy and moist. Highly recommend for those concerned with aging like lines/wrinkles and elasticity.
Dezi Skin | Agua Fresca Thirst Quenching Gel-Crème Moisturizer
Deeply moisturizes while replenishing the skin with vital, high potency nutrients. Skin is left looking and feeling fresh, radiant and healthy.
ELEMIS Superfood Day Cream - Vitamin-Rich Moisturizer
SPF
Apply a finger length's worth of sunscreen to your face, neck and décolletage
Super-charged invisible primer is clinically tested to improve the quality of makeup for longer-lasting, all-day wear. It leaves skin perfectly prepped for makeup with a natural finish that visibly blurs pores with no white cast. Improves skin clarit...
Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen Invisible Broad Spectrum SPF 50 PA +++
Nourishing formula that hydrates and protects the skin. The day cream delivers up to 24 hours of continuous moisture, while protecting against UVA/UVB rays, and pollutants. Gentle and non-comedogenic, the lotion utilises a blend of ceramides, niacina...
CeraVe AM Facial Moisturising Lotion SPF30
Designed to work well over makeup, fit neatly in your bag, and provide instantaneous hits of refreshment and protection as you go about your day.
Vacation® Super Spritz | SPF 50 Sunscreen Face Mist
A moisturizing physical SPF that blends evenly into skin. Great for skin that is more on the dry side
IMAGE Skincare PREVENTION+ SPF 50 Face Sunscreen