I sit in front of screens all day — design work, AC blasting, coffee on repeat — and my face pays for it. This is the light end of skincare, the way I actually keep it: a proper face wash (not body soap, not just water), a moisturizer that doesn't sh...
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Start with the Wash
Moisturize & Protect
Extras for Deadline Season
Start with the Wash
If you change one thing, change this: a real face wash, twice a day. Everything else is optional; this isn't.
Where my routine starts and, on lazy days, ends. Gentle, no tight squeaky feeling after — just clean.
12.0 oz Foaming Facial Cleanser - CeraVe
The wake-up call. Cooling, energizing, smells like getting your act together before a deadline.
Kiehl's Since 1851 - 8.5 oz Facial Fuel Energizing Face Wash
Cleanser and toner in one bottle, for guys who want fewer things on the sink. That's me.
Jack Black - 6.0 oz Pure Clean Daily Facial Cleanser
Moisturize & Protect
Desk air and AC dry you out quietly. Light moisture in the morning, SPF built in, lips covered.
Light, absorbs fast, no greasy shine when the camera comes on for a call.
Clinique For Men Moisturizing Lotion
Moisturizer with SPF already in it — one step, done. The only sunscreen routine I'll actually keep.
CeraVe AM Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30
The most-used product on my desk, honestly. AC air destroys lips first.
Shea & Vitamin E Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25 - Jack Black
Extras for Deadline Season
For the weeks where the screen wins: dry patches, tired eyes, and skin that needs a reset.
One dropper before moisturizer on dry-AC days. Cheap, boring, works.
The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 Hydrating Serum with Ceramides
For screens-until-2AM eyes. Doesn't fix the deadline; helps you look less haunted by it.
Kiehl's Since 1851 - Eye Fuel Eye Cream for Dark Circles
Twice a week, knocks off the desk-day grime so everything else actually absorbs.
