A Wren Says

This feels a bit extreme, but I think I am falling out love with skincare. Or well, we are at least on strained terms. Right now, the current slate of products I have been trying have underwhelmed me. As we get deeper and deeper into winter, I haven’t felt anything but dry skin on my face. And I have fallen of my routines. I have been disappointed with my skincare of late, and it shows. Something has to change.

I realized that I turned my skincare into a chore, another thing that has to be ticked off the list. But now, now it’s time to play. I had been forcing myself to keep using products for 4 weeks just to see if maybe, maybe it will show results. But in doing that I started to loathe my skincare routine. I wasn’t liking the products and just decided not to bother to do anything with my face in the evenings. It wasn’t fun anymore, so why do it? The loss of passion as I pushed myself to review new products is showing on my skin. I gotta let it be fun again.

I started writing about skincare, because I had a genuine interest. It was exciting to me to try new products and get to know as much as possible about the industry. I want to tap back into the joy that this hobby used to bring me. So here is to more learning things just because, more getting in awe with new releases, and more face masks in the middle of the day because why not? And here is to more experimentation and more 1 day impressions of products and hours playing with products with skincare at Sephora. And when a product isn’t fun anymore (i.e. is not enjoyable in any capacity) I’m free to let it go.

I am going to work to fall in love with my skincare all over again. And like any healthy relationship, that is going to require having more fun with a large dose of curiosity.

What are you loving about your skincare routine right now?