Skin care

My skin has it's bad days, but it's not terrible.

My philosophy of good skin:
1. Work out - circulation and health body = great skin
2. Drink lots of water - hydration = great skin
3. Try to stick with the skin products that work for you than trying out so many different types of lotions, toners, serums...etc.  I actually prefer French brands over Japanese and Korean (whisper: I use Lancome for pretty much everything, including make up)
4. Don't use foundation.  honestly, I think a woman's natural skin and tone is the most beautiful--instead of just covering your whole face up with a totally different shade.  utilize concealer instead!
5. SPF
6. Good sleep (I found that 8 hours of sleep makes my skin feel more tight and glowing) AND sleeping at regular times.  Yes, sounds old lady-ish, but sleeping and waking up at consistent times helps so much.  My mom swears that sleeping through 10pm-2am is the best for the skin because of some kind of circadian rhythm and cell renewal times, but it's too tough for me to do that.
7. As soon as you get home, wipe off make up
8. Don't think about skin too much -- just develop a routine and don't focus too much on the blemishes or pimples.  I felt like my bad pimples never went away when I put too much attention to them.
9. Change pillow covers regularly (at least biweekly!)
10. No conditioners if you can.  I know everyone's hair temperaments are different, but ever since I stopped using conditioners (middle school), my hair was still fine and soft, and my skin had less breakouts.

I'm still on the fence with eye cream.  I read articles that your facial moisturizer does just as good enough job...

EXTRA.
My mom has skin like tofu.  She has the softest skin ever.  She told me to use body lotion, so I bought an avocado body lotion and the scent reminds me of Korea.  Let's see how long this will last.  (The other time, I bought a big bottle of Johnson and Johnson's baby lotion and that didn't last more than a week...maybe because the bottle didn't have a pump, so the convenience of using it was more cumbersome).  This new lotion has a pump.  I LOVE PUMPS!!!