[Misc] I realized that spending more on skincare than on my retirement savings every month was self-destructive, not self care. Here's the frugal product list I've been using since July

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After going over my credit card and checking account histories this spring during tax season, I realized that I was spending more on skin care than I was saving in my retirement fund. I've always been a bad saver. At 30, I had nothing put aside for retirement. I missed out on 10 years of compound interest for really, no good reason. I would buy a drunk elephant or sunday riley product every few months to "treat myself", or order stuff after reading about it on this forum. I was spending $140/month, which really surprised me. If you had asked me back in April what I thought I spent, I would have said $40. My skin is better now, I think because I switch products less and I'm sticking to what works for me.Here's the (more) frugal product list I've been using since July, below. I usually buy once a month-ish.- Mineral oil (baby oil unscented, $3.99)- Cerave PM ($16.99)- Almond meal no shells, small bag ($2.99)- The Ordinary's salicylic acid 2% ($7.00)- The Ordinary vitamin C ($6.80)- Clay powder ($6.00) - really once every three months- Banana boat baby sunscreen SPF 60 ($9.99) - once every two months​Here's my AM routine:- Cerave PM- Banana boat baby sunscreen​Here's my PM routine:- Clay mask on trouble spots- Mineral oil on skin, then use warm wet washcloth to take off (once a week I'll do mineral oil mixed with almond meal as a gentle exfoliant -- same stuff used in herbalism, which I used to buy all the time from lush)- Salicylic acid 2% or Vitamin C- Cerave PM​​
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