[Routine Help] 36-Year-Old Depressive with Skincare Skittishness Seeks Simple and Doable Routine

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I had bad acne as a kid. Took Accutane twice in my early teens, and my skin went from “more zits than skin” to “on the oilier/pimplier end of normal,” where it stayed until I was in my early 30s, when it just became “kind of oily.” Point being, I spent most of my life aware that if I put anything more moisturizing than acne medicine on my face, I would anger the skin gods and be punished with painful, ugly breakouts. I only wore sunscreen when I’d be outside for long periods, despite being pale and having an extensive family history of skin cancer. I also have chronic severe depression, which makes lengthy, complicated routines a nonstarter. But now that I don’t have to live in constant fear of the wrath of the acne gods, I want to try to make an effort to take better care of my skin. Better late than never, right? Anyway, I’ve been lurking, and I think I can probably manage sunscreen/cleanser/moisturizer (though honestly, the idea of putting moisture on my skin on purpose still freaks me out a bit). I recently got some Cetaphil Dermacontrol Oil-Absorbing Moisturizer with SPF 30 for the sunscreen part, and my skin seems ok with it so far, so I’m emboldened to take more steps, but I need some help from people who know more about this stuff than I do. I’m going to just give a quick overview of my real vs. ideal skin routine and hope you all can help. Real: I wash my face in the shower in the morning with St. Ives Apricot Scrub (yes, I know I shouldn’t be using an exfoliant every day, but it is one product that never made me break out). Recently, I started using the aforementioned sunscreen, and I got some generic face wipes for oily skin to take it off at night. Ideal: I wash my face in the shower (I know doing it in the sink is better, but my ideal routine is one I actually have a chance of following) with a cleanser that is better than what I’m using now. I wear the current sunscreen. I have some sinkless one-step wipes or cleanser I can use with cotton rounds or something at night. I apply a moisturizer that doesn’t break me out or a retinol or something before bed. Fin. (Drugstore-price level products preferred where possible, but I’ll splurge if necessary. I live in NYC, if that helps.). So, great skincare nerds of Reddit: Can you help me?
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