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The Correct Skincare Routine Order for Skincare Products

It’s important to apply your skincare in the correct order of skincare products to reap all the benefits. Discover the perfect skincare routine order for night and day in this guide.

  • 4th October 2022
  • By Team Tilbury

Have you ever wondered what the correct order of skincare products is? Charlotte’s collection of research-powered skincare products is the secret to MAGIC SKIN, and for best results, they should be applied in the right skincare routine order.

Discover the correct order of skincare products for night and day to unlock your best skin yet with this helpful guide, then discover the correct makeup routine order here!

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3 MAGIC TRICKS for your Correct Skincare Routine Order

Before discovering your PERFECT order of skincare products for morning and night, it’s important to keep the following tips in mind…

  • MAGIC TRICK 1: Determine your skin type. By discovering whether your skin is OILY, DRY, COMBINATION or NORMAL, you can make sure you’re using the best products for your skin.
  • MAGIC TRICK 2: Always follow the product instructions and apply the recommended amount to your skin. You can read all skincare tutorials here or find specific application techniques on each product page.
  • MAGIC TRICK 3: LISTEN to your skin. If it’s calling out for more moisture or fancies a breather from a certain product, take note and adjust your routine accordingly!

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The Correct Skincare Routine Order for Your Morning Routine

Darlings, after a night of beauty sleep, it’s important to NOURISH your skin for a MAGICAL day ahead. Hydration, moisturisation, prep, priming and protection are essential steps in your morning skin routine order. Here is a quick overview of the correct order of skincare products for the morning:

  1. Cleanser
  2. Clay mask (optional!)
  3. Toner or exfoliator
  4. Face serum
  5. Eye serum
  6. Lip oil
  7. Cryo mask (optional!)
  8. Moisturiser
  9. SPF Primer

MORNING SKINCARE ROUTINE GRAPHIC

EVENING SKINCARE ROUTINE GRAPHIC

The Correct Skincare Routine Order for Night

Night-time is all about helping your skin to recover and repair! Your skin does this naturally as you sleep, but it’s important to give it a helping hand by applying the correct skincare order for night time using products that contain hyaluronic acid, lipids and proteins to nourish your skin overnight. Here is a quick overview of the correct order of skincare products to apply before bedtime:

  1. Makeup remover
  2. Cleanser
  3. Face mask (optional!)
  4. Toner or exfoliator
  5. Face serum
  6. Lip oil
  7. Eye cream
  8. Night cream
  9. Face oil

Charlotte’s Essential Skincare Products for Each Step in your Skincare Routine Order: Day and Night

  1. Two facial cleansers, one in lemon-yellow packaging and the other in charcoal-black, with their lids off.

    CLEANSER (DAY & NIGHT)

    Charlotte’s supercharged face cleansers cleanse your skin of impurities and excess oil and remove any lingering makeup. The award-winning Goddess Cleansing Ritual dual cleanser is great for a REFRESHED AND REJUVENATED appearance, while Charlotte’s Multi-Miracle Glow moisturizes, smooths and brightens your skin for a RADIANT glow.

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  2. An open, clear bottle with text on it that reads, 'Take it all off' with a white-coloured lid next to it.

    MAKEUP REMOVER (NIGHT)

    Makeup remover is the first thing you apply at night. Charlotte’s NEW! Take It All Off makeup remover works on eyes, lashes and lips to remove long-wear makeup in just a SHAKE, SOAK and SWIPE!

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  3. A clay mask in a glowy, rose-gold and ivory-coloured tube with its rose-gold-coloured lid next to it.

    CLAY MASK (DAY & NIGHT)

    Charlotte’s Goddess Skin Clay Mask is a MIRACLE MAKER. This is a perfect pampering skincare icon if you have an extra 15 minutes in either your morning or evening routine. Apply using Charlotte’s WONDER WORKOUT massage technique and watch as it smooths and tightens your pores for hydrated skin that feels SOFT and SUPPLE.

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  4. A reusable, white-coloured mask for lifted, firmer-looking, refreshed, and revived skin.

    CRYO MASK (DAY)

    Charlotte’s Cryo Recovery Mask uses cooling, acupressure beads for SCULPTURED contours, BRIGHTER-LOOKING eyes and a FLAWLESS-LOOKING complexion. You may want to skip this step if you prefer using a clay mask but if you have time, pamper yourself with both!

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  5. A travel-size, clear bottle filled with luminous, cream-coloured watery toner with a silver-coloured lid.

    TONER (DAY & NIGHT)

    Once your face is clean, a hydrating toner or exfoliator will perfectly rebalance your skin’s PH and resurface your complexion. Charlotte’s New! Glow Toner refines the look of pores for a radiant glow and baby-soft skin without the use of acids, while Charlotte’s Super Radiance Resurfacing Facial exfoliator contains 3 MAGIC hydroxy acids to unclog and purify the skin and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. If you’re using Super Radiance Resurfacing Facial for this step, be sure to wash off after 20 minutes (or less if you have sensitive skin!), while Glow Toner can be applied with a cotton pad or your hands, and doesn’t need to be washed off.

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  6. An open, large glass bottle of luminous facial serum with a white and gold dropper lid.

    FACE SERUM (DAY & NIGHT)

    Suitable for all skin types, Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir will SUPERCHARGE your skin with the power of potent skincare ingredients. It provides an EXTRA dose of hydration and moisture to tighten and refine pores and reduce the appearance of wrinkles for a YOUTHFUL-LOOKING glow.

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  7. An open, white-coloured eye serum tube with silver-colour geometric patterns on the front and text written on it that reads, 'eye appear depuffed and brighter with Iceawake, caffeine complex'

    EYE SERUM (DAY & NIGHT)

    Containing CAFFEINE and ICEAWAKE™, Charlotte’s Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum creates a wide-awake appearance by smoothing and brightening the delicate skin around your eyes and reducing puffiness and the appearance of fine lines.

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  8. An open, light champagne-coloured eye cream in a glass pot with its rose-gold-coloured lid next to it.

    EYE CREAM (NIGHT)

    Formulated with Daphne Stem Cell Extract to strengthen your skin’s barrier function, Magic Eye Rescue hydrates, smoothes and brightens the look of your eye area to reduce the appearance of puffiness and dark circles! It’s the secret to a smoother, brighter-looking, hydrated eye area!

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  9. A lip oil in white and rose gold packaging with shimmery geometric shapes on the tube, and a rose-gold-coloured lid.

    LIP OIL (DAY & NIGHT)

    Charlotte’s Magic Lip Oil Crystal Elixir is the secret to nourished, hydrated, plumper-looking lips. Containing hydrating ingredients including hyaluronic acid, and plant extracts like Resurrection Leaf, it moisturises and boosts for a PERFECT-LOOKING POUT.

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  10. Thick, pearly-white cream in an open glass jar with its rose-gold-coloured lid next to it.

    MOISTURISER (DAY)

    Charlotte never does makeup without her BACKSTAGE BEAUTY SECRET, the AWARD-WINNING Charlotte’s Magic Cream moisturiser! It’s essential to moisturise your skin to LOCK IN all that hydration for a GLOWING complexion and plump, smooth-looking canvas for makeup. Charlotte’s Magic Cream with bionymph peptide, vitamins C & E and hyaluronic acid leaves skin feeling soft, supple and GORGEOUS!

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  11. A thick and luscious dark champagne-coloured face cream in an open glass jar with a black and gold coloured lid next to it.

    NIGHT CREAM (NIGHT)

    Charlotte’s Magic Night Cream contains an intense, rich formula with plant stem cells and time-released retinol to target dehydration overnight and LOCK IN MOISTURE! By morning, wake up to skin that looks and feels FIRMER and SMOOTHER! It's an unmissable step in your skincare order for night time.

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  12. A primer in a white-coloured tube with a white-coloured lid with text on it that reads, 'invisible UV Flawless poreless primer SPF 50 PA++++'.

    SPF PRIMER (DAY)

    Charlotte’s Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer is a smoothing, pore-blurring effect primer and sunscreen in one! It’s the final UNMISSABLE step in your morning skincare routine to provide your skin with hydration and protection for the day ahead!

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  13. Light-gold-coloured facial oil in an open glass bottle with a gold and white-coloured dropper lid.

    FACE OIL (NIGHT)

    Charlotte’s Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil perfectly finishes off your night-time beauty routine, leaving your skin feeling SOFT, SUPPLE and SUPERCHARGED. You can also use this product by day for extra HYDRATION and brightening with the power of nourishing essential oils, a next-generation collagen matrix and powerhouse plant extracts + vitamins!

    Tilbury Tip: For extra dry skin types, apply your face oil after your face serum instead to lock in extra moisture.

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