Reddit mentions of Olay Night Elixir, 1.7 Oz

First off, that baking soda/lemon juice mask sounds so, so painful. Stop that. Read the beginner's guide on the sidebar!! It'll be so helpful. I feel the need to chime in here because I worked at a Chick-fil-a for a few years in undergrad and it was such a dark time for me and my skin. That's actually when I started to take my skincare seriously and, consequently, that's when I discovered this sub. Though I no longer work there, I remember that time clearly. What I REALLY wanted to tell you was to get away from the cotton undershirts. Food service is a very oily, sweaty environment (like I said, been there, done that), and that makes for a bad time on your skin. Here's what I recommend:

• It's a pricey investment, but consider some of the under-armor stuff for your shirts. They'll wick off all that moisture, and they'll also last longer than those bulk cotton tees that everyone gets at Wal-Mart or whatever. Yes, you can wear it under your uniform (I did it all the time in marching band and at work, no one ever noticed). see edit 1 below
  
• You didn't ask about feet/socks, but while I'm on that no-cotton train, get away from cotton socks. Your feet will thank me. I buy AND1 polyester blend socks that are like $6 for 3 pairs at Wal-Mart. More expensive, but I magically no longer had blisters on my feet from long work hours/running.
  
• If you work long shifts (and they end up giving you your mandatory 15 or 30 minute break), bring travel tubes of face wash to work with you. Travel tubes are like $1 at Wal-Mart, probably the same or cheaper in other places like Target. Go to the bathroom during your breaks and rinse off your face and neck, pat dry off with a clean wash cloth from your house (not those scratchy paper towels in the bathroom). Bring a clean towel with you every day and keep it in a backpack or purse or whatever you take with you to work.
  
• When you come home after work, take a shower. Wash your hair first, then your face (your hair will keep so much oil in it that it's not even funny, and when you wash your hair, it'll get on your face). Head over to /r/haircarescience if you want help there, by the way!! (I'm assuming you don't have ethnic hair - ignore me if you do, I only speak to my thick, Hispanic/white person hair habits and I don't really know how often you wash ethnic hair).
  
• DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE/ANYTHING. It's hard, but it really helps. Don't touch it, don't pick at it, just don't unless your hands are literally just-washed clean and you're admiring its softness. If you work in the kitchen, it's obvious why you shouldn't (get food or glove powder all over your face, bad) - but if you're a cashier, it's worse. None of your customers wash your hands, all of them pick their nose and lick their fingers and scratch their asses and all you do all day is take their dirty money. Think about that every time you look at your hands, be germophobic. Then stop touching your face!
  
• P.S. my managers used to let me wear gloves at the register. Yes, I was that crazy. Yes, I kept a box of gloves under the register and wore them for my entire shift.
  
• Drink lots of water. Don't drink the free sodas they give you (if they do), just drink water and stay hydrated. I don't know if it really makes a difference for your skin, but I like to think that it does (since it'll help you everywhere else).
  
  As far as my skincare routine, before I started, I had really oily, acne-prone everything. Not the worst acne ever and definitely not as bad as some folks here have posted, but still pretty bad around my mouth/cheeks, and on my upper chest, between my boobs (wtf?), and on my back. The lifestyle stuff above really helped for my body acne. I'm gonna tell you what my routine is just because I know you might ask, but if you look at the sidebar for the basic stuff, it'll really help you. Turns out my skin was oily because it was dehydrated and felt the need to overcompensate. Moisturizing sounds counter-intuitive when you feel so greasy, but wash your face and do it anyway.
  
  Morning: Wash with CeraVe hydrating facial cleanser, use one Stridex wipe on my face (in the red box), wait until it dries, use a pinky-tip sized amount of CeraVe moisturizing cream in a big round tub (16oz) for my face. If I have any pimples forming or red bumps or whatever, I use a generic brand 2.5% benzoyl peroxide cream on that part of my face. If I'm gonna leave the house, I use Neutrogena's breakout free sunscreen. These days, I'm in my grad office or I'm otherwise indoors 9 times out of 10.
  
  Evening: Wash with CeraVe hydrating facial cleanser, then I use two pumps of this Olay stuff on my face. If you use that at night, please, please, please don't forget to use sunscreen the next day.
  
  Every other week or whenever I feel like I'm getting cystic-style acne, I use Queen Helene's Mint Julep face masque (just put it on for like 10-15 minutes and wash it off, moisturize).
  
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  ANYWAY. I hope that helps. I feel you and your food-service woes. Let me know if you have any questions.
  
  edit 1: I just wanted to add this: Under armor makes shirts for the winter and shirts for the summer. You need to shop around, read the Amazon comments, and figure out which shirts are better for which temperatures, maybe get like, one or two at a time, set aside a bit of your budget every month to build up a collection (if you exercise/plan on sticking around in food service for a while, it'll be sooooooo worth it, trust me).

Clarisonic might be too much for dehydrated skin. What about Vaseline (or Aquaphor), a retinoid, Paula's Choice 8% AHA gel, Paula's Choice Resist C15 serum (a Vitamin C serum that is great for brightening up skin, getting rid of age spots, and smoothing skin).

http://www.paulaschoice.com/shop/skin-care-categories/antioxidants/_/Anti-Aging-Power-Couple-Resist-C15-Resist-Retinol-Serum/

http://www.paulaschoice.com/shop/skin-care-categories/aha-and-bha-exfoliants/_/Skin-Perfecting-Eight-Percent-AHA-Gel-Exfoliant/


I've also heard great things about this product

I used to have a love affair with the Olay Regenerist Night Resurfacing Elixir, and from what I remember, it is very regularly available in all those stores!

Oh man I got it for £11.99 a few weeks ago but the seller has put the price up to £17.96 now, must have been a fluke: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003U7OYK2/ref=ox_ya_os_product_refresh_T1

It's cheaper on other sites but I haven't ordered from them.