Rooshy Roy Care Founder Drops Her Skin-Care Routine

Above all, she’s a believer in keeping it simple. “The more you add to your routine, the more you’re kind of making your skin rely on those products,” she says. “It’s fun to interact with beauty, but I think sometimes people underestimate the cost of adding so many products, because if you can’t keep up that routine almost indefinitely, you’re kind of signing up for all of these transitions, and that’s what really wears on our skin.” 

What products make the cut? Read on for the sunscreen with zero white cast, a luxe heated eye mask, and the turmeric mask that started it all, as Roy drops her skin-care routine. 

My Cleansers 

I don’t actually cleanse my face in the morning. Because I’m very targeted and intentional in my evening routine, I don’t believe in overstripping the skin on my face. And because I fully moisturized last night, I want that to continue penetrating my skin. I just will splash a little water on my face to wash away all the shit that forms in our eyes while we sleep and all of that, as a kind of wake-up. 

At night I start with removing my makeup with Bioderma’s makeup remover for sensitive skin. I love that product because it’s as close to water as possible, but it also gets everything out of every little nook and cranny. And then I will use Boscia’s Black Charcoal Cleanser every night. It does a light, gentle exfoliation, without being overly stripping to the skin. It doesn’t leave my skin feeling taut. 

Bioderma Sensibio H2O Soothing Micellar Cleansing Water

Boscia Detoxifying Black Charcoal Cleanser

My Exfoliator 

Three times a week, I’ll use our turmeric mask, the Glow Activating Exfoliator, at night. This is a super-deep cleanse that not just cleanses but physically exfoliates the skin, and helps resurface the texture. 

Aavrani Glow Activating Exfoliator

And in the wintertime especially, you don’t want to be doing that too often. That makes the skin raw and too exposed—sometimes I’ll even just use it on my T-zone. And then in the summertime, I need the whole face, like out to my ears. It’s by far my favorite product, because it’s so malleable to the situation. I can use it as a spot treatment when I feel hormonal acne rearing its head, and turmeric activates blood flow, so immediately it helps even out that inflammation that’s brewing underneath the skin. 

The other two key active ingredients are neem and honey. I added the honey specifically to help hydrate the skin and not get that overly stripping effect, which is something I just learned from my grandmothers growing up. And then neem is amazing for blemishes, acne, and redness, specifically irritation. I remember, growing up, my dad would show me how he would chew on the leaves, because it’s an antibacterial and it helps with the strengthening your gums and and your teeth.

 My Serum

After the exfoliator I use the Balance Restoring Serum, which is actually what I realized I needed in the winter instead of more moisturizers. The classic thinking is that in the winter we need more moisturizer. But really, we should be thinking about how we make our moisturizers work better for us. I love this serum; I use it twice a day. It helps your moisturizer penetrate more deeply into the skin, and strengthen that natural moisture barrier that we have, so that it actually preserves the hydration from your moisturizer for a longer.  It’s activated by tea tree oil, chamomile, and cucumber,  so it leaves a super cooling, soothing, and nourishing effect, which I love right after the exfoliator. It’s like a nice little like yin-yang experience from a sensory perspective.

Aavrani Balance Restoring Serum

My Eye Creams

At night in the winter, I’ll add some of the True Botanicals Pure Radiance Oil to my Eye Elixir. I love it because it has papaya seed, which is great for dark circles, and I’ll apply it in a massage sort of way. I think the key thing about eye creams that we should remember is a big chunk of it is the act of applying it alone, because you’re massaging that part of your skin that’s fragile and tends to react much quicker to nonmovement. for example, if you have blocked tear ducts or you’re not washing your make up off fully, it’ll get puffy and fluid will gather. So even if you don’t have an eye cream, I would start with using just your moisturizer and intentionally applying it under and around your eyes just so that you can see how much of a difference that intentional approach makes. I try to associate a ritual with every product, so I love massage and face yoga.

True Botanicals Pure Radiance Oil

Aavrani Eye Rejuvenating Elixir

My Moisturizer 

I only use moisturizer in the winter; in the summer I stick to the serum and a sunscreen. Morning and night, I’ll use my Softening Hydra-Whip, mixed with a couple drops of The Ordinary Rosehip Seed Oil. The Hydra-Whip already has rosehip seed oil, but in the winter time, I need that extra oil and nourishment. 

Aavrani Softening Hydra-Whip

The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil

I discovered The Ordinary after we launched Aavrani, because I knew that I needed an extra boost in the winter. I didn’t want to risk adding an ingredient that potentially wouldn’t combine with the Whip well, so I thought, Why not just maximize the one of the ingredient that’s already in here that I need? The brand was so appealing to me because of what their philosophy is around raw and clean ingredients. It was so aligned with what I actually believe, in a way that finally gives that transparency to customers. I trusted that brand right away, and started using it in 2018, and to this day I still stock up on their rosehip seed oil. I buy like three at a time from Amazon. It blends so well, it locks in the moisture the way that I need, and it’s such a lightweight oil that it doesn’t feel heavy on the face while also serving as like a nice little boost primer for my makeup. 

My SPF

In the summertime, after washing my face with water, I’ll only use La Roche Posay SPF. It’s a clean— but not physical—sunscreen, because with my skin tone, physical sunscreens leave a very gray cast. I love this sunscreen because it blends really nicely into my skin and isn’t oily. 

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Light Fluid Face Sunscreen SPF 60

My Lip Balm 

In the winter I use Weleda Skin Food’s Lip Butter. I like that they have such an intentional approach to ingredients—the thing about skin care and ingredients, it’s like we always want stuff that'’s new, but it’s really the stuff that’s been used for a long time that has withstood the test of time. I always like to see brands and companies that have been rooted in ingredients over a long period of time. This brand was established in 1921, so I always look for that little bit of trust from from the brands that I’m using. 

Weleda Skin Food Lip Butter

My Eye Mask

I always end my routine by taking care of my eyes. I’ll start by taking out my contacts. I’m on screens all day and staring at screens all night, so my eyes are drier than ever. I actually take an intentional approach to rehydrating my eyes too. That’s something I think about as beauty that people might not necessarily associate with beauty, but it has an effect. I use a couple of drops of Systane Hydrating Lubrication, but then do some heat therapy on my eyes to help relieve the tear ducts that are blocked from all the blue light that’s coming in and evaporating all of the hydration. I don’t have a choice but to not look at my screen because I’m wearing a heat mask, and it helps me get that few minutes of intentional reflection in the day, even on days where things are crazy. It just brings me back to where my feet are, and not where my mind goes. 

Topoint Heated Eye Mask

Bella Cacciatore is the beauty writer at Glamour. Follow her on Instagram @bellacacciatore_.