So I started for a few weeks with just splashing some warm water on my face before bed. I'd rub it into my pores and wipe it away with a clean wash cloth. As a side note, do not just hold your hands under the spout and splash upwards like in the above picture. Seriously, why is that the only depiction of face-washing in media? It just gets water everywhere. I don't need to walk out of the bathroom looking like I just won a wet t-shirt contest. I figured out by day three to just cup my hands under the spout, carefully lift them to chin and then I gently pressed the water to my face. Much less splash damage. 

While it was refreshing, I found very little change to my skin. My acne was still as awful as ever, and my pores still looked like craters. Washing my face did keep my skin nice and moist around bed time. It was nice to get the grime of the day off my face. Unfortunately, I would be an oil-slick by morning and I felt pretty disheartened by that. After the first week, I learned that I was supposed to be washing my face twice a day rather than once and I felt pretty stupid. Though I did start to remember why teenage me found face-washing to be a chore...

Anyways, I switched up the routine to twice a day and I found that cleansing twice a day certainly did feel better. Acne levels and pore size didn't change, but I didn't start the day covered in sweaty sleep grease which was a nice morale boost. 

Washing with plain water gets a 2/10 for my skin. 

Dana~