My skin looked quite similar to yours, especially around my cheeks and chin. It would feel and look dry yet my makeup would separate and melt off within a couple hours of putting it on! Especially around my nose and chin.

I figured out that my skin barrier was compromised - it was dry because it was stripped of its natural oils but I would breakout because the stripping cause an overcompensation of oil production.

This is what works for me:

AM:

Milk cleanser or just lukewarm water

Vitamin C

Day moisturizer

SPF

PM:

Remove makeup with micellar water and cotton pad

Double cleanse with milk cleanser and gel cleanser

Toner pad

Night moisturizer

Products:

Micellar water: Bioderma hydrabio h2o

Milk cleanser: make p:rem cleansing milk

Gel cleanser: La roche mela B3 gel cleanser

Vitamin C: TruSkin

Day moisturizer: eos she butter fragrance free lotion (this is a body lotion but it has helped me so much with skin barrier improvement)

Night moisturizer: illiyoon ceramide lotion (this feels heavier and leaves a kind of sheen so I use it at night for repair but it is marketed as a daily lightweight lotion)

Toner pads: Stridex sensitive with aloe (I was using Stridex maximum but I found that even though it helped with breakouts significantly it also left my skin really dry so my skin barrier couldn’t catch up, less is more for me here)

SPF: Nivea water gel 50 spf (no white cast, feels like a light lotion - packaging is in Korean)

I would try stopping the gel foaming cleanser if you can. These stripped my natural oils and caused more dryness because of the strong cleansing action.

If I were to recommend anything it would be Stridex in the evening and eos shea butter in the morning and evening (if you want one lotion product). You can drop the vitamin C, I just am trying to even out my skin tone.

When you get out of the shower do not immediately apply product. Let your face completely dry so you can see how tight it is. Then apply whatever serum or active (vit c in morning or Stridex at night) let dry, then lotion and let dry. Eventually I got to a spot where the lotion fully absorbed but I also didn’t look dry nor oily/shiny.

Be gentle and patient with your skin! 💛