If your face feels squeaky after washing—but looks shiny, tight, and blotchy by lunch—your daily clay foam is the culprit. Clay is a great clarifier when used sparingly, but “every day, twice a day” in PH humidity + office AC is a fast lane to barrier damage: sting on water layers, papery cheeks, louder pores, noon oil rebound. Here’s a smarter sequence that keeps clarity without paying with your barrier.

Step 1 — Default to a cushion cleanse (most nights)

Swap your nightly wash to the gentle, pH‑friendly CUREL Foaming Facial Wash 150ml. Use 1–2 pumps, build the foam in wet hands first (reduces surfactant bite), massage for ~30–45 seconds, then rinse cool. Because CUREL Foaming Facial Wash 150ml lifts sunscreen and city film without squeak, your skin starts calm and accepts hydration better—critical in AC.

Step 2 — Keep clay, but use it like a scalpel (not a sledgehammer)

Reserve SENKA Perfect Whip White Clay 120g for short‑contact, PM‑only clarifying on specific days—think heavy SPF, outdoor sweat, or visible oil. Lather a pea in wet hands until dense, massage for 30–45 seconds (nose, chin, sides of nose), then rinse. If you feel tightness after SENKA Perfect Whip White Clay 120g, reduce to 1–2× per week until comfort returns.

Step 3 — Water‑lock within 60 seconds (stop tight‑then‑greasy)

Immediately pat on 2–3 layers of HADALABO Gokujun Premium Hyaluronic Lotion 170ml after rinsing—the “buffer window.” The multi‑weight HA in HADALABO Gokujun Premium Hyaluronic Lotion 170ml acts like a water scaffold (surface bounce + deeper comfort), so pores look calmer and oil rebounds less under AC.

Two‑week cadence (PH humility + office AC)

• Nights 1–5: CUREL Foaming Facial Wash 150ml → 2–3 layers HADALABO Gokujun Premium Hyaluronic Lotion 170ml.
• Night 6: Swap to SENKA Perfect Whip White Clay 120g (30–45s), then water layers as above.
• Night 7: Hydration‑only reset: cushion cleanse + extra HA layers.
• Week 2: Repeat; adjust clay night(s) based on comfort.

Red flags you’re stripping (not cleaning)

• Glossy‑tight right after washing → greasy by lunch.
• Sting on water‑light layers from HADALABO Gokujun Premium Hyaluronic Lotion 170ml.
• Cheeks look papery near the nose; makeup “catches” around pores.

Clarify smarter: default to CUREL Foaming Facial Wash 150ml, keep SENKA Perfect Whip White Clay 120g as a strategic PM scalpel, and always water‑lock with HADALABO Gokujun Premium Hyaluronic Lotion 170ml. For fast restocks, PasabuyJapan ships authentic Japanese imported items straight from Japan to anywhere in the Philippines.