This TikTok Viral Shower Routine Has Completely Transformed My Skin

You know what's my Roman Empire? Those TikTok videos featuring the most epic evening shower routines. One of my favs that lives rent-free in my head is Amelia Gartner, a skincare content creator who proclaimed that her bodycare routine, including body washes, body creams, body oils and more, gets her "stopped nearly weekly", with people asking her about her skin.

"I feel like I've been gatekeeping this, because I didn't even think this was something that people didn't do," says Gartner. "The best thing about this is that you can chop and change it and be as creative as you want, and it can work with any budget," she says.

Turns out, it's become a hit with everyone she has shared it with, too. "Every time I've explained this routine with my friends, they are shocked. It works with people with KP [keratosis pilaris, which is often the cause of bumps on the backs of the arms], people with eczema, and it gets better and better every time you use it," she adds.

I remember thinking... I, too, would like the skin on my body to glow to the point of being inundated with compliments, so I promptly took notes and road-tested the routine for two weeks straight, and let me tell you. I have not looked back since. Scroll ahead for the full bodycare routine.

The TikTok Viral Bodycare Routine

Step 1: Exfoliate

The first step in the routine is to exfoliate your entire body. Gartner explains that she uses an acid-based scrub to chemically exfoliate the skin before stepping into the shower. I used what I had to hand in my bathroom already, so I would either use a traditional granular body scrub or a body brush. However, if I wanted a chemical exfoliant, I might use an exfoliating body serum a little while before stepping into the shower.

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Step 2: Body Wash

The next step is to use "any old body wash to wash yourself clean," says Gartner. She recommends shaving at this point if you're planning to. Dove's body washes are among my go-tos for leaving the skin soft, and they're great for shaving too.

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Step 3: Oil Body Wash

Next, you want to go in with an oil-based body wash. "This is going to reapply all the oil that you have just washed off with your normal body wash," says Gartner.

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Step 4: Body Oil on Wet Skin

Next, you want to step out of the shower for a moment and apply a body oil all over your skin whilst it's still wet. The oil "sandwiches in the water" so that you can lock more moisture into the skin. Gartner then recommends stepping back into the water to wash this off. I personally preferred to keep it on before drying my skin.

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Step 5: Hyaluronic Acid Body Serum

Gartner explains that every step in this routine is optional, so I decided to skip this part as I don't have a hyaluronic acid body serum at home. However, if you want to do it, she recommends toweling off so your skin is still a little damp, and then applying the product to your skin. "I'm not talking, like, a tiny 30ml serum, you need something that's big, like at least in a 100ml jar," she says.

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Step 6: Body Cream

As the final step, Gartner likes to apply a body moisturiser on top to lock in the water and oil from the previous steps. However, she advises against using anything too heavy. Instead, she takes a lightweight yet nourishing body moisturiser and adds a drop of her usual body oil into the mix. "Essentially, what we are doing is making one of those big, luxe, heavy body balms but just in a lighter texture," she says in the video, which results in a silky cream that's not oily or greasy.

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Bonus step: Bronzing Drops

If Gartner is going out, she also likes to apply a couple of bronzing drops at the last stage. "Pop a few drops of this into your moisturiser and you will have a bronzed glow all over your body. Trust me when I say that you will get stopped on the street from how glowing you will be from this routine," she says.

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The Verdict:

Life before this shower routine was...different! My bodycare routine was the bare minimum. A body wash and the occasional application of moisturiser or oil were the foundations of my shower routine. However, since adding in the additional steps, my skin has never felt—or looked—better.

Tight, itchy skin is gone, and instead, it's incredibly soft and my legs practically beam with hydration. I can live without the hyaluronic-acid serum step, and I prefer to keep the body oil on my skin rather than showering it off, but even with skipping these steps, my skin has hugely improved.

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