moisturize face
Cream near the nose and eyes feels different from the rest of the face, and the scent can come on strong. The pictures below show exactly where the fingertip lands, one zone at a time.
♀Woman moisturizing face
A cartoon woman with brown hair moisturizing her face with her hands.
♀Woman applying face cream
A cartoon woman with curly brown hair holding a jar of face cream and applying it to her face with her finger.
About this visual support
Face cream is one of those steps that quietly drops out of the morning chain. It is tiny next to brushing teeth or getting dressed, so it gets skipped, and at the same time the skin around the nose and eyes is often where new textures and strong scents trigger the loudest protest.
With a visual schedule, face cream gets its own slot among the morning pictures, and the child can see which zones receive cream: forehead, cheeks, nose, chin. Splitting the face into zones lets the child stop the finger early as it nears the eye, instead of one big sweep that smears everything in one go and often lands in the wrong place.
A concrete tip: squeeze the cream onto the back of your hand first rather than straight onto the face, so the child has a moment to look at it, sniff it and choose more or less before anything touches skin. In Routined you can place face cream as its own short card right after washing the face, so the step is visible even on the mornings it would otherwise have slipped past.