…Then I apply an herb mint facial mask which I leave on for ten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older, then moisturiser, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturising protective lotion.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman. Some kind of abstraction. But there is no "real me," only an entity, something illusory. And, though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.
