Skin care?

Okay bare with me here.

I'm 17 and I've never really taken care of my skin, I'm going back to school in a month and I'm going to be wearing makeup on a daily basis so I'm a little more hard pressed to find a good routine.

I get bad breakouts during my period but they usually go away within the week after it ends, other than that I don't ever get breakouts except 1x or 2x a month.

I'm fair skinned, combination skin type but get very dry skin patches as well.

Can anyone recommend skin care products to use? Any kind of routine?

I know it's very important to completely remove makeup before I go to sleep but other than that I'm a bit clueless as to a routine for my skin.