STEP 1 GENTLE CLEANSING

𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦.

No matter your skin type, texture, or current condition you should always use a gentle cleanser. The harsh sulfates, added fragrances, and unnecessary ingredients formulated into many face washes can throw a wrench into anyone’s beauty routine. If you’re using conventional beauty products with a ton of preservatives, fragrances, and stabilizers, you’re going to damage the skin’s microflora, which will impair your skin function and have the worst impact for skin quality and appearance.

Some people like the “tight” feeling after washing their face, but this is a sign of excess dryness caused by harsh sulfates that damage your skin. Your skin can start to feel sensitive afterward, or even peel or crack. If your skin continuously feels dry after washing, look into switching cleansers.

Pick → cleansing oil, cleansing milk, cleansing cream or cleansing balm

Skip → cleansing gel, harsh foaming cleanser, bar soaps, daily exfoliating cleanser

Ingredients to avoid → Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate

STEP 2 WATER BASED HYDRATION

𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴.

Your skin needs water to function properly. Dehydrated skin is less elastic; this means it takes longer to return to its original place when we stretch it. Adding hydrating toner to your skincare routine can make a real and visible difference in the moisture levels of the skin.

Pick → water based toner, serum or essence

Ingredients to look for → waters & hydrolats, humectants (glycerin, sodium pca, 

Skip → micellar water or other ‘cleansing’ water

Ingredients to avoid → ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL DENAT., SD ALCOHOL, ETHYL ALCOHOL, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL

STEP 3 OIL BASED MOISTURIZING TO LOCK IN HYDRATION

𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘪𝘭.

Oils are critical to maintaining the skin barrier and minimizing water loss, which is essential for healthy, hydrated skin — and for preventing outside chemicals and irritants from entering the skin. Therefore, oils help to fortify and strengthen your own natural skin barrier while providing essential nutrients onto your skin.

Pick→ face oil with only natural plant oils without any fillers

Ingredients to look for → natural plant oils and extracts (such as blackcurrant seed oil, cranberry seed oil or calendula extract and lady’s mantle extract), pure essential oils (such as yarrow oil, pine oil or fir needle oil), antioxidants like vitamin E or rosemary extract

Skip → light emulsions, or face oils that contains fractionated oils as fillers

Ingredients to avoid → Caprylic/ Capric Triglyceride, Ethyl Ester, Dicaprylyl ether, Coco-caprylate, parfum

 

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻? 𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂! 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲:

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