Facial skin is much more sensitive than body skin. The skin is not only thinner, the pores are also finer. Less facial hair on the face also means that facial skin is more exposed to the environment. Another point to consider is that we cover our body with clothing so body skin is much more protected than facial skin.
All of these factors shows us how vulnerable your facial skin is to damage. Therefore, it is important that we take measures to care for our facial skin so we feel healthy, comfortable and confident. Less fortunate individuals with poor skin health may have unhealthy looking skin making them feel less confident, experience constant irritation and discomfort or in, worst case, pain.
To help you remember, a morning routine is :
- cleanse –> apply serum –> apply moisturiser –> apply sunblock –> apply makeup
And an evening or night routine is :
- remove makeup and sunblock –>cleanse –> deep facial wash –> tone –> using a facial mask –> apply serum –> apply moisturiser
We have summarised a set of generic skincare steps that can be a guide for you to follow and learn how to care for the skin on your face.
Morning facial skincare routine
- Cleanse
- Once in the morning
- You want to lightly wash off the previous night’s moisturiser and any sweat or dirt that may have accumulated while you were asleep.
- Apply serum
- Once in the morning
- Apply serum to nourish, strengthen and repair your skin.
- Moisturise
- Once in the morning
- Apply a moisturiser to lock in the serum on your skin. The moisturiser prevents the serum from just drying off. You want to seal the serum in and keep it as close to your skin as possible. The moisturiser will also help keep your skin well hydrated.
- Apply sunblock
- Once in the morning (optional)
- Sunblock is required to prevent the sun’s harmful UV rays from injuring your skin and making you look look older.
- Apply makeup
- Once in the morning (optional)
- After all the previous steps are done, you can apply your makeup if required.
Night facial skincare routine
- Remove makeup and sunblock
- Once at night
(only if makeup was applied) - After getting home, the first thing to do is to remove your makeup because makeup makes it difficult for your skin to breathe.
- Once at night
- Cleanse
- Once at night
- Once, makeup is removed, you can begin to do cleansing to remove dirt and oil and any residual makeup.
- Deep Facial Wash
- Once a night (oily skin);
Once every two nights (normal skin);
Once a week (dry skin) - How often you have a deep facial wash depends on how oily or how dry your skin is. Facial washing helps deeply clean your pores and removes sebum. It prevents the development of white and blackheads while also helping to exfoliate and remove dead skin.
- If you have oily skin, you can do the wash once a day to ensure your pores are not clogged.
- If you have normal skin, you can do it once every two days or when you feel your skin is extra dirty.
- If you have dry skin, you can do it once a week or when you have had a lot of sweat and dirt on your skin. Controlled and clever prevent overly drying out your skin and causing increased irritation instead.
- Once a night (oily skin);
- Tone
- Once a night (oily skin)
Once a week (normal and dry skin) - After using numerous washing and cleansing products, you can use a toner to rebalance your skin pH and remove any remaining dirt and oil.
- Once a night (oily skin)
- Using a facial mask
- Once at night (optional)
- Masks are used for exfoliating and moisturising your skin. It is very useful to remove blackheads and whiteheads to prevent clogged pores.
- Apply serum
- Once at night
- Apply a moisturiser to lock in the serum on your skin. The moisturiser prevents the serum from just drying off. You want to seal the serum in and keep it as close to your skin as possible. The moisturiser will also help keep your skin well hydrated.
- Apply moisturiser
- Once at night
- Apply a moisturiser to lock in the serum on your skin. The moisturiser prevents the serum from just drying off. You want to seal the serum in and keep it as close to your skin as possible. The moisturiser will also help keep your skin well hydrated.
Facial skincare professional services
- Going for facial skincare professional services
- At least once a month (optional)
- Sometimes, there are some things which we just have to leave to the professionals. Beauticians are trained to to deep cleansings, pore cleanings, pore size reduction, applying special serums, masks and even facial massages.
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