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Skin Care
Skin Strucure
and Functions
Determine your Skin Type
Developing Skin
Care Routine
Oily Skin Care
Dry Skin Care
Combination Skin
Care
Sensitive Skin Care
Skin Exfoliation
Skin Cleansing
Skin Moisturising
Skin Toning
Buying Skin
Care Products
Antiaging Skin Care
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Developing A Skin Care Routine
There are many products on the market these days that promise to
give you younger looking skin, to remove wrinkles, and to perform
miracles. No skin care product can do this. As it cannot penetrate
below the surface of the skin, it cannot remove wrinkles that are
already established, and it cannot push back the clock and eliminate
any signs of ageing. But this isn't to say that you cannot improve
your skin and make it look as good as you possibly can. With this
in mind, it is important to develop and maintain a good skin care
routine from an early age.
The most important thing to remember is to use products that are
designed for your skin type. Some products, such as astringent toners
designed for oily skin, will be much too harsh if used on dry skin,
and moisturizers for dry skin will be too much heavy and greasy
for oily skin. Once you have chosen your products, it is easy to
organize a simple cleansing, toning and moisturizing routine that
takes only minutes to perform both morning and night.
Morning Skin Care Routine
Cleansers are formulated to remove surface grime and dirt as well
as dissolve stale make-up from the skin.
Cleanse your face thoroughly using a creamy cleanser or cleansing
milk. Saturate your cosmetic sponge or a damp cotton wool with a
blob of cleanser. Rub in gently using small circular movements to
clean up surface grime from facial skin and throat. Cleansing should
continue until there are no traces of dirt on your sponge or cotton
wool. Follow up your cleansing with a mild complexion bar and water.
After rinsing well, pat your face with upward and outward strokes.
Blot dry, use a toner to stimulate circulation and remove any traces
of leftover dirt, if any. You may now apply a film of moisturizer
all over face and neck.
Night Cleansing Regime
Give your skin a chance to breath. Cleanse the face and neck using
a cleanser to remove stale make-up, dust, dirt and grease which
has accumulated on the skin during the day. A gentle massage will
help to float out deep down make-up and other impurities. Cleansing
must continue until the damp coton wool comes out clean. Cleanse
your neck and remember eye make up too has to be removed very gently,
using a specially formulated eye make-up remover. Be gentle while
wiping clean the area surrounding the eyes and the mouth. Take care
not to stretch, as lines can appear around them. Rinse off with
cold water to close pores and for that tingling fresh feeling. Tone
your face with a freshner. Cold mineral water is an excellent freshner.
Apply moisturizing cream or a rich night cream. Lightly massage
onto the skin using circular up and outward movements.
Basic Skin Care Products
Your basic skin care products consists of cleansers, freshners
or astringents, face masks, face packs, toners, moisturizers and
night creams.
You have a choice between chemical based skin products and off
the kitchen shelf products. The latter are low cost and are natural
remedies which produce excellent results. Natural remedies should
be given two weeks of regular application before you question its
credibility.
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