I received a number of requests to explain the everyday
routines one should follow to help one on a path to easier skin care, with
optimal results.
There are such a huge variety of skin care products
available, that it is very easy to get confused and discouraged to start a skin
care routine. This as a simple
step-by-step routine that anyone can follow, no matter what your age, skin type
or concern.
Assuming that you already have established what you skin
type and skin concerns are, you need to ask your beautician to recommend the
following products, suitable for you:
Basics: Cleanser,
toner, day cream, night cream, sun screen and eye cream.
This is the basics that you will need. Yes, everyone needs
and eye cream and a sun screen, no matter what your age. Please note that your
day and night cream can be the same, it does not need to be two different
creams, as long as it does not contain a sunscreen or products that you should
not be wearing during the day, ex Vitamin A.
Optional extras:
Make-up remover, exfoliator, face mask, serums and oils.
If you are just starting a home-care routine, you may not
want, or be financially in a position, to buy everything that is in the salon
for your skin type immediately- these are nice to have, but it will not be a
disaster if you cannot buy it as well.
If you can afford it,
regular visits, once every 4-6 weeks, to your beautician, will be awesome for
your skin, and use the best products that you can afford.
Basic routines that
everyone can follow:
Morning routine:
Cleaner, toner eye cream, day cream, sunscreen.
Evening routine:
Cleaner, toner, eye cream, night cream.
Once a week: Clean , exfoliate, mask, tone, eye
cream, day or night cream-depending on what time you do this.
Teens to Thirties
This is the stage of your life where you want to keep your
skin hydrated and protected. Whether you have normal, oily/acne or a
combination skin, you can keep your routine simple.
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| Daily Skin Care Routine For Teens to 28/30 Years of age |
Thirties to Forties years of age
This is the time to start with an anti-aging routine. Yes,
anti-aging! It is not too soon as we all are exposed on a daily basis to
environmental aggressors that create havoc with our skins.
Most good skin ranges will have products that are formulated
to be used as an early prevention against ageing. You do not need to use all
the anti-ageing products, but it is a good idea to change your eye cream and night cream to an anti-aging range. You
can now also look at a hydrating serum or oil to add to you products, as it is
then very easy to customize your routine a bit more. Add the serum and oil in the morning and/or night, depending on how dry your skin are in either of those times.
How to incorporate your serum or oil into your routine:
Morning routine:
Cleaner, toner, eye cream, serum or oil, day cream,
sunscreen.
Evening routine:
Cleaner, toner, eye cream, serum or oil, night cream.
Once a week: Clean , exfoliate, mask, tone, eye
cream, serum or oil, day or night cream-depending on what time you do this.
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| Daily Skin Care Routine For Thirties to Forties |
Forties and upwards
At this stage on our life, our skin texture and oil/water
ratio changes and all of a sudden your normal skin products are not just doing
the job anymore.
It is now time to ask
your beautician to re-evaluate your skin concerns and your product range. You will most likely have to start using a
richer day and night cream and please change all of your skin products over to
the anti-ageing range.
You will have to start looking at products with ingredients
such as Vitamin A (retinols), collagen synthesis stimulating ingredients,
Hyaluronic acid, Vitamin E, etc that have powerful anti-ageing and anti-wrinkle
properties.
You can also incorporate an exfoliator that contains Alpha
Hydroxy Acids in your weekly routine. It
will stimulate cell-turnover, which can slow down as we age.
Please contact Gerda at; gerda@agbeautysalon.co.za or 082 398 9817 for more inforation or to book an apppointment for a free-of-charge skin consultation
