The most important part of a daily skin routine is cleansing. If you are far too lazy or impatient to take on a full-on daily routine with multiple steps, it's really important that you at least remember to wash your face everyday, morning and night. Our skin goes through a lot during a day and even throughout the night, such as sweating, or merely collecting the bacteria from our hands when we touch our face, so it's important that we cleanse our skin well. However, it's important not to over-wash our face because that will start to strip our skin of it's natural oils, so sticking to twice a day will do the trick. It's especially important to wash your face at the end of the day and remove ALL make-up if you're wearing any! Keep water at a warm temperature, avoiding extreme cold or hot temperatures, because they can cause broken capillaries in our skin and make it look blotchy.
Toning is another step that should be including in a daily skin care routine. A toner helps to remove unwanted oil that's left on our skin, and really clean deep in our pores. It also will help remove any left over dirt or make-up that may not have came off while washing our face. Toners leave our skin feeling fresh and radiant. Unlike cleansers and moisturizers, which are more of a creamy substance, toners should be applied with a cotton pad because it's a water-like liquid. Pay special attention to your T-Zone in regards to applying the toner, and avoid putting it on around your eyes.
Another important part of a daily skin care routine is moisturizing. Although our skin does have natural oils that keep our skin moisturized, sometimes it needs a little more. Moisturizing our skin will help keep it feeling soft, looking young, and staying hydrated. If you have oily skin, it's still important to moisturize, however try to opt for an oil-free moisturizer. No matter what type of skin you may have, you should try to find a moisturizer that has a minimum of SPF 15 in it, or applying a sunscreen after your moisturizer. No matter what season and time of year it is, the sun is always there and your skin needs protection from it if you want it to look and feel healthier and younger!
If you're planning on adapting a new daily skin care routine and wondering where to start in terms of the brands of products, you might want to get some ideas from this video below by YouTube user HollyAnneRee, where she described her day and night skin care routine! Enjoy!
