Facial Care
How often do we take our skin for granted and forgotten the simplest steps of washing our face to keep our face clean? Which part of your body does people look at you first? It's your face! Therefore taking care of your face is very important not only from the
health point of view but also from an
aesthetic and
social perspective.
Our skin can be of different type. It may be dry, greasy, normal or combination with different type of skin problems and condition. You face may be dehydrated, sensitive, congested, blemished or infected. However, most of us has combination skin of greasy on the T-zone and dry on the cheek, eyes and mouth. Therefore, knowing your own skin type and condition is important before you choose your skin care regime yourself.
There are several skin care products available in the market that you can choose from depends on your skin type. However, your
daily skin care routine should consist of
cleansing,
toning,
moisturizing and
SPF.
- Cleansing - At least twice a day, one in the morning and one at night with facial foam or facial gel. (Removing face makeup with cleansing milk or cleansing oil without using water and wipe of with damp cotton pad, remove eye and mouth makeup by damping your cotton pad with eye-makeup remover and wipe it of before cleansing your face.)
- Toning - Toning your face will help restore your pH balance of your skin and refine back your pores. It also act as a 2nd or 3rd cleanser by removing the excess residue. Apply toner with cotton pad after cleansing your face.
- Moisturizing - Moisturizer is important for everyone no matter what skin type. As our Epidermis (outer skin) has 5 layers, whenever we cleanse our face we are removing the top layer of our skin and the moisturizer is use to replace back the layer and it is just like the food to our skin. If we don't moisturize our face, the skin will soon become sensitive or dehydrated.
- Sunblock - Sunblock is also important as it protect us from the sun's UVA and UVB rays. Even if you stay indoors, you are advice to put on at least SPF 15 as UV rays can pass through windows and our fluorescent lamps has UV rays too.
Tips:
- Exfoliant - Also known as scrubs, can be only use once a week for dry and dehydrated skin and the most twice a week for greasy skin.
- Always remove all makeup before sleeping.
- Always check the ingredients of the products before using as you might be allergic to an ingredient in the product.
- Avoid diluting your products as it might contaminate it.
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