“The skin is the body’s largest organ and a reflection of our health and well- being”.
Investing in the health of your skin with regular skin care will not only better protect your skin from harsh effects but keep you looking and feeling your best throughout.
What is Skincare?
A skincare routine contains the series of products you regularly use to care for your skin or the steps you take to care for your skin regularly. Skincare looks different for everyone because we all have different skin concerns. We need a day and night time routine in other to achieve a desired glowing skin.
Applying skincare at night may tempt you to skip your morning routine. That’s a bad idea because overnight, your skin produces oils and debris that you should cleanse when you wake up in the morning.
Order Of Application
Having a skincare routine requires products being applied day and night ,some products like sunscreen are not needed in a PM routine because there is no sunlight. Products like retinol exfoliate the skin,increase skin cell turnover, and stimulate collagen synthesis and using it at night is best because the evening is a time of rest, skin repair and cell turnover is at it’s peak.
In applying skincare there is a need to apply it step by step. Many people find it confusing how to apply their skincare products. Here is a guide on how to apply your products in the exact order during the day and night.
Minimalist skincare lovers focus on basic steps of skincare which include:
- cleansing
- exfoliating
- toning
- serum
- eye cream
- moisturizing
- sunscreen
Top Five Benefits Of a Skincare Routine
- Protection from the Sun: products containing SPF are essential for protecting us from UV rays that can damage our skin causing skin cancer, wrinkles, sun damage, uneven skin tone, and loss of firm skin.
- Self Confidence: Stepping out of the house with a fresh youthful skin gives nothing but confidence as well as taking pictures without filters.
- Makes you look more youthful: As you age, your skin cells turnover and makes it look duller and less radiant. skincare helps remove dead cells so the body can replace them with youthful ones.
- Serves as a form of self-care: When skincare becomes something you love it serves as a form of self-care. you are normally alone alone in in a bathroom or somewhere quiet having a moment just to focus on you.
- Nutritional Benefits: good skincare contains Vitamin A, B Complex, C, Zinc, and essential fatty acids that help support collagen, regulate cell turnover, and sebum production keeping out microbes and bacteria for healthy skin.
Bottom Line
Whether you have a skin condition or few blemishes skincare is an important part of life and self care. Achieving a glowing and beautiful skin is not an overnight process. It takes patience, and consistency to achieve that glow. Build up slowly to avoid side effects and give your skin the best possible results.
