A good skin care routine. 
routine is easy to do at home and is not time consuming, it is only this way if that's how you see it.
You see in the years of me doing facial chemical peels in the Beauty Salon the number of people who said I don't have time well I am here to show you you do. So if you are ready let's look at your good skin care routine in more detail. The basic routine is to do the following:
Tone Moisturise
So now we can look at each in more detail and also look at extra things you can once or twice a month.
CleansingThis can be done using many dfferent types of products:
So here is the difference and how you would use them. Okay let's look at for example a busy mum who needs to get the kids organised etc, a wash of cleanser is great and is also particularily good if you have an oilier skin type, as it is like soap but it doesn't dry the skin out. Now this type of cleanser is quick and easy, use it like you would a soap. It leaves the skin feeling fresh and clean.
Okay next the cream cleansers which are used on a dry skin, all you need to do is massage it all over the face except the eyes and then removed with damp cotton wool.
There are ones which are moisturising, hydrating, deep cleansing etc. You then follow with toner which again you put on a damp piece of cotton wool and go over the whole face apart form the eyes.
TonersThese temporarily close the pores and like water leaves the skin fresh and tingly, by the way you don't need to use a toner with the facial wash only if you want to. Exfoliating
Dead skin on the surface clogs the pores, prevents your products from reaching the deeper layers of the skin and also can cause dry patches on the surface.
Another thing also is they prevent new skin cells reproducing and coming to the surface which in turn makes your skin glow and look healthy. So you would do this after cleansing.
MoisturiserThis also includes an eye and night cream. So in the morning you would apply the appropiate moisturiser for your skin type, so for example a dry skin will like a heavy cream.
A combination skin will like a light one and if your skin is oily then a light mattifying one. Then follow with eye cream. I would say this is a very important part of a good skin care routine. We all want to feel soft skin. Now I was surprised recently when someone told me she had heard not to put the eye cream on the top eyelid and to just put it on the top of the cheek bone.
Well I say no to that, personally I think you should apply it to the top and bottom eyelid and if you are using a good quality eye cream then their is not a problem with a reaction.
At night you would use the night cream and eye cream although some people don't buy a seperate night cream, I personally do as night creams tend to be more nourishing and thicker with more active ingrediants which is good for the skin when you are sleeping, helps keep premature ageing away.
Now as long as you have thoroughly cleaned your skin the night before, you could just use a toner and moisturiser as the toner will remove any surface oil and temporarily close the pores and then follow with your moisturiser and eye cream.
It takes no time at all and if you wear make up it will look better and feel better if you have cleaned and moisturised it before hand.
Face MaskA face mask is good to do because it is deep cleansing, moisturising and nourishing. You can do this once a month. You use it after you have cleansed and toned the skin.
By using a mask as part of your good skin care routine, it penetrates the skin layers more, drawing out impurites, some can cause spots though, so if you have a special occasion coming up do it afterwards. It can hydrate, calm, and soothe the face and neck, some masks are also firming, they do so much these days.
At the end of the day as they say what you put out is what you get back, you reap what you sow, so if you want healthy, younger looking skin then it is a must to have a good skin care routine that becomes a healthy enjoyable habit.
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