Only the lazy have not heard about the three main stages of leaving. Yes, cleansing, moisturizing and nourishing — what your skin needs every day in the morning and in the evening. And it would seem that there is nothing difficult in to wash your face with foam and apply a cream or serum. But why then then the path to cosmetologists will not grow, and cosmetics flies into the trash can? Let's figure out what the skin really needs and how to organize daily facial care correctly.
Basic of the Basics: Determining Your Skin Type
No one stage of care cannot do without the use of cosmetics, and no one one cosmetic product can suit absolutely everyone. To find “your own”, you need to know what your skin lacks, and for this you need to determine its type. Everyone knows about oily, dry and normal skin, but this classification is very conditional (approximately how to divide everyone into blonds and brunettes, not taking into account a lot of shades). Cosmetologists distinguish the following types:
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Dry. Fine, with tight pores and minimal sebum. A protective film does not form on the surface and water evaporates quickly, there is a feeling of dryness and tightness, peeling.
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Oily with normal sebum. Tight skin with enlarged pores and increased sebum production. There is always a protective film on the surface, moisture practically does not evaporate, but inflammations, black dots often appear.
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Oily with thick skin secretion.If sebum contains little fatty acids and cholesterol, then it becomes thick and viscous accumulates in pores without going out. As a result, there is no protective film on the surface, the skin is tightened, but there are closed comedones, subcutaneous tissue. It is this type of skin that is often confused with dry and only aggravate the situation with improper care.
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Combination. This is also oily skin, but in the T-zone sebum is rarer (hence the shine, enlarged pores), and on cheeks and along the hairline is thicker and here peeling and closed comedones may be observed.
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And how normal skin? It turns out that many experts believe that normal skin occurs only in children and adolescents before puberty. After achieving the ideal lipid and water balance, only competent daily facial care will help. Oily skin with a rare secret is often considered normal. It easier to care for, high-quality cleansing and moisturizing keeps it in good condition.
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Daily facial care: choosing the right products
Knowing your skin type, it is easy to understand what exactly she needs. Your task is to choose products that provide high-quality cleansing, effective hydration and proper protection (nutrition). Additional products (acids, retinoids, bleaching and sunscreens, masks) are selected depending on needs and can be used only as as needed.
Care dry skin
Lack of sebum needs to be filled with oils and emollients, and lack of moisture — ingredients that hold it inside the skin.
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Cleansing: non-foaming agents: milk, lotion, hydrophilic oil or balm. Apply a small amount to skin, massage to dissolve makeup & impurities, and dry with a warm damp towel or rinse with warm water.
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Moisturizing: creams or serums with moisture-retaining ingredients: hyaluronic acid, aloe vera, urea, glycerin, collagen. Look for: hyaluronic acid, propylene glycol, urea, hydrolyzed proteins/collagen/elastin, glycerin, sorbitol.
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Nutrition: you need to restore the lipid layer and "close" moisture inside the skin, dense creams with oils (shea, jojoba, cocoa, olive, almond, argan) are suitable for this. Do not be afraid of silicones, they also create a film, eliminate dryness and tightness.
In winter, dry skin needs to be protected from frost and chapping, for this you need to select a dense day cream. In the summer, you definitely need a product with SPF from 50 (good products can be found in Korean manufacturers).
Care oily skin with normal secretions
Goal: prevent the accumulation of sebum in the pores, remove inflammation, saturate the skin with moisture.
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Cleansing: it is better to use foams with kaolin, activated charcoal, but without alcohol. Diligently and cleanse the skin to squeak» no necessary, it is so easy to provoke even more sebum and disturb the acid balance.
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Hydrating: Ideal — serums, light gel products, but not creams. Products with hyaluronic acid, hydrolyzed collagen, algae extract will do.
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Nutrition: after washing, you disturbed the lipid layer and you need to restore it. A good option — gel or serum with squalane, you can also use light oils, such as safflower or rosehip seed oil.
Well evens out the skin relief and dissolves sebaceous plugs salicylic acid. It can be used immediately after washing, it is fat-soluble and penetrates deep into the pores. Do not use a pharmacy solution of salicylic acid, because of alcohol, it does more harm than good. Some manufacturers have serums with water-based salicylic acid — this is what you need.
Care for oily skin with thick secretion
Goal: actively moisturize the skin, and also reduce the production of sebum.
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Cleansing: Mild products with non-aggressive surfactants will help. These can be found in lines for dry skin, but avoid oil in the composition.
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Moisturizing: any products with hyaluronic acid, panthenol, collagen, allantoin. It is desirable that the composition also contains zinc, it reduces the activity of the sebaceous glands.
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Food: the hardest — choose a product that restores the lipid layer, but does not thicken the already thick sebum. It must not contain mineral oils, silicones, fatty alcohols, wax and paraffin.It is better to look for water-based nourishing serums or pharmacy products for skin with acne.
Any remedy needs at least 2-3 weeks for its action to become noticeable, it is during the skin is renewed. If you didn notice the changes, feel free to look for a replacement. But try to objectively evaluate the effectiveness, in the end, cosmetics only work in the surface layer of the skin and you should not expect miracles.
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Massage and Facebuilding: Why You should Include Them in Your Care
In addition to the condition of the skin, appearance is strongly influenced by other factors. A floating oval, a nasolabial fold, swelling under the eyes cannot be washed off with foam and cannot be removed with a good cream. This is because the skin is attached to the muscles, and they largely determine how the face looks. So, for example, muscle clamps lead to lymph stagnation (hello, edema) and mimic wrinkles. You can remove them with the help of massage or light facial exercises.
There are many varieties of facial massage, but the principle of action is general. With light movements along the massage lines, you need to relax the muscles and disperse the lymph. In order not to rub and stretch the skin too much, you need to use oil, and for oily skin — infusion of oatmeal or flaxseeds. Facial massagers can be used.
Facebuilding — a new name for facial gymnastics, which was invented back in the 18th century. The purpose of the exercises is to relax and stretch the muscles, restore their tone. With age, muscle tissue atrophies, regular exercise increases blood circulation and slows down this process. It is better that a set of exercises is selected by a beautician who will take into account the structure of the face, the ratio of muscle and adipose tissue.
The main condition for the effectiveness of massage or exercise — regularity. It doesn't necessarily take a lot of time, for example, applying a serum or oil can be combined with a massage, and exercises can be done to complete the daily facial. Remember, a habit is developed in 21 days, after 3 weeks you will do it all automatically. Beautiful and well-groomed skin requires effort and time, give it 15 minutes in the morning and in the evening — the result will surely please.
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