Best Skincare Routine | Skin Care Steps

Every skin is unique, and every skin type needs attention, the Steps to follow in this Skincare Routines are so easy, but the most important part is to be Consistent in Maintaining that Skincare Routine.

We are going to explain all the steps in the skincare routine and also there will be an explanation about the:

Basic Skincare Routine
Advanced Skincare Routine
Day time Skincare Routine
Twice a week Skincare Routine and
Nighttime Skincare Routine so you can choose which one is best for your skin needs and then you can follow the routine every day.

To choose the right products for your skin needs you have to know your skin type. There are 5 skin types:

Dry
Oily
Combination
Normal and
Sensitive

To quickly know what is your skin type look at the center of your face (nose, forehead, chin, and cheeks) if you see any visible pores than you have oily skin type which usually gets very shine throughout the day. If you do not see any pores on the middle part of your face then you have dry skin type which has a tendency to feel tight throughout the day. For combination skin type, you have a T-zone (forehead, nose, and chin) oily and dry cheeks. But sensitive skin type can be a skin type and also a skin condition, usually is red and can be sensitive to touch.

After you know your skin type is the time to make desition on the skincare products and then the routine you like to include in your everyday steps.

Step 1: Cleanser

The first step in skincare routine is Cleanser (can also be Pre-cleanser or Makeup Remover which is still cleanser), usually you can use thecleanser twice a day in the morning and in the evening, some skin type like extremely oily skin type and acne-prone skin can use cleanser three times per day.

Cleansers come in so many forms like:

Cleansers:	Good for Skin type:
Gels	oily, acne-prone skin
Powder	any skin type
Clay	oily skin type or sensitive
Oils	sensitive or any skin type
Lotions	dry or normal skin type
Foams	combination skin type
Creams	dry skin type
Water	any skin type

Best choice of cleanser is the one who can clean your skin but do not strip your skin natural acid mantle.

Skip soaps for your face because they can leave a film on your skin and make more alkaline which means can cause dryness and other problems to the skin.

What are the benefits of using a Cleanser?

1. Cleansers dissolve makeup, dirt, extra sebum, and extra dead skin cells from the skin, clean the pores and prepare your skin for the next product.

2. Cleansers can be designed for specific skin type or skin condition.

3. They can soften dry skin or can dry very oily skin, even can calm down any redness into the skin, and can balance the skin pH, depended on the ingredients they contain.

Step 2: Toner

Toners also fresheners, and astringents are all essentially the same type of products but with different functions for different skin types. Toners balance the skin pH and should be used after Cleanser.

Fresheners	non-alcohol good for dry mature or sensitive skin
Toners	Higher-alcohol good for combination and normal skin
Astringents	Highest-alcohol good for oily or acne-prone skin

What are the benefits of using Toner?

1. Toners remove residue left from cleansers or other products.

2. Fresheners balance the skin natural pH after cleansing and also hydrate the skin.

3. Astringents temporarily tighten skin and control the sebum production good for oily skin type.

Step 3: Exfoliation

Exfoliation mean removing the outer layer of skin and the fresher smoother skin undernead will come to the surface. There are so many different types of exfoliations. Usually the exfoliations make the skin clear and healthy looking.

What are the benefits of using Exfoliation?

• Skin become smoother and softer.

• The pores openings are cleaner.

• New cells renew very rapidly because of the cell turnover rate increased.

• The skin can retain moisture.

• The product penetration is improved, and ingredients can benefits the skin more effectivly.

• Blood flow and circulation are stimulated.

• The pores can be deep cleanse.

• Makeup application can became smoother and even after exfoliation.

Exfoliation is best for this types of skin’s:

1. Any skin with Clogged pores, blackheads, whiteheads (milia) and minor acne breakouts.

2. Very dry skin with buildup of cells, flaking, and dry surface.

3. Dull, lifeless-looking skin can also benefits of exfoliation.

There are two types of exfoliation:

1. Mechanical Exfoliation

2. Chemical Exfoliation

Mechanical Exfoliation is a method of manual removing off dead cells from the surface of the skin with granular scrubs or exfoliating with a brushing machine. Scrubs with granules are best to be used two to three times per week and are rinsed with water. Depend on your skin type you can use the exfoliation less or more fracquntly. Be very carful with sensitive skin.

Microdermabration is also mechanical exfoliation, originated in Europe. There are two types crystals microdermabrasion and diamond microdermabration.

Microdermabrasion is best for following conditions:

Sun damage
Pigmentation
Open and clogged comedones
Fine lines and wrinkles
Enlarged Pores
Coarsely textured skin
Dry flaky skin
Acne-prone skin in grade 1 and 2

People how can not tolerate peels are perfect candidates for micfodermabration.

Microdermabrasion are more effective for surface exfoliation and alpha hydroxy acid are effective below the surface.

In Chemical Exfoliation or chemical peel, dead skin cells and the intercellular “glue” holds them together (desmosomes), are dissolved by chemical agents such as AHAs. So AHAs penetrate into the skin and dissolve the intercellular glue. AHAs are mild acids. Glycolic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid derived from sugar cane that used in different percentages and pH factors to dissolve the desmosomes between cells to keep skin cells exfoliated. Glycolic acid can penetrate into the epidermis more effectively because it has the smallest molecular size of the AHAs. Alpha hydroxy acid includes glycolic acid derived from sugar cane, lactic acid derived from milk, tartaric acid derived from grapes and malic acid deliver from apples.

Beta hydroxy acid (BHAs) are also used to effectively exfoliate the skin. Beta hydroxy acid includes salicylic acid derived from sweet birch, willow bark and winter green-has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties and citric acid.

Resorcinol, Phenol (carbolic acid, also called Baker’s peel), Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and Jessner’s peel are all deep peels and they are administered by well educatade esthetician or physicians.

Enzyme Peel includes keratolytic enzymes, which help to speed up the breakdown of keratin (protein) in the skin. The enzyme peel is an exfoliating treatment for someone who is Retin-A user and for “ultrasensitive” skin or too sensitive for glycolic acid peels.

The Masks and Packs for your Skin Care

Masks can do wonderful, beautiful and smooth beneficial skin. They have so many good ingredients and they include vitamins, herbs, and oils, which can be combined in hydrating bases, clay or seaweed.

The Benefits of using Masks

Masks and Packs provide many benefits for your skin care:

• Nourish

• Tighten and tone the skin

• Calm and soothe

• Brighten the complexion

• Draw impurities out of the pores

• Clear up blemishes

• Hydrate

• Rejuvenate the skin

Types of Masks

There are two types of masks:

1. Non-setting masks (do not dry or “set up”)

2. Setting masks (they are hardened or dry)

So, good skin care means applying masks once a week after exfoliation for best results. Gel and cream masks are not drying, formulated to treat or nourish, hydrated rather than deep-cleanse it. They are good for sensitive, aging, couperose or dry skin and they have excellent hydrating properties.

Cream masks, usually do not dry and they contain oils and emollients, for very dry and dry skin care because they have a strong moisturizing effect.

Gel masks are for sensitive and dehydrated skin, they contain soothing and hydration ingredients, making the skin more supple and hydrated.

Clay masks draw impurities to the surface of the skin as they dry and tightens. They also stimulate circulation and contracts temporarily the skin pores. These masks contain kaolin, clay, bentonite or silica for their sebum-absorbing effects and tightening. These masks are for oily and combination skin type. Clay masks with sulfur are good for healing and antiseptic properties for acne skin.

The Serums and Ampoules for your Skin Care

Ampoules and serums are concentrated specialized ingredients designed for effective penetration into the skin and very well result for a short period of time. They can be applied under moisturizer.

They are two types:

1. Serums (for specific skin condition with concentrated ingredients, smaller molecules, that are able to penetrate further into the skin and thus are extremely effective. They have performance ingredients like antioxidants, lipids and vitamins.)

2. Ampoules (are small, a single application of concentrated extracts in oil or water base, for a wide variety of skin problems and types, also highly concentrated.)

The Eye Creams for your Skin Care

Products formulated for the eye area are similar to concentrated specialty creams.

The Benefits of using eye creams

Eye creams have several benefits:

• Firming

• Reducing lines and wrinkles

• Protecting thin, delicate tissue

• Decreasing puffiness

Types of Eye Creams

Eye masks, tea bags, or compresses are very beneficial for the eye area and eye creams are thicker usually to protect delicate thin tissue.

The Hydrators and Moisturizers for your Skin Care

Moisturizers usually contain an ingredient that helps retain water within the surface layers of the skin. Hydrators are design with humectants that attract water to the skin.

The Benefits of using moisturizers and hydrators

• Nourishing skin

• Protecting skin

• Balancing oil-water content of the skin

• Treating skin conditions such as aging, redness, or dryness

Types of Moisturizers

They are formulated to add moisture to the skin:

1. Creams (nourish, moisture, especially during sleep, when normal tissue is taking place, they are heavier in consistency with more emollient. Creams for oily skin have very little or no emollient.)

2. Hydrators (they are formulated with humectants that attract water to the skin, they hydrate and balance the oil-water moisture content of the skin.)

3. Lotions (they are different, designed to provide slip (gliding ability) like massage creams for a massage while also nourishing and treating the skin condition.)

They are applied to the skin twice a day after cleansing to nourish and provide skin care.

The Sunscreen for your Skin Care

Sunscreens are very important for all skin types, they protect skin from UV rays. Daily sunscreen is recommended by protecting the skin from:

• Skin cancer as well as to aging,

• Capillary damage,

• Free radicals,

• Hyper-pigmentation and

• Collagen and elastin deterioration.

They do not clog pores and are available for every skin type even oily skin type.

Sunscreens have UVA rays which are long rays cause aging, and UVB rays which are shorter rays that cause sunburns. Sunscreens reflect ultraviolet rays or absorb. Full-spectrum sunscreens usually protect the skin from both UVA and UVB rays.

So, sunscreen products have SPF refers to sun protection. An SPF 2 sunscreen, blocks 50% of UVB rays, SPF 15 sunscreen, blocks 93.3% of UVB rays and SPF 30% sunscreen, blocks 96.9 of UVB rays. So, doubling the SPF does not double the protection.

I hope this skincare routine guide will help you to find the perfect skin care products for your skin type and condition.

Basic: Best SkinCare Routine Steps are:

1. Cleanser

2. Toner

3. Moisturizer

4. Sunscreen

Advance: Best SkinCare Routine Steps are:

1. Pre-Cleanse

2. Cleanser

3. Toner

4. Serum

5. Moisturizer