We have said goodbye to the old year for several hours, and with small steps we engage in personal reflections, and draw up lists of things to do. We have already talked about self-awareness, loneliness and good intentions for 2021, with Clinical Psychologist Chiara Maiuri in the “Interview! Holidays alone, an open conversation with Chiara Maiuri ”.
To practice what we have acquired by preaching, we steal half an hour just for us, or even if we want in good company. Treatments are the perfect way to face a year full of expectations.
So let’s find out step by step how to lift our mood with an ad hoc skincare routine:
CLEANSING
The primary step in good skincare is cleansing.
Before we even grab our facial cleanser, let’s never forget to wash our hands thoroughly for 30 sec. It may seem trivial, but before arriving in front of the mirror, we have already touched a dozen objects, plausibly not sterile, so it is essential to have your hands sanitized before they come into contact with your face, which is much more delicate.
Now, we can serenely moisten the face with warm water, to help open the pores and use a cleanser to gently emulsify on the face.
CLEANSER
Recently, the good habit of double cleansing is becoming increasingly popular. Divided into two steps, the first phase is defined CLEANSING by AFFINITY. With a dry oily cleanser, the residues of sebum and dirt are removed, likewise oily. This allows you to prepare the skin for thorough cleaning, and which is followed by CLEANSING BY CONTRAST, with a product containing surfactants, the traditional cleanser.
Cleansing by affinity is suitable for all skin types, and is highly recommended for oily skin.
An economic, but equally effective, example to properly approach the practice of double cleansing is:
NIVEA MAKE-UP REMOVER AND CLEANSING OIL
After thoroughly cleaning your hands and dabbing them, gently massage the product on your face, neck and chest. 3 pumps are enough. It is also possible to activate the oil in question by moistening the hands, rubbing them gently on the face, so as to obtain the emulsion, which must be rinsed.
More bang for your buck.
If you wear make-up, it is advisable to stop massage with oil and apply a gel cleanser (or a cleansing milk for drier skin) with moistened hands to remove the oily part. Once properly emulsified, it can be removed by rinsing the face.
TWO RECOMMENDED DETERGENTS for CLEANSING BY CONTRAST
A foaming cleanser, soft as a cloud, excellent in combination with an oil, but can also conquer you with a traditional cleansing.
Gli agenti esterni che danneggiano la pelle, generalmente, possiedono una carica elettrica positiva, ELECTROGEL CLEANSER al suo interno contiene una carica negativa che attira, cattura ed elimina le tossine caricate positivamente, nanoparticelle di inquinamento e metalli pesanti. Il tutto racchiuso in una consistenza così confortevole, che può essere utilizzata anche come maschera, applicandola su viso asciutto e lasciandola in posa per 3 minuti. Ideale per tutti i tipi di pelle.
EXFOLIATING
Exfolition can be performed mechanically, or with acids.
For the less experienced, who still have to interpret the world of exfoliating acids, the ideal solution is a scrub in grains. But beware of those that are too aggressive. In fact, the spheres must be of negligible size, since most of these products are excessively irritating to the skin of the face, precisely because of the size of the grains. In this case, the product that comes into play and will steal your heart is:
DERMOLAB GENTLE EXFOLIATING SCRUB Face
In its ID card it has all the above-mentioned characteristics, the price is competitive, and you can find it in all the well-known personal care stores. To be kept in the bathroom cabinet even in summer, when we have to put our trusty exfoliating tonics on the bench, a MUST HAVE for anyone, seeing is believing.
Are you already well-versed in acids and how they fit in with the rest of the routine? Then following a detox mask you cannot miss:
The Ordinary AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution
Great to use every 2/3 weeks for an intensive renovation.
Not recommended for sensitive skin.
MASK
After exfoliation, a mask after the holidays is an act of self-love that relieves us from daily commitments, for that good quarter of an hour. A playlist by Françoise Hardy, a good glass of bubbles on the edge of the tub and you will be as fresh as in 2019.
Prepare the glass and the background music, which can be found here:
DEEP DETOX by Honieh Beauty is a nourishing and anti-redness mask, which you will fall in love with, even the most unruly skin will have to capitulate. Spread a generous layer of it and throw yourself into improbable bathroom ballets for about ten minutes. The time of 3 or four songs. Now you can rinse with warm water, and while you are dreaming of the next use of DEEP DETOX, the time has come for a serum or a hydration plus based on hyaluronic acid.
SERUM
The purpose of the serum is still an unknown factor for many, with its light texture it prepares the skin to receive the fundamental step of the cream, the step that must never be missing even under makeup. The serum may seem superfluous at first glance. But only by trying it yourself, you will understand the contribution it can have in your skincare.
Buffered with the phalanges to improve absorption without waste, it is ideal for all skin types.
An ideal serum for all skin types is:
COSRX Advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream
A cream whose consistency is more that of a serum, contains a very high percentage of snail slime, an excellent anti-inflammatory, at 92%. Present in the first entry of the INCI, this reveals that it is the ingredient present in the greatest quantity.
To conclude, or almost, you have to think about the cream, to be applied in adequate quantities. Do not be shy, but at the same time do not abound, as in any case you will not achieve greater benefits by applying more.
If you use acids to exfoliate, the cream is preferable basic, such as:
Hydreane Riche La Roche Posay, rich in moisturizing factors, well tolerated even by the most sensitive skin.
CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion, with technology that mimics 3 essential ceramides of our epidermis.
Oily Skin? Give Khiel’s Calendula Serum-Infused Water Cream a chance a treatment that combines hydration with a soothing action.
This last product introduces an additional, optional step, but especially in winter, an ideal support for the skin already sufficiently under stress.
OIL
The oil after the cream is a pampering treatment, also suitable for skins suffering from an excessive sebum production. The oil after the cream has the power to “insulate” the skin, avoiding the dispersion of water, and also educates the skin to normal sebum production.
Khiel’s Midnight Recovery Concentrate
A few drops, once the cream is perfectly absorbed, during your evening routine, will turn into your renewing treatment.
Do you want a product to use on face, hair and body? Nuxe Huile Prodigiouse, As they say, a name a program, once it enters your bathroom, will never be missing. Start planning an escort.
Let’s begin?!
