IT KEEPS YOUR SKIN CLEAR
Think about it this way, imagine you’re wearing your makeup on a super-hot 12+ hour day, you’ve taken the subway, a short albeit sweaty walk outside during your lunch break, and you’ve re-powdered your face throughout the day. You’ve now accumulated 12 hours’ worth of makeup, excess oil, dirt, pollution, and who knows what else on your face. Could you imagine skipping cleansing now? We don’t think so.
Cleansing is as incredibly important as it deep cleans and gets rid of all of the excess dirt, makeup, and impurities you’ve encountered throughout the day. This will help to keep your skin clear, healthy, and radiant. Without cleansing, your skin will be more prone to breakouts, dehydration, and premature aging.
BOOSTS HYDRATION LEVELS
Your skin goes through a natural shedding process every 28-30 days where it gets rid of all of your built-up dead skin cells that can cause acne, blackheads, and textured skin. As we age, this natural process takes longer and longer to occur, leading to dry, dehydrated skin. Cleansing and other products like chemical exfoliators help to rejuvenate and naturally speed up cell turnover to reveal fresh, healthy skin at the surface.
When you skip cleansing, your built-up dead skin cells go unchecked, leaving your skin looking dry, sallow, and unhealthy. Cleansing regularly removes this build-up, allowing you to properly hydrate your skin.
HELPS THE REST OF YOUR PRODUCTS ABSORB
Do you know all of those amazing skincare products that you can’t live without? Well, hate to break it to you but if you don’t properly cleanse your skin — they can’t do anything. Similar to the hydration of the skin, when you skip on cleansing that dead skin cell build-up also impairs the ability for all of your other skincare products to properly absorb into the skin.
REINFORCES YOUR SKIN BARRIER
This may sound like an oxymoron but while harsh cleansers and over-cleansing can damage your skin barrier, not cleansing can also do the same. When you skip cleansing, you weaken your moisture barrier leaving it susceptible to environmental stressors that can damage it. Cleansing on a routine basis with gentle, hydrating products will help to reinforce the outer layer of your skin protecting it from bad bacteria, pollution, microbes, and other impurities. This is the base for healthy, hydrated skin.
Face washing 101
1. Use a gentle, non-abrasive cleanser that does not contain alcohol.
2. Wet your face with lukewarm water and use your fingertips to apply a cleanser. Using a washcloth, mesh sponge, or anything other than your fingertips can irritate your skin.
3. Resist the temptation to scrub your skin because scrubbing irritates the skin.
4. Rinse with lukewarm water and pat dry with a soft towel.
5. Apply moisturizer if your skin is dry or itchy. Be gentle when applying any cream around your eyes so you do not pull too hard on this delicate skin.
6. Limit washing to twice a day and after sweating. Wash your face once in the morning and once at night, as well as after sweating heavily. Perspiration, especially when wearing a hat or helmet, irritates the skin. Wash your skin as soon as possible after sweating.
Know your Skin Type
• Normal skin: This skin type doesn’t experience excess dryness or oiliness, and is generally free of visible pores, acne, and sensitivity.
• Dry skin: Skin is considered dry when it lacks water and natural oils. This skin type may have a rough texture, visible lines and wrinkles, dullness, loss of elasticity, and increased sensitivity, and a tight, uncomfortable feel.
• Oily skin: Oily skin produces too much sebum, and is likely to experience enlarged pores, blackheads, pimples, and unwanted shine.
• Combination skin: This skin type has areas of dryness and areas of oiliness. It’s common to have dullness and rough texture in some spots and enlarged pores, blackheads, and shine in others (especially around the nose, chin, and forehead).
• Sensitive skin: Sensitive skin types tend to react to external factors, including skincare. Signs of sensitive skin can include stinging, burning, and redness.
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