Are you new to Skincare? Well, this is the perfect platform for you to explore the skincare routine for beginners. Follow us to go through the brand-new journey of Skincare.
Let’s understand what the hype of skincare is all about…
You must have been to the skincare aisle and wondering what’s pitch is all about. Just looking around at the variety of skin care products like toners, serums, moisturizers, under-eye cream, sunscreen, and many more lists to go on. Skincare hype is all over social media and it’s been trending on top by beauty and skin influencers sponsored by brands. The idea behind this hype is to make people aware of skin concerns by emphasizing applying particular products. Basically, skincare doesn’t require complicated steps to follow. For beginners, follow the basic step and keep it simple.
Know your Skin Type…
First of all, to start any skincare routine, identify your skin type like oily skin, dry skin, acne-prone skin, and combination skin. Customize products as per your requirement of skin type. Let us discover Skin type in detail.
It’s classified into four main types:
- Oily Skin: It is the result of the overproduction of sebum. It’s characterized by clear, visible, and enlarged pores. Thick skin with greasy appearances and blackheads.
- Dry Skin: It is defined as a flaky, cracked, peeled, and rough texture. Depending upon the mild and severely dry skin, the elasticity of the skin is low as it becomes rough and scaly.
- Combination Skin: It is the combination of Oily skin and Dry skin. Usually, the T-zone of the area that consists of the forehead, nose, and chin is oily while the skin on the cheeks is dry.
- Sensitive skin: It is defined as a delicate skin type because of the hypersensitive nature caused by sun exposure, food allergy, and infection from particular products. This skin type easily gets irritated with feelings of discomfort, itching, redness, and tightness.
Know the Basic Skincare Step:
Understand the 4 basic CTMP rules in Skincare.
- Cleanse
- Treat
- Moisturize
- Protect
Customize the products depending upon the skin type. Make sure to follow the correct order of Skincare steps.
Step 1. Cleanse
This first step of the skincare routine is to cleanse your face at least twice a day. Once every morning before you start the rest of the activity and Later in the evening before going to bed. Cleansing is a process that clear’s the impurities of the skin, removes excess oil, and dirt that blocks pores, and bacteria causing acne. It is advised to use a mild and hydrating cleanser for beginners. Excessive use of cleansers can break the skin protection barrier.
Choose the Cleanser as per skin type:
For Oily Skin: Seek a cleanser that is formulated with benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, and glycolic acid as oily skin is more prone to acne. Look for natural ingredients like Tea tree and Aloe that mildly exfoliates the skin from excess oil, blackheads, whiteheads, and acne.
For Dry Skin: Seek a cleanser that is formulated with lactic acid, hyaluronic acid, and ceramides as it locks the hydration. Look for natural oil-based ingredients like avocado and jojoba that gently cleanse the skin and leave a layer of moisture on the skin.
For Combination Skin / Sensitive Skin: Seek a cleanser that is fragrance-free, hypoallergenic, paraben-free, and soap-free. Use an ultra-gentle cleanser that won’t irritate the skin condition.
Step 2. Treat/Toner
The second step of the skincare routine is to treat your skin problems. Many people often skip Toner as it’s completely optional to use. Toner helps to restore the Ph balance of the skin, deals with acne, cleanses dust, and signs of aging. Furthermore, toners are classified depending upon each skin type.
- For Oily Skin: Seek astringents or alcohol-based toners that help to tighten pores.
- For Dry Skin: Seek hydrating and soothing alcohol-free toners that contain glycerine, aloe extract, and hyaluronic acid.
- For Combination Skin: Seek mild-based toners that gently exfoliate and hydrate skin having green tea extracts, derivatives of vitamin c, to protect skin from radicals.
- For Sensitive Skin: Seek natural-based toner that is alcohol-free and contains Rosewater, aloe vera, cucumber, basil, and Chamomile extracts.
After Toner, apply the rest of the treatment which includes Serum, under-eye cream, and Vitamin C. Choose the serum depending upon the type of skin concern such as Hydrating serums, Antioxidant serums, Brightening serums, Resurfacing serums, Pore-minimizing serums, Anti-aging serums, calming serums and many more. A serum is customized as per your skin requirement which not only treats but also protects skin from further damage.
Step 3. Moisturize
The third step of skin moisturizing is important as it locks away the layers of product applied in step 2 of the skin routine. Moisturizer helps to strengthen the skin barrier and keep your skin hydrated. As we age, the production of collagen slows down and hence skin loses its elasticity. In order, to maintain healthy and glowing skin, it’s vital to use a good moisturizer to retain the elasticity of the skin.
Choose the moisturizer as per skin type:
- For Oily Skin: Seek a lightweight and oil-free moisturizer lotion that can penetrate easily into the skin.
- For Dry Skin: Seek a thicker formula-based moisturizer cream with hydrating ingredients.
- For Sensitive Skin: Seek a hypoallergenic formula-based moisturizer free from fragrance and alcohol.
Moisturize with active ingredients like Hyaluronic acid which helps to restore the lost hydration and plumps skin. Whereas ceramides are overall good for the skin and protect from dryness and irritated skin.
Step 4. Protect
Applying Sunscreen is the last and most vital step of the skincare routine. Sunscreen protects skin from UV rays from the sun and skin cancer. Go for sunscreen higher than SPF30 and apply 20 minutes before leaving the house. This broad-spectrum SPF sunscreen should be applied even on a cloudy day. When choosing sunscreen, there is a two-based formula type.
- Chemical Sunscreen: It is made up of chemical ingredients like avobenzone and homosalate which protects the skin from UV rays by absorbing them.
- Physical Sunscreen: It is made up of minerals like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide which work as a protective shield, blocking the sun’s rays, and reflecting UV rays away
A skincare routine is incomplete without the last step, failing to do the last step will ultimately fail the rest of the skincare.
