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It is our skin!
It is something that a lot of us take for granted and I used one of those guilty people.
A beautifully finished makeup ‘flawless’ as some say, starts with good skin.
As you can see from this photo of Victoria Beckham, her skin here is not at its usual quality. The irregular texture of her skin here makes it hard for a smooth finish of foundation. She has also used highlighting products and a dewy finish foundation. These two products are not particularly a good choice when having your photo taken if you have a couple bumps on your face. The flash from the camera picks up the reflector ingredients in the products highlighting what we usually try to hide.
For those who do suffer from bad skin and when I say bad skin I mean breakouts, acne and pimples, the less makeup the better. One reason the skin could be suffering from breakouts is the pores are getting clogged. Putting more makeup on this does not allowed the skin to breathe and can clogged the skin more.
A great way to help project your skin when applying makeup is to use a silicon base primer first. You can get ones that are oil-free which is perfect for the more oily or combination skins. The reason a silicon base primer is suitable is because the silicon creates a smoothing effect, this can help stop makeup settling into fine lines or pores. The smoothing effect from the silicon also creates a barrier which protects the skin.
Good skin starts with skincare.
The 3 major steps:
- Cleanse
Some are milk, gel, baume or foaming. Some are rinse off and others are tissue off.
Although the foaming cleansers are thought to help lift out impurities through the air of the foaming, there isn’t really a specific advantage to the different types, they are more for customer preference.
- Toner/ Softener/Lotion
Again there are different types, ones alcohol-free, enriched for a more dehydrated or mature skin, milky for dry skin, matifying for oily skin and some are even cooling or refreshing which is great for those hot summers!
- Moisturise
We have day moisturisers, some which contain SPF for your sun protection. Then there in your night cream, a cream a bit more enriched and more concentrated. Why are night creams important?Our skin is more active at night. This is when our skin cells are reproducing and turning over. Whatever is on your skin at night your skin breathes in – which is why your beauty therapist/beauty advisor always says NEVER sleep with you makeup on. This can leading to clogging on the pores and overall just isn’t good for your skin.
A step that is not always remembered that is also important is Exfoliating.
Exfoliating helps to remove dead skin cells, which can clog the pores. Removing these dead skin cells help leave the skin brightened in tone, improved texture and more overall youthful appearance. Exfoliate once a week and twice a week for drier skin types.
Masks or masques are also great products, these should only be used once or twice a week depending on your skin type and the type of masque you are using. You can get masques for hydration, refining for drawing out impurities, retinol and firming masques. Some come in tubes and you apply the product yourself, others come with the product called a second skin which is a material soaked in ingredients for super concentration. For example the second skin masques can provide an instant result of a product of what the result would be after using for 7 days.
Sometimes less is more and this can go for skincare also. Using too many products for some skins can sensitize them. This does not mean everyone should not or cannot use serums and youth activators.A skin that becomes sensitized can become inflamed from redness and even develop breakouts. There are so many products out on the beauty wall a lot of it is trial and error finding what works for you.
You now know the tools to good skin care but does that mean you will have good skin? Not necessarily. One most important thing is consistency. Building a routine and being consistent with your skin care is very important. If you only use your a skin product once in a blue moon, you’re not going to see results. This is very true for anti-aging products in particular.
I hope you have found this post informative and helpful.What do you do for your skin care routine? Is there anything you do not recommend? Or anything you would recommend? Would love to hear any thoughts or comments! Constructive feedback on content always welcomed.
<3 MJH
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