How to Create a Skin Care Routine?

To establish your skin care routine, follow these steps qualified as essential regardless of your skin type:

1. Cleansing:

   The first step in a daily beauty routine, and even the most essential, is cleansing. Indeed, at the end of the day, the skin is covered with dust, pollution particles, dead cells and different kinds of impurities accumulated throughout the day. This dirt can lead to imperfections (blackheads, pimples, etc.) or a dull complexion by clogging the skin pores. It is thus imperative to clean it. In addition, a properly cleansed face forms the basis for the rest of your skin care routine. During this step, use a gentle cleanser adapted to the skin concerns because if the skin feels attacked it will start to produce sebum in great quantity and will then lead to the appearance of imperfections and redness.

   If during the day you apply make-up or even to remove traces of cosmetic products applied in the morning, opt for a double cleansing by adding a make-up remover before the cleansing product for optimal cleansing (make-up remover balm, micellar water, make-up remover oil, etc.). If the cleansing step has been done the night before, in the morning, just soak a cotton pad with a tonic or a hydrolat in order not to damage the hydrolipidic film that was formed during the night. This gesture is particularly recommended for dry and sensitive skin.

   Little extra: Not mandatory, you can complete this step with the use of a tonic lotion or a hydrolat in order to refine the cleansing step by removing the last small traces of forgotten impurities, but also to rebalance the pH of the skin by neutralizing the drying effect of the limestone present in the tap water used to rinse the face.

2. Hydration:

   For the skin to be healthy, it needs a certain amount of moisture. Moisturization concerns all skin types, even oily skin. It will retain the skin's natural moisture to keep it hydrated throughout the day by providing a protective layer. A good moisturizing cream must contain humectants, i.e., compounds capable of penetrating the surface cells of the epidermis in order to attract and retain water molecules thanks to their hygroscopic properties (glycerin, hyaluronic acid, urea, propylene glycol, provitamin B5, etc.), emollients which are substances that will soften the skin and participate in the preservation of the skin barrier (fatty acids, fatty acid esters, ceramides, etc.), and occlusives that will form a film on the surface of the skin to physically limit the loss of water and thus prevent the skin from dehydrating (oils, butters, waxes). For dry skin, for example, choose a moisturizer with a thicker texture rich in emollients and occlusives, while combination to oily skin will turn to a face cream with a more fluid, light and less rich texture so that the skin does not shine more during the day.

3. Sun protection:

   It is an essential step to keep a healthy skin for a long time. Present in different forms and textures, the sole purpose of the solar product is to protect the skin from the sun's UV rays but also from the blue light of the screens, responsible for skin aging. This care product with an SPF allows reducing the exposure to the harmful UVA and UVB rays and thus the inconveniences they can cause. Indeed, the sun tends to aggravate all skin problems (acne, brown spots, rosacea, etc.) and to accelerate the natural aging process of the skin, by causing the synthesis of free radicals that will target the cell membrane and degrade collagen, an essential element involved in the appearance of wrinkles,