Order Of Skin Care

Establish A Routine 

A proper skin care routine order is important in understanding your skin care concerns and how to best deal with them when using the proper skin care products.

With so many different types of skin care products, it can be difficult to understand what each of them does and how/when to apply them to your skin for best results. It’s also important to note that there’s a difference between a morning skin care routine order, and a night time skin care routine order.

In order for you to get the best results out of your skin care products, we help establish the proper way in which to apply skin care products and how to establish a proper skin care routine in order to get that glowing skin we all want.

Why the Order of Your Skin Care Routine Matters

Applying your skin care products in the proper order ensures that your skin receives the full benefits of each product.

The order of application is important. The skin’s job is to keep things out, but many of the skin care products we use have ingredients we want to get in. Only a very small amount of these key ingredients can penetrate the skin, even when perfectly formulated and perfectly applied. If you don’t apply products in the correct order, you will not see the best results from your skin care regimen.

The Basics of Any Skin Care Routine

Aside from the order of application, some experts believe it’s also important to consider the time it takes for your skin to absorb your products. However, since most of us are often in a rush to get somewhere (or hit the sack), that isn’t always possible. Keep your skin care routine simple.

Many products say you have to wait anywhere from five to 30 minutes before the next step to ensure proper absorption, but who has time for that? If you make it too complicated, you just won’t do it.

If you have many steps, pause for a bit (a minute) to allow each product time to react with the skin. For example, at night, after I wash my face and apply my serum or evening treatment, I just wrap up my day and get into bed. I keep my moisturizer on my bedside table and apply it right before I go to sleep to give these typically expensive, specialty treatments a touch more time to penetrate the skin before I seal them in with my cream.

Another piece of advice? Listen to your skin. Remember that you are unique and that nobody else has your skin. No matter what experts (i.e. Dermatologist or Skin Care Specialist) say, it’s important to find what works for you and always be kind to your skin.

How to Layer Your Skin Care Products?

Plus In Which Order, Matters!

So which product goes on top of what, you ask? An easy rule of thumb to follow is to apply your products with the thinnest consistency to thickest, or from liquid to cream. Even look at starter packs.

In general, think thin-to-thick, but you also want to first use the products with the ingredients that are most important to penetrate into the skin (like antioxidants in serums) and finish with the products that need to sit on top of the skin (like emollients and humectants in moisturizers).

 

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