Very serious title to a very serious topic.

I always get complimented on my skin, so I figured I should share the wisdom. :D

Skincare should start in the early age, depending on how girls/boys mature and how the pimples start making our lives a living hell.

My Mother started to care about my skin when I was around 9-10, sort of extending the ritual of the daily hygienic routine. However, since I grew up this routine changed a bit, let’s see:

Weekly:

• scrubbing (I use Avon clearskin invigorating cleansing scrub). Always make sure you put your night cream on the dryer areas of your skin after scrubbing and a lighter cream on the rest. This will ease the tension and won’t let your skin break and will not let the wrinkles “visit” so soon.
• mask – something relaxing, calming

Daily:

• depending on your skin. But I wouldn’t wash madly 2-3 times a day. Have your bath or shower in the evening, do whatever (the whatever I do is explained later) you always do with your skin and only rinse it with water in the morning if you need.
• Before washing clean your face free from make up.
• Wet with warm water and a face wash suitable to your skintype. With little circular movements massage the cleanser into your face and make it go near your ears and high up in your forehead (that’s a place where blemishes like to appear as well), give particular attention to your nose and chin. When it’s nice and foamy, wash it off with warm water.
• Many people like to use a toner, but I think it’s up to your skin type. My skin is very dry so I just leave this step out completely. Of course if you go to the beautician to get those pores smaller, she will do that, but professional skin cleaning is a little more thorough then what we can do at home.
• And now for the moisturising. I find this a very important part of the regimen. I never ever ever let my skin dry completely. I always pat it dry with the towel and sort of rub it around my nose and chin, but quickly straight after that I make sure that some heavier cream gets around my eyes and a lighter moisturiser gets all over my face. I always take a minute to massage my chin and my neck.

That’s my skincare every day. Sometimes it’s quicker sometimes it’s longer. If you have more time on your hand, you can do facial sauna and carefully scrub after so you can purify your skin even more.

Extra tips:

• use baby oil on your wet skin to make it more hydrated
• make sure you get the blackheads and everything under that out of the pores and use a product which pulls together your skin; some toning masks are good for that. If you leave a little bit in the pores it may get infected, so be careful with this
• use vitamin E around the eyes and the wrinkle areas sometimes (i only do this once a month or whenever it comes to my mind)
• when you are using a lip balm put it slightly above the lip line (mainly the top) as well. That area gets wet often which makes it dryer, later cracking even later wrinkly old lady lips appear.

That’s it for wisdom for today!