What You Need to Know About Facial Skin Care
Prior to starting a daily routine for your face and from the correct way in cleaning your skin, to select the finest sunscreens and moisturizers, you first need to understand the type of skin you have: oily skin, Dry, Sun damaged and combination?
Oily Skin: oily skin is likely shiny with wider pores, as a result it is prone to discoloration and blackheads.
Normal: This skin type has a smooth texture, medium size pores, healthy looking as reflected in color, but inclined to show dryness towards the cheeks’ area.
Sensitive: thin sensitive skin type, with fine delicate pores, you can see broken capillaries and is always allergic.
Dry: this skin type feels tightness, usually after cleaning. As a natural tendency you may develop wrinkles, flaking, redness and the skin may usually appear dull due to the dead skin.
Sun Damaged: Visible wrinkles and sagging skin tone
After identifying your skin type you can follow simple skin care routines:
- Cleansing: Begin washing your face with a good cleanser. Get a cleanser that is not too strong for your skin. Normally, when you use soap in washing your face it will make your skin dry. Cleansers, on the other hand, include oil and water among other substances. Cleansers help eradicate dirt and make up efficiently, it can also effectively remove oil. Remember, do not overuse cleansers instead use this at night time before going to bed. In the morning use warm water to remove the oil from your face caused by moisturizers.
- Scrubbing: Scrubbing is very useful in taking out the dead skin found in the top layer of your face. Dead skin makes your face look dry. Use a mild scrub with small grains. This keeps your skin glowing for many years. Use scrub at least once a week. You can also use sugar for scrubbing your face if you don’t want to pay for exfoliating cream.
- Moisturizing: Everybody needs a moisturizer , whatever skin type you have. Even those people with oily skin will benefit from moisturizers. Only those people with acne should refrain from using it. When you feel that your skin is tight, that is your clue that you need to put a moisturizing cream but do not over use it because it can cause clogged pores. No specific brand is recommended you can select any moisturizers available in the market as long as in the label written information should be present such as skin type and many more. Also, an eye cream is needed since the skin within the eye has no fatty tissue it’s thin. Therefore, it is prone to wrinkles.
- Sunscreen: The most important skin care is sunscreen. The top reason why you develop wrinkles is sun damage. Therefore, it is very important to use sunscreen even during cold season or cloudy days. When you buy moisturizer make sure it has Ultra Violet protection (UV). You can use the moisturizing cream with UV in the morning and another one without UV in the evening. Longer usage of moisturizer with UV might irritate your skin since this is not designed for you to use all day long. Remember that UV rays of the Sun can affect your skin dramatically, even to the extent of causing a cancer. So it’s important to protect your skin and apply sunscreen. Apply to parts of your body including face.
- Smoking: Stop smoking because it prevents the respiration of cells and tightens the blood vessels, this leads to slower blood flow. In addition smoking destroys vitamin C because smoking generates benzopyrene. Smoking is the fastest way to skin aging.
- Healthy Foods: In order to maintain great and healthy skin you need to eat a balance diet. Consume vegetables, fruits and vitamins. So you don’t have to pay for expensive cosmetic items.
- Facial Mask: Facial mask is also loaded with rich nourishment for your skin health. Even steamed towels gave moisture to your skin and this can also eliminate wastes on your pores.
- Smile: If you don’t want to look older, then stop frowning. You will use many of your face muscles for this depressing facial expression. A simple smile and laughter releases stress and increase the release of happy hormones. A happy hormone helps slow or even prevents the effects of aging.
