Five steps to basic care for dry skin

Do you know how to do your daily skin care in several steps? Do you know how to remove makeup, cleaning? If you want crystal clear skin, you have to understand and do the job, you can't be lazy. You should know that "there is no ugly woman, only lazy women" is its true meaning. Makeup removal → cleaning → toning → moisturizing → mask

The first step in dry skin care: removing makeup

Makeup makes us more beautiful, but it also puts an extra burden on the skin, so a thorough makeup removal before bed is a must. You may say, "I've always been a vegetarian, so why remove makeup when I don't even wear it?" But the truth is, whether you wear makeup or not, as long as you are wearing sunscreen or barrier cream, removing makeup is the first step in skin care. So take action, cleanse your skin carefully, and let it breathe and look fresh.

Makeup removal steps

1. Wipe off sweat and oil from your face with a tissue. 2. Fold the tissue into a double layer and place it by the lower eyeline, then half close your eyes. Hold the tissue in your left hand and hold a cotton swab with makeup remover in your right hand, scrub your eyelashes in the direction of their growth to remove any mascara on them. 3. Replace the swab and roll from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner of the eye to clean the upper eyeliner and eye shadow. Remove the oil-stained tissue to see if it is clean. 4. With one hand, pull the lower eyelid down slightly and use the same technique to clean the lower eyeliner. 5. Use a clean cotton pad with makeup remover (or cleansing milk or cream) and pull it from the middle to the sides to clean the eyebrows and eyes. 6. Gently press the corner of the mouth with one hand, and with the other hand, use a clean cotton pad with a small amount of makeup remover (or cleansing milk or cream) to pull and wipe from the corner of the mouth that is pressed on one side to the other side to remove lipstick from the upper and lower lips respectively. 7. Holding a cotton pad with makeup remover (or cleanser or cream) in each hand, gently pull and wipe from the nasolabial folds to both sides of the cheeks to remove blush.

Warm Tips

1. Makeup should be removed thoroughly. 2. When removing makeup from the face, be careful not to run the cleanser into the mouth, nose or eyes. 3. The skin around the eyes is sensitive, so remove makeup gently. Please remember that the skin around the eyes is particularly fragile, so do not pull too much when removing eye makeup, but first put a cotton pad full of oil-free makeup remover, then put it around the eyes for a few moments to let the makeup dissolve, and finally carefully wipe off the mascara and makeup around the eyelids.

Dry Skin Care Step 2: Cleaning

After removing your makeup, it's time to wash your face, which is an essential step in your skincare routine! The skin has many self-regulating functions that only cleansing can't do by itself! So washing your face may seem simple, but it's the essence of all skin care, so you must take good care of it!

Notes before washing your face

Dry skin is best not to use a foaming face wash, you can use some cleansing oil, cleansing cream or a non-foaming face wash. 1. How many times a day should I wash my face? The normal number of times of cleansing per day should be once in the morning and once in the evening. If you have outdoor activities or long hours of shopping, you should increase the number of times of cleansing. Those with dry or sensitive skin or those who are older should reduce the number of times they wash their face and use exfoliating facial cleansers with caution. 2. Should I use warm water or cold water to wash my face? Wash your face with water temperature to 30 ℃ is appropriate, this temperature is lower than body temperature, is conducive to face skin relaxation, easy to clean. Never use hot water to wash your face, too hot water makes the facial blood vessel wall vitality is reduced, the skin is easy to become loose and weak, dry, wrinkles. After washing with warm water, rinse with cold water to help clean the skin, promote blood circulation and improve skin elasticity. 3. How much water should I wash to be clean? Generally hold the water to wash 20 times, basically can wash. Try to use flowing water, or use the method of holding water out of the basin to wash, do not repeatedly wash with the same basin of water, or you wash longer than clean. 4. more skin cleansing sponge, will wash more clean? Use a skin cleansing sponge to create a rich lather, so that the foam can fully contact the skin and float out the dirt in the pores. However, use the sponge at most twice a week, otherwise the skin will become rough if you rub it for a long time. In addition, pay attention to keep the sponge clean and dry, wash it after each use, and then put it in a dry and ventilated place. The life span of a normal cleansing sponge is about 1 year, but for those who apply makeup every day, it is best to replace it in 3 ~ 6 months.

Correct cleansing technique

1. Hand horizontal position: hands fingertips opposite each other, fingers parallel to the line of the two eyes of the hand position referred to as the hand horizontal position. 2. Vertical hand position: hands with fingertips up and fingers perpendicular to the line between the eyes is referred to as the vertical hand position. 3. Circle: the middle finger and ring finger finger from the inside to the outside of the circle. Standard technique To pay attention to the inside out, from top to bottom, both hands moderate force, finger finger massage or light pat wash face, if the hands are too hard, after a long time will make the skin loose sagging. Take two or three minutes to wash your face carefully in the morning and evening, which will make your face clean and tightened and elastic.

Basic washing order

The order of face washing is generally from forehead to chin, in order: forehead → eyes → cheeks → around the mouth → chin 1. Place the cleanser: place an appropriate amount of cleanser on the back of the left hand above the tiger's mouth, put the middle finger and ring finger of the right hand together and use their fingers to apply the cleanser to the forehead, cheeks, nose and chin respectively, then use the middle finger and ring finger of both hands to spread it evenly. 2. wash the forehead: the middle fingers of both hands, ring fingers together, with their fingertips force from the eyebrows upwards to the middle of the forehead, and then to both sides of the pull wipe to the temple, so repeat several times. 3. Wash the eyes: the previous section of the hand position, the middle finger of both hands, ring finger belly from the temple, along the clockwise or counterclockwise repeatedly wipe circle cleaning. 4. Wash both wings of the nose: use the middle finger to push and pull along the nose several times. 5. Wash the nose: When the middle finger pushes and wipes to the two wings of the nose, wipe small circles in the two wings of the nose outward and downward respectively to clean the nose. 6. wash the cheeks: in the two wings of the nose, middle finger, ring finger together, with its finger belly along the three lines (from the two wings of the nose to the temple; from the corner of the mouth on both sides to the point of Shangguan; from the chin to the front of the earlobe) to play small circles, so repeatedly play small circles to clean. 7. wash around the mouth: hands horizontal position, the middle finger, ring finger together, with its finger belly circle pushing and cleaning around the mouth. 8. Wash the jaw: hands four fingers together, the whole palm force, alternately from the root of the opposite side of the ear along the jaw pull wipe to the root of the same side of the ear, cleaning the skin of the jaw, repeated several times. 9. Wash the neck: hands in a horizontal position, four fingers together, full palm pressure, alternately pull and wipe from the neck to the chin, cleaning the skin of the neck, and so on several times.

Warm Tips

1. When the skin cleansing is completed, the skin cleansing products on the skin should be thoroughly cleaned to avoid residual damage to the skin on the face. 2. The facial cleansing action should be skillful and all corners should be carefully cleaned. 2~3 minutes is appropriate for the facial cleansing process.

Milk moisturizing and whitening face washing method

Milk is rich in enzymes, active yeast, lecithin and calcium, used to wash the face, face, can soften the stratum corneum, moisturize and whiten the skin, but also promote skin metabolism, increase skin elasticity, delay aging. A glass of milk daily, no matter drinking, washing or compressing, can take care of your skin. Ingredients: appropriate amount of milk (slightly spoiled for better results), water. Practice and usage: first wash your face with cleanser, then put the right amount of fresh milk into the face basin, dip a towel into the milk (without wringing out the towel), lightly print your face and do it repeatedly 5 ~ 7 times. Let the milk stay on your face for 3 minutes and then rinse off with water.

Warm Tips

Generally skim milk is suitable for oily skin, whole milk is suitable for people under 40 years old, and skim and whole milk mixed half and half is suitable for dry skin.

Dry Skin Care Step 3: Toning

After cleaning up, it's time to slap on a refreshing lotion. Don't underestimate this little bottle of water, if used properly, it could be the magic water for your skin to be hydrated and crystal clear! Of course, if not used properly more likely to harm the skin.

Common 5 kinds of make-up water

1. toner: also known as contraction water, skin tightening water, astringent water. Generally weak acidity, to the transparent appearance of the main. The ingredients are mostly alcohol, menthol, citric acid, witch hazel extract, allantoin and so on. Mainly through alcohol, menthol to bring a sense of coolness, water, alcohol evaporation to temporarily lower the skin temperature, pore contraction, help injured skin healing, accelerate tissue growth. Best for oily skin, less suitable for those with dry skin. 2. Skin softening water: can soften keratin, make the skin soft and tender, generally pH is weak alkaline. By adding a trace of organic alkali or inorganic alkali to soften the keratin layer. Commonly used raw materials are potassium hydroxide (KOH) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). 3. Balancing water: regulates skin acidity, alkalinity and moisture. But in fact, the skin itself has the ability to adjust pH, and nowadays cleansing products are usually weakly acidic, so there is no need to rely on make-up water to adjust the pH of the skin. Its ingredients are mainly added with pH buffer and lactate which have a regulating effect. 4. Cleansing water: It is mainly used to remove light makeup and clean the skin, but the cleaning and makeup removing ability are not strong, and it can only be used as a supplement to professional makeup removing oils and cleansers, and cannot replace them. 5. Other: such as nutrient water, whitening water, etc. These are based on the above types with appropriate addition of corresponding functional ingredients. However, because of the limited ability of makeup water to dissolve oil-soluble ingredients, both the amount added and the type of choice are greatly limited.

How to use lotion

1. Take 1 cotton pad and pour in the amount that penetrates to the reverse side of the pad. 2. Gently pat your face and neck from the inside out and from the bottom up. Pat the face from the chin to the ear (step 2-1) → from the nose to the middle of the ear (step 2-2) → from the middle of the forehead to the sides (step 2-3). 3. Gently pat the entire face until the wet cotton is dry. Then wrap your hands around your face, using the temperature of your palms and the sealing effect to allow nutrients to penetrate.

Warm Tips

Don't use your hands to pat the lotion directly, if your hands are not clean, it will affect the effect, and the palm skin subcutaneous tissue is loose, touching the water will quickly absorb the water and cause the lotion to be wasted.

Dry skin care step 4: moisturize the skin

The skin of the face will be aging, wrinkles, dark spots and other phenomena after daily erosion of sunlight and dust, we should not only do a good job of cleaning, but also pay attention to daily maintenance.

Choose the right moisturizing cream for you

Dry skin needs lotions with high moisture content. In addition, dry skin is also related to the lack of oil in the skin, so a moderately oily barrier cream is also a good choice, it can isolate the damage of cosmetics on the skin, but also has the effect of preventing moisture loss. The night cream, serum is a beauty supplement before going to bed, the night is the most important time for skin repair and metabolism, rub these effective maintenance ingredients good sleep to go, you can repair and maintain the skin.

Face Cream FAQ

Ingredients. 1. Should I keep the cream in the refrigerator? In fact, as long as the skin care products are placed in a cool and dry place, do not let the sun on it, do not have to be put in the refrigerator to be properly refrigerated, and not all skin care products are suitable for low temperature preservation, such as some creams containing active ingredients, refrigeration is not good. The general essence are required to use hands to warm up the face before applying, and therefore more can not be stored in the refrigerator. In addition, sudden cold and hot will also affect the quality of skin care products. 2. Can I use the mask instead of night cream? The night cream and mask nutrients are different, the latter nutrients are much richer than the former, if the whole night with the mask nourishing the skin, the skin will be overloaded. And the "cleansing, film, wash off the mask" daily skin care routine, the mask plays a "secondary cleaning" role, if the mask as a night cream, it will lose its meaning of cleaning. In addition, the night cream needs to be used daily before going to bed, while the mask should not be used every day.

The correct steps to apply the moisturizer

1. Use a small spoon to dig out an amount the size of a jelly bean, if you dig with your hands, make sure your fingers are clean and dip them with your fingertips, don't touch your nails. Put the cream on your palm and rub it out evenly with both hands. 2. Press both palms against both cheeks to press the cream into the skin. 3. Press the chin with the middle finger and ring finger until it is absorbed. 4. Use middle finger and ring finger to press forehead until absorbed. 5. Use middle finger and ring finger to gently circle the nose until absorbed.

Warm Tips

Apply the cream directly to the face and then apply it in a circular motion. This is not suitable for creams containing active ingredients or essences; apply the lotion within 2 minutes after cleansing and rub the cream within 5 minutes to facilitate skin absorption.

The fifth step in dry skin care: mask

The mask can cleanse and whiten the skin, but it can also moisturize and remove wrinkles, which is really a powerful tool for skin care, but there is really a lot to learn in order to make the most of its skin care benefits and show its value of beauty.

The steps to apply the mask

Apply the mask→Wash the mask→Wash

Adjusting the mask

1. Take the right amount of mask powder according to the part you want to apply. 2. Add the appropriate amount of distilled water or fluid and quickly blend it into a uniform paste with a guide stick. The powder blending process (calculated when pouring distilled water) should be completed within 15 ~ 20 seconds.

Apply the film

1. Application order: Generally, the air flow under the nostril is large and the mask is easy to dry, so it is applied last. The order of applying the film is in order: forehead, nose, cheeks, chin, and around the mouth. 2. Application direction: from the middle to both sides, from the bottom to the top of the application. 3. Time: The process of applying the mask should be completed within 1 minute.

Cleaning

1. After applying the film let it dry naturally and wait for 15 ~ 20 minutes. 2. Open the film: if it is a condensation mask, lift the film from the jaw and neck side of the film, slowly roll it upwards and gently tear it off; if it is a non-condensation mask, you should first wet it with a sponge puff dipped in water and gently wipe it off after it softens. 3. Wash thoroughly with water. 4. Pat the face with shrinkage water. 5. Apply nutrient cream.

Notes on the use of facial mask

1. Cleanse your skin before applying. Cleanse the skin with warm water to soften the stratum corneum and open the pores so that the nutrients of the mask can be fully absorbed. If you want to apply the mask at night, it is better to do it after cleansing and bathing. 2. You can read a book or watch TV while applying the facial, forbid frowning, laughing and avoid talking as much as possible. Joking and laughing while putting on the face may lead to expression lines. It is best to lie down and listen to music, so that the whole body is completely relaxed. 3. Do not take too long to apply the mask. Especially the cotton type mask, do not wait until the mask is dry before removing it, otherwise the dry mask will in turn suck the moisture out of the skin. Peel-off type mask, sealed, should not be left on for too long, lest the skin can not breathe smoothly. 4. Do not sunbathe immediately after applying the mask. Avoid being stimulated by the sun, otherwise it will be easy to grow spots. 5. A mask only once on the face. Because the mask has been opened package, more or less will be contaminated by external bacteria, it is best not to use it again. However, there is still a lot of essence from the mask, which can be used on other parts of the body. 6. The best time to apply the mask is before 10 pm. Every night from 10pm to 2am is when the skin repairs damaged cells on its own. Applying a face mask before this time is best to help send nutrients to the bottom of the skin with metabolism. It is not recommended to apply the mask in the morning or at noon. 7. Clean and moisturizing masks should not be applied every day. Too frequent application of cleansing masks can cause skin sensitivity and even redness. Likewise, too much use of moisturizing masks can easily cause acne. Only hydrating and moisturizing masks can be used every day in the dry season. 8. Do not apply the mask after working overtime and staying up late. The skin in the state of stress, fatigue, anxiety is prone to congestion, stiffness, decreased immunity, very fragile. This is when the mask, foreign nutrients will instead break the skin's own balance, easy to make the skin stimulated, red rash, stinging condition.

Dry skin mask

1. Nourishing and nutritious mask Suitable situation: poor tone, dull skin, no luster when. Use frequency: 2 ~ 3 times a week. Need degree: ★★★★★ 2. Hydrating mask Application: When the climate is dry and the working environment is severe dehydration. Use frequency: 2 ~ 3 times a week. Need degree: ★★★★★