Cleanse Your Beautiful Face

We all know that we should brush our teeth twice a day, but what about cleansing our face? I have combination skin, which means that parts of my face are dry and the rest is oily. The main types of skin are dry, normal/combination, and oily.

I believe that ALL skin types should be cleansed twice a day, although how the skin is cleansed should be aligned with your skin type. 

1. Dry faces should use moisturizing washes or cream cleansers that can be wiped off with a tissue. Follow with a moisturizing toner and then with your facial moisturizing cream or lotion. This will help prevent frequent cleansing from dehydrating your skin.
2. Oily faces should use oil control cleansers that help clear out pores and can usually handle harsher ingredients like salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide that combat acne. Be very careful with benzoyl peroxide if you have sensitive skin! Test a little bit of the product on your neck or cheek before applying to your whole face, or you risk the product stinging your entire face.  I learned that the hard way. Follow with oil controlling toner and oil free moisturizer.
3. Normal and combination skin often have similar routines with cleansing washes, although combination skin can benefit from spot treatments for acne with oil control products. Again, follow cleansing with a toner and moisturizer.

Here is my morning and evening routine for my combination skin.

Wash my hands and wet my face.

Put a small amount of Estee Lauder Perfectly Clean Splash Away Foaming Cleanser onto my hands and work into a lather.

Gently scrub lather into my face with my fingers paying extra attention to my oily spots.

Rinse off the cleansing foam and gently dry with a clean towel.

Pour small amount of Estee Lauder Perfectly Clean Fresh Balancing Lotion (toner) onto a round cotton pad and apply all over my face.

Follow with my favorite moisturizer! I will go into more detail regarding my moisturizer and skin serums in a different post.

Note: the main difference between my morning and evening cleansing is that I use Estee Lauder Take It Away makeup remover before I use the foaming wash.

Enjoy cleansing your beautiful face! Your complexion will thank you. :)