The 1×1 of facial care: , Toner Serum, Cream & Co.

The right facial care is neglected by many. Serum, cream & Co. not only help you to keep your skin clean, but also to prevent wrinkles and later signs of aging. After thoroughly cleansing your face, you should also make sure to use a toner and serum. A suitable eye care after the cream is also important and is often forgotten by many.

Here is an overview of the most important steps:

1. Step: Thorough cleaning
2. Step: Facial Toner / Toner
3. Step: Serum
4. Step: Day or night cream
5. Step: Eye care

Each of these products differs in its ingredients. Depending on your skin type, your skin may be velvety and soft, or sensitive with dry patches and blackheads. Therefore, it is not only advisable to know your skin type well, but also to reach for the appropriate products. You can find a variety of creams and serums in drugstores or online, like at asambeauty. But what distinguishes serums from creams? And why is a toner so important? Find out here!

Facial Toner & Toner: Neutralize PH value

Once you have thoroughly cleansed your face of sebum, make-up, sun cream and sweat, the first step is to apply the toner or facial toner. This is important to neutralize the PH value of your skin. After exfoliation, cleansing milk and soap, your skin’s pH can get out of balance. This is the perfect way to prepare your skin for the next step in your skincare routine.

Serum: Ideal complement to the day and night cream!

Another step that many neglect: The serum! This is highly concentrated and contains all the important ingredients your skin needs. When should you use a serum? It’s best to use serums before your day or night cream. If the cream layer is too thick, the important ingredients of your serum cannot be absorbed into your skin. What’s more, applying the serum before your cream can actually enhance the positive effect of your cream! You probably also ask yourself the question: How do I choose the right serum for my skin? This differs according to skin type. More about that in a moment.

Day and night cream: Perfect alternative to facial oil

Next comes the classic: the cream. While you should use a light cream during the day that absorbs quickly, we recommend that you use a heavier cream in the evening. Alternatively, you can also use a face oil or a face mask that absorbs at night. The optional last step is: The eye cream.

Skin types: Facial care with the right ingredients

A total of four skin types are distinguished: Normal skin, combination skin, dry skin and oily skin. Each skin type has very different needs. Therefore, it is important to know your skin type. Depending on your skin type, your facial care will differ. The easiest way to identify your skin type is to cleanse your face. Once make-up, sebum & co. have been thoroughly removed, you can do without cream and serum for the time being and wait. After 30 minutes, it’s time:

How’s your skin?

You can recognize your skin type by these characteristics:

• Normal skin: fine pores, rosy, fine blood circulation and soft
• Oily skin: large pores, greasy, oily and blemishes.
• Dry skin: feeling of tension, redness, flaky patches and small wrinkles
• Combination skin: Eyes and cheek area tense & redden, T-zone is shiny and oily

Once you’ve determined your skin type, it’s time to get to grips with the right skincare regimen.

Normal Skin: Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E & Shea Butter

Normal skin has fine pores and is smooth. This is because, unlike the other skin types, the sebum supply is balanced and does exactly what it is supposed to do: Perfectly balance the moisture content of your skin depending on the season and circumstances. Compared to dry and oily skin, you’ll find your face care routine far easier with this skin type. Our pro tip: Seasonal facial care. So moisturise your skin in autumn and winter and exfoliate in summer to remove dead skin cells and excess sebum.

Tip: Seasonal skin care!

If you have normal skin, your skincare routine should include the following ingredients:

• Ceramide
• Jojoba oil
• vitamin E
• vitamin C
• Shea butter

Oily skin: fruit acid, glycerin & panthenol

Oily skin is often caused by overactive sebum production. All that sebum clogs your pores. The result is large pores, blackheads, pimples and blemishes. The causes of increased sebum production vary: genetic predisposition, an unbalanced diet, stress or genetic predisposition.

If you have oily and blemished skin, a proper cleansing is essential for you!

When it comes to the ingredients of your skincare, you should therefore make sure that your pores are freed from excess sebum. Instead, the horny layer of your skin should be supported in its natural moisture retention. We advise you to use the following ingredients:

• Fruit acids
• aloe vera
• Urea
• Glycerin
• Panthenol

Dry skin: gamma-linolenic acid, natural oils and aloe vera

The complete opposite of oily skin is dry skin. This suffers from a lack of moisture. Either too little sebum is produced, or moisture is not properly absorbed and stored. The consequences: Your skin tightens and flakes. This is especially noticeable during the cold season.

Our tip: Give your skin an extra portion of care!

Therefore, an extra portion of love and care are extremely important for dry skin! We advise you to pay attention to the following ingredients in your facial care:

• Urea
• Gamma-linolenic acid
• Natural oils obtained from almonds, olives and soybeans
• aloe vera

Combination Skin: Omega-6 fatty acid, urea & fruit acid

The most demanding skin care here is the combination skin. While the T-zone (from the forehead over the nose to the chin) tends to produce too much sebum, the cheeks and eyes tend to be too dry. Our tip: Use different skin care products for different parts of the face.

With combination skin, the T-zone is too oily. Cheeks & eye area, however, too dry.

So if you have combination skin, you should reach for the right ingredients for oily skin as well as for dry skin:

• Urea
• omega-6 fatty acid
• Gamma-linolenic acid
• Oils from almonds, olives and soybeans
• aloe vera
• Fruit acid

Facial cleansing: Tips for clear skin

There is a lot to consider when cleansing your face, because the skin is very sensitive, so you should make sure to clean your face with facial cleansers with good ingredients, because these are gentler to your skin. Here you will also find tips on what you need to pay special attention to when cleaning and a few good product recommendations:

• Find your individual skin type 1:55 – 2:15
• Find a suitable facial cleanser for your skin 2:16 – 2:31
• For combination and oily skin: Youth to the people kale + green tea facial cleanser 2:45 – 2:59
• Dry skin: Krave beauty matcha moisturizing facial cleanser 3:00 – 3:16
• Cheap drugstore alternative: Simple Micellar Gel Facial Cleanser 3:17 – 3:28
• Tip: To find the right facial cleanser for you, look at the ingredients!
• Do not use facial cleansers with the ingredient: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
• Always apply your facial cleanser to your wet face (preferably in the shower)
• Application: Take a little product, lather it in your hands and apply it
• Wash off your facial cleanser after about 1 minute and continue your facial care routine directly

Dermatologist recommends: facial cleanser for all skin types

When it comes to facial care, it’s important to listen to experts like beauticians and dermatologists, because skin is very sensitive and needs to be treated with care. Dermatologist Dr. Shereene Idriss explains why you should cleanse your face, how facial cleansers work and which products suit your skin type:

• 0:00 – 2:25: The reason why you should definitely clean your face
• 2:26 – 6:47: Effect of facial cleansers
• 6:48 – 7:28: Advantages of facial cleansing with two different cleansers.
• Facial cleanser / oil based: Removes make-up and sunscreen residues
• Water-based facial foam: removes dirt
• 7:29 – 16:10: Recommendations for dry, sensitive, oily and normal skin.

You can find more care tips here

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Facial care routine with Hailey Bieber

As a supermodel, Hailey Bieber is of course an absolute expert in the field of skin care, because her skin always has to look top for shoots. In your morning routine, be sure to cleanse your face thoroughly to prepare your skin optimally. Be sure to use beauty tools and eye pads to reduce dark circles so you look more awake. Don’t forget to apply a sunscreen as the last step to protect your face from aging caused by UV rays.

• 1 Step: Apply a face mask 0:00 – 0:51
• 2 Step: Use nourishing eye pads 0:52 – 1:12
• 3 Step: Beauty Tool to massage the eyes 1:13 – 2:37
• 4 Step: Wash off mask 2:38 – 3:34
• 5 Step: Apply serum 3:35 – 4:05
• 6 Step: Use moisturizing face cream 4:06 – 4:34
• 7 Step: Work a facial oil into your skin 4:35 – 5:03
• 8 Step: Massage your face with massage brush 5:04 – 6:06
• 9 Step: Be sure to apply sunscreen 6:07 – 7:31

Evening routine with dermatologist Dr. Shereene Idriss

In your evening routine, it’s important to make sure you cleanse your face thoroughly because dirt has accumulated on your face throughout the day. It is also super important that you remove your makeup without leaving any residue, so that your pores are not clogged and impurities form. In addition, you should pamper your skin extensively with different serums and creams in the evening, because they can work into your skin overnight. Dermatologist Dr. Sherene Idriss recommends which steps an ideal evening routine should have and which products are the best.

• Remove make-up: Apply a little Bioderma micellar water to a cotton pad.
• Wash your face with Vanicream facial cleanser
• Peeling: L’ORÉAL Revitalift 10% Glycolic Serum or Biologique Recherche Lotion P50
• Use as a toner rose water
• Use as eye cream Vaseline
• Use rich serums
• As a final step, you should apply a moisturizing emulsion from Clé de Peau Beauté

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