Unlock Your Best Look With This Skin Care Routine
Creating a great skin care routine shouldn’t feel like a mystery. Check out some essential steps that will revolutionize your skin's health. Anyone can use a straightforward routine to get mind-blowing results.
How to Care for Your Skin in the Mornings
1. Cleanse Your Face
Cleanser is an oil or water-based solution that lifts impurities from your skin. Use it after waking up to remove oils that accumulated while you got your beauty sleep. Hydrinity’s Prelude gel cleanser is an excellent option that removes micropollutants that cause blemishes, redness, and inflammation.
2. Apply Some Vitamin C
Applying vitamin C to your freshly cleaned skin could boost your collagen production, giving you a more youthful appearance. The key is finding the right formulation. Skinbetter Science’s tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate is excellent because its strong antioxidant formula uses gentle ingredients. If you have sensitive skin, the Alto Advanced Defense and Repair Serum could be a great addition to your morning routine.
3. Use a Trusted Moisturizer
Combining moisturizer with your morning cleanser use can lead to more hydrated skin and better texture, so don’t skip one for the other. We recommend using Skinbetter Science’s Hydration Boosting Cream each morning. It hydrates skin with botanical lipids and ceramides, so you get long-lasting effects.
4. Finish With SPF
Protect your skin from ultraviolet (UV) rays each morning with an SPF product. Colorescience makes clean skin care makeup that has SPF ingredients. The company’s Total Protection Brush-On Shield Glow shields skin from UV light while soothing your skin tone. It also locks in any makeup you’re wearing.
Essential Steps for Evening Skin Care
1. Wash With Your Cleanser
Treat your skin to another round of cleanser after a long day. You can use the same product you prefer in the mornings to simplify your routine. Once your skin is free of dirt, oil, and impurities, it will easily absorb your nightly skin care products.
2. Massage Retinol Into Your Skin
Retinol is an important part of a nightly routine because it reduces the appearance of fine lines if you use it consistently. While you look for your next retinol product, pay attention to the formulations on any label.
Sensitive skin doesn't tolerate tretinoin because it speeds up cellular turnover, which can cause irritation. Skinbetter Science's AlphaRet Overnight Cream creates anti-aging effects with an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) and retinoid combination that’s safe for sensitive skin. If you also deal with frequent breakouts, try the AlphaRet Clearing Serum to get the same effects while shrinking your pores.
3. Add Some Moisturizer
Even the best retinol products can cause some dryness, so we recommend applying moisturizer after using one. The Hyvia Crème product from Epicutis instantly hydrates and minimizes inflammation with each application. Your skin will get the moisturization it needs between IV therapy sessions or microneedling appointments.
4. End With Your Eyes
Don’t forget to take care of your eyes before going to bed. Skinbetter Science has an EyeMax AlphaRet Overnight Cream that shrinks puffiness and reverses fine lines. You’ll nourish the delicate skin around your eyes with a targeted formula designed specifically for that area.
Other Important Skin Care Tools
There are two other skin care resources to keep in mind. Exfoliants are useful for removing dead skin cells before applying moisturizer, so use them in place of your retinol twice a week. We love the AlphaRet Exfoliating Peel Pads from Skinbetter Science for their triple-acid blend, but you may prefer the Epicutis Cleansing Essentials Set if you have sensitive skin.
Hypochlorous acid spray is another great cleansing tool for your skin. Apply it whenever your face feels dirty, like after a workout. Hydrinity’s Hyacyn Active spray has an anti-microbial formula that works with all skin types.
Create Your Best Daily Skin Care Routine
Once you know the steps to a great skin care routine, try personalizing it with products that suit your skin. You’ll start seeing results if you use them consistently. Reach out to our team if you want personalized advice. We’ll help you coordinate a custom routine and make you feel more confident in your skin.