A sensible plan to take care of your skin and help fight the visible signs of ageing. Pre-Step: Use a makeup remover to remove all traces of makeup. Step 1: Use a water soluble cleanser Step 2: (optional) Use a fragrance free toner on the skin. This should contain antioxidants and or skin soothing ingredients. Step 3: Use an exfoliant, either AHA or BHA product. Usage depends on how well your skin tolerates the product. AHA’s are best for normal to sun-damaged skin. BHA are best for oily to blemish prone skins – as BHA’s can exfoliate the pore whereas AHA’s only exfoliates the skins surface. If you are allergic to aspirin than ask your doctor about using a BHA product before. Step 4: Use a retinol based product. Usage depends again on how well your skin tolerates it. Retinol can cause skin redness and peeling so bare this in mind. Not everyone can use this. NOTE: If you’re using a medical Retin-A product (not that same as retinol) than a chemical exfoliant may not be necessary and may lead to increased skin sensitivity. Step 5: Use a moisturiser that contains antioxidants and cell-communicating ingredients. This step is not necessary if you have oily skin. Oily skin has a built in moisturiser and over applying moisturisers can lead to an increase in breakouts. NOTE: AHA and BHA products are pH dependant and need to be within a pH of 3-5 in order to exfoliant properly. When the pH is over 5 its ability to exfoliate stops working and it becomes more of a moisturiser than an …
