How to use moisturizer: the 4 steps to radiant skin

In our beauty routine we are increasingly integrating more and new products to keep our skin balanced, hydrated, luminous and with few signs of age, so the basic moisturizing cream for the face has ceased to have all the prominence.

But what if I told you that moisturizer is still the most vital part of our beauty routine? And yet many of us do not know how to use moisturizer properly, so we are missing out on all its benefits.

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A proper beauty routine

Before we talk about how to use the moisturizer, let's do a small count of what should be our beauty routine to take care of the skin of our face that is so delicate and requires your attention.

First, we want to tell you that taking care of ourselves and having a beauty routine does not mean that we are imperfect, that we put our value on the physical or that we are wanting to change our beautiful expensive; quite the opposite, take care of your skin and have a beauty routine it is also a way of expressing self-love.

A proper beauty routine has two parts, the morning routine and the evening routine. In the morning what we should do is clean the face, apply a tonic to balance the skin, follow with the moisturizing serum, then the moisturizing day cream, eye contour and protector solar. At night, we repeat this same procedure, but in the cleaning step we include removing make-up and at the end we remove the sunscreen from the process.

If you are younger than 30 years old, you will surely clean, hydrate and use sun protection; If you are more adult, include moisturizing serum for the eye contour and for those who prefer it, specific treatments for expression lines.

The important thing is that you follow the basic order of the routine both in the morning and at night, choose the products that are best for your skin type and pay close attention to how to use the moisturizer.

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How to use the moisturizer? What you should keep in mind

Yes, your mother taught you to use it since you were a child and she became such a basic part of the day's routine that you don't even notice whether you are using it well or not.

In fact, it is so simple that you even wonder, Is there a correct way to use the moisturizer? The truth is that there are certain considerations to take into account to use the moisturizer correctly and not miss its benefits. We will tell you.

1. The right moisturizer

To some it may seem like basic advice to choose the appropriate moisturizer for your skin type, however, most of the women use the same cream from girls to this day, or choose theirs without taking into account what their skin really needs to.

There are all kinds of moisturizers: with sun protection, without, to hydrate, for redness, for spots, to give shine or luminosity, and a large number of combinations depending on the benefits that search. But, let us start at the beginning, You should choose the moisturizing cream according to your skin type, as a moisturizer for dry skin can considerably affect the sebum of the skin if applied on oily skin, for example.

So know your skin type and according to this choose your moisturizer. If you are not one of those who use many things, look for one that works for day and night, and if you want other additional benefits, get advice very well before buying.

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2. The time between each product is essential

When we explain what the ideal beauty routine is, we did it with a fundamental objective, to explain that the products we use must be used in a specific order. Well, if we do it in another way, it can alter the result we obtain on our skin.

In this sense, we first clean and prepare our skin to receive and absorb the treatments which are the serum and the moisturizer. Regarding these two, we apply the lightest product first, that is, the serum, because otherwise, when it is apply there will be a barrier on the skin that does not allow it to penetrate and therefore, we are wasting the product. Finally, we finish by applying the sunscreen.

Now, here is a fundamental point on how to use the moisturizer that we forget easily: the time that elapses between the application of the serum and the moisturizer. If you put one product immediately after the other, you will not give it time to penetrate the skin and you are going to miss the properties of both the serum and the moisturizer. Ideally, you should give the application around two minutes between one product and another.

3. How much is the right amount of moisturizer

Neither the excesses because we think we will have greater results, nor the shortage to save product and money are the right amount of moisturizer so that it works correctly in our skin.

When we put excess product we are only wasting, because what is left does not penetrate, it stays there on the surface of the skin. Now, taking a small drop of moisturizer is also a mistake, because we are short on product and the results, it is very possible that you will not see them.

In order to using moisturizer the right way, experts recommend that you take an amount the size of a nickel, so you have enough to cover all the skin but not too much to waste.

4. The correct way to apply the cream

The last advice we give you on how to use moisturizer correctly has to do with the way we apply it to our face.

It is not a question of simply spreading it on the skin and that's it; what you should do is spread it over the face from the bottom to the top making circles with your fingers to stimulate blood circulation and with it, a better absorption of the moisturizer.

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