Why and how to clean your skin?
To keep a healthy skin, a good cleaning is essential.
This is the essential step that conditions all the others: a poorly adapted cleansing can lead to a considerable lack of hydration and an overproduction of sebum.
It is very often recommended to make a double cleaning (make-up remover + cleanser).Then, after rinsing off the cleanser, we recommend applying a hydrolat (floral water or essential oil distillation) or lotion to neutralize the effect of limescale.
Why and how to cleanse your skin, the essential step in your healthy skin routine.
❌ WHAT NOT TO DO
Use micellar water
Although it is presented as very effective for removing makeup, micellar water is an option to put aside. Micelles are surfactants (detergents, to put it simply) that are mainly derived from petrochemicals and can irritate and dry out the skin. Moreover, the application of a micellar water often implies not to rinse after use, i.e. to leave these substances on your skin. A bad idea!
Choose a vegetable oil to remove your makeup. Its fatty body will allow it to be just as effective and to nourish your skin at the same time: winning combo!
Use "too much too much" cleaners
It's the eternal problem: wanting too much to have ultra-clean and blemish-free skin, we tend to turn to "ultra powerful", "ultra efficient","ultra ultra" cleansers! However, the problem is significant: these products are often too aggressive for the skin; they dry it out and disrupt its ph. Result: the skin tries to compensate, producing more sebum. In daily use, it is thus necessary to privilege a soft cleanser and without sulfates. It is the case of our cleansing gel cream Clean that face.
Clean your skin morning and night
Cleaning your skin too much will tend to weaken its hydrolipidic film. It's like using an aggressive cleanser, it stresses it!
In the morning, your skin simply shows a little sebum and sweat produced during the night. If you wish, you can use a hydrolate or a gentle lotion before your daily skin care routine, which will also wake up your skin without having to go through the tap water and its limescale.
Therefore, choose to cleanse your skin in the evening, thus freeing it from the impurities accumulated during the day: make-up, dust, pollution, sweat and sebum. It also "prepares" your skin for a good night. During this period, the skin is active and takes advantage of this to regenerate its cells. To promote this cellular renewal, the skin must be able to breathe and be rid of its impurities, which means it must be well cleansed. CQFD!
✅ WHAT TO DO
If you wear makeup
If you wear makeup, we recommend an oily product. End of the showco-created with our entire community. This ultra-sensorial texture, warmed in the palm of your hands, will free your skin of all the impurities it has accumulated throughout the day. Next, we recommend a gentle cleanser (without sulfate-type foaming agents).
- The former allows make-up residues (grease loves grease) and impurities to be washed away with it, while providing the benefits of vegetable oil. And that's it End of the show !
- The second one is enough to clean your skin, without aggressing it, by ridding it of the impurities accumulated during the day. It is the case of our cleansing cream gel Clean that face.
Be gentle with your skin
During the cleansing phase, we tend to press a little too hard on the skin. To adjust your movements, perform the exercise with your hands only. Also remember to rinse well, without rubbing excessively.
Dry your face well
Pat your face dry with a clean towel and carefully remove any lime residue. Once again, gentleness is the order of the day!
Moisturize the skin and avoid limescale
Apply a hydrolate or lotion to remove any traces of product (the fat of the oil for example) and traces of limescale. This step also allows you to readjust the pH of your skin. You can apply it in a splash with your hands or on a reusable makeup remover disk.
