that baby butt skin.

Hi ladies! Sometimes I wish that skincare routines are easy peasy but alas, first world problems makes everything so difficult for the perfect routine. All those choices in the market, and the less money we have the more we debate on what skincare we should be buying in order to suit our skin type or condition. 

Here are some easy steps for you to identify the beauty products you should be getting. 

First off, people should realise that they have two things to take note of when finding the best routine: 

i) Skin type

ii) Skin condition 

Skin type is whether you have dry or very dry, combination dry, combination oily or oily-very oily skin. This is something that you genetically have and it does change overtime due to hormonal and internal changes. 

Skin condition is what type of skin those environmental aggressors or external ways that have changed your skin type. Obviously, the more aggressors you prevent or avoid, the less your skin condition worsens. 

i.e. Dehydration, Redness, Pigmentation, Acne, Sun Damage (the list goes on)

So, is there anything you would like to change about that skin of yours? After identifying and understanding all of those, now, your skincare routine formation begins. 

Basic Day Skincare Routine

Just making this clear, this is only a basic day routine that I would recommend for the general public. 

1. Cleansing. Using something that is refreshing in the morning is always my favourite especially products with citrus makes me feel more awake. 

2. Balance those pH levels. A softener or toner as most know it as, are usually there to balance your skin pH levels but sometimes this is not necessary depending on how fast you need your routine to be and how your skin type/condition is. 

3. Layer some S+M (i love this step!). Always layer a serum and a moisturiser before you apply anything else including make up. A serum is consisted of concentrated molecules that will in fact help your skin look brighter and better before applying makeup. 

4. SPF lovin'. I find that many people I've talked to prefers using a moisturiser with an SPF. I have nothing against that as that is probably the perfect combination. Either you can use a foundation or primer with an SPF. 

No matter what you do, SPF is definitely compulsory in anyone's skincare day routine. 

Fun facts about SPF: 

A) Every country's SPF rating are different according to their government regulations. So it does not mean that SPF 30+ in an Asian country means it's equivalent to an SPF 30+ in a country such as Australia. 

B) Australia has one of the most strictest regulations on SPF (currently up to SPF 50 only) because the government only wants everyone to be applying SPF regardless. SPF 15 in Australia already covers 93% of protection for you. 

C) SPF is important in any country including Canada as the sun is obviously everywhere you go, despite the dark gloomy skies or icy cold wind. 

Till next time, leave a comment below on your thoughts of a skincare routine or any other questions you have! :) x