Finding the Right Skin Care Regime
Aug 12th, 2007 by DermaChick
The following are some tips to starting a skin care regime:
- Do research and know what are some of the important active ingredients to look for and what they do for a particular skin type. Research on Dermatologist websites and credible skin care resources to gather a consensus of which ingredients work for your particular problem areas.
- Try one new product for a week or two at a time so that you can determine if a product is working for you or if it is causing irratiation or break-outs. Many people buy a whole skin care line which contains countless ingredients and try all of the products at once. When a problem arises such as breakouts, dryness, or a rash, they don’t know which product or ingredient is causing the problem and may end up discontinuing some very good products just because they assume the whole line is not workingn for them. Finding the right products and combination of them takes time and patience.
- Purchase skin care products that come with a money back guarantee so that in case a product does not meet your expectations you can return it for a full refund.
- Know your skin! Think about your target problem area and look for products that address those specifically.
- Remember also that your skin’s needs change as seasons change if you live in an area where there are seasonal changes. You may be combatting oil in the summer and dryness in the winter. Don’t keep using the same products for both seasons. You may need to change to more moisturizing products in the winter and possibly add some products such as an eye cream to keep the delicate skin under the eyes soft and supple. In summer, lighten up on the moisture if you are oily. There are a lot of very good leightweight moisturizers on the market and many containing sunscreen. Use the sunscreen everyday during summer, winter, fall and spring.
- Try to get or buy samples from skin care that interst you, enough to ty for a week or two.
- And finally, try not to fall for over-hyped products that promise things too good to be true. Stick to basic needs: Cleaner, toner, moisturizers, exfoliates, sunscreen and then speicialy products such as blemish-control, eye cream and anti-oxident serums.
