Welcome back to my much requested blog on my own personal skincare routine. I have recieved a lot of messages and emails about this topic so I decided to dedicate a full blog to this, I previously touched on the subject in my second wedding blog but I have had a lot more questions since then. So let's get started.
Basic skincare
A lot of you will no that I started working in the beauty industry over 15 years ago and I am working in the industry ever since. I can't express enough how passionate I am about beauty and how important a good skincare routine really is. It doesn't matter how much you go and spend on an outfit, if your skin and makeup doesn't look good, forget about it. Starting in the industry so young I have been fortunate to work with some of the worlds biggest names such as Lancome, Estée Lauder, Clarins, Sisley, Clinque, Decleor and many more so as you can imagine I have used a lot of different products on my skin and I really do know what works. So today I am going to share with you personally, my favourite products from which I see amazing results.
Morning routine
Every morning I cleanse my skin with Neostrata's new Brightening cleansing foam, this really preps my skin for my serum and moisturiser, this cleanser just washes away any signs of tiredness and fatigue and is also so soft and gentle of my skin. This range of products is based on glycolics and I spoke previously about my love of Glycolic peels so using their products really compliments my treatments. Following this I apply my morning serum Advanced Genifique followed by my Visionnaire moisturiser. I then apply my eye cream, presently I am using Absolute eye cream from Lancome. I allow these products to settle on my skin for about 5 minutes before I start to apply my makeup. My own skin would be "combination skin type" so none of these products are too heavy or greasy for under my makeup.
Nightime Routine
The first thing I do is remove my eye makeup, for this I use my Bifacil eye makeup remover by Lancome, this product gently dissolves all my eye makeup without having to rub your eyes. I wear the Minx eyelashes alot so this is gentle enough for these. I then like to cleanse my skin with water, I never really feel my skin is clean unless I wash my face so for this I use my cleansing mousse by Decleor I absolutely love this product and it removes all traces of makeup even Mac Pro long wear foundation that can be a little more difficult to remove. I then massage my skin with my Neroli oil by Decleor followed by my Bionic face cream by Neostrata. I again apply my eye cream ( it's so important to be using an eye cream from the age of 18, the skin around your eye area is so delicate and will age quiet quickly if you don't keep this area fully hydrated.)
During the week I will exfoliate once or twice and I will apply my hydrating mask. I love the Hydra mask by Lancome and my Hydra floral mask by Decleor, using a hydrating mask will keep my skin quite plump and will prevent it from getting dehydrated, remember that even the oiliest skin can become dehydrated.
I also try and drink lots of water most days to keep my skin glowing and prevent breakouts. I have also been asked why do I use a serum and what is it for ? A serum will penetrate much deeper into the skin than your moisturiser so it will get to the root of the problem, they also contain a much higher concentrate of active ingredients so you will see results much quicker. You will then get much better results from your moisturiser.
So ladies I hope this has answered some of your questions, feel free to pop me an email or DM me directly.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Angela xx
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