Taking care of your face

Make-up is not the only element that can make your face looks nice. It is also necessary to take care of your facial skin.

You should clean your face every time you take a bath, every time you're returned from the outdoor and after you engaged in strenuous activites that makes you sweat.

You should clean your face with the following:
Cleansing
It removes dirt and renews your cell. It might be lathering or non-lathering.You should cleanse your face once or twice a day. You should also cleanse it after you came back from a tiring activity or a dirty outdoor environment.

Toning
Contains water and alcohol or plant extract. It removes traces of cleanser and tightens pores temporarily. Facial toner should be used twice a day.

Moisturizer
It is an emulsion containing oil and water. It may be water/oil based. You should buy a morning/day moisturizer and a rejuvenating night moisturizer and apply each once a day as according to the time of the day.

Exfoliating
As you grow older, the more often you need to exfoliate your skin. This is because skin cells die and new cells keep getting regenerated. These dead cells come to rest on the top layer of our skin, making our skin look dull, and even patchy. Although dead skin is replaced naturally by new cells, this process takes longer as we age, making our skin look duller and patchier for greater lengths of time.
If you are in your twenties, you should exfoliate skin twice a week with a granular face scrub. These are gentle on the skin. In your thirties, you should exfoliate skin every alternate day, or daily.

Masking
This helps to remove dead cells from the skin surface and tighten pores. Face masks are usually meant to be used up to three times a week. However, there are some that recommend that you only use them weekly. Your skin type plays a role too. For dry skin, you should stick to using a mask which is used once a week as otherwise you could really dry out your skin. For oily skin you can use one up to three times a week in order to control the oil (sebum) within the face.

Steaming
This helps to soften the plugs that caused whiteheads and blackheads. It is advised that you steam your face two or three times a week. If you do it more regularly, you risk drying out your skin and your sebaceous glands will compensate for this by producing more oil which can clog pores, resulting in more problems.