Minimum Required: How Much Care Products Do Different Skin Types Need

Toners, toners, lotions, serums and creams, dozens of different types of masks … Looking at the cosmetic market, your eyes run up - what do you need to buy to make my skin perfectly smooth, taut and fresh?

The first option is to go to a beautician who will determine the needs of your skin and “write a prescription” with all the products you need for your daily beauty routine.

The second option is to read our detailed instructions, collected together with Maria Golubeva, a cosmetologist-aesthetist at the TORI clinic of aesthetic medicine, how many and what products do oily, problematic, combination, dry, sensitive and normal skin need.

Oily / problematic / combination skin

Delivers discomfort, but looks smooth with proper care.

Cleansing

Facial cleansing gel or foam - penetrates deep into the epidermis and cleanses the pores. Ingredients that have anti-inflammatory, sebum-regulating and keratolytic effects are added to the formulations of cleansers for oily skin. For these purposes, glycolic and salicylic acids, zinc are used. These ingredients can provide the drying effect desired by those with oily skin.

Deep cleansing

Light peeling with ANA- and BHA - "acidifies" the top layer of the skin, thereby preventing the growth of bacteria and accelerating tissue regeneration (post-acne will go away faster), and a mechanical scrub with microgranules cleanses pores and removes blackheads.

Scrubs (gommages) can be used for oily, combination skin without acne, but no more than 1-2 times a week. Do not use the scrub if you have pustules, active papules, or other inflammations.

Toning

After washing, be sure to use a face toner. These products help not only to put in order the acid-base balance of the skin, disturbed by the use of alkaline preparations or soap, but also get rid of the remnants of cleansers and lime contained in the water.

Face

masks Masks should not contain oils. The exception is essential oils with bactericidal action (for example, tea tree).

Absorbent components (clay, coal) help to effectively draw out sebum from the pores. Acids (salicylic, almond) are welcome. They help dry and renew the skin.

Care

Choose active serums, both local action and for the whole face. The compositions contain lactic, almond, salicylic acid, vitamin C.

Moisturizing ingredients are essential for any skin type

Oily skin does not react to a lack of moisture with dryness, but with an even more intense secretion of sebum. Therefore, hyaluronic acid, moisturizing plant and algae extracts are quite appropriate in masks for oily skin. Do not forget to use SPF filters during the day (if there are acids in the home care compositions).

Dry / sensitive skin

It is not to be confused with - peeling, discomfort, tightness after washing, early appearance of wrinkles appear on it.

Cleansing

Use mild products - milk, foam for sensitive skin, hydrophilic oil.

Deep cleansing

Enzyme peeling (fermented) is suitable - this is a superficial peeling in which not acids, but enzymes act as the active substance.

Enzyme peeling is a very gentle procedure, suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin with rosacea.

Toning

Moisturizing or soothing toner.

Care

Moisturizing serum with vitamins, amino acids, hyaluronic acid. Moisturizing, nourishing cream and softening vitamin masks 1-2 times a week.

Focus on the ingredients for dry skin: allantoin, vitamin E (tocopherol), jojoba, aloe, avocado, lactobionic acid, urea, hyaluronic acid, collagen, elastin, shea butter.

Normal skin

Cleansing

Gel, foam or hydrophilic oil. It is better not to use products containing alcohol or alcohol-containing components.

Toning

Choose pH neutral products to restore skin after contact with water.

Care

An active serum moisturizing, regenerating and moisturizing cream with a light texture so as not to weigh the skin with an SPF filter. Moisturizing, nourishing face mask. A sheet mask is good as it provides instant hydration and radiance to the skin.