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In order to have the best looking skin, radiating youth, vitality and health, you need to have a proper daily skin care regimen, which must be followed religiously. An ad hoc skincare regimen, performed only on days that you feel like it, or when you remember to attend to it, will not do the trick and daily care must be taken of the skin.
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Most beauty writers normally refer to the 1-2-3 regimen, which includes:
Cleansing - on this page Toning - on this page Moisturizing - on this page
Although this is the basis to work from, additional skin care action must be performed if you are struggling with a problem skin with acne and pimples, when you have an overly oily skin, or if your skin has been stressed or is aging too fast.
For these conditions, specialized moisturizers (on this page) and products may be called for.
As stated above, a skin care regimen must be performed every day - not only on the odd occasion. Should you however be holidaying, camping, or are away from modern facilities, it may be difficult to perform your daily regimen, but as soon as you return to civilization, your normal skin care regimen must be followed.
The days where men had to look old, wrinkled and rugged to validate their sexuality are long gone, and men have also come to realize the benefits of a daily skin care regimen.
After shaving in the morning, a man should use a cleanser to remove all particles from his skin, and if a balanced cleanser is not used, the skin should be toned to de-stress the skin after the shaving experience.
A moisturizer must be applied before an after-shave, as simply applying an after-shave will dry the skin even more because of the alcohol content in after-shaves and colognes.
At night a man should also clean, tone and moisturize his face - the basics stay the same. Any man that wishes to compete in the modern high-paced corporate environment will know that looking younger and more vital has its distinct advantages.
Apart from observing normal hygiene, your facial skin must be cleaned to remove dirt, grime, pollution as well as make-up, if you wear it.
For this reason, men as much as women, need to pay attention to cleaning their face properly. There is an urban legend that it is best to wash your face with water alone - well it is just that - an urban legend.
To have a perfect skin, you need to get it perfectly clean, without stripping the skin of all its natural components, or stressing the skin by using an overly acid or alkaline cleanser.
Some teenagers and older people, still suffering from problem skin, acne and pimples, think that if they use an overly drying cleanser, that leaves their skin tight and totally devoid of moisture, helps to fight the acne and pimples. In reality the reverse is the truth.
Using plain soap and water is as such not a good idea, as the soap can be too alkaline, while some cleansers contain far too much acid - and both these extremes will cause the skin to be burnt and stressed.
Our Rejuvenating Face Wash is totally unique in its formulation, with a host of active ingredients, but is formulated not to cause any negative effects on the skin, while removing all dirt, grime and make-up.
Toning the skin was historically achieved with a toner containing alcohol, to remove the last bit of oily make-up residue and to refresh the skin (the cold feeling when the alcohol evaporates), but since alcohol is drying, modern toners / astringents are mostly alcohol-free.
The two main actions of skin toners are to remove the last traces of dirt / grime / make-up residue, and to balance the acid level of the skin, since some cleansers interfere with the acid value (pH) of the skin, which would leave the horny layer of the skin open to opportunistic infections. The acid nature of the outermost layer of the skin (also referred to as the "acid mantle") acts as a protecting mechanism.
Our Rejuvenating Face Wash does not require a toner, although most people still like to use a toner, as it does have an astringent effect on the skin, which is useful to close and refine pores, as well as having a refreshing effect on the skin.
Our Dermaxime Rejuvenating Toner contains a host of active ingredients, such as Centella Asiatica, silk amino proteins and rose extract - all formulated to freshen the skin and to help refine the skin, close pores and make them appear smaller. The Rejuvenating Toner contains NO alcohol - so there is no excessive drying of the skin.
Moisturizing your skin is simply done by applying a moisturizer which can be in cream or lotion form. Moisturizers help to lubricate, soften, soothe, filling-up wrinkles and lines, firming the skin - depending on the ingredients they contain.
No moisturizer should ever be overly oily or greasy and should be easily absorbed by the skin. It should also not include any ingredient that may cause any skin problems or break-outs.
The type of active ingredients contained, and the percentages included in the formulations, will determine the effect that it will have on your skin.
A plain aqueous base cream would for instance make your skin feel better, but since it contains no active ingredients, will do very little to the skin over the long term, since it has no active ingredients to perform any action on the skin.
Conventionally - a dry skin would require more lubrication and moisture, while an oily skin would require only moisture without added oiliness. We specifically use the term "conventionally" since modern skincare formulating scientists have access to a variety of safe ingredients to achieve a number of things.
When fighting the ravages of aging, we can employ specialized products, such as night creams, neck creams and eye gels/creams.
These products are normally specially formulated to perform very specific functions - such as attenuating (lessening) wrinkles, firming the skin, fighting puffiness - but all with the effect of creating a smooth younger looking skin.
Once again, it will depend on the skill of the formulating scientist to produce a formula that will work, and could use multiple ingredients to achieve the desired effect.
Problem skins with acne and pimples would require a moisturizer that does not cause oiliness, yet must actively help clear up the acne and pimple blemishes.
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