Three Steps to Healthy Skin
A daily skin-care regime to keep skin healthy and looking good
Caring for your skin is vital to keep it
healthy and looking good. This is especially important for the face. A
basic three-step, twice-daily skin-care regime using aromatherapy
products is described below.
Three steps to healthy skin
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Cleansing is fundamental to good skin care.
This is especially important if you live in a city, where airborne
toxins readily adhere to your face, causing damage and premature aging.
Cleansing should be done twice: once to remove surface grime and
make-up, and once to cleanse the pores thoroughly. Facial skin is
delicate, so soap is too harsh and drying to to use on your face. Face
cleansers, based on a cream or a lotion, are the best way to cleanse
your face thoroughly but gently. Cream cleansers are massaged into the
face thoroughly, and then washed off with plain water.
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Skin toners are used after cleansing, to
refresh the skin and tighten the pores. They also remove any traces of
cleanser. However, many store-bought toners contain harsh ingredients
that dry out the skin, leaving your face feeling uncomfortably tight.
Using flower waters on a cotton wool pad as toners - with and without
the addition of essential oils - is a natural and gentle way to hydrate
and refresh your skin. Spray pure flower water on your face afterwards
and allow it to dry naturally.
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Moisturizer is then applied to the cleansed,
toned skin. In many ways moisturizers are the most important product in
the whole skin-care range. They nourish, hydrate and protect the skin,
preventing dehydration and dryness, and keep the skin supple, glowing
and healthy. You need to have two moisturizers: a lighter, easily
absorbed one to use in the morning, and a richer, nourishing night
cream. The area around the eyes is particularly delicate, so you should
only use the lighter moisturizer here.

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