Follow the routine, by Rajesh Grover, to shine on your special day
Skincare has always had a special place in everybody’s life. Some people can get away by only using moisturiser and sunscreen daily while others follow a full-fledged regimen. Skincare becomes a requisite thing when some special days are just about to next door. These can be your first date day, your anniversary night or the most special wedding day. It can be anything.
Then just using a moisturiser, cream or even only sunscreen can’t serve the purpose. You need to follow a proper am to pm skincare routine that could give you a glowing, brighter, flawless and spotless face.
So, what are you waiting for? Here is the full bloom skincare routine for your special days. It takes just a few minutes for you to look through this important skincare timetable that you can also do on normal days:
AM SKINCARE ROUTINE
Start your day with a glass of water
Your AM skincare routine starts in the early morning and it is not about cleansing your face. The first thing you need to do in your morning skincare regimen is to drink warm/lukewarm water on an empty stomach, about one hour before eating anything. You can add some lemon drops or honey to it.
This ritual will help to detox your blood and eventually your skin. This provides your skin with a natural glow and radiance from within. You can’t get results in one day or a week. Start doing this routine at least before a month of your wedding.
Use a mild cleanser to clean the face
Don’t go for harsh soaps or sulphate or chemical-based cleansers before your wedding. Such products can harm your skin, lead to dryness or some kind of sensitivity. Opt for a mild cleansing lotion.
Give your skin the dose of hydrating serum
Serums are very good for your skin. It goes deeply into the skin and nurtures the skin from within.
A hyaluronic acid serum is best to include in your skincare routine before your wedding special day. It will help to maintain the overall skin integrity, skin barrier function and long-lasting skin hydration. Your skin will look healthy, refreshing and illuminating.
Must add moisturiser into your daily routine
Many of us think that only applying sunscreen or serum is enough and our skin needs no moisturiser. But this is not the case, even when your skin type is oily.
A moisturiser acts to cover your skin and prevent transepidermal water loss. For people with oily skin, a mattifying moisturiser helps to keep skin oil-free and mattify along with keeping skin hydrated. So, don’t skip this step, although do some search and find a proper moisturiser as per your skin type.
Safeguard the skin with a broad-spectrum sunscreen
It is the must have step of skincare. Your skin needs protection against harmful sun rays, urban pollution and heat (IR) rays. A broad-spectrum sunscreen with potent antioxidant formula and PA factor can give whole protection from all these environmental aggressors.
You can choose gel-based, mineral or any other base for your skin type as per your skin type. Apply sunscreen every single day.
Some greens, a fruit and green tea every day
Along with the above mentioned skincare, also give inner nutrition to your skin. Some greens like broccoli, spinach; fruits like oranges, strawberries, kiwi, apples and a cup of green tea every day will help to detox your body, clean skin from within and provide radiance from within.
PM SKINCARE ROUTINE
Night skincare is as important as morning skincare. Grime, dirt and pollution make your face dirty and full of free radicals. Your skin needs rejuvenation therapy after the whole day.
Remove makeup and cleanse the face
The very first thing is to use a cleansing lotion and remove makeup. Cleanse your face. It will help to clean your skin and help to breathe them.
Apply face toner and repair face serum
Face toner is a skincare essential that helps to tone and balance your skin pH A vitamin C based or witch hazel based serum is amazing to give skin the needed rejuvenation. After applying the toner, give your skin a break of one to two minutes and then go for vitamin C serum. Vitamin C is an amazing antioxidant that neutralises the free radicals, de tan the skin and makes skin even-toned and healthy. At night this serum will help to repair your damaged skin.
Go for under eye cream gel
Afterwards, apply an under-eye cream gel to give your eyes some beauty treatment. A good under eye cream-gel will not only help to tackle dark circles but also provides your under-eye skin with the needed relaxation and a renewed life.
Pamper your skin on alternate days
Now take any natural face mask made of fuller’s earth, gram flour or oatmeal. Apply this on every alternative day before sleeping. It will bring a different kind of sun-kissed glow to your face.
Give your skin the much-needed treatment
Now decide what your skin needs the most. Are the dark spots your concern or ageing signs? Else, you only need to give a hydrating touch to your face. Accordingly end your pm skincare routine with brightening cream, anti-ageing cream or just a good hydrating moisturiser.
Apply these simple am and pm skincare rituals into your daily life and gift yourself the natural illuminating skin.
(The author is co-founder of Derma Essentia.)
