| There is really nothing like a best skin care | | | | your skin care products is equally important. |
| product. There really can't be anything like | | | | In fact, this is even more important. If you |
| 'The best skin care product', because skin | | | | do not know how to apply skin care products, |
| care products work differently for different | | | | you might forever be hunting for the best |
| people based on the skin type to some extent. | | | | skin care product for yourself, when that has |
| A product that is the 'best skin care | | | | already passed you. Moreover, it's also |
| product' for one person might end up being | | | | important to decide on the frequency of |
| the worst for another person. So, a more | | | | application (of the skin care product). The |
| logical question to ask would be 'What is the | | | | environmental factors - temperature, humidity |
| best skin care product for my type of skin?'. | | | | and pollution level, also affect the |
| However, this still is not completely | | | | selection of best skin care product. Here are |
| logical. We tend to segregate people into 4 | | | | a few rules that you could use to ensure that |
| groups based on their skin types - i.e. dry | | | | your best skin care product is really the |
| skin, oily skin, normal skin and sensitive | | | | best for you: |
| skin. However, this classification is just | | | | |
| too broad to be used definitively in | | | | * Cleanse your skin before applying that best |
| determining the best skin care product. We | | | | skin care product. |
| can say 'best skin care product for a dry | | | | |
| skin' or 'best skin care product for an oily | | | | * Use a makeup remover instead of plain water |
| skin' are better statements than just 'best | | | | and remove your makeup before going to bed. |
| skin care product'. But really, that is what | | | | |
| it is - 'better'; still not accurate. | | | | * The effectiveness of active ingredients is |
| | | | reduced when applied over another product |
| So, it really comes to rephrasing the | | | | e.g. over moisturiser. So apply that best |
| question to , What is the best skin care | | | | skin care product first and then apply a bit |
| product for me. Yes, this is exactly the | | | | of moisturizer if needed. |
| question that you should be asking, and | | | | |
| unfortunately there is no easy answer for | | | | * Apply the products on moist and warm skin. |
| this. Arriving at the best skin care product | | | | |
| for self will need some effort on your part. | | | | * You will have to experiment with a few |
| | | | products before you arrive at the one that is |
| First of all, you need to understand how the | | | | the best skin care product for you. |
| skin care products work. This is simple. You | | | | |
| can consider all skin care products to be | | | | * Do not exfoliate too much or too hard. |
| composed of 2 types of ingredients - Active | | | | |
| and inactive. The active ingredients are the | | | | * Vary your skin care routine as per the |
| ones that actually work on your skin. The | | | | seasons (winter/summer etc), changes in |
| inactive ones just help in delivering these | | | | environmental factors and changes in your |
| active ingredients to your skin. Both the | | | | skin type |
| ingredients need to work for your skin, in | | | | |
| order for the product to be effective and | | | | Note that the best skin care product cannot |
| move on to become the best skin care product | | | | be determined overnight. It's only through |
| for you. | | | | testing that you can find the 'Best skin care |
| | | | product for you. |
| Besides the ingredients, the way you apply | | | | |