Women Skin Care!

There is really no such thing as”the best skin care product”. There really can’t be because skin care products work differently for different people (based on the skin type, to some extent). A product that is the ‘best skin care product’ for one person might be the worst for another person. So, a more logical question to ask would be ‘What is the best skin care product for me or for my type of skin?’ However, this still is not completely logical. We tend to separate people into skin types – i.e. dry skin, oily skin, normal skin and sensitive skin. Still, this classification is just too broad to be used definitively to determine the best skin care product. We can say ‘the best skin care product for a dry skin’ or ‘the best skin care product for an oily skin’. These are better statements than just ‘best skin care product’. But, really, even though that is ‘better’;it’s still not accurate. 

So, it really comes to rephrasing the question to – ‘What is the best skin care product for me’. Yes, this is exactly the question that you should be asking, and unfortunately there is no easy answer for this. Arriving at the best skin care product for self will need some effort on your part. 

First, you need to understand how skin care products work. This is simple. All skin care products are composed of 2 types of ingredients – Active and inactive. The active ingredients are the ones that actually work on your skin. The inactive ones just help in delivering these active ingredients to your skin. Both the ingredients need to work for your skin, in order for the product to be effective. 

Besides the ingredients and as equqlly as important is the way you apply your skin care products. In fact, this is even more important. If you don’t know how to apply skin care products, you might be forever hunting for the best skin care product for yourself, when, in fact it has already passed you. Moreover, it’s also important to decide on the frequency of application (of the skin care product). Also the environmental factors – temperature, humidity and pollution level, can affect the selection of best skin care product. Here are a few rules that you can use to ensure that your best skin care product is really the best for you:

* Clean your skin thoroughy before applying that best skin care product. 

* Use a makeup remover, instead of plain water, and remove your makeup before going to bed. 

* The effectiveness of active ingredients is reduced when applied over another product e.g. over moisturiser. So apply that best skin care product first and then apply a bit of moisturizer if needed.

* Make sure you apply your products when your skin is warm and moist. 

* You will have to experiment with a few products before you arrive at the one that is the best skin care product for you.

* Don’t exfoliate too much or too hard.

* Vary your skin care routine with the seasons (winter/summer etc), changes in environmental factors and changes in your skin type

Note that the best skin care product cannot be determined overnight. It’s only through experiment (and awareness) that you can find the ‘Best skin care product’ (for you).

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