DON’T USE THESE SKINCARE PRODUCTS / The Steps You Might Not Need
hey everyone welcome back to my channel in today’s video i’m going to be talking about the skincare steps in your routine that you don’t necessarily need now if you’re like me you might like lots of different steps in your skincare routine because it adds to the self-care element and pampering moment that you might get from your skincare routine but if you wanted to simplify your routine cutting it back to the steps that are absolutely essential for you to maintain healthy skin or if perhaps you’re confused as to whether certain types of products are necessary or are just marketing ploys from brands to get you to spend more money then keep watching now any of the skincare steps or products that i mentioned in today’s routine if you make any of those steps or use any of those products that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad thing or that you’re doing anything wrong they will still benefit your skin but you don’t necessarily have to follow these steps if you do and they work for you then that’s absolutely fine step number one double cleansing or using multiple different types of cleansers you don’t necessarily have to do this and you don’t necessarily always have to double cleanse in the first place i think that that is a really good step in the evening to remove the days dirt makeup spf and sunscreen in two different steps the classic way of double cleansing is that you would use a thick balm or oil type of cleanser to really break down all of those oils and remove everything from the face you would then go in with a second type of cleanser to cleanse your skin this could be a lighter type of cleanser or a gentle foaming cleanser that would just gently cleanse your pores without leaving any type of residue now this of course is a great idea and it’s a great way to cleanse your face in the evening but you don’t necessarily have to do that first of all you could do a double cleanse using the same cleanser twice you could literally just cleanse once to remove all of that dirt and grease and residue off of your face and then you could just go in again with the same cleanser just to cleanse your pores and your skin now technically when you’re using a cleanser the cleanser doesn’t have a brain so it doesn’t know what the difference is between dirt makeup sunscreen and your skin if you massage that cleanser into your skin for long enough so that you remove everything you will in turn cleanse your skin at the same time and you won’t have to go in with a second cleanse now if you’re wearing heavy makeup or waterproof eye makeup then perhaps that’s a different situation where you do have to go in and do that extra cleanse to make sure that you get everything off but otherwise if you’re not wearing waterproof makeup or heavy makeup and it’s just some dirt some sunscreen light makeup then you can probably get away with just using the single cleanse and then that’s enough you can choose your cleanser depending on your skin type so if you don’t want a super heavy cleanser that is going to leave a residue on your skin that would cause you to need to use a second lighter cleanser afterwards to remove that residue then you can just use a gel cleanser this will still remove all of the days dirt and makeup without leaving that heavy residue and it means that you can also use the same cleanser in your morning routine as well speaking for myself i still use a multitude of different cleansers i know that i don’t have to but i do it because i love it i recently did a review on the various different cleansers out there which i will link up above and in that review i mentioned all the different cleansers that i love and i also talk about how i love cleansing how it is a huge self-care element for me when i take the day off by cleansing my face at the end of the day it just feels really really good so if you do like to use a couple of different cleansers and you enjoy it then by all means go for it and then if you want to strip it back keep it to the basics and just use that one cleanser that’s right for you that does multiple different things then you can definitely find the cleanser that’s right for you step number two that you do not need in your routine is using an essence or a toner this is a product and a step that i absolutely love to have in my routine i just love the lightweight watery consistency of a toner or essence now traditionally toners were used to rebalance the skin after cleansing but technology has come such a long way since then that people aren’t using those super heavy oil-laden cream cleansers that don’t emulsify off of the skin when people did use those types of cleansers they literally had to use a toner which was often quite stringent and harsh they literally had to use that to remove the remnants of the cleanser to stop their pores becoming clogged and their skin breaking out now essence and toner products have come a long way they’re a lot gentler and they’re loaded with skin nourishing ingredients i particularly love fermented korean products because they’re good at brightening the skin they also hydrate the skin and they often contain niacinamide which has many different benefits but with that being said this isn’t a necessary step in your routine you can definitely skip the toner and the essence and your skin will definitely be fine you can even just go in with your moisturizer containing various different skin nourishing ingredients and you will be absolutely fine the same goes with serum serums often come in various different forms and they address specific concerns in the skin now you might not have specific concerns that you’re looking to address in your skin so you might not particularly want to use vitamin c to tackle hyperpigmentation or dark spots or you might not want to use a nice cinematic serum in your routine because you just don’t feel like your skin needs it that is also okay you can just skip that step in your routine and as i said before go on with your moisturizer and your skin will still be healthy and will still be fine a lot of people that have more steps in their routine is often because they have certain skin care issues that they’re looking to address but not everybody has those skin care issues so you might just want to strip it down and keep it super simple in terms of myself i’m really into my skin i’m really into skincare and all the different elements of it and how it can benefit in the skin i also like to set myself challenges in how well i can look after my skin for some people they really like to go to the gym and keep pushing those limits and reaching new goals and how they can get fitter and healthier at the gym for me personally i just like to always set myself new goals in how i can better look after my skin try out new products new skincare ingredients because it’s a hobby of mine and i also really like to add that self-care element of looking after myself with the various different steps in my skincare routine the last product that i’m going to talk about is eye cream now i’ve mentioned this so many times in so many different videos you definitely do not need an eye cream now i really like eye cream at the moment i am using the drunk elephant sea tango eye cream which i absolutely love the reason why i particularly like that eye cream because i think that that is um one of the few eye creams out there that is very specific in that it caters to the eye area and that it’s different from other types of eye creams out there which are often just glorified moisturizers for the face with a more expensive price tag but my skin is also combination so around my nose can get quite congested so i like to use a targeted eye cream just on that area to treat that specific part of my skin which is different from other parts of my skin if you’ve just got one skin type and it doesn’t really change throughout your face then you don’t necessarily need to use eye cream or you can just use your moisturizer around your face you might just want to look out for a moisturizer that isn’t too thick or heavy because it can sometimes make the eyes a bit puffy that is why a lot of people sometimes look out for specific eye creams that contain ingredients that will deposit the eye area such as caffeine or green tea but say if you are using a serum in your skin care routine providing it doesn’t have any strong actives in it if it’s just a hydrating serum with some niacinamide in perhaps then you can definitely use that around your eyes as well providing it’s not fragrance because the eye area can be quite sensitive but by all means just use your serum or your moisturizer around your eyes if you can it will still work it will still moisturize and hydrate that area without having to invest in a separate product the fundamental steps that everyone should be looking for as the basic essentials in a skincare routine is a good cleanser that is gentle and able to remove makeup and spf from the skin properly whether that’s one cleanser or two different cleansers that’s completely up to you then you just need a skin protecting hydrating moisturizer that will do the bare basics of just protecting your skin and keeping it hydrated and moisturized i think the most essential step that most people overlook is sunscreen i think that that is something that everyone should be using on their skin so that includes your face the back of your neck your hands anywhere that is exposed to daylight sunlight particularly more than what’s underneath your t-shirt which you don’t need to worry about or if you’re wearing trousers your legs but anywhere that is exposed to sunlight and daylight you should always wear a sunscreen because not only does it protect your skin it also protects your health so that’s my roundup of the skincare steps that you do not need in your routine i hope you found this video entertaining and useful don’t forget to give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it if you’re not 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