- Hi everyone,
welcome back to another episode of Skincare Nerds.
Today we're taking it back to basics again
and we're going to be talking about
how to lay your skincare.
So if you're not sure what goes first,
your serums or your moisturizer,
keep watching because I'm going to talk you through exactly
where to put everything in your routine.
Now the general rule for skincare layering
is to apply your products thinnest to thickest
in terms of consistency,
so if we're looking at a whole routine,
you'll start by applying your most watery products,
which will be your mists essences or toners,
if you choose to use them,
followed by your serums,
which can then vary in texture.
If a serum is creamier or oily or in texture
for example, something like the ASAP DNA renewal treatment,
which is still a serum but it's kind of creamy,
so is the skin virtue line filler.
I would be applying those after my water based serums
because they're heavier.
So it's just kind of working out the science
of what's lighter and what's heavier.
So put your water based serums down first
and then put anything heavier over the top.
Then you'll want to follow with creamy products
like your moisturizers or leave on masks.
I personally love to use the aspect probiotic mask
as a beautiful rich wave on night cream.
And then you'll go in with your oils.
There's a little bit of debate around
where oil sit in your routine.
Most people are now saying they sit last
so after cream products,
but there are still brands that are advising
on the usage directions,
to use an oil before cream.
So my trick is to add a couple of drops
of your facial oil into your moisturizer
and then either way,
you've got the oil covered.
But I do recommend if you're using a product
to check the usage directions,
because that's the best thing to follow.
So an important component of understanding skincare layering
is also having an understanding of your skin concerns.
I like to recommend,
if you're layering multiple water base serums,
lay them by concern.
So for example,
if your main concern is congestion,
and you're using a cell silicic acid serum
and hyaluronic acid serum
and they're exactly the same texture,
I would be applying the cell silicic acid serum first,
because that's targeting your main concern,
which is the congestion.
That's where it comes in handy to have a basic understanding
of the functions of different ingredients,
so that you can tailor your skincare routine to your needs.
And if absolutely nothing about ingredients,
that's exactly what this YouTube playlist is for.
So go and check out the rest of Skincare Nerds
or head over to our podcast Beauty IQ Uncensored,
where we talk about ingredients.
We talked about treatments.
You pretty much learn everything you need to know,
about skincare.
Now to am versus pm routines.
I get our foods all the time.
Where am I going to use everything?
Like Where does my Glycolic acid go?
Where does my vitamin C go?
So that's what we're going to cover now.
So I would advise always put your resurfacing acids,
like AHAs, BHAs and retinoids,
in your nighttime routine.
I suggest alternating them on different nights.
So you don't want to use your retinoids
on the same nights as your AHAs and BHAs
because they can be sensitizing when they use together
if your skin tolerates it well
and you've been doing this for ages,
continue.
but if you find that you're getting sensitive
from using retinoids and AHAs and BHAs on the same night,
definitely split them up and use them on alternate nights.
We recommend using vitamin C during the day
mainly because it has really good antioxidant properties
but also because it doesn't really like playing
with the other acids.
So keeping it in your daytime routine
is probably the safest bet,
then ingredients like hyaluronic acid
and niacinamide.
Those are versatile ones they can be used am and pm,
I was like who the (beep) that out of my peripheral vision.
So pretty much the things that you want
to avoid mixing together,
are your retinoids and your AHAs and BHAs.
Just try and alternate them on different nights.
And you want to avoid using your vitamin C
with any of those acids as well.
But again, the label on your products
should indicate how and when to use it.
Here's an example routine to demonstrate
how I would lay on my skincare.
So I'll start by spritzing my face
with a vein thermal spring water
because it hasn't been as consistency.
I'll then apply skinCeuticals retexturing activator
because A, it's very watery and consistency
and B because I'm trying to target texture
is my primary concern.
Then I'm going to follow it
with the skinCeuticals H.A. intensifier
because it's more gel like than the retexturing activators.
So thicker inconsistency.
I'm going to make a drop of Murad Multi-Vitamin oil
in with my aspect fighter start nine
and I'm done.
So if that didn't makes sense.
Let me try and summarize that again,
I don't know if it's gonna be any simpler,
but you want to lay thinnest to thickest
or lightest to heaviest inconsistency.
So the watery stuff goes first
and then the creamy stuff goes last
and then the oily stuff
and when it comes to working out what goes first,
remember, layer by concern.
So if your main concerns congestion,
prioritize those products.
I don't know if that's helpful at all.
So I hope that answers all your questions
around skincare layering.
I know you're probably gonna have some questions though,
so leave them in the comments box below,
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