Have you noticed that how Koreans have that baby skin and also how they don’t age at all? Well, the answer is that they take a good care of their skin. It’s their main focus of the day. Every Korean whether it’s a boy or girl or anyone older, they perform this skin care routine twice a day.
1) Oil Cleansing
Our skin produces oil throughout the day as defense mechanism againy dirts. To remove this oil, oil cleansing is a good option. Also if we have any make-up on our skin oil cleansing will clean them too.
2) Facewash
Based on our skin type we must use the Facewash after oil cleansing. It will remove any excess oil, dirt from our skin. Generally, if someone has dry skin then it is suggested to use foam facewash and if someone has oily skin, using gel facewash can help.
3) Exfoliator
Exfoliating helps to remove dead cells from our skin. When we exfoliate correctly our skin will become clearer and smoother. But over exfoliating can lead to damaged skin. Two times in a week is good.
4) Toner
Toner is essential to balance the pH of our skin. Also, toner helps to remove extra dirt from the skin surface. Apply toner with a cotton ball and wait for 2-3 mins.
5) Serum
Serum works as the food of our skin. This concentrate liquid penetrates through our skin and rejuvenate the cells. It helps on anti-aging, skin tightening, skin brightening etc. It also helps to plump our skin texture. Daily use of serum can make our skin smoother.
6) Sheet Mask
Korean people love sheet mask. Sheet mask is their holy grail. Sheet mask helps to calm our skin. It reduces blemishes. Apply the sheet mask for 15 min to have the best result.
7) Essential Oil
Our skin has oil in it. When we wash our face, the oil gets removed, this can lead to dryness. To avoid this essential oil is used. It helps to maintain oil balance of the skin. Essential oil has antioxidant properties that helps in diminishing free radicals.
8) Moisturizer
After using all the ingredients, it’s time to lock them up. To do that a heavy moisturizer is used. This way all the skin food gets locked up. Choose your moisturizer as your skin type.
9) Sunscreen
To avoid sun, burn and suntan good amount of sunscreen is must to use. Apply generous amount of sunscreen at least 10 min before going into the sun.
10) Night Cream
If you are doing this skin care at night apply night cream lastly. It will act as double barrier to the ingredients you just took in. Night creams are made to help in brightening and softening of our skin.