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With Charlotte Tilbury revealing that they wears makeup to sleep, and skincare guru Sali Hughes recently re-emphasising the significance of always cleansing at the end of your day, our skincare routines have returned in the spotlight.
While sleeping in your makeup is a well-known no no, is it really essential to cleanse, tone and moisturise twice, every. single. day?
Skincare experts are pretty unanimous that, in fact, yes – it is. Although, for reasons which you may not really realise.
‘You can’t see it but every minute of the day, whether you are wearing makeup or otherwise, we shed 30,000 to 40,000 the dead skin cells in the surface of the skin we have,’ celebrity massage and sculpt specialist Dimple Amani tells Metro.co.uk.
He adds: ‘Cleansing is important for melting off sebum and oil production which naturally accumulates on our skin and can clog pores and cause breakouts’.
There are thousands of serums, toners, acids, retinols, creams, oils and exfoliators on the market. While we don’t want to use them all, the experts appear to agree that people should choose the very best products for the skin and then try to invest in using them, as consistently as possible.
Find a routine that actually works for you
‘Sticking to some good cleansing routine is the key to get affordable skin,’ says Yuliya Medvedenko, skincare expert at LookFantastic. ‘I do mine every single day – and it is this regularity which will mean you see actual improvement in your skin.’
‘It’s not required to use the same products each day – but it is certainly beneficial’, she adds, stating: ‘Using another cleanser each day may do the short-term job of cleaning your face however it will not enable an item to operate its magic long-term.
‘Your skin also gets accustomed to these products you're wearing it and switching it up all the time can result in irritation and essentially confusion!’
Of course, occasionally forgetting to cleanse won’t lead to irreversible problems – but getting into a normal routine that matches along with your life works wonders for the skin. However, there is no reason for investing in a ten part skincare program whether it becomes unmanageable and means you wind up skipping it.
For those of us who want to keep it simple, the bare minimum is: ‘Cleanse and apply SPF each morning, and cleanse and apply retinol in the evening,’ according to Dr Yusra Al Mukhtar, author of Beautified Britain Index: Your skin Report.
Our skin is under attack both in and out of the house
But, Covid has changed our beauty routines, having a many us working at home – and, therefore, often wearing less makeup on a daily basis than we were pre-pandemic (are you currently even working from home if you’re not wearing a Sudocrem nose and mouth mask rather than foundation?).
So, how about if you’re just in the house all day long, wearing no makeup whatsoever?
‘You still need to cleanse the face,’ Dr Al Mukhtar says. ‘If your home has windows and you’re looking at your phone or computer, you will be subjected to blue light and UV radiation – so you should be wearing SPF every single day, and you ought to be removing that SPF every single evening.’
It’s not just makeup that clogs our pores – there's bacteria on various surfaces within our home, which can be easily used in our faces. In addition to this: ‘When we’re in the home, we spend some time in rooms that haven’t been ventilated for some time, alongside putting the heating or ac on, which can negatively affect the skin we have,’ Medvedenko says.
And should you venture out, your skincare routine is much more imperative, although not just for las vegas dui attorney might think. Holly Martin, skincare expert and lead tutor from GlamCandy says: ‘Free radicals from the atmosphere can sit on your skin, aggrivate your skin and can also be carcinogenic. Cleansing once you’re home will reduce these effects.’
But – surprisingly – whether it is pollution or sun rays, studies have confirmed that wearing makeup can in fact be beneficial, as it can certainly protect the skin from outside factors. But, in either case – you'll still have to cleanse your face.
‘If you wear no makeup outside, the skin is more prone to absorb everything and as a result actually needs a cleansing routine more than ever before,’ says Medvedenko. ‘Especially if you are taking public transport where people coughing, sneezing and breathing bacteria ridden particles within the congested space – this can be absorbed into the skin.’
