Face Cleansing – Top Mistakes, Key Benefits

Face cleansing seems like a well-worn topic.. That’s why it’s so hard to believe that most of us haven’t mastered that. Perfect face cleansing remains a myth yet it is the basis for skin care – the must-do work for stunning, flawless skin. If we fail to cleanse the skin right, we can forget about beautiful, healthy face. All in all, why it is so important to keep skin clean? What are the benefits and the most common mistakes? Read on 🙂

Face cleansing benefits – why it is so important?

What benefits will you get from properly-done facial cleansing?

1. Your skin keeps hydro-lipid balance; it is non stop fresh and radiant, the level of its moisture remains the same all the time.
2. You won’t experience pimples, blackheads or whiteheads.
3. Basic products (creams, serums, oils) work better, more strongly and effectively – spotless skin increases absorption of active ingredients.
4. Skin functions and regeneration are better; skin is no longer dependent on enhancing ingredients in creams; it isn’t ‘handicapped’ without products – proper functioning of skin decides on how long it is going to keep young, supple and smooth.

Face Cleansing – Top Mistakes

1. Washing face too often, twice a week, is perfectly enough 🙂 Especially, if your skin is dry or sensitive – feel free to cleanse it once a day, before bedtime. Overeagerness never leads to anything good so don’t deprive your skin of the micro flora and natural lipid coat.
2. Too harsh detergents in face cleansers – giving an extreme matte effect or leaving skin feeling tight and dry – are bad even for acne skin. Drying pimples impoverishes the skin, dehydrates it and actually works like a trigger for sebaceous glands to produce more and more sebum.
3. Insufficient cleansing – the opposite of too invasive cleansing. Not fully cleansed, skin is covered up by dirt, dead cells, dust, toxins…which lead to comedones, inflammation, pimples, non stop open pores.
4. Neglecting the skin pH – the thing is that face cleansers and skin don’t have the same pH. It can be similar, e.g. skin and natural Aleppo soap, yet your skin always needs calming down and balancing pH. Therefore, always reach out for a natural toner. A hydrosol or a herbal infusion work, too. The thing is to let skin ‘take a breath’.
5. Physical skin irritation happens regularly. We like to torment skin, torture it for the sake of beauty – we get irritated epidermis, unnatural-looking redness, severe inflammation and damaged skin protection barrier.

Before reaching out for a new superb face brush or an innovative purifying, exfoliating, smoothing powder, think if your skin actually needs it. Instead of a flawless look, you can get skin micro damage.

Face cleansing – which product to pick?

What’s best for face cleansing? That’s one of the top questions asked on blogs and at drugstores. Which cleanser or makeup remover is worth recommending? You’d better stay away from trends or novelties.

True – finding a proper cleanser is a challenge. It cannot be too mild; after all, it must attract dirt, oil, sebum, toxins, makeup build up. At the same time, it cannot irritate the epidermis or work too harshly.

Of course, it’s best to consult the choice with a qualified beautician who’s going to tell you more about what your skin needs. Still, you can make your own choice without doing harm to your skin: all you should do is invest in a high-quality, natural product with the largest number of safe ingredients and free of comedogenic substances. What does it mean?

More or less, it means that the bigger the number of natural, plant derived ingredients, the better effects a product gives. Keep away from heavy alcohols and silicones (alcohol denat, PEG substances, synthetics ending with ‘icone’).

Which substances are notorious in cleansers?

Shortly put, all detergents. More details? Voila! Here’s the list of greatest ‘cosmetic bandits’.

SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate), SLES (Sodium Laureth Sulfate), ALS (Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate), ALCOHOL (Alcohol Denat, Benzyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Ethanol Alcohol); soap-like detergents which don’t have any conditioning power: Sodium Palmate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Potassium Olivate.