--It is very common to switch up your skin care products when the seasons change. But for some clients, they like to alternate their products daily just because their skins' needs change.
Here is a basic regimen:
1) Cleanse twice daily (double cleanse to make sure and remove all traces of makeup)
2) Tone if hydration is needed (depending on the time of year, sometimes) or apply a witch hazel to reduce oil
3) Exfoliate with a gentle granular scrub (2-3 times a week) or use an alpha hydroxy complex cream nightly (3-4 times a week)
4) Moisturize and protect daily with an spf 15 or 20. Don't forget to treat under your eyes and your neck! (For all day sun exposure, an spf 30 is sufficient).
Professional skincare vs. Over the Counter Products
We, as estheticians are educators of the skincare industry and we have been licensed and trained to give professional skin care advice. The products we recommend are generally stronger and more effective than over the counter products because our lines tend to use higher concentrations of the active ingredients in the products. These ingredients tend to have a more advanced technology simply because of the amount of research that goes into them. This is what separates them from the rest...
Additional Recommendations for a healthy skin inside and out:
~Drink lots of water
~Overall, eat a healthy diet of colorful foods and include ground flax seeds
~Cleanse the colon
~Take a multivitamin with antioxidants/greens in their formula
~Incorporate topical antioxidant serums such as: Vitamin E, C, and Alpha lipoic acid or a retinol cream