Skin care junkies know how regular facials and acne treatment can help maintain a clear complexion, but as spas across the country shut their doors to help flatten the curve, many are wondering: How do I keep my skin in good shape while quarantined at home?
From at-home facial tips to useful tricks for dealing with stress acne, consider this your go-to guide for self-isolation skin care.
1. Your appointments can wait
Taking an hour out of your day to treat yourself to the best facial treatment in Singapore can be pretty darn satisfying. However, aestheticians today can all agree: spa closures are necessary to decrease the spread of COVID-19.
Due to the nature of their profession, aestheticians are constantly in close contact with clients, making social distancing virtually impossible, even with increased hygiene measures.
2. Try to keep up your regular routine
Social distancing has many of us ditching our regular hair and makeup routines as we settle into our new normal at home. It can be tempting to get a little lazy with your skin care routine, too, but aestheticians say consistency is really key.
Continuing your normal regimen, morning and night, will keep your skin on track. When you stray from your products, you will notice a dulled and dehydrated complexion, more congestion and a greater chance for breakouts.
Even sunscreen is still a necessary part of your routine to help combat blue light from your devices and any sun rays that creep in through your window. As always, make sure you get enough sleep, drink plenty of water and eat a balanced diet, too.
3. At-home facials help
It is going to be a while until facial spas in Singapore open up again, but you can still give your skin a professional-quality treatment at home.
Try a relaxing facial with these steps:
- Cleanse your skin, if you are already wearing makeup, we suggest double or triple cleansing.
- Steam your skin: To help open up your pores, use an at home steamer or covering your head with a towel then placing your face over a pot of hot water with essential oils or herbal tea.
- Exfoliate: Try an enzyme scrub (sensitive skin types can try a less abrasive exfoliating mask) to slough off dead skin cells.
- Apply a mask: After washing off the scrub, clear skin of impurities with a mask focused on your current needs (acne, dryness, etc.).
- Massage skin: Wash off your mask and massage all around your face, focusing movement upward. Spend as much time as you'd like on this step. Massage helps to deliver oxygen rich blood to the skin.
- Tone skin: Press (do not rub) a touch of toner into the skin using cotton pads to hydrate and balance it out. A good, hydrating toner will also be a carrier system to help with product penetration with your serums and creams.
- Serum and moisturiser: Now that your pores are opened up, it's time to soak in some nutrients with a serum and moisturizer targeted to your skin's needs.
- Don't forget your lips and eyes: Add a moisturising lip balm and hydrating eye cream to round out your facial.
4. Do not be surprised if your skin starts to break out
Acne has a way of popping up when we're stressed out, and that is not exactly a coincidence. Stress produces a chemical reaction in the body that can wreak havoc on the skin, causing sensitivity, reactivity and inflammation.
During times of stress, cortisol is released, which can cause the skin to create more oil and sweat, leading to breakouts.
If you are already dealing with a skin condition like eczema, psoriasis or rosacea, stressful times can often trigger flare ups. When cortisol levels rise, our immune system becomes weakened and that's when we see these conditions exacerbated. It is hard to avoid stress during these uncertain times, but there are a few ways you can avoid making breakouts worse.
5. You can always try a virtual consultation
Many beauty professionals are now offering virtual consultations to share their expertise with clients from afar. And while aestheticians can't perform extractions on your face through the computer, they can definitely help improve your skin care routine.
During a virtual consultation, we go over all aspects of someone's life: diet, lifestyle, the environment they live in, etc. Next, we talk about their skin concerns and the products they're using. From there, we would create a customised skin care regimen for them and send them the products or tell them where to purchase them.
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