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Skincare

Skincare is a long-term commitment. Like nutrition, exercise, and other aspects of your appearance, it only works when you are consistent.

Goals
• Healthy-looking skin
• Anti-aging
• Skin comfort


When it comes to skin quality, skincare should not be your first priority. Your main goal should be to fix your nutrition first, because diet and overall nutrition can significantly influence skin health.

Dermatologists can’t sell you a better diet. They can, however, sell you skincare products.


Myths

1) Skincare is not gay or feminine.

Taking care of your appearance and skin health is simply part of basic self-maintenance.

Masculinity is about being assertive about the things you do. If you’re afraid to do something genuinely helpful just because other people might judge or bully you, you’re a little bitch.

2) Skincare is expensive. Only luxury products and a huge number of products can actually make a difference.

Skincare is actually much cheaper than you might think. You don’t need a shelf full of expensive products to have good skin. A simple routine with a few effective products can be enough.

Even Kim Kardashian, with virtually unlimited resources and her own skincare line, still uses basic drugstore CeraVe products.

Basics


To improve your skin quality you should follow these rules:

  1. Don’t touch your face during the day.  Touching your face can transfer dirt, oil, and bacteria, potentially causing breakouts 
  2. Don’t use hot water when showering and washing face. Hot water strips the skin of its natural oils, leading to dryness and irritation
  3. Shave delicately. Shave using a sharp, clean razor, and go with the grain to reduce irritation. Also, avoid harsh aftershaves containing alcohol. 

After skincare:

  1. Don’t rub your skin with a towel. Let it dry naturally or pat it.
    There’s no reason to sanding yourself with a towel. It’s designed to be patted.
  2. For skincare use only paper towels. Since they don’t contain bacteria.


Face

Before skincare

  1. Always wash your hands.
  2. Brush your teeth. Some toothpastes can irritate the skin around your mouth and may contribute to breakouts. Brushing after skincare can also wash skincare products off your face.
  3. Remove your shirt so it doesn’t get wet or covered in skincare products.
  4. If you have long hair, pull it back with a hair band.



Cleansing

First Step

Cleanser: Choose a basic gentle cleanser from CeraVe or La Roche-Posay.

  1. Dampen your face and neck with lukewarm water.
  2. Put cleanser on clean hands and rub it between your palms.
  3. Apply the cleanser to your damp face and neck. Massage it in using gentle circular motions for about 1 minute.
    YES, FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE! Don’t just put it on and immediately wash it off.
  4. Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water.
  5. Pat your skin dry with a clean towel.

Treatments / active ingredients

Second Step

This is where you target specific skin concerns. Your skin is now clean and dry, ready for active ingredients.

Retinoids


Moisturizer

Third Step

Moisturizer keeps your skin hydrated and helps maintain a healthy skin barrier. It reduces dryness, tightness, flaking, and irritation.

Apply moisturizer after your active ingredients. Use enough to cover your face and neck without leaving an unnecessarily thick layer.

A moisturizer with a pump dispenser or squeeze tube is better. It’s cleaner and more convenient.

Avoid open jars where you have to dip your fingers into the product.

Recommendations

For dry skin:

La Roche-Posay Lipikar Baume AP+M

Cerave Moisturising Cream With Pump

SPF

Final Step

SPF is the most important step for preventing sun damage and slowing skin aging.

All treatments and active ingredients would be useless, and some can even cause irritation, without proper sun protection.

Sun exposure can worsen many skin concerns, including pigmentation, redness, acne marks.

Examples

25 years old surfer with signs of sun damage

28 years of sun exposure made the left side of truck driver’s face look way older

Lorry driver ages dramatically on one side of his face – as he never wore SPF behind the wheel


Details

What to look for in an SPF and why.

• SPF 50+
• Broad-spectrum protection against UVA and UVB
• PA++++ or another strong UVA rating
• Lightweight, comfortable texture

Avoid
• Essential oils
• Heavy, greasy formulas if you have oily skin

Ingredients that irritate your skin:

• Essential oils
• Titanium dioxide
• Denatured alcohol / Alcohol Denat.
• Menthol
• Eucalyptus oil
• Peppermint oil
• Citrus essential oils
• High amounts of drying alcohols

Recommendations

Nacific Sun Essence SPF50+ PA++++