Skincare Basics: Why You Need to Cleanse Your Skin

Makeup is great, but every once in a while it’s nice to slap on some moisturiser and go makeup free. However, just because you’re ditching the makeup doesn’t mean you can ditch your skincare routine too…

Removing makeup is a super important step in skincare, but that doesn’t mean if you haven’t been wearing makeup you can skip cleansing altogether. Over the day skin comes into contact with many nasty things so it super important to cleanse the skin even if you aren’t wearing makeup…

• Dirts and oils build up throughout the day which can “clog” the pores causing breakouts.

• Each day the skin comes into contact with pollution and free radicals which can prematurely age the skin.

• If you’ve been wearing sunscreen throughout the day remains of it may still be present on your skin. Wearing sunscreen in the evening (especially physical based sunscreen like zinc oxide) can prevent the skin from properly repairing and rejuvenating itself.

• Certain skincare products only work effectively when used on clean skin.

So even if you haven’t been wearing makeup it is super important to cleanse your skin. If you’ve been wearing makeup I highly recommend cleansing TWICE (once to remove the makeup and twice to remove dirts and oils that have built up throughout the day)

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