Moisturizing is essential, but it’s also easy to screw up, leaving skin greasy, pimply, or even drier. Follow these steps for moisturizer application to get healthy and glowy in the best kind of way.
Wash your face before applying moisturizer with a gentle cleanser. We would recommend using Refresh Botanicals Foaming Facial Cleanser. A good skin care routine would have you wash your face twice a day. Once in the morning, and once in the evening (before bed). When washing the face, use lukewarm to warm water. Hot water will dry your skin.
1. Pat dry your face with a towel and apply moisturizer before your skin completely dries.
2. Pump the required amount of moisturizer into the palm of your hand.
3. Dab some moisturizer onto specific parts of your face. Using the first two fingers of your dominant hand, apply dabs of moisturizer onto your face in the key dry areas such as your: forehead, cheeks, nose, chin, and neck. If one of those areas is particularly oily, don’t put a dab of moisturizer in that area. Don’t forget to include your neck in both your washing and moisturizing routine.
4. Spread the moisturizer around the rest of your face. Using the first two fingers of each hand, spread the moisturizer upwards and outwards from each dab on your face. Use a swirling motion to blend the moisturizer into your skin. It’s usually easiest to start at your neck, and work your way up your face to your forehead.
Allow the moisturizer to dry before applying makeup. Once you’ve blended your moisturizer into your face, allow it to dry for about 1-2 minutes before doing anything else. After that 1-2 minutes you can then apply any other products you want to your skin, including makeup.
Note: If you’re applying a separate layer of sunscreen to your face, apply it after your moisturizer.
