The Importance of Cleansing
After last week’s blog on regular facials, we wanted to talk about the benefits of cleansing at home. We are often asked if it is necessary to cleanse morning and night and we are here to tell you that it isn’t! For many skins just cleansing once a day is enough to give your skin the care it needs without disrupting the ecosystem that lives on it’s surface.
Most people will cleanse at night time. If you wear makeup, you’re wanting to sleep in clean skin. If you’re not removing your makeup at the end of the day, we would really be questioning why. It’s not only the makeup that you are washing away, but any leftover moisturiser and sunscreen is still sitting there too, along with the compacted skin cells, dirt, pollution and oil that have made for a wonderful build up as the day has gone on. It feels good to cleanse and remove those layers right!? We then continue with our night time routine of serums and moisturisers before we go to bed, fantastic! When we wake up in the morning, our skin looks fresh and rejuvenated.
For most people, cleansing once a day is enough. Our skin’s surface houses a delicate microbiome of bacteria and lipids and they all play a vital role in the function of our skin so we don’t want to wash it all away. Let your skin do it’s thing overnight and unless you wake up feeling particularly dirty or greasy, you don’t need to cleanse again in the morning. Just perform your normal skincare routine without cleanser and then give your skin a good cleanse (or even double cleanse!) at the end of the day. Don’t forget to use those cleansing cloths too!
Now we aren’t saying it’s bad or naughty to cleanse twice a day. If you feel like that’s what your skin needs then by all means; listen to your skin! If you are a more oily skin type or work in a job that makes you particularly dirty you may feel that you need to cleanse twice a day however if you have a more dry skin then you will likely benefit from cleansing once a day and leaving more of your natural lipids on your skin. Have a little experiment and do what you think is right, and remember the team at Talking Beauty are always here to guide you!
