Published: November 30, 2024
Tired of dealing with a constant stream of skin problems? If your current skincare routine isn’t doing much to help you achieve a smooth, bright, and flawless complexion, it’s time for a change. Keep reading as Bionyx shares the steps that you need to follow if you want your skin to look its very best.
Use the Right Cleanser
Most people understand how important cleansing is when it comes to achieving and maintaining healthy-looking skin. After all, leave your skin covered with a layer of grime and it’s only going to look dull and rough. Plus, all of those impurities will delve into your skin, causing damage to your skin cells.
With that said, cleanse with the wrong cleanser and you won’t be doing your skin any favors. Every skin type has its own cleansing needs, so you need to ensure that you’re catering to yours. For example, if you have dry skin, you’ll need a gentle and moisturizing cleanser that won’t strip away every last trace of sebum. Meanwhile, if your skin type is oily, you’ll need a more powerful cleanser since it won’t be long before your skin produces more sebum.
Of course, some cleansers are suitable for all skin types, just like the Bionyx Rhodium Mousse Cleanser. It forms a mousse-like lather that efficiently cleans the skin’s surface without leaving it overly dry. It’s also packed with amino acids to ensure that your skin feels strong yet supple once you’re done cleansing.
Consider Double Cleansing
While a single cleanse will usually be all that your skin needs, this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, when a particularly heavy layer of sebum, pollutants, and other impurities settle on the skin, a single cleanse won’t be able to clear all of this away.
This is where double cleansing comes in – a K-beauty technique that has become increasingly popular over the last few years. It’s simple enough to do – just cleanse your skin twice instead of once. However, the beauty behind this concept lies in using two different cleansers. The first should be an oil-based cleanser, which will remove oil-based impurities. This should then be followed up by a water-based cleanser, like the Bionyx cleanser featured above, to tackle water-based impurities.
While you won’t, and shouldn’t, need to double cleanse daily, it can be a useful addition to your evening skincare routine on the days when your skin feels particularly grimy. Whether you’ve spent a few hours in a very dusty location or you’ve been hanging out in an exceptionally polluted environment, double cleansing will give your skin the extra attention that it needs to ensure a thorough cleanse.
Be Smart When Exfoliating
Just like cleansing, exfoliation is an important part of skincare, especially as you age. As you grow older, cell turnover slows down, meaning that your skin doesn’t shed its dead skin cells as quickly as it used to. Instead, these build up on the skin, resulting in a dull complexion.
However, making mistakes with exfoliation could end up damaging your skin, hence the need to be smart about this…
How? It starts with choosing the right exfoliator. While powerful formulas with high percentages of exfoliating acids may sound appealing, these can sometimes do more harm than good. The same can be said of scrubs and other physical exfoliants that feature overly abrasive elements. Instead, you want an exfoliator that will effectively slough away dead skin cells without tearing your skin or damaging your skin’s natural barrier. The Bionyx Rhodium Complex Facial Peeling meets the mark perfectly!
You also need to make sure that you aren’t exfoliating too often…but are also exfoliating enough! Consider your skin type when deciding how often to exfoliate. If you have sensitive skin, you’ll only need to exfoliate once a week, whereas those with oily skin may need to exfoliate three times a week. Dry and combination skin would sit somewhere in between this.
Take the Time to Tone
While using a toner isn’t strictly essential, this can be a very useful step to include in both your morning and evening skincare routines. Why? Because, firstly, a toner will help to rebalance the pH level of your skin’s surface. This can often be thrown off by cleansing and exfoliating, triggering various skin problems. Rectifying this will also leave your skin feeling more receptive to the other products that you subsequently apply.
Plus, a toner is also a great opportunity to lavish your skin with some extra nutrients. Toners are designed for a variety of purposes; some calm the feeling of inflammation and hydrate the skin while others are loaded with antioxidants.
If you’re looking for a toner that does it all, you won’t go wrong with the Bionyx Rhodium Facial Toner. This formula features some of the best post-cleansing ingredients around. Sodium hyaluronate is one, with this humectant loved for how it hydrates and plumps up the feel of the skin. Niacinamide is in there too, with this vitamin revered for how it leaves the skin looking smooth and even. It functions as a powerful antioxidant as well, enabling it to keep skin cells protected against the appearance of oxidative stress.
Use Serums to Target Your Visible Skin Concerns
Just like toners, serums are very lightweight skincare products. This enables them to really dive down into the skin. What sets serums apart, however, is that these formulas are capable of holding high concentrations of active ingredients. This is why they’re so useful when trying to target specific visible skin concerns. Find a serum that’s designed for the issue in question and you’ll soon be seeing improvements in your complexion.
At Bionyx, we have a few different serums for you to choose from. The Alloy Platinum Synergizing Serum is one. This serum has been designed to provide another layer of hydration, along with ingredients that will keep your skin barrier feeling supported. Between sodium hyaluronate, collagen, vitamin C, and a duo of peptides, your skin will soon start to feel stronger and more resilient.
The Bionyx BioLift Platinum Deep Wrinkle Concentrate will also be a worthy addition to your skincare routine if you’re concerned about the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This one contains a wider array of antioxidants, including vitamins A, C, and E. Sodium hyaluronate is included too, along with hydrolyzed oat protein to soothe and support your complexion.
Invest in Eye Care
When you’re young, investing in eye serums and eye creams may feel like a waste of time. After all, surely your facial skincare products will work on the skin around your eyes too?
In many cases, they will. However, it’s also worth keeping in mind that the skin around the eyes is extremely thin and only becomes thinner with age. In order to keep it feeling firm and thick, certain ingredients are needed, and these can only be found in dedicated eye care products. Giving your eye area a smoother and brighter finish will help to light up the rest of your face, making it worth splurging on a couple of eye care products.
Our top choice? The Rhodium Intensive Eye Serum and the Rhodium Advanced Eye Cream – both from Bionyx. Together, they’ll do away with the appearance of just about every skin concern that you may experience around your eyes. Whether this may be crow’s feet, dark circles, puffiness, or anything else, these eye care products will quickly make your eye area look younger and healthier.
Moisturizing is Essential
Moisturizing is crucial for flawless-looking skin. Not only will it give your skin some extra moisture to drink but it will also form a barrier over your skin’s surface. This will function in a similar way to your skin’s natural barrier, in the sense that it will help to lock moisture in while keeping impurities out.
While just about every moisturizer will provide these benefits, a high-quality moisturizer that also offers up other skin-loving ingredients, like the Bionyx Platinum Transformative Cream, will bring you even better results. This moisturizer will keep your skin barrier feeling thick and strong with the likes of panthenol, sodium hyaluronate, and vitamin E. Meanwhile, lactic acid hydrates while brightening the look of the skin. It’s backed up by licorice root extract, which is known for how it lightens the visibility of dark spots and discoloration. With peptides and antioxidants too, this cream will enhance both your morning and evening skincare routines.
One extra tip…always apply your moisturizer to damp skin. This will enable it to seal in those extra water molecules, giving you a boost of hydration. It will leave your skin looking even plumper, fuller, and dewier.
Don’t Neglect SPF
While you may enjoy the soothing sensation of the warm sun touching your skin, your skin doesn’t feel the same way. Instead, each time it’s exposed to UV rays, it has to put up its defenses to try to block some of the damage that will inevitably follow. The sun causes serious harm to skin cells, speeding up the rate at which they age while also weakening the protein fibers that hold them up from within. This results in premature wrinkles and sagging. The sun also triggers the appearance of dark spots, leaving the skin looking uneven.
If you’re working on achieving flawless-looking skin, sun damage needs to be avoided at all costs. This starts by keeping your skin protected with a sunscreen year-round. However, that alone will not be enough. For full protection, take additional steps whenever possible, such as shielding your face with a hat and oversized sunglasses, or staying in the shade during the hottest hours of the day.
Summary
When it comes down to it, skincare doesn’t need to be overly complicated. Sure, some may enjoy having a complex 10-step skincare routine but, in reality, the above steps are all you really need. So long as you’re following each one, you should soon start to see some improvements in your complexion, with your skin taking on the radiant glow that you’ve been aiming for!
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