Every Woman Needs to Know This About Her Skin

Today I saw 5 new facial clients.  During my intake with them I was struck by the common theme going on.  They often forget to wash their face at night. They often just use water. Sometimes they use a cleanser, but they are not very good at remembering to.  Mostly they remember to use  their moisturizer.

Ladies, this is not the way to treat your skin!  It's the equivalent to  brushing your teeth once in awhile and  forgeting to use tooth paste.  Holistic skincare is not taught to most women. Who taught you to take care of your skin?  Sometimes I  take it for granted that everyone knows at least the basics.

So what are the basics?  Cleanse , tone, and moisturize.  If you have  been using  water to clean you face and slapping on Aveeno moisturizer and you think you're doing good, my 3 step system might be a shock to your system. It's alot to ask of someone who hasn't paid more then $10 for a moisturizer to start using 3 products as the basics. People, the state of our skincare system is shocking!  I have a lot of educating to do.

So if you're a water baby or know someone who is using h2o as their cleanser, listen up and pass this info on.  Water is said to remove about 40% of the dirt and grim on your face.  Mop one side of your kitchen floor with water and mop the other side with water and a cleaner. Your bucket with the cleaner in it will be alot more murky.  But wait ...don't grab a bar of soap and go using that on your face. No, no , no, soap strips your skin of its natural oils. It cleans your skin to be sure, but ladies we need to think of the skin on our face like it is  a piece of fine silk. Since you were a wee babe your face has been cleaned with something. Was it soap? What about when you were a teen. Did you believe you had to wash away the oils on your face to prevent or cope with break outs?  Did you ever partake of those gritty scrubs popular in the 80's? We need to treat our skin with great care.

 Our skin is smart and  makes its own natural oils that keep our micro flora or bacteria in a happy state.  When you wipe out your micro flora with a  soap, foamy cleanser, or gel cleanser, you destroy your skins defence system.   Thats not all, you create skin that is deeply dehydrated. Dehydrated skin is prone to developing fine cracks on the surface, which  allows in the toxins and chemicals in your water, in the air and in your Aveeno moisturizer. That's why it's no surprise that my soap loving clients are also super sensitives. Years of soaping up has damage their skin barrier, leaving it susceptible to all the bad stuff in our environment and in skincare products and makeup.



Darling ladies what I want you to do is invest in a good organic plant oil based cleanser. The best one is Dr Hauschka Cleansing Milk, especially if you have accidentally damaged your skin by using the wrong type of cleanser. The Dr H Cleansing Milk will help to strengthen your skin. If you like a little exfoliating action then use the Cleansing Cream, it's gentle enough to use everyday and will give you a deep cleanse with its gentle exfoliating action.  The big bonus of using a  cleanser that respects your skins acid mantle is that any issues with dryness will balance out. Women often reach for a moisturizer to treat their dry skin symptoms, but we need to go back a step and look at how the skin is being cleansed. Your gift for loving, respecting and honouring your skin by cleansing it correctly morning and evening is comfortable, balanced, healthy skin. Yippie!

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