Technical lesson- week 1- cleanse, tone, moisturise...

You have 3 main steps to your face... 

CLEANSE                      TONE                     MOISTURISE

(and the occasional exfoliation if you have dry skin)

These 3 steps prep your skin in the morning and clear your skin at night, and if your as addicted to make-up as i am, its essential that you do this everyday twice a day. Make it a ritual. I now cant fall asleep until i've done these even at 3 in the morning, sad i know but its become a slight obsession of mine. So why do we do this? Let me fill you in...

Step 1: Cleanse

We use cleanser to remove our makeup and clean the pores. Now some people just go straight in with cleaner and a cotton pad at a full face of make-up. But me? i like to use a make-up wipe and scrub my face and eyes and get off as much as i can first. Then in i go with my cotton pads and cleanser. I smooth it over the skin first and then go back in and scrub in circular, upwards motions this gets the blood flowing and feels amazing! i normally go in twice but this is due to that little obsession i mentioned earlier.

Now if your cleansing someone else's face it's best to have them face a mirror, stand behind them and do it that, using two cotton pads doing both sides of the face at the same time. Don't forget that neck and Remember circular upwards motions always.

Tips: 

• If your doing someone else's face if there wearing contacts go extra careful and check if they would rather remove eye make-up themselves
• If anyone (meaning contact wearer or not) has alot of eye make-up on don't be afraid to ask them to do it themselves they can go a little harder than you can and it speeds it up and you can just tidy around afterwards.

Step 2: Tone

Now toners the next step, these can come in spritz form or screw cap. Now as easy as a spritz makes your life, theres nothing that feels more affective than loading up that cotton pad with toner and lathering it all over your face and feeling that tingle. I call it the 'clingle' (clean tingle) its when you know you got it. This step cleans off any left over cleanser that could possibly left, gets rid of all remaining dirt and closes them pores back up. Dream product right?

Working on someone else? Same principle as cleanser. Long strokes, circular upward motions Don't forget the neck! Both sides at the same time. Simples!

Step 3: Moisturise

This is the last step. So close to being able to roll into bed and forget the day for a good few hours, or that last step before you can unleash your creative mind, and magic fingers on your cosmetics and create your fotd (face of the day). I know, how do you contain your excitment for either situation, honestly i don't know!

I apply this with my fingers, i dabble it all over my face and massage it in until i feel as though my skin is literally drinking it. Its really that easy and takes a few seconds

Working on someone else? Now this is when you decide how much you like them! using both hands use your fingertips to apply the moisturiser to the face and massage massage massage! 

And thats it! you can now go to sleep and not feel guilty that you have a filthy face, or put on a new face of make-up without masking yesterday's mess. 

Enjoy!