With great, sunny weather comes greater responsibility to take good care of your skin to avoid premature ageing and sun damage.
Whilst adding more moisturisers and SPF products to your routine is important, an application method with a rather bizarre name could perhaps be the solution.
It may have recently gone viral but the “moisture sandwich” is based on relatively simple principles that have been used for a long time.
The idea behind it is that you layer your products from thinnest to thickest, starting with lighter formulas anding with thicker skin creams.
The idea is that the thicker formula will seal in the rest, keeping your skin moisturised and making the most of different skincare ingredients.
A good test for this in action is to bend your elbow and add a drop of each product onto your forearm, watching how quickly each product drips down. Lighter products drip faster than heavier ones, so this could show which order to apply products.
Start with a toner, prepping the skin for a hydrating serum, particularly one with hyaluronic acid that itself retains moisture.
After these two steps, use a moisturiser for long-lasting hydration and finish off with a sleeping mask.
You can swap out the moisturising cream for a gel during more humid weather if you have more oily skin, as it can be less heavy for your skin.
Because the principle behind it is so simple and is about the order of products rather than which exact products you use, you can take advantage of its versatility and help keep moisture locked into your skin.
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