In a perfect world, we would give our skin a spa night at least once every week. But I'll even admit that I'm lucky to give myself one spa night in a month! Thankfully, self-care has been a huge trend during this quarantine and I've vowed to take better care of my skin during this time. I'll get right to the point and warn you that this routine is not for the impatient! In fact, you'll actually want to relax for this one and not just sitting around while scrolling through your phone. 😉 So turn on your tranquility playlist and lets get moving on our spa night!
1. Double Cleanse
- Oil Cleansing - The purpose of this step is to remove makeup, sunscreen and pollution that your face has picked up throughout the day (i.e. sweat, dirt, etc). Use a wet cloth to remove the oil from your face and proceed to wash your face with your usual cleanser. Take this cleanse an extra step further by massaging the oil on your face for 15-30 minutes to remove sebaceous filaments, which are sebum and dead skin cells around the hair follicles (they will look like small black dots). By removing them, they will unclog pores that can cause breakouts and oily skin.
- Luxury: Farmacy Makeup Meltaway Cleansing Balm
- Budget: The Ordinary Rose Hip Seed Oil
- Second Cleanse - Straight to the point, this is the final step to thoroughly cleanse your skin. Wash with warm water and pat dry.
- Luxury: Fresh Soy Face Cleanser
- Budget: Cerave Hydrating Cleanser
2. Exfoliate
- Using a gentle exfoliator, gently scrub in small, circular motions around the face while focusing on areas around the t-zone. This step will remove any dead and dulling skin cells without causing micro-tears to the face like a physical scrub would (i.e. apricot/walnut scrubs).
- Budget: Bliss Micro Magic
- Luxury: Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant
3. Steam
- Prior to cleansing your face, turn on the facial steamer so it has time to heat up while washing your face. Once completed, begin steaming the face with a towel draped above your head like a tent to really steam the face. This step is meant to release toxins and soften the skin by causing the pores to "open," which will better allow products to be absorbed into the skin.
- Budget: Conair Facial Sauna
- Luxury: Dr. Dennis Gross Pro Facial Steamer
4. Masks
- After steaming, apply a mask of your choice:
- Face Mask: (Budget friendly!)
- Pixi GLOW Glycolic Boost Sheet Mask (For added glow)
- Soap & Glory Miracle Moisture Mask (For hydration)
- Urban Skin Rx Pumpkin Pore Detox Mask (For detoxing)
- Eye Mask:
- Budget: Azure Kosmetics Vitamin C & Collagen Eye Mask
- Luxury: Shiseido WrinkleResist24 Pure Retinol Eye Mask
- Lip Mask:
- Budget: Vaseline Petroleum Jelly
- Luxury: Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
5. Moisturize
- Your final step to this spa day is simple — follow with your skincare routine. For me, I've listed is my typical nightly cocktail, sans acne products — I usually like to use those 4-5x a week. If I'm performing this spa routine at night, then I like to top all my products with the CeraVe Healing Ointment to really lock in all the moisture and products together!
- Serum: (Budget friendly!)
- Moisturizer:
- Budget: CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion
- Luxury: Milk Makeup Vegan Milk Moisturizer
- Ointment: (Budget friendly!)
6. Massage (Optional)
- An optional step, but it's been shown that face rollers/tools can be beneficial with "depuffing" a person's face. Using these tools will also help ensure that the products have been thoroughly spread evenly throughout the skin.
What are your go-to spa day products? Sound off in the comments below!
xoxo,
naomi
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