Great skin is a result of healthy skin care habits and requires dedication and persistence towards your skin care regimen. Here are 10 skin care habits that you can adopt the will pave the way to healthy and glowing skin.

Wash Off Your Make Up Every Night
If you don’t want to wake up with puffy eyes and yesterdays make up spread across your face, make sure you wash it off every night before going to bed. No matter how tired you are or how lazy you may feel, make sure your cleanse you face before hitting the sack.

Use a gentle non-irritating make remover to wipe off make-up from your eye areas with a cotton pad. Gently rub off the eye shadow and remove the mascara from the eyelashes. Next, wash your face with a mild cleanser that suits your skin type. Take a small amount of cleanser in your hands and rub until it becomes foamy and then rub it over your face and neck, avoiding the eye area. Use warm, not hot water to rinse and pat dry. Follow up with a toner and moisturize well.

Here are some amazing cleansers that you can try:

• Obagi Nu-Derm Foaming Gel – It is a unique blend of aloe vera, natural herbs and natural cleansers that cleans your skin thoroughly and leaves it fresh and soft. It gets rids the skin of all the pollutants accumulated and removes excess oil without disturbing the natural moisture levels of the skin. it is suitable for all skin types and leaves the skin silky soft.
• iS Clinical Cleansing Complex – It is an amazing cleanser that resurfaces the skin and deep cleans it. Being anti-acneic, it prevents and heals any acne inflammations. It is powerful but can be safely used on sensitive skin and does not leave the skin dry. It contains antioxidants that fight free radicals.
• Obagi C-Cleansing Gel – This cleanser contains prescription strength hydroquinone and potent Vitamin C that attacks free radicals. It also soothes the skin and helps the active ingredients penetrate easily through the skin surface.

Use Anti-Aging Creams
You don’t have to wait until you spot the first wrinkles to start an anti-aging skin care regimen. It is better to prevent and delay the appearance of aging signs rather than curing them after the fact. Moreover, it is important to prevent and protect the skin against sun damage and environmental aging. Because eye contours are the first place to exhibit fine lines, you should use anti-aging eye creams as well.
• Obagi ELASTIderm Day Eye Gel – It contains a bi-mineral complex that crosslinks the elastin fibers and boosts collagen production within the skin surface so the skin becomes youthful again.
• Obagi ELASTIderm Night Eye Cream – It improves the elasticity of the skin and makes it firmer. Use it at night because that’s when the body repairs itself naturally. It reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the eye contours.

Use Sunscreen Religiously and Frequently
It’s not enough to apply once a day and forget about it. Rather you need to reapply sunscreen every two hours to ensure continued protection against the harmful sun rays. This is especially important if you tend to spend time outdoors, swim or do exhausting physical activities that make you sweat. Also, if you are out during the peak hours (i.e. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), then frequent reapplication is extremely important.

Take Care After Skin Treatments
There are many skin treatments that help you deal with your skin conditions and heal them such as chemical peels, microdermabrasion and so on. But it is very important to take care of your skin before and after these procedures because they often become extremely susceptible to environmental factors such as sunlight

Apart from wearing protective clothing and slathering on sunscreen, make sure you use good skin care products that cater to the needs and requirements of your individual skin care needs.

Care For Your Décolletage
One of the first areas in our body to show signs of aging is the décolletage (your neck and upper chest area). Therefore, it is very important to care for the skin on your neck just like your facial skin. As with all the skin care products you apply to your face make sure you apply them on your neck as well. Apply moisturizers, anti-aging treatments and most importantly sunscreens.



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Dr. Marilynn Syrett is a graduate from Western University of Health Sciences. She has authored several articles about More Health & Medical articles