basic steps of skin care routine;                                    step 1:cleanse with water only;                                    In the morning, I only cleanse with water. Because I do a full nighttime cleanse, in which I remove makeup and dirt, I often still feel the product the next morning. To be honest, my skin has never looked better than it does when I cleanse with water in the mornings.

If you’re skeptical, try using a SPONGES which is a gentle exfoliating sponge that’s made from the ROOT The natural clay help to naturally cleanse the skin without, again, stripping oil.                                                                                                          step 2:serum and actives:                                            Now it’s time for what I call “the best Products that contain an ingredient — think  acid — intended to achieve a certain effect are considered “actives.” They tend to be the “brightening” products or like These products, plus serums, work on certain issues, concerns, or benefits for your skin.

A serum is applied first, so that it seeps right into the skin. I then like to apply my actives and let them sit for a few minutes before the next steps. Doing this will help will seal in the other products                                                                                      step 3:moisturizer;                                                           I’ll then move onto moisturizer. I tend to opt for heavy moisturizing in the form of a face balm or heavy facial oil. I rarely use creams as I feel my skin reacts better to whole plant oil.

I’ll add the oil by patting it on my face and then massaging in to the skin with upward strokes. I tend to take a few minutes on this process. This helps to work the product into my skin and I feel pampered with a mini-facial massage.

If I’m using a balm, I’ll warm it up in my hands first, by rubbing it in between my hands, in order to get it into a more oily consistency, and then continue as mentioned above.                                                                                                         step 4;sun protection;                                                                         

You should always apply sunscreen. For me, living in Norway, if I’m going out for a cross-country ski session, or going to be exposed to the sun for big chunks of the day, I’ll use a non-nano mineral sunscreen. This is both environmentally friendly and helps to protect me from hyper pigmentation and other sun damage.

I’ll pat this product into the skin lightly, as if I am sealing everything in with it.