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7 Skin Care Sins You Need to Quit Now
The worst of the worst skin care sins and the easy solutions to quit skin sins for good!
It’s likely we are all at one time or another guilty of the odd skincare sin. Totally forgivable, but beware the more serious skin sins that can undermine even the best skincare routines. Worse still you might not even be aware that you’re guilty of a skincare sin. Never fear, here’s the run down on identifying and quitting some of the worst skincare sins that may be undoing all the hard work of your dedicated routine. The good news. Great skin is within reach by following a dedicated regime that doesn’t need to be complex and time-consuming. Devote a little time each morning and night to your self-care and avoid these skincare sins. You’ll be amazed at the results.
Skin care sin 1: Skipping the cleanse
We get it. Sometimes we just can’t be bothered. Besides, buying skincare that you simply wash off hardly seems important, but rather it’s quite the opposite. In fact, we think cleansing is so important we recommend a double cleansing routine at night and a gentle morning cleanse every day.
Solution: Cleansing is skincare 101 and using a small amount of a good quality natural cleanser brings much better results than a harsh stripping cleanser or nothing at all. Cleansing is not just about removing makeup, oil or grim when your face feels “dirty”. Cleansing as a part of your skin care routine will remove shedding skin cells and pollutants that you don’t know are there. Revealing fresh and healthy skin for more glow and a healthier skin barrier. Make cleansing an easy task but selecting a natural face cleanser that you love to use and leave your skin petal soft and glowing.
LUXE Botanics makes double cleansing easy with their Marula Hydrating Pre-cleanser and Camu Brightening Cleanser. This super-powered cleansing duo purifies the skin and gently dissolves makeup, dirt, excess oil, pollution and other pore clogging impurities without disrupting skin’s delicate natural lipid barrier.
Team The Jojoba Company Jojoba Activating Cleansing Oil with their Jojoba Citrus Gel Cleanser and you’ve got a luxurious, pollution busting double cleanse combination for any budget. There really is no excuse to skip the cleanse.
LUXE BOTANICS Camu Brightening Cleanser
Smooth lightweight cream cleanser.
Purify skin and gently lift dirt, excess oil and other impurities, without disrupting skin’s delicate lipid barrier. Camu Camu and green tea extracts brighten and refine tone while coconut extracts, chamomile and cucumber calm and soothe, revealing a radiant and refreshed complexion.
Best for: brightening in dull, sun damaged or lacklustre skin.
LUXE BOTANICS Marula Hydrating Pre-Cleanser
Silky oil pre-cleanser.
Gently dissolves makeup, dirt, excess oil, pollution and other pore clogging impurities without disrupting skin’s delicate natural lipid barrier. This silky, skin softening blend of marula, jojoba and rosehip oils perfectly purify and prime skin to receive further treatment.
Best for: combination, dry or mature skin.
Volume: 120ml
Skin care sin 2: Product overload
Using too many products at once, in particular, strong synthetic actives can lead to toxin overload causing irritation and sensitivity.
Solution: We agree that our skin can benefit from a considered and tailored routine that incorporates several powerful natural actives. From Hyaluronic acid and Vitamin C to AHAs and natural retinols like Bakuchiol and Vitamin A, these ingredients in quality forms and efficacious concentrations can deliver great results. But the secret is not all at once!
Consider skin cycling as your skin’s regular fitness program. Like going to the gym one day and focusing on the bum and thighs and then abs and core the next. You get a great workout without overdoing it, which can lead to injury, and still have long-term cumulative results. The same goes with skin cycling. Focusing on different actions on different days works in harmony with your skin’s natural cellular turnover, allowing your skin time to rest and repair and be at its very best.
One of the great “side-effects” of skin cycling is that because you use your actives less often, they last longer. So, you can choose good quality potent products that deliver real results without breaking the bank.
Skin care sin 3: Over exfoliating
We all love the super clean fresh skin feel after a good exfoliation. But beware, just like toxin overload from too many actives, over-exfoliating can also lead to irritation and sensitivity and in many cases exacerbate the concern you are trying to address -such as pigmentation, oiliness, or congestion.
Solution: It’s important to understand how to exfoliate and why it matters. We recommend regular gentle dual-action exfoliation. Choose a fine particle mechanical exfoliate combined with natural chemical exfoliants like fruit acids and enzymes. These chemicals help “unstick” dying and shedding skin cells while fine particles polish the skin’s surface. So effective is this combination of dual action exfoliation that once maybe twice a week is enough for promoting skin renewal, boosting collagen production and bringing on the glow. For best results incorporate your natural exfoliator into your skin cycling routine the day before your natural actives.
Amala’s Retexturising Gel Aqua Peel (don’t let the term “peel” alarm you) is a chemical exfoliation gel that has the dual-action of a skin refining treatment and a hydrating boost for your complexion in one twenty minute treat. Boasting the highest concentration of natural AHA’s in a home mask on the market (15%), these natural fruit acids work to retexture, refine pores and minimise fine lines. Combined with a mineral complex that deeply nourishes and hydrates the skin this NATRUE certified natural gel brings all the deep cleansing benefits of AHAs and BHAs without the irritation and sensitivity. Follow the usage directions and one pot will provide approximately fourteen at-home spa facials.
French Girl Lait De Rose Vitamin C Polishing Wash is an exfoliant wash and mask that is rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants to nourish, smooth, and brighten the complexion while helping to repair damaged skin. White Willow Bark acts as an enzymatic exfoliator, removing impurities at the cellular level, while bamboo powder gently exfoliates the skin at the physical level, helping to remove dry and dead skin cells on the surface. Coconut milk powder softens and hydrates the fresh skin cells for all-over suppleness and glow.
Skin care sin 4: Neglecting self-care
No time for self-care. Not drinking enough water, staying up late and skimping on sleep. Living on junk food or too much stress. The results = dehydrated skin exacerbating fine lines and wrinkles, loss of skin elasticity and under-eye bags, poor skin health and barrier dysfunction leading to breakouts, dullness, and pigmentation. In the longer term, this all means premature ageing.
Solution: Regardless of what a company promises we don’t believe any topical product or procedure can compensate for the damaging effects of simply not taking care of yourself. Finding time to nurture your skin as well as your mind and body is vital to wellbeing, but this can be a challenge. Making small changes daily such as taking 10 minutes for yourself at the end of the day to pamper in the bathroom can help. Our 5 daily rituals that improve your wellbeing is a great place to start. Just remember that changes in lifestyle and attitudes take commitment and discipline. Choose stress-relieving activities that you enjoy and are going to stick with and reap the long-term benefits in your wellbeing. We promise it will show.
Skin care sin 5: Skipping the daily SPF
We can’t have a skincare sins list that doesn’t remind us of the need for effective sun protection. It’s a part of our Australian life.
Solution: Enjoy the sunshine. It’s good for us and so often it improves our wellbeing. Just please, please do it safely. Today’s natural sunscreens are effective and easy to use and better still they are formulated with skin-loving botanicals to nourish the skin while you are outdoors. Read everything you need to know in our journal Why you should use Natural Sunscreen and learn how to successfully wear your makeup over sunscreen before heading outdoors. With a great range of Australian-made natural sunscreens like People 4 Ocean and Wot Not Naturals, we’ve got natural sun protection covered so the only regret here is that last extra cocktail you sipped by the pool….
Skin care sin 6: Not Moisturising Morning & Night
Despite all the marketing claims about youth and beauty at its core skin care is exactly that, caring for the skin. Even if you’re not fussed about your looks, caring for your skin remains vital to your health and hygiene. Most importantly skin needs hydration and moisture. Even those with the most resilient skin will lose moisture from the skin’s surface during the day and surprisingly a lot of moisture is lost from the skin overnight. Dry and dehydrated skin not only looks poorly but also performs poorly. Compromising the skin barrier and leaving you vulnerable to inflammation and skin conditions like eczema, dermatitis, and infection.
Solution: replace the moisture in your skin. Like cleansing, moisturising is skincare 101. Replenishing moisture in your skin from both the inside and the outside by both drinking plenty of water AND using a natural moisturiser. A tropical moisture will not only help prevent transepidermal moisture loss (TEWL) – one of the ways we lose moisture from the skin’s surface, but a good quality natural moisturiser will deliver a dose of hydration to the skin cells, boosting moisture levels for healthier, stronger skin. As a minimum your skin care routine should include two easy steps; cleanse and moisturise morning and night.
We can help you find the right moisturiser from our range of pure natural moisturisers with potent, nourishing natural ingredients. Once you have a natural moisturiser that you like the feel of and see the benefits from you won’t ever be without. Luxe Botanics offer two distinct textures in their moisturising range that offer anti-ageing benefits while addressing skin concerns. The Kigelia Corrective Moisturiser is a readily absorbed gel that delivers a potent dose of antioxidants and the regenerate prowess of Kigelia. Perfect for oily or blemish prone skin. It calms redness and natural peptides firming and smooth with dedicated daily use.
The Camu Brightening Moisturiser is a lightweight buttery-soft lotion that works to brighten the skin combining camu, jojoba and avocado oils with shea butter and sodium hyaluronate to deeply replenish and maintain in the skin. This is an ideal moisturiser for addressing the signs of environmental stress including pigmentation, sun damage and dullness due to stress and bluelight.
LUXE BOTANICS Camu Brightening Moisturiser
Lightweight cream moisturiser.
Revitalise skin’s natural luminosity with this buttery soft moisturising cream infused with vitamin C rich Camu Camu. Supports cellular energy to fade the appearance of dark spots, repair the look and feel of environmental damage and reveal a vibrant, glowing complexion.
Best for: brightening in dull, sun damaged or lacklustre skin.
LUXE BOTANICS Kigelia Corrective Moisturiser
Lightweight gel moisturiser.
A vitamin and antioxidant rich gel moisturiser powered by Kigelia africana, a gentle skin purifying botanical that addresses problematic skin concerns and supports cellular regeneration to calm the look and feel of skin. Natural peptides restore the appearance of youthful suppleness.
Best for: combination, oily, irritated, sensitive or post treatment skin.
Volume: 60ml
Skin care sin 7: Using synthetic and petroleum based skincare
You might think we are biased but there is mounting evidence around the toxicity of a growing number of synthetic skincare ingredients, in particular heavily processed petroleum derivatives. Even if you don’t believe they are harmful, at the end of the day these products are no more beneficial for your skin than less refined natural botanicals, and with the high environmental cost of petroleum derivatives and synthetic, why use them at all?
Solution: Natural and biotech nature-derived ingredients to nourish your skin with nutrients that your skin recognises and needs. The clean beauty movement is redefining modern skincare, replacing harsh synthetic chemical ingredients that have little or no benefit for skin health with natural and sustainable nature-derived ingredients that nourish and feed the skin’s microbiome, boost skin health, and strengthen the skin barrier. Today’s range of clean beauty is luxurious, eco-friendly and extensive, including certified and clinically proven options for every budget. Best of all, clean beauty at The NATIVES Co. is always cruelty-free. Do you need any more reasons to make the switch?
Need help with your clean beauty choices? Our NATIVES Co. Journal is an ever-growing resource on all things clean beauty, from basic skincare tips and tricks to optimising your routine, we have you covered with head-to-toe beauty and wellness. Backed by our extensive range of natural skincare and clean cosmetics, not forgetting vegan skincare, cruelty-free and sustainable options, it’s all here to help you get the best from your clean beauty choices.
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