Home from the holidays, the new year is now begun. Let the letters R and E take centerstage in your resolutions this year. Let the words recharge, refresh and renew, resonate in your mind as we present you our finest curation for every need. No matter your resolve, no matter the skin type, we’ve got your back.
2016 was the year of facial mists, oil essences, and sleeping masks. If you have not laid your hands on them, you probably will try one of these after going through this post. This Spring, we look at cleansing balms and concentrates you can now add to your daily routine. Read on to reveal the goodness that awaits you this 2017.
Clean it
It starts with the basics. It always does. There’s no escaping cleaning things up and making
space for goodness.
Sunday Riley - Ceremic Slip Cleanser
Made with luxurious french green clay, This gentle foaming facial wash consisting of potent ingredients working together to your benefit to remove grime, tighten pores and gently exfoliate. With superstars like Karlie Kloss and Hilary Duff falling in love with this cleanser, you know you can trust Sunday Riley.
Farmacy – Clear Bloom
Adopting a farm to face policy, Farmacy cultivates the ingredients for their products on their own farm. Allowing them to harness more potency from the extraction process. This lavish oil cleanser emulsifies into milk when mixed with water and leaves no oily residue when washed off. Safflower oil within this cleanser acts as a powerful lifting agent for even the strongest makeup. Talk about fighting fire with fire.
De Mamiel – Restorative Cleansing Balm
If your skin has a mixture of oily and utterly dry, this could possibly be your best answer. You massage this creamy, luxuriant balm into your skin and indulge as soothing, mood enhancing ingredients melt away the day while nourishing with anti-oxidant rich Kukui nut butter. Soak a cloth in calming warm water, hold it against your face to activate the cleansing oils. Inhale deeply, then slough off.
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Moringa Cleansing Balm with Cleansing Cloth Having dull looking skin? Re-brighten with this amazing balm that not only leaves you feeling squeaky clean, your skin tissue is also strengthened and balanced with moringa seed extract. Did we mention that this baby also lasts forever? Yes it does.
Treat it
Now that the day/night has been melted off, time to treat your skin to some
concentrated goodness.
May Lindstrom - The Problem Solver Correcting Mask
If Cindy Crawford uses this, you might want to take a hint from that. Not only does this mask exfoliate every pore, it also boosts and repairs the skin with rich anti-oxidant cocoa. Packed also, with spices that kickstart blood circulation under the skin layers, unveil radiant, glowing skin in no time.
Allies of Skin - 1A All-Day Mask
Don't you just love the dewy look you get after doing a mask? Want to keep that look all day? Allies of Skin has taken the concept of masks and made it possible for us to use it all day, everyday. This little tube is packed with hyaluronic acid, hence it's non greasy texture. The anti-inflammatory properties in this also makes it a great mask for blemish prone skin. Reducing redness and swelling all day, everyday. Go on, slap on this mask under your #fotd today.
Plump it
Keep your skin well fed with these amazing serums and essential oils.
Blossom Jeju - 100% Camilla Seed Dry Oil
In the world of facial oils and no idea on how to navigate them, dry oil is where you want to begin. This vile gives you all the benefits without the feeling like you dripped cooking oil over. Camilla Seed extracts are readily absorbed into the skin, encouraging repair while fighting against external stressors like pollutants and UV exposure (don't forgo your UV protection over this though). This dry oil is suitable for all skin types.
Odacite - Combination Skin Serum Concentrate
Press this serum into freshly damp cleansed skin to balance sebum synthesis, or add it to your daily moisturiser to bring balance and nourishment at the same time. Sea buckthorn and peach oils work together in this serum to diminish visibility of pores while also ensuring not to strip the skin of its natural moisture barrier. Reveal bright, even toned skin with this amazing wunderkind.
(BONUS) Perricone MD - Re: Firm
Something for the mature skin in mind, this supercharged treatment cream improves skin elasticity and density. With it's tightening properties, this luxurious cream also contains line-lessening alpha lipoic acid. Not only aiding in 'blurring' the lines, this ensures that they fade away over time. Simply apply a pea sized amount onto face and neck, tapping gently to aid absorption.
Seal it
Never end your ritual without sealing it all in with moisturizer. Why go through all that effort of all
the above steps only to miss out on the final one?
Perricone MD - Face Finishing Moisturiser
This light, whipped jelly-like moisturiser sinks almost immediately into the skin without much encouragement. With a semi-matte finish, this cream is packed with smoothening alpha-lipoic acid and vitamin C ester to encourage elastin and collagen synthesis. A great base to prep the skin for makeup application.
Dr. Jackson's - 05 Face and Eye Essence
This jelly cream is perfect for every skin type as a daily moisturiser. Sufficiently gentle to the skin around the eye, this concoction is packed with aloe, rose water and chamomile to hydrate, and sooth the skin. But that's not all. This baby also boosts your skin's elasticity and resilience to free radicles. Need we say more?