Why do Koreans have beautiful skin?
Korean loves to take care of their skin. For them skin care is not just a responsibility but a ritual. They invest lots of time and money for their skin.
Not only women but men are taught since their childhood about different steps and techniques of skin care. And since from a very young age its become a habit for them to take care of themselves.
They believe that to keep your skin healthy you have to start taking care of your skin from very beginning. They focus on prevention and getting to the roots of skin problems and with time and effort you can be in control of your skin and you don't have to react the way it is acting.
Their motto is PREVENTION is lot cheaper than TREATMENT.
The best part of k-beauty products is that it is:
-Affordable
-Best ingredients
-Cheaper
-Packaging
-Lots of variety
There are many actors, actresses and all koreans who definately gives as some major skin goals.
Now who don't want to look that beautiful like them at their 30s and 40s not only this but male Korean star do look equally beautiful, fresh, handsome and young.
They gives major #skingoal to every individual.
So What they do to have a flawless skin?
They follow a 10 step Korean skin care routine which is very famous all over the world.
10 steps Korean skin care routine includes:
1. OIL BASED CLEANSER
This cleanser focus on removing makeup. They are very mild on skin as they slowly break down and mealts away all type of makeup products such as foundation, eye makeup, lip products and sunscreen that was applied.
2. WATER BASED CLEANSER
This cleanser focus on removing any traces of anything left on your skin. It can be foam, gel or creamy.
3. EXFLOLIATOR
They are meant to be used just once or twice a week. It removes dead skin, makes skin smoother and helps for other products to absorbs effectively.
4. TONER
Toner prep our skin for next step and keeps skin protected they are otherwise known as softner, freshener, activating serum.
5. ESSENCE.
For korean it is the focal point of the routine. It is more water like than serum and it targets on reducing signs of aging, keeping skin firm, hydrated and evens skin tone.
6. TREATMENTS.
It can be a serum, boosters or ampoules. They have high concentration of excellent ingredients to bring target specific skin concerns such as reducing dark spots and increase pumping. Your skin easily absorbs them and they provide a light weight moisture.
7. SHEETMASK
This is an affordable alternative to fancy facials. There are wide range of variety to choose from. There main aim is to brighten and add moisture to hydrate the skin. Everybody in korea use SHEETMASK on regular basic to soak in the goodness that the mask provides.
8. EYECREAM
It is light, non greasy, non irritating and gentle products that are meant for sensitive and delicate eye areas. The signs of aging is first noticeable in those areas as there are no oil gland present in it. It is as thin as a tissue so it is very important to take care of eye area.
9. MOISTURIZERS
This is the most thick product that you use in a k-beauty routine. They seal in all the product that you applied before it so that it can provide all the goodness to your skin during night.
10. SUNSCREEN
Sunscreen it the most important step during day time. As 95% of the skin aging happen due to sun exprosure and applying sun screen can protect your skin from different types of skin problems that are cause due to sun.
There are some important GOLDEN RULES to remember:
-HYDRATION
-EXFLOLIATION
-SUNCARE
-EAT WELL AND SLEEP WELL.
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