Hi my name is Heather I am an esthetician and I struggle with washing my face daily. *gasp* This is truly a daily struggle for me, this is where practice what you preach comes to play. The thing is I'm tired!
Like most of america we love to work work all week long. I have two jobs that are both very demanding of me at times then I go home and I have obligations to family, I have friends who want to hang out, and I try to balance work and a social life. By the time I'm home and staying home I can barely get myself to change out of my work clothes let alone wash my face! When I was in school to become an esthetician I had facials, chemical peels, waxing, microdermabrasion every week and I had no troubles washing my face every day. I had healthy, beautiful, glowing skin! I thought I was blessed with great skin and I was going to help others do the same.
I then started working and the real world out of beauty school started. I come home from long days haven't seen my house since 8:00 am and it's now 10:00 pm and I tell myself I'll just skip it this one time. Now I don't want you thinking that I go weeks without washing my face because that is not the case, but I become very inconsistent when life gets hectic.
The REASON for this confession: I am human. I get when clients say life is busy and the last thing they want is to wash their face at night. I just like you feel the same way but here's the catch.. I thought that I was "blessed" with beautiful skin the fact was that I just always took good care of it. The second I stopped being consistent in my skin care routine I had acne, I had pigmentation spots from inflamation in my skin, I had comedones, I had white heads and then I lost it!
- Your skin is exposed to dirt, debris, and pollution daily even if you don't leave your house
- Your skin daily produces oils/sebum
- Your skin also produces new keratinocytes and dead skin cells regularly
If you do not wash your skin daily all of this builds up which can cause break outs, enlarged pores, even weight down the skin causing loss of elasticity and progressing the signs of fine lines and wrinkles
The Solution: For me I am a licensed and certified skin care professional and I needed to get my act together in order to be taken seriously to clients and everyone around me, for you it might be the fact that you just should not have "dirty" skin.
Step one: Commit to your skin care! Vow to having healthy skin! I have a "door rule" I do not walk out the door of the bathroom till I've completed everything I need to do to get ready for work or bed. I used to wander around or do everything out of sequence. Now if I brush my teeth I need to grab my face wash too because it's just as important
Step two: Even if you don't have time to put on all your serums or treatment masks at least cleanse and rehydrate your skin. I will always wipe off my make up, suds up my face, then seal it all in with a rebalancing cream.
Step three: If your routine is truly overwhelming for you and you are the type of person who needs 3 steps or less in your routine talk to your esthetician ask them what is the most important products for your routine. We are here to help you improve your skin and if you are not comfortable with your home regimen or just do not know what to do we will make subtle changes till you are!
Here's to clean faces, healthy skin, and embracing your natural beauty!
Your favorite esti, here to preserve and protect your skin,
xo Heather
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