How to choose a good facial cream?

Determining your skin type at home is not as difficult as it seems. But it must be done well and with conscience.

How is it done? Helena Boufal – the founder of the Natura Belaya brand – answers this question.

How to know your skin type

Before the election of the cosmetics It is always good to consult a specialist. Many women believe that one of the advantages of the cream is how quickly it is absorbed. And it's a mistake! The most important thing about the cream is to prevent other cosmetic products from damaging your skin.

An anti-aging cream must contain anti-aging active ingredients. In this way, the anti-wrinkle “effect” is achieved. The optimal thing would be to combine regenerative properties with the care of the microbiota and PH. For this it is essential to know your skin type!

Before proceeding with the test, you must remove makeup from your face and wash with Bioface powder. After about 2 hours, take a napkin, press it on your face and observe the result.

The order is: forehead, nose, chin and cheeks.

• If there are greasy stains on the napkin, it means that you have oily skin type.
• Soft oily spots on your forehead, cheek, and nose indicate that you have normal skin type.
• Only greasy spots on the forehead, nose and cheek. They indicate combination skin.
• If there is no greasy mark left, it corresponds to dry skin.

Cream selection

Once the skin type is recognized, we proceed to choose the appropriate cream. The ingredient list of products indicates the ingredient with the highest concentration first. For example, a cream with avocado oil or vitamin C. Information about these ingredients should be the first thing indicated on the ingredients.

The presence of formaldehyde in the composition should be a warning. This substance is highly toxic and carcinogenic. It can cause skin diseases and accelerate aging.

Get used to using one cream during the day and another at night. The composition of the night cream has to be more fluid. Helena Boufal recommends using the regenerating serum instead of the cream that improves the appearance of the skin in a short time.

Women over 30 are recommended to pay more attention to skin care at night. Wrinkle prevention creams contain natural oils and peptides. An interesting fact! There are more regenerating active ingredients in the nighttime compositions than in the daytime ones. The night cream should be used 1 hour before bedtime. At the end of the day, our blood flow slows and blood flow to the edema increases.

The day cream for the face performs the protective function from negative influences during the day. It also serves as a base for makeup. Generally, day creams have to be a non-greasy product. The composition includes 60-80% water. In this case, the advice of cosmetologists is unanimous: apply the cream 30 minutes before going out.

How to preserve the cream

Cosmetics are influenced by the way they are stored. The optimal temperature in our case is a temperature of 15-25 degrees Celsius. Avoid exposing the facial cream to direct light and humidity!

The texture of the cream is altered at elevated temperatures: an unpleasant odor appears, the substance loses its original appearance. If the cream shows these changes, stop using this product!

Do not store the product in the refrigerator. The formulation is damaged not only at high temperatures, but also at low temperatures.

With the help of a high-quality and natural cream, you can postpone the appearance of wrinkles for a long time. The most important thing is to purchase the best product adapted to your facial treatment needs!

Cosmetics are influenced by the way they are stored. The optimal temperature in our case is a temperature of 15-25 degrees Celsius. Avoid exposing the container with the facial cream to direct light and humidity!

The texture of the cream is altered at elevated temperatures: an unpleasant odor appears, the substance loses its original appearance. If the cream shows these changes, throw away this product!

Do not store the product in the refrigerator. The formulation is damaged not only at high temperatures, but also at low temperatures.

With the help of a high-quality and natural cream, you can postpone the appearance of wrinkles for a long time. The most important thing is to buy a very good facial treatment product!