If your current skincare routine is quite elaborate and consists of several different steps, the thought of ditching most of your products in favor of a three-step routine may seem like a step backward. However, in reality, simplified skincare routines are rising in popularity, and there’s a good reason for this…
If you’re curious about how you can give your skin all that it needs with just a few products, keep reading as Lavelier talks you through the three-step routine that skincare experts swear by!
The Benefits of a Short, Three-Step Skincare Routine
First things first, let’s quickly talk about how your skin would benefit from a short and sweet skincare routine.
It mostly comes down to your skin barrier. This is the outermost layer of your skin, responsible for keeping moisture in while keeping irritants out. It doesn’t take much for this layer to weaken and fall out of balance. When this happens, a number of skin problems can occur. Overloading your skin with multiple products means that this is pretty much inevitable, which is why dermatologists noticed a huge rise in clients with skin barrier issues after the 10-step Korean skincare routine started to gain popularity.
A short routine minimizes the number of ingredients that your skin comes into contact with. This helps to keep the skin barrier feeling healthy. It also reduces the risk of various ingredients interacting with each other in negative ways, which happens more often than you’d think!
A shorter skincare routine tends to be easier to consistently maintain too and, as an added bonus, it will save you time and money as well!
A Three-Step Morning Skincare Routine
Mornings tend to be busy. This means that you’ll very likely appreciate having a shorter routine to follow when you’re rushing to leave the house! Here are the three steps that you need, although you could even cut this down to just two steps:
A Cleanser
The first step in any skincare routine, be it a short three-step routine or a long ten-step routine, should be to cleanse. After all, none of the other products that you apply will be able to properly penetrate your skin unless you remove the layer of dirt, oil, and other impurities that coat your skin’s surface.
With that said, follow the three-step evening skincare routine that’s shared below and you won’t need to go overboard with your cleansing efforts. Cleansing before bed, followed by sleeping on a clean pillowcase, means that your face won’t be as dirty as it would be in the evenings after a long day surrounded by pollutants and other environmental impurities.
This calls for the use of a gentle cleanser in the mornings, just like the Lavelier Oceana Breezy Facial Cleanser. It’s a mousse cleanser, with these formulas revered for how they effectively yet gently clean the skin. It’s filled with hydrating ingredients, plus a number of botanicals that keep the skin feeling calm and balanced – exactly what you need for the day ahead!
A Moisturizer
Now that your skin has been cleansed, it’s time to moisturize. Yes, this means skipping all of the in-between steps that you may have previously followed, from toners to essences to serums. While it may seem as though your skin is going to end up missing out, this isn’t the case if you pick the right moisturizer.
Ideally, you want a formula that’s relatively lightweight. After all, you don’t want your skin feeling heavy or greasy throughout the day. If you plan on wearing makeup, then a light moisturizer becomes even more essential.
Antioxidants should also be a big part of your daytime moisturizer. These powerful compounds work to keep the skin feeling protected against environmental damage. They’ll stave off the appearance of wrinkles, dark spots, dullness, and more, keeping your skin looking radiant and healthy.
At Lavelier, we have a few moisturizers that meet the mark. The Oceana Skin Dew Moisturizer is a day cream that has been designed for all skin types. It feels wonderfully hydrating and soothing, with a high antioxidant content thanks to the likes of vitamins and plant extracts.
The Lavelier Seagrass Phyto Silk is another popular moisturizer for morning use. This formula is even lighter – it feels weightless when applied. Again, a selection of botanical extracts, from green tea to coral seaweed to rosemary, provide plenty of antioxidants. Meanwhile, licorice root extract evens out the skin tone while sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, collagen, and peptides bump up the skin’s hydration levels.
Sun Protection
The final step in your morning skincare routine should be sun protection. This is strictly non-negotiable if you want your skin to look and feel its best. With the sun primarily responsible for the wrinkles, dark spots, and other signs of aging that develop on the face, sun exposure is the last thing that your skin needs!
There are a couple of features to keep in mind when picking a sunscreen. The first is SPF. You need a minimum of SPF 30, although those with particularly sensitive skin may want a higher SPF rating. A broad-spectrum formula is a must too. This means that it will protect your skin from both UVA and UVB rays.
If you would like to cut your morning skincare routine down to just two steps, the Lavelier Divine Day Defense SPF 30 will do the job of both a moisturizer and a sunscreen. It’s an innovative, broad-spectrum formula that not only shields the skin from the sun but also provides a plethora of hydrating and antioxidant-rich ingredients. It’s a great way to simplify your skincare routine even further while ensuring that your skin receives all that it needs to see it through the day.
A Three-Step Evening Skincare Routine
Now that we’ve covered your morning routine, let’s talk about the three steps to follow for your evening skincare routine:
A Cleanser
Once again, a cleanser is the very first product that you should be using. Often, your morning cleanser will work well in the evenings too, especially if you choose a well-rounded formula, like the Lavelier cleanser we featured earlier.
With that said, if you wear heavy makeup, sweat a lot, or spend a large amount of time in a dirty, dusty, or polluted environment, you may want to switch to a slightly more powerful cleanser in the evenings, such as the Lavelier Oceana Pore Perfection Polish. This is a foaming cleanser, giving it slightly more cleansing action than the mousse cleanser we featured above. While foaming cleansers are usually only used by those with oily skin, this formula is still gentle enough to be suitable for other skin types too. It’s packed with peptides and botanical extracts to ensure that your skin barrier feels strong and well-supported.
Double cleansing would also be worth considering in the evening, although this would technically add an extra step to your routine. If your skin is particularly oily, starting with an oil-based cleanser and then finishing with a water-based cleanser will result in an even more thorough cleanse.
A Serum
In the evenings, your skin switches from defense mode to repair mode. Now that it has a reprieve from the environmental aggressors it faces throughout the day, it can turn its attention to renewal and regeneration.
Serums are a great way to keep your skin cells feeling supported as they go through their nightly processes. The right serum will also help to directly target your visible skin concerns. This will bring about improvements in your complexion much sooner than if you had skipped this step in your routine.
So, which serum is best for evening use? This depends on your skin goals. Vitamin C serums tend to be great all-rounders. Vitamin C is able to help with the appearance of aging, inflammation, dryness, and more. The Lavelier Oceana VitaGlow C Serum boasts two forms of vitamin C, enabling your skin to double up on this antioxidant.
Meanwhile, if hydration is your aim, the Lavelier HydroTherm Sauna Serum won’t let you down. It’s brimming with hydrating ingredients that will help to keep your skin’s moisture levels consistent throughout the night. This is important since the skin loses a large amount of moisture overnight.
A Moisturizer
The final step in your evening skincare routine should be a moisturizer. This will lock in the serum that you’ve just applied. It will also form a layer over your skin to prevent moisture from evaporating away. As we just mentioned, this is crucial overnight. Your skin cells need as much moisture as possible to function to their full potential.
This is why night creams tend to be richer than day creams. The Lavelier Oceana Restorative Night Moisturizer, for example, is filled with ingredients that will keep moisture trapped in your skin. At the same time, it also contains a blend of vitamins and plant extracts that will leave your skin looking revitalized in the morning.
If you have severely oily skin and want to keep your evening moisturizer as lightweight as possible, consider the Lavelier Moisture Allure Cream. It doesn’t contain any plant oils or butters, so won’t leave your skin feeling weighed down in any way. Instead, it contains a number of vitamins and antioxidants, plus oat protein to keep your skin barrier feeling calm and resilient.
For best results, apply your evening moisturizer before your serum has fully dried on your skin. This will allow it to seal that serum in even more effectively. This enables your skin cells to benefit from it as much as possible.
Summary
While taking your skincare routine down to just three steps may seem like a big move, it’s one that’s well worth trying. Skincare experts have long since been recommending simplified skincare routines and, thanks to the results that people have been seeing from this, they’re now more popular than ever. By cutting your routine down, you’ll be doing your skin barrier a huge favor, which will quickly reflect in the healthy complexion that you’ll soon be sporting. Give it a try and see this for yourself!
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