First post - Face cleansing

Facial Cleansing

At Botanicus Budapest, we believe in providing you with knowledge that is essential for your conscious skin care.

Conscious skin care begins with facial cleansing. If you don't remove excess dirt and make-up from your skin, it can break your skin's natural protective layer. That's why facial cleansing is crucial, it's definitely worth doing at least once a day, mainly in the evening.

Water alone cannot remove dirt, make-up residues and sunscreen ingredients that a cleanser can easily remove from your skin. On clean skin, your skin care product will be much more effective and your make-up will be more beautiful!

Almost all face washes work with so-called surfactants. They cling to oil, grease and dirt. As you rinse your face, your skin is clean. The problem is that these substances cannot distinguish between what is unnecessary on your skin (dirt) and what is not (important parts of the skin). That's why basically all surfactants have a drying and damaging effect, because in addition to dirt, all useful skin components are also removed.

Nowadays you can choose from a wide variety of facial cleansers.

Now we present you water-based and oil-based facial cleansers.

Water-Based Cleansers:

Advantages:

Suitable for oily and acne-prone skin.

Cleanses deeply, removing dirt and impurities effectively.

Disadvantages:

May be too drying for dry skin types.

Not always effective at removing heavy make-up.

Oil-Based Cleansers:

Advantages:

Effectively removes make-up and impurities.

Nourishes and hydrates the skin.

Disadvantages:

You may feel it heavy on oily skin.

May require a double cleansing for thorough removal.

It is definitely worth cleaning your skin thoroughly once a day, in the evening.

As for washing off in the evening, use at least agentle cleanser that can be easily rinsed off with water, and if you also wear make-up, you should try double cleansing (see later).

There is no need to wash your face more than twice a day (of course there can be exceptions, e.g. after sports)

Double cleansing means that you use two cleansing products one after the other. In this case, the first focuses on removing make-up, and the second on gently cleansing the skin and removing the remains of the first cleanser.

In a double cleansing, the first wash can be an oil-based cleanser - this is particularly effective in removing stubborn make-up and sunscreen resides. And the second is a water-based, gentle cleanser that can be rinsed off with water, according to skin type, which serves to cleanse the skin and remove any residues of the oily cleanser.

Oil-based cleansers should be apply to dry skin, as they can effectively dissolve the film on the skin caused by make-up/sunscreen. To wash it off, add a little water so that the oil turns into a milky emulsion on your skin, continue to massage your skin like this, and then rinse it off with lukewarm water. If you do a double wash, then after that, without wiping your skin dry, you can use the water-based wash.

Water-based cleanser should be apply to wet skin. You should do it for a maximum of one minute, because it is not good to soak your skin for too long. Finally, rinse with plenty of lukewarm water (eyes closed!) Dry your skin with a clean towel, gently pressing movements, and you're done.

Forrás/Source: https://skinsmart.hu/szakertoi-tanacsok/lemosas

Recommended Botanicus products:

Water-Based Products

Gentle cleanser milk with Tea tree

Cleansing milk with Tea tree, Mint, Geranium and Lime essential oils. Recommended for problematic skin and for acnes.

Calendula Facial Cleanser Lotion

A soothing and cleansing lotion with Cocoa butter and Almond oil. Enriched with Marigold absolut, Lime and Tangerine essential oils and Purslane and Calendula extracts. Not recomended for children under three years of age.

Rózsa toner / Rose toner

Apure and natural cleanser and toner for normal, delicate or problem skins, with distilled flower water obtained from petals of  Rosa Damascena. Particulary suitable to refresh the face and neck.

Olajbázisú Termék / Oil-Based Product

Argan oil

Rich and softening massage oil containing high level of antioxidant, suitable for all skin types. Normally used at 10-30% in blends. With high level of vitamin E.