We all want a beautiful, healthy, glowing face. Unfortunately, unhealthy eating habits, dehydration, lack of sleep, and not using the right products can keep us from our skincare goals. However, using the right makeup products and facial products can help us to achieve glowing skin. Let’s have a look at some of the best makeup products for a radiant glow!
1. Hydrating Face Wash
This is the most basic of the skincare steps, but also the most important one. Face wash creates a beautiful blank canvas for all other facial products to absorb quicker and easier. Without this foundation, other skin care products might not work properly. Using the right cleanser is the key to clear and radiant skin.
Face wash can help to remove debris, including makeup, dirt, and pollution, as well as excess oil that can dull skin, clog pores, and cause discoloration and breakouts. Use a sulfate and soap-free cleanser that is pH-balanced and gentle to your skin.
2. Facial Skin Exfoliator
Exfoliation is unfortunately one of the skincare steps that most people skip. Here is some advice: Don’t skip it! No really, exfoliation plays a huge role in maintaining and achieving healthy-looking and glowy skin.
By exfoliating, you remove the skin’s outer layer of dead skin so that the surface of your skin is clearer and more radiant. You can apply a physical exfoliant, like a face scrub, two to three times per week. Or for sensitive or dry skin, use a chemical exfoliator, such as a face peel, once per week. But no matter your skin type, exfoliation is important for a healthy-looking face.
3. Use The Right Ingredients
Always read the packaging and labels of your facial products, especially when it comes to serums, topical treatments, and moisturizers. Also, look for certain keywords like “brightening” and “even skin tone.”
Here are three main ingredients that serve as skin brightening boosters.
- Vitamin C – Vitamin C can reduce hyperpigmentation by blocking melanin production. Vitamin C blocks tyrosinase, an enzyme your body uses to produce melanin, making it a natural skin brightener. Vitamin C is also a potent antioxidant, which means it protects skin cells from further damage either from the sun or outside pollutants.
- Retinol: Retinol is a form of vitamin A and the go-to ingredient for hyperpigmentation. Retinol is particularly effective at combating hyperpigmentation by encouraging cell turnover and bringing healthier, newer skin cells to the surface while exfoliating older, darker ones.
- Niacinamide: You can use niacinamide daily in over-the-counter products such as serums and creams. For best results, combine it with other proven skin brightening ingredients mentioned above.
4. Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize
Do we need to repeat it again? Moisturizer can help keep your skin hydrated and refreshed. As we age, the oil glands that keep skin healthy begin to lose their power, making them create fewer oils.
Moisturizing daily reduces the amount the glands have to work to keep your skin healthy throughout your life. It also helps other products like serums and makeup absorb into the skin better. It can also help you to make your foundation look more polished and glowy instead of dull and cakey.
5. Face Masks
In need of a quick fix? We’ve got you. Just like a serum or moisturizer, a face mask delivers highly concentrated actives, vitamins, and nutrients to the skin to improve its overall health. They create a physical barrier that locks in beneficial ingredients, allowing the skin to absorb other products better.
Face masks are used when you are short on time but want to see results super quickly. Face masks can hydrate, moisturize, clear acne, help clogged pores, and enhance the elasticity of the skin.
6. Use The Right Makeup Products
Using the right type of makeup products can have a big effect on your skin and confidence. Here are some makeup products you can use to create a beautiful glow.
Use multiple highlighters. Try applying different highlighters to different spots on your face and use different makeup tools to apply them to the different areas of your face.
Wet your make-up brushes. If you want to create an intense ‘look at me’ look, dampen your brushes a little bit to create a more vibrant effect with your makeup.
Use eyeshadow. This is perfect if you want to add more glam and shimmer to your look. Reach for gold or any shimmery color that puts the focus on the eyes.
Add glow-boosting drops. Add glow-boosting drops to your lotion or foundation to have a glowy look that lasts for a long time.
7. Good Ol’ Faithful
Take care of yourself on the outside as well as the inside. Water flushes out all the nasty toxins and keeps your body hydrated and refreshed and helps maintain your skin’s elasticity. People who drink large amounts of water are less likely to suffer from scars, wrinkles, and soft lines and they won’t show as many signs of aging as those who do not drink enough water. So, drink up!
Follow these tips and your skin will be glowing in no time!
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