Do you often look online for skin care advice and have no idea where to start?
This is a pretty common issue for most people, especially if this is your first experience in the skin care realm. Fortunately for you, it doesn’t need to be so complicated.
Getting started on your skin journey should be simple. Something you understand and can easily follow – not a 15 step routine that leaves you feeling overwhelmed with no idea what order to use the products in, and what they are all actually doing.
This is where your skin experts come in. If you walk into a salon for the first time, looking to correct your skin, then walk out an hour later with 10 new products and considerably less money, you’re in the wrong place.
Clear, concise instructions with 1-3 targeted products should be what you are looking for as a starting point. Simple yet effective.
So, how do you get started, and how do you find someone that can help you on your journey?
Lets start with the basics –
Cleanser – this should be your first step in any skin care routine. Cleanser is essentially a soap for your face. It removes dirt, debris, oil and sunscreen from the day. Easy.
Moisturiser – think of this as a drink of water for your skin. Keeping you hydrated and balanced.
Sunscreen – an important step in everyone’s skin care routine. Protecting you from the sun like an umbrella protects you from the rain.
Using an SPF daily is the best anti-ageing step you can take. Not only do we need protection from the sun, we need protection from UV rays everywhere. Even your computer when you’re inside all day.
That’s all you need to get started. Simple. Cleaning, balancing, protecting.
Once you have the basics down, we can start adding in for more targeted treatment, such as serums for more in-depth conditions. This is the most effective way to get started. We worry about the ingredients, so you don’t have to. We carefully choose the products based on the ingredients you would benefit from the most, to target the concerns that you have. Unfortunately, everyone’s skin is different and there is no one size fits all in the skin care world.
This means that the cleanser we use on ourselves or that we recommend for your colleague or neighbour, may not be the same that we recommend for you.
Living in an age of “skinfluencers” all over social media can be confusing. All different people with no actual qualifications, giving you recommendations based on what has solely worked for them... Just because it worked for them, doesn't mean it will work for you. A lot of this is where it becomes complicated, people using things that worked for their friends that have caused a completely different response, in completely different skin. Again, everyone’s skin is different, and one size DOES NOT fit all.
Also understanding that clinical treatments are not a one stop fix. One facial, or even a treatment once a month, while important, is not going to fix everything. Your homecare is such an integral part of any skin journey, and using it consistently is where your results are going to come in strong. Preparing your skin for the treatments and using these as a tool instead of the entire plan will leave your skin in a much healthier, happier position. Healthy skin is always our end goal.
Pairing your home care with tailored, targeted treatments regularly in salon is the best plan to keep your skin looking and feeling its best. From regular facials to more targeted treatments like laser, IPL and skin needling, skin health is incredibly important. Your skin is your body’s largest organ, and if it’s not healthy, neither are you.
Trying to decipher all the treatments and ingredients, what they do and what is best for your skin can be overwhelming, but that’s where we come in as skin therapists. We bring years of training, knowledge and hands-on experience to do all the hard work for you. Getting to know your skin, your routine and your lifestyle, we formulate tailored one on one plans with you to treat your skin in the way it needs, giving you the results that you want.
Our favourite question to ask is, “If there was one thing you could change about your skin, what would it be?”
As clients, you generally come in because one thing drives you to address your skin more than another, so treating this first and simply is always the best way to get started.
We take comprehensive notes, before and after photos and check in with you along the way to make sure things are working well for you, how you’re feeling post treatment and how your goals are looking. These all help us to form an entire story based around your skin, rather than little bits and pieces. The notes and photos form a time line, so even when you can’t see the difference over the months, we have a clear way to see the subtle yet big changes your skin is going through.
Getting started will be the simplest thing you do this year. Start with one of our skin revision consults, where we can use our incredible skin scanner to analyze your skin conditions and concerns, discuss treatments and products, and make a lasting plan to suit you, your skin goals and your budget.
The most effective routine isn’t the most products or the most expensive, it’s the one you’ll actually stick to. Consistency is key and a skin journey is exactly that, a journey.
