You’ve nailed the basics and now you’re ready to level up your skincare routine. Add a step or two to the lineup? Maybe try some more hardcore ingredients? Nice! Your skin’s going to love it.
The skin-termediate routine takes things a little bit further than just the barest of basics but rest assured, you won’t need to be adding an extension to your bathroom cabinet anytime soon.
It’s a handful more steps and a few more tricks to target your skin concerns. That way you can get a little more serious about your skincare game.
How To Know You’re An Intermediate:
You start to remind your mum to wear SPF and you’ve got a solid routine of skin essentials. Now that you’ve nailed the basics of your routine, you might be looking to address some of those more specific skin concerns.
An Intermediate-Friendly Skincare Routine (AM/PM)
Cleanse
1. First Cleanse
Now that you’ve got your everyday cleanser, it’s time to introduce an oil cleanser. Known as the ‘double cleanse method,’ oil cleansers help to dissolve all makeup giving your face the deep clean it deserves.
2. Second Cleanse
This is where your everyday cleanser comes in.
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Treat
3. Exfoliate (PM only)
Starting to notice fine lines or pigmentation? Blemish or acne-prone? Got a case of dullness? Time to add an exfoliant into your routine. Sounds scary but remember how our cell turnover slows down with age? An exfoliant works to shed dead skin cells, revealing rejuvenated skin. Add this in once a week (ease your skin into it) and with consistent use, your complexion will become more even toned with a youthful glow.
4. Serum (AM and PM)
A very-nice-to-have of any skincare routine, serums are formulated to tackle a specific skin concerns (like dehydration, pigmentation, dullness). Just check to make sure the ingredients in your serum play nice with your exfoliants.
Nourish
5. Moisturise Or Face Oil
Seal in the serum with a face oil and/or hydrating face cream.
Protect
6. SPF (AM only)
Protection is key to staying forever young, so remember to slip, slop, slap that SPF on every single morning.
For any of our skin-termediates craving a few more steps and targeted results, it might be time to check out The Advanced Routine.
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