Do you feel like you have to cover up your skin with a ton of makeup to make it look good? Choosing the right skin care routine for your skin type and goals can make all the difference in how your skin looks without makeup. If you aren’t using the proper routine, you may never achieve the look you’re going for, no matter how dedicated you are. If you want to feel comfortable in your bare skin, consider trying one of these highly effective skin care routines.

  1.      A Korean Skin Care Routine

Korean women are known throughout the world for their beautiful skin that seems to glow from within. Both Korean women and men are taught how to establish a proper skin care routine from a very young age. This routine focuses on preventing skin issues before they start and creating flawless, glass smooth skin with a healthy radiance.

A Korean skin care routine is usually a bit more involved than the typical skin care routine, often consisting of ten steps or more. That may sound like a lot, but one of the best things about this routine is that it’s totally customizable. You can add steps or take them away as you need them and target your product choices and active ingredients to meet your specific needs. This routine can truly be customized for anyone! In fact, your skin will probably react better if you don’t try to take on every step at once.

To establish the best skin care routine for the Korean look, begin with three of the most essential steps first. For most people, that would be the double cleanse, a serum or ampoule (also called a treatment), and a moisturizer (choose one with sunscreen during the day). When you start out with just these three steps, you can really analyze how they’re affecting your skin and focus on finding the active ingredients that will help you meet your skin care goals. Once you have these three essential steps fine-tuned to meet your needs, you can begin incorporating other steps like exfoliators, toners, and essences.

Eventually, you might also want to really kick it up a notch by including sheet masks and sleep masks for the most customizability and dramatic results. These steps contain concentrated active ingredients, and although they are entirely optional, they are well worth taking the extra time, even if you only have time to mask once or twice a week. Korean women often mask daily and choose their mask according to how their skin looks each day.

  1.      A Japanese Skin Care Routine

The Japanese skin care routine is also quite involved, with anywhere from seven to 11 steps. This routine focuses on achieving a naturally smooth and glowing complexion that doesn’t require a lot of makeup to cover up the imperfections.

Japanese women are meticulous about removing every trace of make-up and impurities from the skin. To do this, the routine begins by taking off makeup with an oil-based cleanser and following up with a water-based cleanser, toner (known as a lotion in Japan), and then a skin softening emulsion.

A sheet mask is applied next and followed up with a serum. A facial massage comes next, using either the fingers or wooden massage rollers. After the massage comes a lightener to help with hyperpigmentation and acne scarring if needed.

Next, the general moisturizer is applied. Moisturizers are chosen based on the season, with heavier ones in the winter months and lighter ones for summer. The needs of the skin are also essential, and active ingredients are chosen based on things like dryness, oiliness, acne, and aging. Sunscreen can be incorporated into the moisturizer or applied separately. A separate eye moisturizer is also used.

  1.      An Anti-Aging Skin Care Routine

Looking younger is a pretty common goal when it comes to establishing an effective skin care routine. Not surprisingly, an Asian skin care routine like those mentioned above makes an excellent basis for a good anti-aging routine. Asian beauty products focus on incorporating time-tested ingredients and the miracles of modern technology to create truly, effective anti-aging skin care.

When establishing an anti-aging routine, try incorporating some of these active ingredients into your routine:

  •         Snail Mucin: This active ingredient not only reduces the appearance of acne scars, but it also promotes skin renewal, which is essential for keeping skin looking bright, glowing, and youthful.
  •         Ginseng: This is a time-tested active ingredient that boosts collagen production and skin regeneration. It is known to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, but it’s gentle enough to use on sensitive skin.
  •         Peptides: Many Asian skin care products incorporate peptides for their ability to boost the production of collagen. Try combining peptides with antioxidants for even better results.
  •         Niacinamide or Vitamin B3: This is an active ingredient found in many Asian skin care products for brightening the skin and reducing hyperpigmentation. For additional anti-aging benefits, it also plumps the skin and improves elasticity.
  •         Hyaluronic Acid: Hyaluronic acid is good for intensive moisturization, which is essential for young looking skin.
  1.      A Skin Care Routine for Acne Prone Skin

Acne can be a problem at almost any age. To make matters worse, the active ingredients typically recommended for treatment can cause redness, flakiness, and irritation. Who wants that? Try incorporating Asian skin care products into your acne prone skin care routine for some much gentler and often much more effective active ingredients.

Here are some effective, yet gentle, active ingredients to incorporate into an acne prone skin care routine:

  •         Snail Mucin: This fabulous ingredient can do more than help with anti-aging. It can also reduce acne scarring and redness on the skin, while also encouraging healing.
  •         Lavender Extract: This is a gentle antiseptic that will help keep breakouts at bay while soothing inflammation and redness.
  •         Propolis: Propolis is often called nature’s antibiotic. It’s excellent for inflamed, acne-prone skin.
  •         Chamomile Extract: Often used for calming down inflamed skin, chamomile extract is also antibacterial and antifungal, which makes it great for acne prone skin.

Taking the time to really fine-tune your skin care regimen is totally worth the extra effort. Not only will you begin to see improvements right away, but all of your hard work and dedication will also pay off for years to come.

Author’s Bio

As an experienced content creator, Donna has covered numerous topics related to the beauty industry. She is a former writer for an esthetician and skin spa and she’s constantly researching the latest skin care products and tutorials. Donna loves sharing new routines and treatments that worked for her, in the hopes that others will find similar, positive results.