Cleansing your face…

So now that you know your skin type, there’s no excuse to be using the incorrect cleansing preparation…or soap/shampoo/body wash! Seriously, it’s called BODY wash and HAIR shampoo! If there’s no “aha” (thanks Oprah) moment or light bulbs or “DING!DING!DINGS!”  going off in your head when you see that then I hope this helps…

The natural pH of your skin is between 4.5 and 6, thus it’s acidic. Hence we refer to it as the acid-mantle. Soap is a base/alkaline, and it will therefore lower the acidity of your skin and/or neutralize it. This lowers your skins’s protective mechanism significantly enough for micro-organisms, such as bacteria, to invade it. Oh, and it dries your skin which could lead to many imbalances. If your skin is dry, it’ll simply dry further and could lead to a lot of discomfort. If your skin is oily, soap will dry it, but then your skin compensates to balance the dryness by producing more sebum (oil), and you’re left with an oilier skin and perhaps a breakout. Exciting stuff!

Soooo… we will not be using soap. Or body wash. Or shampoo. We shall use proper cleansers for our skin type.

Miss B