Wash your face, PROPERLY.

Everyone has their own "method" to cleansing their faces, but there are a few things you could do to make the cleansing process more efficient.

Here are a few tips:

1. Tie your hair back. You may use a headband to secure that your hair is out of your face, completely. If you have really short hair, especially guys...I guess you're lucky here. 
2. Wash your hands. Properly! That means for at least 20 seconds, with a good antibacterial soap and warm water.
3. Follow instructions on how to use your cleanser. Some require you to moisten your face first, others require you to apply the product first. If you moisten first, use warm (NOT HOT) water.
4. Pump/squeeze/apply product to your fingertips.
5. Rub fingers (or hands) together to lather up your cleanser a bit. A non-foaming cleansing preparation will not lather/foam.
6. Apply the cleanser onto your face using upward circular motions. Don't be too rough. Also, don't be too slow and hard, this isn't a massage, you want to work quickly and thoroughly to clean your face.
7. I like to start on my nose, but you may start wherever you think the most problematic area is. E.g. if you have an oily T-zone, you'll start there and work your way around your face. Avoid the eye area (see below) unless it is instructed otherwise on your product or by your skincare therapist/consultant. If you are using a gel/foam cleanser, definitely avoid the eye area as gel cleansers are generally drying and your eye area is more delicate than the skin on the rest of your face and have fewer/smaller sebaceous glands. 
8. Don't forget to pay attention to your hairline,ears and neck. You have sebaceous glands behind your ears too.
9. When cleansing your neck&décolleté (area between base of your neck and breast/pectorals), do so using upward strokes.
10. Rinse your face using tepid water. You may use facial sponges, but make sure you look clean and look after them properly.
11. When drying your face, Pat! Never rub. And PLEASE use a different towel for your face, hair and body.

Warm water relaxes your pores and causes them to dilate (open). Cold water constricts your pores. It is okay to splash your face with cooler water once you've rinsed it and are about to dry your face, but keep in mind that both hot and cold water may break capillaries, so do not splash with too cold water.

This is the eye area. Avoid cleansing this area with a gel/foamy cleansing. 

Miss B