Here’s the deal: a large part of the success of any skin care regimen hinges on how you apply the product.  This is especially true for face skin care products, including anti-acne medication, wrinkle creams and skin lighteners.  Use our five point guide to make sure you’re doing yourself a favor when performing your skin care routine.

• Cleanse your skin before using face skin care products to make sure it’s free from dirt and other products (like makeup and moisturizers).  Take a warm bath or wash your face with warm water before applying products on for best results.
• Don’t wipe your skin dry before applying face skin care products.  It is best to just pat it down with a towel, allowing some moisture to stay on the surface.  It will allow better penetration for many active skin care ingredients.
• Take a warm towel and apply it on your skin before apply face skin care products.  Warm skin absorbs active ingredients much better than cold skin.
• Use a moisturizing soap as your facial cleanser.  The more moisture your skin is left with after cleaning, the more effective your face skin care products will be.
• Use short strokes with a firm finger to apply your face skin care products.  Never rub and never stretch.  Once you’ve applied the creams or serums to the whole face, tap throughout the area for about one minute to help absorption.

There’s an impressive lot of beauty skin care products in the market. Whether you’re looking to stave off aging, bring luster to your hair or smoothen your skin’s texture, there’s always a beauty skin care product out there purporting to do it.

While most of us probably use a variety of skin enhancing wares, I’m sure there are a few that take the cake as our personal favorites. I, for instance, have the Olay Body Wash as my number one beauty skin care product of choice for the gentle and refreshing cleanse it does on my body. Coupled with one of my tried and tested moisturizing lotions (either Green Fig or Shea Butter), I have all the nourishment I could look for from my shoulders down to my legs.

For the face, my beauty skin care product for a gentle yet thorough cleansing is Cetaphil’s non-comedogenic cleanser. Cheap and effective, it has worked well for my skin over many (and I do mean a lot) of years. Of course, I couple the cleansing with a healthy helping of elastin-producing and mineral oil-free night time moisturizer (whole face, including the area around the eyes) and dermal filler light moisturizer during the day.

Something I’ve noticed both in myself and my friends is how difficult it is to get me to change brands. While I hear of a new beauty skin care product coming out almost daily, it’s going to be hard to make me change my routine. What about you? Have you seen an exciting beauty skin care product lately that makes you want to trade up the old for the new?