Your Outstanding 8 Step Skincare Routine to get Glass Skin
The Skinsmith | 5th February 2024
What is Glass Skin?
Glass skin is a term for exceptionally smooth, even toned, and lustrous skin that's so flawless it has the appearance of glass, in a nutshell it’s a clear and elegant way of describing a certain type of enviable complexion. The skin appears so smooth, clear, and intensely hydrated that dewy skin seems dull next to it!!
The Western world was first introduced to this Korean beauty term over half a decade ago, Korean beauty is renowned for producing some of the most beautiful complexions in the world. Korean women take enormous pride in their skin and seem to have completely nailed the art of this routine.
It can be a little hard to know where to start, the typical Korean skincare routine consists of 8 to 10 steps that women perform daily to keep their skin looking healthy and radiant. This may seem like a lot compared to your usual skincare routine, but once you learn more about the steps, they may not appear so daunting. Once you get the hang of them, you'll probably be done in 15 minutes or less!
As well as following the correct skin care routine, a little self-care from the inside is also important. Make sure to avoid too much sugar, alcohol and caffeine following as healthy a diet as possible. Load up on fruits and veggies, keep hydrated and eat more healthy fats in the form of things like cold water fish and avocado. Also make sure to get a really good nights sleep, improving the quality of your shut eye periods will do wonders for your skin.
Following are the steps needed to complete this routine as well as some Eminence products we feel will help you along your way to a glassy sheen!!
Double Cleanse
First wash your face with a gentle oil cleanser that won’t clog pores or strip the skin of its natural oils. Eminence Stone Crop Cleansing Oil is perfect for this job, it’s a non-greasy cleansing oil fortified with nutrient-rich microgreens and brightening Stone Crop. It restores moisture, balance and removes impurities, leaving skin feeling fresh, dewy, and soft.
Then use a gentle cleanser that foams to really clean the skin without over stripping. We recommend Kombucha Microbiome Foaming Cleanser, it has a unique liquid-to-foam formulation featuring micellar technology along with pre, pro and postbiotics to help maintain your skin’s microbiome.
Exfoliate
Exfoliation helps remove blackheads and excess dead skin cells on the skin, try one of Eminences Vitaskin Peels to gently exfoliate quickly and easily. These are as follows:
Firm Skin Acai Exfoliating Peel a firming and Collagen-boosting peel solution for normal to dry or mature skins.
Clear Skin Willow Bark Exfoliating Peel is a deep cleansing, clarifying peel solution for acne prone skin types.
Calm Skin Chamomile Exfoliating Peel Is a gentle exfoliating peel solution for sensitive and rosacea prone skin types.
Bright skin Licorice Root Exfoliating Peel is a pigment lightening peel solution for all skin types including hyperpigmented.
Use a Toner
At Eminence these are all called Toniques and mists because they do not contain any alcohol or Witch Hazel which can dry out the skin. They can help reset the PH of the skin and allow the next steps in your routine to absorb better in the skin.
Soothing Chamomile Tonique is a calming and soothing tonique that infuses skin with comforting herbs to restore the skin’s balance. This tonique is also great to apply after our home use peels to neutralise and restore the skin’s balance.
Mangosteen Revitalizing Mist is a revitalising, replenishing and pore minimising toner so it’s just perfect to use in the quest for Glass Skin!!
Try an Essence
Incorporating an essence (a thin, water-based product that adds moisture to the skin) into your routine increases moisture retention in the skin and as a result helps improve the absorption of subsequent products in your routine. Not only does it moisturize the skin, providing a natural glow, but a functional essence heightens the benefits of any skincare routine.
Birch Water Purifying Essence is a replenishing essence that helps detoxify, purify, and restores skin’s moisture levels.
Kombucha Microbiome Balancing Essence is a gentle balancing essence, with pre, pro and postbiotics to help maintain skin’s microbiome.
Serum or Face Oil
A serum or hydrating facial oil that’s lightweight but loaded with antioxidants is an absolute must as part of a glass skin routine. They will protect the skin from free radicals that eventually result in the dreaded signs of ageing such as fine lines and wrinkles. For glass skin choose serums with vitamins or hyaluronic acid, this moisturises your skin bringing out that natural glow. Try a plant or herb-based face oil, they’re light and absorb quickly on your skin and won’t cause breakouts.
Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Serum gives your skin a youthful looking glow with hyaluronic acid and vitamin-rich strawberries and rhubarb. It’s a powerful re-hydrator for dry skin.
Facial Recovery Oil is a toning and hydrating oil created with precious herbs and nourishing oils to soothe and renew sensitive and ageing skin. This is a luxurious facial oil suitable for all skin types. Loved by celebrities this product has the nickname “liquid gold”!
Moisturise
Look for a moisturiser that will give an instant burst of hydration leaving skin looking smooth and supple. You want to go for a moisturiser that goes on light, absorbs quickly, and moisturises without leaving a heavy, greasy feel.
Bakuchiol + Niacinamide Moisturiser is a vegan friendly moisturiser with Bakuchiol + Niacinamide. It’s lightweight, refreshing and a gel cream formulation with retinol alternative bakuchiol. It really hydrates the skin smoothing fine lines and improves the appearance of large pores.
Arctic Berry Peptide Radiance Cream is a lightweight, intensely hydrating moisturiser that refines your complexion. Eminence’s Peptide Illuminating Complex stimulates collagen production, smooth’s fine lines and wrinkles, evens skin tone and calms irritations leaving skin softer, clearer, and brighter.
Protect your Skin from the Sun
Sunscreen is a non-negotiable step in any K-Beauty routine, you really want a sunscreen that’s hydrating, protecting and won’t leave behind residue.
For your glass skin routine we think Radiant Protection SPF Fluid is just perfect, it’s a vegan Friendly, all mineral sunscreen with bakuchiol + niacinamide and provides SPF 30 broad spectrum protection from UVA and UVB rays. Formulated with non-nano zinc oxide, this reef friendly, lightweight, nourishing fluid applies easily for a dewy, hydrated finish. Apply daily as the final step in your routine for sun protection designed to improve the texture and smoothness of your skin.
Make Sure you use the Right Face Mask for your Skin!
Don’t underestimate the power of a good face mask when the correct mask for skin type is used. You can apply Eminence face masks before you got to bed and then cleanse your face as usual in the morning. This not only saves you the time of sitting around and waiting to remove the mask but also means you are getting the powerful overnight benefits of the mask. During the night, your skin gets a chance to repair, rejuvenate, and generally undo all the damage done during the daytime. Your skin actively produces new cells and improves your skins texture, this is why it is so important to cleanse as if your pores are clogged your skin does not have the chance to breathe and carry out its overnight repair process. This also means that any treatments left on overnight are extra effective and great to help lesson TEWL (Trans Epidermal Water Loss) which occurs the most during sleep at night.
For a more oily skin try Clear Skin Probiotic Masque which is the clear solution to problem skin. The result will be a radiantly clear complexion with clarifying and calming ingredients. Cooling cucumber tones and revitalises skin while healing probiotics exfoliate and eliminate the signs of acne so skin will quite literally glow.
For more sensitive skins, in particular rosacea prone and dry skins, something soothing and calming is required. Calm Skin Arnica Masque will also work hard to hydrate and give skin an instant glow. Soothing organic ingredients like marigold, ivy and arnica minimise the signs of redness and detoxify the skin reducing inflammation and irritation. This masque is clinically proven to reduce skin redness in just 14 days.
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