Washing our face at night comes pretty naturally, as we know that after a long day, our skin has been exposed to many influences: be it makeup, environmental pollution or bacteria. What many of us don’t know is that cleansing our face in the morning is just as important. Even if our face was thoroughly clean when we went to bed, this is not automatically true for after we wake up:
During the night, our body regenerates and renews. We also dream, sweat and, oftentimes, release stress hormones. Our pores are affected by many of these processes, making it important to remove dirt from our skin in the morning. We have summarized below what to pay attention to when putting together your face care routine.
Every skin care routine should include a cleanser and toner
The cleanser contains so-called surfactants (surface active agents) that break the bonds between oil and water and free skin of dirt down to the pores.
To understand how surfactants work on the skin, you can imagine a used frying pan: with water it becomes moderately clean and you have to scrub a lot. If you use detergent in your water, oils and fats dissolve and you can get them thoroughly clean without much effort. Facial cleansing also works according to this principle. Some fats, however, are important for the skin’s barrier function and you don’t want to rub these off. Consequently, you should look out for mild substances that do the work without damage to your skin.
Even with regular cleansing, limescale or soap residues may build up after a while. In the kitchen, vinegar or citric acid would be used here, in skin care a toner comes into play, tp avoid promoting impurities.
A facial toner helps our skin to find its balance again.
Because surfactants have an acidic pH value and thus reduce the skin barrier, a facial toner can also help restore the skin’s pH balance. In addition, it promotes the absorption of active ingredients in the following products and, depending on the characteristics, has other beneficial properties.
The Tonic Sensitive from our GREEN series, for example, is a real vitamin cocktail for the skin and contains moisturizing aloe vera, clarifying papaya and the effective antioxidant grapefruit.