Mornings are for rinsing, evening are for cleansing.
If you’ve properly cleansed your skin in the evening, there shouldn't be a need to wash your face again in the morning. Our AM routine starts with a quick rinse of cool or lukewarm water (never hot), providing us that refreshed feeling while keeping our skin barrier and natural oils intact. Most evenings we just cleanse once, however if you a tend to wear heavy makeup during the day, we recommend a double cleanse, once to attract and dissolve product, and another to finish the job. But if it's hot and sticky out, your skin might want a morning cleanse as well. Listen, and heed, what your skin needs and wants. That's always the goal.
Start with clean hands and a clean towel.
It’s important to work with clean tools, and that includes our hands. We like to wash our hands right before we wash our face, ensuring no dirt or residue on our fingers contaminate our complexion. For a similar reason, we always dry our skin post cleanse with a clean towel.
Choose a natural cleanser.
The cleansers we share at CAP leave out ingredients that strip our skin, and instead, include ingredients that hydrate, repair and protect out outermost layer. The best way to know if you’re using the right cleanser, is to assess your skin after washing. If it feels clean, supple and soft, your cleanser is doing its job. If your skin feels dry, stripped or squeaky, you’re likely using something too harsh. Choosing from one of the natural cleansers we offer is an easy way to guarantee your skin stays hydrated, healthy and happy.
Double cleanse if you wear makeup or sunscreen.
Double cleansing, a technique that originated in Japan and South Korea, has always been a favorite of ours for achieving deeply cleansed, hydrated and nourished skin. This technique utilizes two cleansers back to back, and has been seen to more throughly and effectively remove makeup, sunscreen and pollutants. It's beneficial any time of year, but we particularly love it during the warmer months when skin can be hot and you're spending more time outdoors. The first cleanse, typically done with a gentle oil-based formula, works to dissolve oil-based impurities (like dissolves like) and excess sebum. The second cleanse, which relies on a water-based formula, throughly washes away residual dirt and oil, ensuring a deeper clean.
Make it a ritual.
Cleansing can be a sacred act when approached as a ritual. Take your time and slowly massaging your favorite cleanser onto your skin, drawing small circles over your face, neck and chest. If you can massage your skin for a bit, all the better. We love to do this with a generous amount of blue, using it as a means to deeply massage the face, increasing circulation and stimulating your lymphatic system.
Pat dry, leave damp.
Because the skin on our face is very delicate, we make it a point to gently pat it dry after cleansing, avoiding any aggressive rubbing or unnecessary pressure. We've also found that leaving our face slightly damp helps our following products sink in more effectively and seal in hydration.
