Taking care of your skin is essential if you want to keep it healthy and beautiful. As you age, your skin changes, and so should your beauty routine. What works wonders in your 30’s, is not effective in your 50’s and skin care products designed for your 40’s are too heavy for your 20’s.
In this article you will find out about the products you should be using in your 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.
20’s
Skin in your 20’s
Your skin in your 20’s is glowing. It regenerates every two weeks and your body still produces enough collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid to keep your skin plump and firm.
You may be reckless: staying out late at night smoking and drinking lots of alcohol, enjoying the sun without wearing a sunscreen, going to bed without removing make-up. All these bad habits will eventually show in your face and that’s why it is important to start caring for your skin.
Skin care products to use in your 20’s
In your 20’s keep it simple: cleansing – moisturizing – wearing sunscreen
Cleanser: Use a foam or a cleansing soap twice daily, once in the morning and once at night.
Moisturizer: Apply a light moisturizing cream every day on clean and dry skin. Choose your moisturizer based on your skin type.
Sunscreen: Using sunscreen every day helps slow down the skin’s aging process. It is the most important thing you must do to protect your skin from the sun damage and prevent the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, and other symptoms of premature skin aging. Choose a sunscreen with an SPF of 30 and both UVA and UVB filters. Make sure to apply a thick layer and don’t forget to reapply during the day.
Special treatment: If you are dealing with breakouts use a spot treatment twice a day. Spot treatments should be applied only on small areas rather than used over the entire face. Avoid overuse as it may cause dryness and irritation.
Our favorite products for your 20’s:
Bioselect - Sun Protection Stick
30’s
Skin in your 30’s
The natural production of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid begins to slow and the first signs of aging appear. In your 30’s fine lines and dark circles are common skin care concerns.
In this decade you must build your skin care routine and try to keep your skin in good condition. Exfoliate, use face beauty masks and start applying eye cream.
Skin care products to use in your 30’s
Cleanser: Use a gel in the morning to gently cleanse your face and a cleansing lotion at night to remove dirt, pollutants and make-up.
Face scrub: Exfoliation should be done 1-2 times per week. This way you remove dead cells and keep your skin looking healthy. Dead cells clog your pores preventing active ingredients from penetrating into your skin. Face scrubs expose healthy cells and regenerate your skin.
Face mask: Face masks benefit the skin in many ways: they moisturize and nourish, even the skin tone, minimize dark spots, eliminate fine lines, and improve the appearance of enlarged pores. Choose a face mask based on your skin type and needs and apply once a week. If you like homemade skin care products, you can make your own beauty mask with ingredients from your kitchen. Read this article from our blog to get some ideas:
Homemade Face Beauty Masks: Tips and 5 Easy DIY Recipes for Glowing Skin
Eye Cream: The area around the eyes is one of the most sensitive and delicate areas of your body and one of the first to show the first signs of aging. Eye creams are products specially formulated for the thin area around the eyes. Their active ingredients target specific issues and you must be careful when choosing the right eye cream for you. In your 30’s, opt for an eye cream or eye serum with hyaluronic acid and antioxidants to get a well-rested and radiant look.
Moisturizer: Start using a moisturizer with antioxidants, such as vitamin E and vitamin C. Antioxidants are very important because they fight free radicals that damage the cells and cause premature signs of aging.
Sunscreen: Keep wearing sunscreen every day.
Our favorite products for your 30’s:
LN Handmade Soaps - Scrub Orange & Geranium
Bioselect - Illuminating Eye Cream
40’s
Skin in your 40’s
In your 40’s, you start to experience loss of elasticity and volume in your skin, fine lines and wrinkles are more visible and you may have to deal with uneven skin tone and discolorations. Your skin changes rapidly and now you should change the way you care for it. It’s time to add a serum and a night cream in your skin care routine.
Skin care products to use in your 40’s
Cleansing: As you get older, your skin gets drier. Avoid cleansing gels and soaps and opt for milky and creamy cleansers that hydrate your skin.333
Face scrubs and masks: Keep using face scrubs and masks like you did in your 30’s.
Serum: Serums are face care products that offer solutions for various skin care concerns. They are lightweight and extremely absorbent. Their main feature is the high concentration of active ingredients. Serums penetrate the skin deeper, and offer targeted solutions. Depending on the active ingredients they contain, serums target different skin issues. There are hydrating serums, anti-aging serums, anti-spot serums, etc. In your 40’s you should start using an anti-aging serum.
Read this article from our blog to learn more about the most effective anti-aging ingredients in skin care products:
The 4 Most Powerful Anti-Aging Ingredients
Eye Cream: Keep wearing eye cream every day but now opt for an eye cream or eye serum with peptides or retinol to combat fine lines and wrinkles.
Moisturizer: It’s time to add a night cream in your beauty routine. Night creams repair the skin, offer deep nourishment and anti-aging action. They usually contain strong anti-aging active ingredients, such as retinol. Their function is completely different of that of a day cream and that’s why you should never use a daily cream during the night and night cream during the day.
Sunscreen: Keep wearing sunscreen every day.
Our favorite products for your 40’s:
Bioselect - Nutritional Night Cream
Herbellis - Anti-wrinkle Radiant Serum
50’s
Skin in your 50’s
In your 50’s you experience loose skin and lack of elasticity. The first dark spots appear and the wrinkles are deeper. Due to hormonal disorders, your skin is more vulnerable and dry. In your 50’s you need to focus on regenerating your skin.
Skin care products to use in your 50’s
Cleansing: Try a cleansing oil that will remove dirt and make-up, and at the same time won’t dehydrate your skin.
Face scrubs and masks: Keep using face scrubs and masks like you did in your 30’s and 40’s. Opt for extra moisturizing face masks that offer deep nourishment and hydration.
Serum: Keep using an anti-aging serum every day but now opt for one with more targeted solutions: uneven skin tone, dark spots, and loose skin.
Eye cream: In your 50’s, eye cream is more necessary than ever. But now you need to use one with more potent ingredients. Hyaluronic acid boosts collagen production, antioxidants, like vitamin C eliminate pigmentation and peptides reduce wrinkles.
Moisturizer: Keep using day and night cream to keep your skin protected and moisturized. Opt for face creams especially designed for mature skin that combat volume loss and offer a lifting effect.
Sunscreen: Keep wearing sunscreen every day.
Our favorite products for your 50’s:
Bioselect - Natural Lifting Cream for Face & Neck
