29 Jul 10 Are Your Skincare Products Good?
One of my favorite shopping items is skincare products. I love to try new products but sometimes I find them not really effective. I am quite often disappointed by the expensive products and their exaggerated descriptions. Other than feeling the products with my skin, I have discovered ways to test the quality of my skincare products. This helps me decide if I need to switch from one brand to another or stick to the same brand. I share with you 4 different simple tests. They are easily but effective in testing the quality of skincare products.
Toner is the first skincare product to apply according to proper skincare procedures after facial cleansing. From my experience, I feel itchy or stinging for some toners. The itch or sting is caused by the inappropriate PH value of the toners. Our skin’s natural PH value is PH5.5. Toners with PH5.5 to PH7 (neutral) are considered to be mild and less irritating to skin. Test the PH of your toner is extremely easy. You may get a pack of PH paper from drug stores. Dip the PH paper with some toner and wait for several seconds. Determine the PH value with reference to the color chart.
The second test is for absorbency of your skincare essence. The higher the absorbency means the more nutrients you skin can absorb. Prepare a pile of cotton pad or facial tissue. Add one drop of your essence onto the first piece of cotton pad or facial tissue (of the pile). Find out how many layer is the essence able to penetrate. The more layers the essence penetrates, the higher is the absorbency.
The third test is for absorbency of your moisturizer. Moisturizer can be categorized as oil or moisture rich. Moisture rich moisturizer is easier for skin to absorb. Get a glass of water and drop a pea size of moisturizer into the water. For those floating on water and easily dissolved with a stir, they are likely to be oil rich. For the sinking and insoluble ones, they are likely to be moisture rich.
The fourth test is for oiliness of your suncare product. If suncare product is too oily, you may have acne outbreak. There are two simple ways to perform this test. Apply the suncare product onto the back of your hand. After 3-5 minutes, use a piece of oil blotting paper to press against the shiny area. If there is a lot of oil absorbed, the suncare product is likely to be too oily. Instead of using oil blotting paper, you may put your hand under bright light. If your hand is very shiny, the suncare product is too oily again.
Advertisements for skincare products are often exaggerated. These four tests are extremely yet they are important as you know how good your skincare product is. Products cannot pass the above four tests are more likely to cause skin problem like acne, dryness and redness.
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