By following these steps you will be able to achieve better skin in two weeks! yes two weeks! we know it sounds too good to be true, but with the right regime and skincare rituals, you can seriously improve your skin within a fortnight – as long as you’re committed to the cause! This means you need to ditch those bad habits and instead, treat your skin like an absolute queen. The first week is all about detoxing and cleansing your skin, while week two is all about hydrating, soothing and healing your skin, so when you cross the finish line, your skin is radiant. Here’s how you do it:
Get your beauty hygiene in check
There’s literally zero point in maintaining good skincare rituals if you have bad beauty hygiene that will counteract all of the hard work you’re putting in. This means you need to know what not to do. Otherwise, you’ll inadvertently transfer dirt, oil, and impurities back onto your skin, which will block your pores and could even trigger a breakout. So start the cleanse clean with these three steps:
1. Wash your pillowcase and bed sheets: When you sleep, your body temperature naturally rises, and your skin starts to repair (it’s called beauty sleep for a reason!), during this process, you’ll also transfer sweat and dead skin debris onto your pillowcase. If you don’t wash your pillow regularly, you’ll transfer this back onto your skin, as well as any remaining product or dirt from your hair – yuck. Try to wash your pillowcase at least once a week, and flip it over halfway through the week for a fresh side.
2. Clean your makeup brushes: Your makeup brushes can turn into a breeding ground for dirt and bacteria if not cleaned often enough – we recommend once a week, and rinsing your makeup sponge every time you use it.
3. Wash your hands before you apply your makeup: You’d never eat a meal without washing your hands first, so the same rules should apply for makeup application.
Daily Habits For Your Best Skin Ever:
1. Cleanse
Cleansing – it’s basically the cornerstone of good skin. If you don’t cleanse properly, your pores will be congested and blocked, and your skin will be prone to blackheads. This means finding the right cleansing formula for your skin type is essential; the most common formulas are foam, milk, oil, and gel. Check out this post to find what cleansing formula will work for you.
Source: Tatcha, Garnier, Alpha H, Kiehl's etc
In the evening, always double cleanse to ensure you thoroughly remove makeup, oil and dirt – our fave idebeaut hack. It’s super simple: First, cleanse with a cleansing oil, and then cleanse again with foam, milk or gel formula (depending on your skin type). This will ensure that all of the dirt and makeup is removed from your skin and provide a much more thorough cleanse. Check out out our full guide to cleansing here.
Products to Try: We’re obsessed with the Tatcha Pure One Step Camellia Cleansing Oil, as it contains antioxidants and vitamin-rich camellia oil that rebalances the skin and leaves it with a radiant glow. Although, the Garnier Micellar Oil-Infused Cleansing Water, is another great, more affordable option! any good cleanser will be ideal to use.
2. Tone
Toning will remove any lingering makeup, rebalance your skin’s pH level, while toning and tightening your pores, reducing the penetration of impurities. You can tone in the morning with something lightweight and clarifying and at night with something a little more intense. Make sure to choose a toner for your skin type, which is essential and will help avoid irritation.
Source: Innisfree
Products to Try: We love the Innisfree Green Tea Seed Intensive Hydrating Toner a super hydrating toner that helps to strengthen your skin’s moisture barrier, or one of my personal favourite night toners is the Alpha H Liquid Gold which also contains Glycolic Acid, Liquid Gold formulation delivers the Glycolic Acid in a low pH formula, it is very active; this is the reason you will experience a tingly sensation when you apply Liquid Gold, and is also why you will then see visible and measurable results in the skin.
If you want to save money, you can always DIY your own toner with one cup of rose water, one teaspoon of glycerin, and one teaspoon of witch hazel, which has astringent properties. Then using a cotton pad, swipe the DIY toner across your face after cleansing.
3. Moisturise
Unless your skin is hydrated, it’ll never bring it’s A-game. You don’t need to splurge, but it is super important that you find a moisturise that works well for your skin type (find the right formula for your skin here). Typically, oily and acne-prone skin types should opt for a lightweight gel moisturiser, while dry skin needs a thicker, cream formula. Moisturising twice a day is also essential; even if you have oily skin, as if you skip this step, your skin will try to compensate by producing more oil.
If you have oily skin this does not mean your skin is well hydrated it still needs to be hydrated daily.
Source: Biossance, Tarte, Benefit, organic sources, charlotte tilbury
Products to Try: Our go-to moisturisers are Biossance Squalane, Probiotic Gel Moisturiser its a moisture-balancing, a probiotic-infused formula that helps to calm and soothe redness., Benefits total moisture which is a rich moisturiser that goes down to all 3 layers of the skin to deeply hydrate the skin! and Charlotte Tilbury's Magic Cream the formula is infused with a magic matrix of oils, ‘magic 8’ supercharged skincare ingredients and SPF15 to flood your complexion with moisture and transform the appearance of tired, dull skin for a glowing, dewy, plumper-looking canvas!
Another good moisturiser you can try is the Tarte Rainforest Drink of H2O Hydrating Boost Moisturiser which is made with marine ingredients. Find out why marine ingredients are so beneficial for your skin!
Lastly for anyone on a budget wanting a deeply hydrating moisturiser a secret idebeaut product that is also used on bridals at times! A Cold Cream, a thick intense moisturiser ideal for a dry skin type!
100% Natural Shea Butter is also an amazing hydrating moisturiser for body and face!
4. SPF
If you’re not using SPF daily, you need to start now. seriously! it’s THE MOST important thing you can do for your skin, as 90% of how your skin ages are within your control and are directly linked to sun exposure. Make sure you’re using at least SPF 30 with a five-star UVA rating.
Source: Neutrogena, Thank You, Farmer, Goop
Products to Try: Our go-to SPF is the Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Lightweight Sunscreen Spray SPF 100 for a dewy finish! it's more on the heavier side!
For a super lightweight SPF try out Thank You Farmer as it’ll absorb quickly into the skin. We also love the Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen, as it’s free of oil and fragrance, great for more oiler skin types and sensitive skin plus it’s packed with antioxidant-rich shea butter and meadowfoam.
5. Gua Sha, Jade Roller
Source: Gua Sha, Jade roller
Gua Sha is an ancient skin ritual where a smooth, blunt instrument is pressed against the skin using long strokes to release stagnant energy. The form of facial massage will also boost lymphatic drainage: the process that removes toxins from the skin and reduces swelling. If you use it daily for two weeks, you’ll be on your way to tighter, less inflamed skin, and a more sculpted face in no time. Check out out our full guide to doing Gua Sha at home here. If you feel like splashing out, the MDNA SKIN Beauty Roller, a total game-changer – it helps to energies, lift, firm, and boost skin hydration, and re texturise fine lines and wrinkles. another amazing product you could use to achieve similar results is the Face Lift Massager Crystal Roller Facial Massage Relaxation, Jade Roller Stone Natural Rose Quartz Beauty Skin Tool. check out IIBeauty for some of these products.
Make sure you’re applying your skincare routine in the correct order by following our layering guide:
Weekly Skin Rituals For Your Best Skin
Week 1…
Exfoliate
While you shouldn’t exfoliate daily, it’s still an integral step in your skincare routine, so we suggest exfoliating twice a week. There are two types of exfoliators; chemical and physical exfoliators. We’ prefer chemical exfoliators as they gently remove dead skin and clear out pores without risking removing any healthy skin.
Source: Ren Skincare, Pixi
Products to Try: We love the Ren Skincare Clean Skincare Glycol Lactic Radiance Renewal Mask, as it contains natural lactic and glycolic acid. However, if you have sensitive or dry skin the PIXI Glow Tonic, will offer gentle exfoliation. try wishful from Huda beauty which is an amazing exfoliator too with some amazing ingredient's to benefit your skin!
We advise doing a soft skin peal twice a year, Our favourite place for an instant skin peel is, My Skin Clinic on Harley street, London! use code idebeaut20 for 20% off any service! Their hydra facial is amazing too and revitalising!
Foreo Luna Facial cleansing vibrating brush - to help cleanse and exfoliate!
Dermaplaning is a great way to remove the top layers of dead skin and facial hairs for a blank canvas to help skincare products to really sink into the skin properly.
Microneedling can:
Improve wrinkles, minimize pore size and induce skin tightening.
Stimulate collagen production which promotes rejuvenation.
Improve surgical, traumatic, burn and acne scars.
Hyperpigmentation (brown spots and melasma)
It may also improve stretch marks.
you can use Microneedling derma rollers or Microneedling pen to achieve professional results!
if you're on a budget check out some available on the links provided below!
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Use A Clay Mask
Since the focus of week one is purifying and detoxing your skin, a clay mask is ideal. Clay will help extract any oil or impurities in your pores – you can see the oil gather as it’s pulled from your pores – it’s gross, yet oddly satisfying.
Products to Try: We’ve been using the L’Oreal range of clay masks, for months! There’re six in total, each mask targeting a different skin issue. We’re also huge fans of the Aztec Indian Healing Clay, which is a huge tub of dry clay that you can concoct your own extracting solutions with.
Another top favourite is the Australian Pink Clay along with the Charcoal face mask which has amazing properties benefiting your skin!
Brighten Your Skin
By introducing vitamin C to your skin, you’ll provide a surge of antioxidants that’ll brighten and illuminate the skin. Vitamin C serums will also help lighten any dark spots, so if your skin is prone to hyperpigmentation, make sure you’re using a vitamin C product.
Source: Vichy, Drunk Elephant
Products to Try: We (like everyone else in the beauty world) are obsessed with the Drunk Elephant’s C Firma Vitamin C Day Serum, We also like the Vichy Liftactiv Vitamin C Serum, it literally smells and tastes like oranges! Yummy!.
Messo BB Facial is an amazing quick solution to dewy, glowey and brightened skin that can be done from any great skin clinic!
Address Pimples
Everyone gets the occasional pimple, and if you do want to get rid of them ASAP, we know-how.
Source: Mario Badescu, COSRX
Products to Try: The Mario Badescu Drying Lotion. Just pop the solution on your pimple before you sleep, and when you wake up in the morning, it will have massively shrunk. We’re also obsessed with pimple stickers. We love the super affordable COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch, they come in different sizes so you can combat even the fiercest spots. Check out some of our other fave quick healing spot solutions here.
A Quick DIY to dry out the pimple is to apply a small amount of toothpaste on it, which will also reduce the size!
Week 2…
Use A Sleeping Mask
As week two is all about healing and hydration, a sleeping mask is essential. In Korea, some women use a sleeping mask every night, although we think three times a week is plenty! A sleeping mask is like a supercharger night cream that’ll enhance the regeneration process that naturally occurs when you're asleep. The mask will also act as a barrier preventing moisture loss.
Another idebeaut fav is the collagen facial masks which included a full face mask, under-eye 24 carrot gold-infused mask along with the popular collagen lip mask, check out iibeauty for the best masks!
Source: Laneige, Glow Recipe, iibeauty
Products to Try: For dry skin, we love the Glow Recipe Avocado Melt Sleeping Mask, and for oily skin, the gel formula of the Laneige Water Sleeping Mask, is perfect, and it smells like a spa as it’s infused with orange flower and rose.
you can always DIY a hydrating mask at home too!
Give Yourself A DIY Facial
Ok, so once you’ve reached midweek (week two), it’s all about chasing that glow. So it’s time to give yourself the ultimate DIY facial. While we’ve covered most of the steps – cleanse, cleanse, exfoliate, mask, tone, moisturise – we also love to do facial steam after cleansing and before we apply a face mask to open your pores and hydrate your skin. For more details on our DIY facial ritual and products check out iibeauty! where you can check out there mini facial steamer that is brilliant for one on the go and everyday use!
Skin-Saving Lifestyle Habits
If you speak to any model with perfect skin, they’ll tell you their secrets to better skin are simple: get a good night sleep and drink plenty of water. Ok, so while we know there are many more elements to healthy skin (namely great genes) unless you’re drinking plenty of water (at least 2L a day) and getting enough zzz’s (at least 7 hours, preferably 8), and eating as clean as your skin ritual (which means staying away from these five foods), your skin will not be living its best life. So if you’re serious about this two-week skin cleanse, try and adopt these lifestyle choices too. We promise at the end of week two when your skin is gleaming, your smile will be beaming.
Let us know if you’re going to try this out, and keep us posted with your progress. Remember, you don’t need to stop at two weeks – we do this every day!
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