Facial skin does not absorb well

The poor absorption of facial skin is closely related to our daily living habits. If we often stay up late, the skin will become dehydrated and the absorption will become poor. Therefore, we should correct the bad work and rest time and properly hydrate the skin. When the facial skin becomes keratinized, it should be cleaned and the facial skin should be massaged to increase skin elasticity.

1. Let your skin drink enough water

When the skin absorbs a large amount of water and is fully hydrated, its barrier function decreases and effective ingredients can more easily penetrate through the stratum corneum cells. In order to avoid insufficient moisture in the skin and affect the absorption of cosmetic products, you can use toner first to allow the skin to absorb enough moisture.

Or, if you don't want to spend extra money to buy a bottle of water, you can also simplify it and make full use of the hydration of your skin when washing your face on a daily basis: start the skin care steps as soon as possible after washing your face, don't wait until your skin is dry before applying skin care products, and don't do skin care without washing your face.

2. Polishing the cuticle

An excessively thick stratum corneum not only causes rough skin and dull complexion, but also affects the absorption of cosmetic ingredients. If the absorption "distance" of the stratum corneum becomes shorter, the active ingredients will be able to enter the skin more easily and better exert their efficacy.

The main methods of exfoliation are physical scrub and chemical exfoliation. The physical polishing method is to use products such as facial cleansers or scrubs with abrasive particles. The chemical renewal method mainly uses products containing fruit acids to accelerate the renewal and shedding of the stratum corneum.

3. Leave the product on your skin for a while

The concentration of active ingredients directly affects the absorption effect. If the product does not stay on the skin for a sufficient amount of time, the absorption effect will be greatly weakened. For example, the essence itself has a very high concentration of active ingredients, and it can achieve the greatest effect if it is fully absorbed. However, if you proceed to the next skin care step, such as applying lotion, immediately after applying the essence, the two will mix and artificially dilute the product with a high concentration of active ingredients, which will greatly affect the absorption of the effective ingredients and thus affect the product effect.

In addition, after the product is applied to the skin, the moisture and certain special oils evaporate, which also increases the concentration of active ingredients and helps absorption. In order to allow enough time for moisture to evaporate and for the effective ingredients to be absorbed, the essence needs to stay on the skin for a while.

4. Massage to promote absorption

Massage can allow some small particles of active ingredients to enter the hair follicles of the skin. Hair follicles are often deep in the skin, so the active ingredients entering the hair follicles can be considered as entering a shortcut into the basal layer or even the dermis. Therefore, correct massage when using the product is beneficial to improving the product's effectiveness.

5. Create a skin isolation environment

Facial masks promote the absorption of active ingredients. It seals the skin and increases skin hydration. At the same time, the rise in skin temperature is conducive to molecular movement (penetration) and also promotes the absorption of active ingredients to a certain extent.

Therefore, we can simulate the principle of facial masks to promote absorption. After using essence products, we can add a layer of covering to enhance absorption. So, what should we do?

1. Use cotton pads. Moisten a dense cosmetic sponge and apply it to the skin that has been covered with makeup, especially to the areas that need to be addressed, such as spots and acne marks.

2. Use plastic wrap. Cover the area where the product has been applied with plastic wrap, the isolation effect is very good.

3. Use some thick cream. Oil-in-water cream products may be more suitable. What needs to be considered is whether the two layers of essence and cream will affect each other.