The Double Cleanse

Cleansing is arguably one of the most important steps in your skin care routine - after all, the better you rid your skin of the myriad of pollutants it comes into contact with, the better it is able to repair and regenerate. And by leaving a layer of healthier more youthful skin cells on the surface, the deeper your skin care products will penetrate leading to gorgeous, crystal clear skin. So to achieve all this, the double cleanse is necessary. Let's find out why.

The Double Cleanse:

Throughout the day, our skin not only excretes waste products but is besieged by numerous harmful substances such as dust, bacterium and other pollutants. These can be roughly divided into two main categories:

- Oil based impurities such as sebum and makeup.

- Water based impurities such as dead skin cells, dust, bacterium and perspiration

Thus, the double cleanse regimen states the need to target each of these categories by using specific types of  cleansers.

The first is an oil based product that will solubilize oil based impurities. I personally love Banila Co's Clean It Zero Cleansing Cream and Heimish's All Clean Balm.

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http://www.stylekorean.com/shop/heimish-all-clean-balm-120ml/1457679526/

Both are incredibly gently with the aforementioned offering a sweet-floral scent and the latter a natural herbal fragrance.

The second is a waster based cleanser to wash away the gunk. My current favorite is NEOGEN's Fresh Foam which comes in blueberry, cranberry, cereal and green tea.

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https://www.stylekorean.com/shop/neogen-real-fresh-foam-cranberry/1462771508/

https://www.stylekorean.com/shop/neogen-real-fresh-foam-cereal/1462771507/

https://www.stylekorean.com/shop/neogen-real-fresh-foam-green-tea/1462771509/

These products contain 100% real fruit juice and are quite unique in that the bottles actually house chunks of the main ingredient! It was also featured in Marie Claire magazine!

Now, understandably this method does seem rather regimented and high maintenance but dermatologists state that this method is far more gentle than using cleansing wipes and cotton pads which can be abrasive and lead to dry skin. What's more, records show that Korean, Japanese and Chinese women have practiced this regimen since as far back as the fourteenth century! Perhaps, this is the secret to their beautiful, youthful skin?

I have been following this routine (in my case a triple cleanse!) for over half a year now and my skin has never felt or looked better! In fact, I skipped this routine for a couple weeks in between and I found the difference to be astounding! No matter how much moisturizing cream and oil I poured onto it, my skin remained dry, I would get the odd spot and my makeup would never sit right! So, it's definitely worth doing! Just try it, you may find that this was the answer to your all skin problems!