The Basic Steps
When complete, your Asian skincare routine will be in this order, though you may not necessarily have every step:
- Emulsifying oil cleanser
- Foaming, milk, gel, powder, or soaping cleanser
- Chemical exfoliator(s) and/or toner
- Essence, serums and ampoules
- Emulsion
- Lotion
- Cream
- Facial oils
- Sunscreen
Which is a lot more steps than I actually thought it would be! Honestly I though it would be a basic three of: cleanser, toner, moisturizer. Which, if you can see, is all wrong.
So I want to get into a skincare process where I can also maintain what's left of my youth (like a tree, I am growing rings of age along my neck and it's not pretty). Oil cleanser, check. Sunscreen, check. Now what?! UGH, so much time and so much money! I hope that my layover in Incheon in January will suffice.
