Steps to healthy, beautiful skin.

While you're taking a selfie, do you ever ask yourself: "Why does my face look and feel dull?" If you do, it's probably because you're slackin' on the skin care.

I've learned from working in cosmetics that skincare is very important. I'm going to take you through the skincare process, step-by-step, and explain the  benefits of what they do. Your skincare regimen should be done every morning and night. 

First, with a cleanser, you wash your face. Cleansers come in all different forms: a foaming, cream or an oil.

Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Cream Cleanser is a natural cleanser. Apply this cleanser in circular motions, using your fingertips. You will feel a cool, tingling sensation, almost like a vapor-feel to it. Wash it off with a warm face cloth. Your skin will feel so rejuvenated, hydrated and clean! ($10.00) burtsbees.com

 Estee Lauder's Perfectly Clean Creme cleanser is a 2-in-1 product, as it doubles as a moisture mask. I use it as a cleanser in the morning, while at night I leave it on for 5 minutes as a mask, so my skin is left feeling soft and supple. This can be removed with a tissue or washed off. ($25.00) nordstrom.com

This is my favorite cleanser! Laura Mercier's Flawless Skin Purifying Cleansing Oil deeply cleanses, while removing any left-over makeup and dirt/impurities off of your skin. My skin is left soft and dewy, like a baby's butt! ($40.00) nordstrom.com

 Next, use a cotton ball to apply a toner. A toner balances your skin's pH level, wiping away any dirt and impurities off your skin.

Estee Lauder Soft Clean Toning lotion/ Refiner is a hydrating, soothing toner. Skin feeling a little parched? This toner is specifically for dry skin, so it won't leave your skin feeling thirsty! ($25.00) nordstrom.com

Once your skin is clean, apply an eye cream, using circular motions. An eye cream can prevent future damage or it can correct existing damage. Its results can improve fine lines, dark circles, puffiness, environmental damage, dehydration and dryness, lifting and firming.

Estee Lauder's Resilience Lift Eye Crème helps lift and firm those lines and wrinkles around your eye. When I apply this eye crème, it literally gives me an instantly brighter look with its exclusive, Photo-Activated and Nocturnal Lift Complexes to help skin boost its natural collagen and elastin production. Even though I'm not concerned with lifting and firming just yet, this is my favorite eye creme because it gives me a brighter, more hydrated look. ($58.00) nordstrom.com

  Once the eye cream is applied, apply a serum. It should be applied under your moisturizer. There is more than one serum for different benefits for your imperfections and problem areas. They can improve fine lines, age spots, sun spots, dehydration, dryness, environmental damage, pores, redness, flakiness and blotchiness.

    

Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Repair was the first face serum ever created and is the number one best selling serum. ANR is to improve dehydration and dryness, sun spots, discolorations, and lines and wrinkles. Side Note: Although it doesn't contain any sunscreen, I wear it to the beach and it prevents me from getting a sunburn! Another perk: When I apply ANR to any minor cuts, it prevents them from scarring! This little brown bottle works miracles and is worth every penny! (1 oz. $62.00, 1.7 oz. $92.00, 2.5 oz. $120.00, 3.4 oz $155.00) nordstrom.com

 Estee Lauder's Illuminating Idealist is a smooth-textured serum. Its benefits are to prevent and correct any redness, acne scars, sun spots, age spots and discolorations. After time, you will notice that your skin will have a glow and an overall even appearance. It should be worn in the AM. (1 oz $62.00, 1.7 oz $92.00, 2.5 oz $120.00, 3.4 oz $160.00) nordstrom.com

Estee Lauder's Pore-Minimizing Idealist goes on soft and smooth. Its benefits are to minimize the look of enlarged pores, flakiness and roughness. It gives clarity and radiance to your skin. It is almost like an exfoliator; the first few times I applied this, I literally had to tissue off a layer of dead skin. (Doesn't that sound lovely?) Still,I highly recommend this product if you have any of the above concerns. It gives you INSTANT results! (1 oz. $54.00, 1.7 oz. $82.00, 2.5 oz. $105.00) nordstrom.com

After you apply the serum, apply a moisturizer that best fits your needs. Then you can consider if you have dry, normal/combination or oily skin and whether you need preventative, anti-wrinkle, dehydration or lifting and firming in your moisturizer. You shouldn't choose products by your age, but only on your skincare concerns.

Kheil's Creme d'Elegance Repairateur is for dry to very dry skin. It contains shea butter, cocoa butter, sesame oil and other hydrating ingredients. This moisturizer is awesome for the winter time, when my skin is so dry and dehydrated, it hurts. I drown my face in it! (2 oz. $29.00, 4 oz. $50.00) nordstrom.com

 

Estee Lauder's DayWear is a moisturizer that prevents any future signs of aging with an with antioxidants and SPF 15 UVA/UVB protection. DayWear also has an oil-free face creme for combination skin. Also, it has a tinted moisturizer that comes in a light, light-medium, medium and a dark shade. However, my personal favorite is the DayWear Sheer Tint Release, which comes in a universal, one-shade-fits-all color. Because the DayWear product line has a refreshing cucumber scent, I love using it in the summer! ($48) nordstrom.com

There are many treatments you can do once or twice a week to correct and target your specific skin concerns-uneven skin tone, blemishes, dry and dehydrated skin, age spots, fine lines, and more. 

Estee Lauder  Resilience Lift Extreme: Ultra Firming Mask. As soon as I apply this thick cream mask, I immediately look and feel brighter, less tired-looking and more hydrated skin. I leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes and wash it off with a warm face cloth. Although it is not an area of concern for me, this product also boosts skins natural collagen production. ($42.00 2.5 oz.) nordstrom.com



Burt's Bees Intense Hydration Treatment Mask is an anti-aging cream mask is for dry skin and can be tissued off after 5-10 minutes or can be washed off with a warm, wet face towel. ($18.00 4 oz.) burtsbees.com

With any skin type, you should always exfoliate twice a week. Exfoliation has a gritty like feeling, almost like sand and takes away any dead skin . You can always do a micro-dermabrasion treatment, which is more of an intense form of exfoliation. You will feel a warm sensation during this treatment. Over time, these treatments can give your skin more radiance and clarity. It will then improve your normal skin care routine, as it will work more efficiently and products will get absorbed deeper into your skin as a result.

                                          
                                  
Fresh's Sugar Face Polish is a nourishing exfoliant made with pure brown sugar and strawberry that refines and hydrates for a more radiant complexion. When I use it on my face, my skin feels hydrated, refreshed and soft. Even though this line has a lip scrub, I use the face polish on my lips when they are feeling flaky, dry and/or burnt.  ($58.00 4.4 oz.) nordstrom.com

Facial Radiance Overnight Mask is a brightening and hydrating mask that has a rich, gel cream texture.  When I first apply, I immediately feel hydrated. By morning, I look and feel brighter, more rejuvenated and more hydrated. It also reduces the effects of photo aging; pigmentation, loss of collagen and more. I have been in search for a mask to fall in love with. This is my all-time-favorite! Apply two fingertips' worth to your face and massage it in, leaving a small amount of residue and leave on overnight.  It can be worn by itself or over your regular night time skincare regimen, ($38.00 sephora.com).