I am Dr.TWL, a board certified dermatologist and I’d love to share with you some of my best skincare tips for glowing skin, beginning with cleansing. Choosing the right cleansing regimen is the most important part of any skincare routine for glowing skin and it begins with understanding skin types.

Skincare Tip #1: Cleanse mindfully

✔️ Use a gentle washcloth (unless you have extremely dry/sensitive skin)

✔️ A reusable soft microfibre pad can help attract the particulate matter settled on skin

✔️ PM2.5, airborne pollutants are known to accelerate skin aging and worsen skin conditions like acne

✔️ Cleansing is the most important step in any skincare regimen because this is one skincare tip that directly targets the skin microbiome which is the basis for glowing skin

✔️ When the skin microbiome is disturbed, skin conditions like acne, rosacea, eczema result.

Skincare Tip #2: Don’t use a toner. Use facial essences instead.

Does your skin feel greasy from the inside but yet looks dehydrated, flaky and inflamed on the surface? Here’s why.

✔️ Toners of the past were marketed as being astringents to remove excess oil.

✔️ The key skincare tip here is to regulate oil production and not to superficially remove oil like an astringent toner does.

✔️ Doing so leads to a dehydrated-oily skin phenomenon.

✔️ Use a facial essence or an emulsion

✔️ Use oil in water emulsions to moisturise oily skin. Don't use creams or skip moisturiser if you want glowing skin.

✔️ Face mist hack

Skincare Tip #3: Use your favorite moisturiser as your sleeping mask

THE SKINCARE SCAM ALERT: All sleeping mask formulas are the same as moisturisers, as these are leave-on rather than wash-off ingredients. They work by absorbing onto the skin to produce moisturising effects and contribute to glowing skin.

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