Academic English Grace Rubeka Yuliana Pattikawa

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Thesis Statement: The basic skin care routine for a great skin are cleansing, toning, moisturizing and
protecting

The Basic Skin Care

Many assume that a great skin is a matter of DNA, it is not. The truth is our daily habit bring a big
impact to our skin. Even though it is important to take care our skin but sometimes it can be
overwhelming with many products that being offered in the market. The basic skin care routine can
be divided by four main steps which are cleansing, toning, moisturizing and protecting.

The first steps in the skin care is cleansing. Cleansing is the most important steps of all. In the morning
we must clean our face with a face cleanser product. Usually it can be a facial wash product. For night
time, we must do a double cleansing. Double cleansing propose is to completely cleans our skin from
makeup, dust and dirt, usually it is not enough with only one cleanser. The first cleanser can be in oil
based and the second cleanser is in the form of foam facial wash.

The second step is toning. Even though toning is only a one steps but it consists of two kind of toner.
They are exfoliating toner and hydrating toner. We must use two types of toners because it has
different function. Exfoliating toner function is to help exfoliate our dead skin cells. Also, it helps to
balance our pH in our facial skin. Whereas the hydrating toner function are to give hydration our and
to prepare our skin for the next skin care products.

The following steps is moisturizing. People tend to skip this step because they have an oily skin. Even
though your skin is oily, you still need to moisturize your skin. Just adjust the formulation with our skin
type, such as gel, lotion or cream form.

The final step is to protect our skin from the sun light. Although we can skip this step for night time
but in the morning, it is the most crucial skin care product. We can protect our skin by using a
sunscreen. The minimum recommended for sunscreen is SPF 30. Sunscreen is our best defends to
anti-aging because it will protect our skin from the sun light. In addition, it will prevent the formation
of small line and wrinkles in our face. The most important function is to help prevent the formation of
skin cancers.

The cleansing, toning, moisturising and protecting – these are the steps of a basic skin care routines.
At the end, skin care is an investment for our future. It takes disciplines and commitment to take care
our skin daily, day and night. Although it is a time-consuming activity, eventually it will be a worth
investment.