Back to school beauty: 10 minute skincare for busy students

• August 31, 2023

It’s Back to School beauties!

This year, as summer winds down and a new school year begins, why not try something new? For those heading back to classes, exams, activities, jobs, and socializing, it’s also a perfect moment to rethink your skin care routine.

We asked Dr. Costi to give us a quick and easy routine to follow, and guess what? He came up with an effective skin care plan that takes just 10 minutes of your day, while giving you great results that last all day.

So, let’s get studying.

The 10-minute morning routine

1. Cleanse (2 minutes)

Gently wash your face with a mild, low pH cleanser. Why low pH? Because they preserve your skin’s natural moisture barrier. This barrier keeps moisture in and keeps away bacteria causing breakouts and irritants causing redness. This reduces the need for specific treatments for dryness, acne, or sensitivity.

Use the SkinLab Gel Cleanser | Skin Perfection

This daily facial cleanser calms, moisturizes, and clears pores for smoother, clearer skin.

Contains aloe vera, chamomile, cucumber, salicylic acid, and green tea.

2. Moisturize (5 minutes)

Following cleansing, apply a light, hydrating moisturizer to soften skin and replenish any lacking moisture. Allow the moisturizer to absorb for 5 minutes before moving on to sunscreen.

Use the SkinLab Daily Moisturizer | Skin Perfection

This light, hydrating moisturizer quickly and deeply penetrates the skin, leaving it soft, smooth, and supple.

3. Sunscreen (3 minutes)

Apply high-protection sunscreen daily on your face, neck, and any exposed upper chest skin, rain or shine. If you won’t apply makeup afterward, you can head out once your sunscreen is on. If makeup is in your plan, let the sunscreen set for 10 to 15 minutes first.

We love the Avene Fluid mineral tinted sunscreen | Skin Perfection

This lightweight, non-greasy sunscreen effortlessly blends into the skin. It also provides a natural-looking glow and evens skin tone with its tint.

The 10-minute evening routine

1. Remove sunscreen and/or makeup (1 minute)

Swipe a cleanser-soaked cotton pad over your face, neck, and chest to break down makeup and sunscreen before cleansing. For heavier makeup or water-resistant sunscreen, use an emulsifying cleansing oil or balm and add 2 minutes to the routine.

Try Uriage Cleansing Oil | Skin Perfection

This is a nourishing cleansing oil that gently cleanses skin without stripping its natural oils.

2. Cleanse (2 minutes)

Use the same cleanser from your morning routine.

3. Treat (5 minutes)

Address any specific skin concerns you want to improve. Choose a treatment product from those mentioned below and apply to affected areas or all over, as preferred. Allow the product to absorb for a few minutes before applying moisturizer.

For Pimples: Apply M.A.D Spot On Zinc and Sulfur Mask | Skin Perfection on active blemishes to shrink and fade them, or apply all over to prevent them.

For Blackheads: Use Revox B77 JUST Salicylic Acid 2% | Skin Perfection on affected areas.

For Redness/sensitivity: Apply Neostrata Restore Redness Neutralizing Serum | Skin Perfection

all over.

For Dullness/uneven skin tone: Apply  Revox B77 JUST Lactic Acid + HA | Skin Perfection

all over.

4. Sleeping mask (2 minutes)

Seal in moisture and provide mask-like benefits overnight with a sleeping mask as the last step in your evening routine. Here are a couple of bestsellers from the Skin Perfection website:

Uriage Eau Thermale – Water Sleeping Mask | Skin Perfection

Uriage EAU THERMALE MASQUE D’EAU NUIT is a hydrating overnight mask that soothes and nourishes skin while you sleep. It hydrates without oiliness and leaves skin soft and calm in the morning.

Avene Hydrance Aqua Gel | Skin Perfection

This all-in-one hydration powerhouse leaves skin glowing, plump, and bouncy. It reinforces the skin’s natural moisture and protective barrier, intensely hydrating, and leaving skin dewy, smooth, and radiant. It’s suitable as a moisturizer, overnight mask, or for the eye contour.

 

And there you have it beauties! Just ten minutes in the morning and another ten at night is all it takes for a good skincare routine to maintain happy skin throughout the school year.