How to do a luxurious facial treatment at home
In desperate need of a facial to help relieve stress? Here's how to pamper yourself in the comfort of your own home.
The extended lockdown period has caused high stress on many levels, and your daily skincare routine might be the last thing on your mind.
Taking care of your skin, amidst all the drama, is, however, key. With beauty salons closed, for now, you will have to resort to home beauty treatments.
We asked the beauty experts at Placecol to help us set up an at-home facial treatment regime we can use to keep our skin problems at bay… just until we can pop into our favourite salons again. Enjoy!
Step 1: Clean away
Double cleanse your skin making sure it is super clean and ready for a spoil. Placecol Clean Start Facial Wash contains refreshing menthol to cool and invigorate the skin or you can try the Placecol Clean Start Facial Milk which contains lactic acid from milk to nourish and feed your skin.
Step 2: Exfoliate, baby!
Utilising a gentle exfoliator (the experts recommend Placecol Gentle Exfoliating Refiner) to lightly exfoliate and buff your skin to get rid of any dead skin cells. You should not be exfoliating more than twice a week.
Step 3: Apply a mask
Select a mask suitable for your skin’s needs (something like the Placecol Hydration Mask to deep feed tired, devitalised and thirsty skin happy or the Placecol Clearing Clay Mask to freshen and deep clean your skin) is advisable.
Step 4: Apply a warm compress over the mask
Wet a face compress or face cloth with fairly warm water and hold it over your face. Take a moment to enjoy the sensation of the warmth on your skin. The heat allows deep penetration of active ingredients and is calming and soothing.
Step 5: Take care of your eyes
Create your own eye treatment – choose between cucumber slices to cool and hydrate the eye area or a beaten egg white mixture to help tighten and firm the eye area. For a more soothing and comforting treatment try applying moistened tea bags to your eye area.
Step 6
After you have removed your mask, apply a toner to balance the PH levels of your skin.
Step 7
Next, select your favourite serum to penetrate deeply into your now beautifully receptive skin.
Step 8
End the treatment off with a comforting and nurturing moisturiser according to your unique skin needs.
“Everyone thinks the most important products to buy are active serums and it does not matter how you wash or moisturise your skin. The fact is that it all starts with caring for the barrier and health of your skin. Soap bars and poor-quality cleansers strip the skin unnecessarily and damage the barrier, creating gaps in the skin’s defense mechanism, making it vulnerable to pathogens, sensitivity, breakout and pigmentation as well as dehydration,” says Lisa Leibov, National Principal for the Imbalie Beauty Training academy.
The second most important product, according to Lisa, is sunblock.
“The sun is the single most harmful external factor that damages the integrity of the skin and causes rapid premature aging. Hence the need to protect and defend the skin from the harmful rays of the sun. A few minutes of early morning sun to grasp our Vitamin D fix for the day is sufficient, at all other times an SPF must be worn,” she says.
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