The Importance of Double Cleansing

By March 24, 2022 Beauty

Double cleansing is becoming a lot more common, through the use of Social Media people are becoming aware of this skincare technique. What is it? you may ask, double cleansing really is as simple as it sounds. It involves thoroughly washing your face with two cleansers.

The first step in this routine, is to remove the makeup – the ideas here is to use oil based products, or also micellar water is also a great product option. These greasy products will attach themselves to the dirt, makeup and excess sebum and lift them off once you wash your face.

Now its time for cleanse round two, now the makeup is removed, we are onto actually cleansing the skin. During this step, instead of using heavy duty products, you can use nourishing cleansers. Choose a formula that is good for your skin, soothing formulas are a great option. Clinisoothe+ is a great product to be used in the second cleanse, as it has a skin neutral pH, and also contains anti-microbial properties to ensure a deep, thorough cleanse.

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You can however, double cleanse using the same cleanser. the first cleanse will help to lift the dirt off the top layer of the skin, so it’s going to help breakdown makeup, dirt and excess oil, and the second cleanse will help to wash it away.

By double cleansing, you are allowing and helpign to lift and clear away the dirt, amkeup and sebum from your face to allow your second cleanser to be more effective without having to work through everything on the surface of your skin first. If your looking for a more thorough cleansing method, we’d suggest double cleansing.

Often, double cleansing is very beneficial for those who have oily skin, and they find they have a lot of sebum build up that they struggle to control.

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Benefits from Double Cleansing

  1. Your skin gathers a lot of dirt, sebum and pollution during the day when you’re out and about, not to mention many people spend all day with makeup on their face.
  2. Skincare products absorb into the skin better, which means your skin will benefit more from your skincare routine and you’ll likely see better results.
  3. Your skin will likely improve.

It might sound like a faff, but double cleansing could leave your skin looking brighter, potentially less prone to breakouts and give it a fighting chance against the ageing process. Plus, when you think about how long you spend applying makeup, it makes it seem only fair to invest a bit of time taking it off at the end of the day too.

You may be asking yourself what is the point, and whether this is worth the extra effort, however when you consider that every single step you put on post cleanse us useless if you don’t first clear the way for these products to work their magic.

It is better to be safe than sorry, which is why a thorough cleanse first time round is always best followed up with another round of cleansing, especially if your wearing makeup.