so you've figured out exactly what
products that you need for your skin and
you've gone
and spent the time to build a really
great skincare routine you've even
figured out
how to layer those products properly but
what about
timing what about the time in between
each product
and do i need to let them dry or can i
just pile them on
one after the other well i'm gonna
answer these layering and timing
questions
in this video
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so i had a really
really great question from a couple of
subscribers and it's one that i've
gotten before but i have been very
relaxed
about talking about it and it's one of
those questions that comes up from time
to time
and that is do we need to wait or how
much time do we need to wait
between each product that we apply to
our skin in our skin care routine and
you know what
that's a really valid question so i
really want to thank carla and vania for
bringing this forward and reminding me
that i need to talk about it
because if you're a skincare junkie like
i am and i think most of you that follow
me
are it's a question that comes up a lot
i mean do you really need to wait
between
each and every one of your products as
you apply them for them to completely
dry to maximize their benefits
well as you might guess like all things
to do with skin care
there is no easy answer or one size fit
all answer for
this question in most cases waiting for
a product to be absorbed into the skin
is generally the best practice and with
the treatments and serums that we have
on the market today
a lot of them are pretty high powered so
yes you do want to let them settle
into the skin but which ones and in what
order and how long
now if questions are coming up in your
head about layering the products as well
i am going to give a recap in this video
of exactly what order you should layer
your skincare products so
don't worry just keep watching okay so
let's start with my overall
five minute general skin care rule and
this is a rule that i got from a top
dermatologist a long time ago and it has
two parts
and i call it the paradoxical skin care
five minute rule and the reason for that
is going to become very apparent in just
a second
the first part of the rule has to do
with applying
products after you cleanse so when you
cleanse your skin
you want to wait five minutes to let
your skin kind of calm down
from the exfoliation or cleansing
process that you've done so if you've
done a scrub
or some sort of exfoliation mechanical
exfoliation process
definitely important to do this
especially if you're using
acne treatments because they have
benzoyl peroxide salicylic acid and skin
can be very sensitive to those
so we want to let the skin kind of calm
down for five minutes that's the general
rule on that side
the other side of the five-minute rule
has to do more so with
dry skin problems especially in the
winter time with dry air or if your
proclivity to have very dry skin on your
body
you want to make sure that you get any
kind of moisturizer or ceramide
treatment
on the skin within five minutes and the
reason for that is
is the moisture that you pick up from
the shower or bathing process begins to
evaporate pretty quickly
most of us live in air-conditioned or
heated environments so it's very very
fast
and after five minutes most of that
moisture is gone from the skin so
by getting that moisturizer or ceramide
treatment
onto the skin you're actually capping
that moisture and holding it
in the skin and doing it much more good
than if you waited too long so
i know it's kind of a weird rule but it
does work very very well
wait five minutes after cleansing facial
skin in order for it to calm down before
you apply treatments and products
and get moisturizer on the skin within
five minutes if it's a dry skin problem
that you're trying to treat especially
on the body
after showering and bathing for facial
skin layering and timing there are a few
rules especially if you're using
something like a spot treater for
blemishes
you want to make sure anything that
you're treating like hyperpigmentation
acne blemishes any kind of product
that's going to work directly on the
skin cells
to produce healing drying or some sort
of difference in the skin
it needs to go on first and it needs to
be fully absorbed into the skin before
you go on to any other serum
or treatment now for the serums like
vitamin c serum peptides or niacinamide
you want to apply that to the skin next
and you want to give that a few minutes
to absorb it doesn't have to be
completely dry but just to absorb in the
skin so it's not sitting on the
surface you can tell when that product
has been absorbed
you won't see shiny or oiliness where it
won't feel wet okay so for example let's
take a look at a vitamin c
serum i'm going to apply this vitamin c
serum to the back of my hand
and as you can see it's very wet very
damp i'm going to massage it in
and let's actually time how long this
takes to absorb
okay as i said the skin should be cool
and smooth to the touch but not damp or
sticky or oily
and it's not and that took exactly two
minutes so that
is kind of a gauge that you can use i'm
in an air-conditioned environment
where it's very dehumidified since this
is florida so two minutes for mine
you judge accordingly but it's all about
how it feels if it's still
wet or sticky or oily it hasn't fully
absorbed into the skin so that's how you
know
the same is true for moisturizers and
ceramide treatments and here's why
that's important when you apply
moisturizer and
ceramide treatment it takes longer for
those products to be absorbed for the
skin they're thicker the molecules are
larger
and they do tend to sit on the surface
of the skin they're designed to help
the structure of the skin strengthen it
hold moisture in so it takes a little
bit longer
you want to wait a two or three minute
time period so
that's fully absorbed i like to go about
five minutes then
you apply your sunscreen so for your
sunscreen you want that to sit on the
outside of the skin
to provide that block from uva and uvb
light so because everybody's indoor
environment is different and the types
of product mixes you're using are
different
the best way to tell if something is dry
enough to move on to the next product
is the skin will not feel wet or damp it
will feel
hydrated smooth cool and calm so you can
kind of tell if you've done skincare
routines for any length of time
you guys know what i'm talking about you
just don't want to keep smearing things
on
now one other thing i want to mention
here are eye creams
if you're using an eye cream and not
everybody does eye cream always needs to
go on
after your serum treatments but before
your moisturizer
and the reason for that is you want the
serum treatments to be able to get
to the skin and be absorbed then the eye
cream sort of acts as a protectant and a
booster
and then your moisturizer and sunscreen
over that so that's what to do when you
have an eye cream step
in your skincare routine which if you do
good for you let's have a really quick
recap on layering because sometimes that
gets a little confusing as well
it's really quite simple it's cleansing
and then your aha or exfoliation
treatment so if you're using a glycolic
acid product glycolic acid product
or a product that deals with
hyperpigmentation those are first then
you're follow that with your treatments
and then your serums like vitamin c
niacinamide
peptides next you apply your eye cream
and then your moisturizer and then your
sunscreen so that's a real
simple way to remember how to layer
products properly
now there are some give and takes in
this in some of the more
wild routines that we have out there i
know that you guys have seen me
review several of these where there's 39
steps and i'm going to get in all that
today
however those are the basics that you
need to know now i really hope that this
is helpful in understanding
what kind of timing you need in between
products or if you need it
and how to layer products properly in
your skincare routine if you have
questions about that
please let me know in the comments below
i'll be happy to answer them
thank you guys so much for watching and
supporting the channel
love you guys stay beautiful and i'll
see you over on the next video
