Avoid washing your face with soap or cleansers in the morning. Doing so could strip your skin of an important protective barrier your body creates as you sleep. If you must wash your face in the morning, use water and pat dry. Then apply your favorite moisturizer. Your skin will thank you!
The following Serum products are not a part of any "official" regimen:
When applying under your eyes, move the cotton ball from the outer corner to the inner corner of an eye.
When applying to your eyelids, move the cotton ball from the inner corner to the outer corner of an eyelid.
Before your skincare routine, always remove makeup completely.
Use in the evening. Apply a coin-sized amount, with some added water, on your face.
Leave the cleanser on for 2-3 minutes.
Wash face with warm water and splash plenty of cold water on the face.
Never use cleanser in the morning. Instead, use plenty of cold water.
Apply on the skin. Leave a thin layer on for 5-20 minutes.
After 5-20 minutes, use your fingers to rubb it in for 20 seconds, in circular movements from the middle to the side of the face.
Wash it off with warm water.
Use after scrub, while face is still wet. Apply to the face, leaving a thin layer.
Follow more specific directions for a selected masque. Keep it on for 15-25 minutes.
Wash it off with warm water. After done, use paper towel or soft cloth, but don't try it up fully - leave the skin slightly wet.
Using fingertips or cotton pad, apply a coin-sized amount over entire face and neck area.
Immediately move on to the next step of your skincare routine. No rubbing, dubbing, drying, or waiting necessary.
Gently apply on the face and tap lightly.
No rubbing!
If using both, toner and serum, apply serum immediately after toner, while your skin is still wet.
Apply on the whole face, avoiding the area under the eyes (that's where eye cream will go, which is designed for a specialized action on the eyes).
Dab gently (tap lightly).
Apply on the whole face, avoiding the area under the eyes.
Dab gently (tap lightly).
Use fingertips to apply gently under the eyes.
Move from the outer corner towards the inners corner of each eye. Remember this rule; from the outer corner towards the inner corner (otherwise you'll develop wrinkles quickly).
If you are applying eye cream to the eyelids too (not recommend though), apply by moving from the inner corner to the outer corner of each eyelid.