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Tired of Overdoing It? Try This Lazy-Girl Skincare Routine
Not only can long and complex skincare routines be overwhelming for your skin, but they can also become surprisingly time-consuming, not to mention expensive! The good news is that skincare doesn’t need to be this way in order to be effective. So long as you pick the right products to use, a short and simple skincare routine can often be even better for your skin than an overcomplicated regimen.
Intrigued? Read on as Vine Vera shares two lazy-girl skincare routines – one for the day and one for the night – that your skin will absolutely love!
Keeping It Simple: An Easy Daytime Skincare Routine
The key to keeping your skincare routine simple yet effective is to turn to multi-tasking products that can cater to all of your skin’s needs with just one formula, which is exactly what this routine entails:
Step 1: Cleanse
While a short and sweet skincare routine can be undeniably beneficial, it’s important to know which steps are non-negotiable. Cleansing is one. This is something that needs to be done at the start of any skincare routine. It will clear the way for the other products that you apply to quickly and easily sink into your skin. Even if you apply just one product onto dirty skin, not only will you trap those impurities into your skin, which will trigger oxidative stress, but the product that you’ve applied won’t be able to function to its full potential.
When choosing a cleanser to use in the mornings, it’s best to keep things gentle. You want to set your skin up for success for the day, so avoid formulas that contain harsh or irritating ingredients. A cleanser like the Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet Mousse Cleanser would be ideal, no matter your skin type. It hydrates and conditions your skin while it cleanses and features a line-up of A-list ingredients. From lavender, chamomile, and aloe vera extracts to oils from moringa and argan, it never fails to leave the skin feeling silky-soft.
Step 2: Moisturize and Protect
The two other non-negotiable steps that need to be carried out in a morning skincare routine are moisturizing and applying sun protection. A moisturizer will encourage your skin to retain moisture. It will form a seal over your skin’s surface, preventing your skin’s moisture reserves from evaporating away.
Meanwhile, the importance of sun protection is pretty well-known! The sun is responsible for up to 80% of the wrinkles and dark spots that develop on your skin over time. It also triggers the development of certain skin cancers, making sun protection a no-brainer.
Moisturizing and sun protection are often treated as two separate steps. However, an SPF moisturizer enables you to combine them into one. With that said, make sure that you pick an SPF moisturizer that encompasses the full breadth of properties offered by a dedicated moisturizer and sunscreen.
This is where the Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet Replenishing Moisture Cream SPF 30 shines. It’s filled with hydrating ingredients and antioxidants, including resveratrol, green tea extract, and aloe vera leaf extract. At the same time, it also offers SPF 30, which is the recommended amount of sun protection for most skin types (severely sensitive skin may need a higher SPF).
Optional Extras
A skincare routine can’t really get much simpler than the two steps featured above. However, if you want to give your complexion an extra boost, here are a couple of optional extra steps you may want to add in:
An Antioxidant Serum
Antioxidants do so much for the skin. The way in which they neutralize the appearance of free radical damage keeps the skin looking smooth, bright, and youthful.
While the cleanser and SPF moisturizer we shared above are both loaded with antioxidants, it can be beneficial to add an antioxidant serum to your skincare routine too. Serums are extremely effective at carrying active ingredients into the skin, making an antioxidant serum a good way to add an extra layer of these potent compounds to your skin, before locking that in with a moisturizer.
With so many different antioxidants out there, your options are seemingly endless. However, one antioxidant that works beautifully on all skin types and can help to target a variety of visible skin concerns is vitamin C. It’s a true powerhouse in the skincare world, with this antioxidant commonly recommended by dermatologists all over the world.
Want to add a vitamin C serum to your skincare routine? Give the Vine Vera Resveratrol Vitamin C Serum a try. With two forms of vitamin C in this blend, it allows you to double up on the ingredient’s antioxidant power. Plus, thanks to a combination of oils from jojoba, olive, and coconut, it’s exceptionally hydrating too. If your skin would benefit from some extra moisture (and most people’s would!), this serum will save you from having to add an additional hydrating serum to your morning skincare routine.
An Eye Serum or Cream
While the moisturizer that you use in the mornings should be able to keep your eye area moisturized too, an eye serum or cream would be worth considering if you’re dealing with visible skin concerns that are specific to your eye area. The appearance of puffiness or dark circles, for example, are issues that a regular face cream won’t be able to address.
So, which should you choose: an eye serum or an eye cream? Our top pick would be the Resveratrol Cabernet High-Potency Eye Serum. It contains a number of superstar ingredients, including resveratrol, a multi-peptide blend, sodium hyaluronate, and licorice root extract. It will hydrate, smooth, brighten, and revive the look of the skin around your eyes. It’s hardly surprising that this serum is one of our best sellers!
A Quick and Relaxing Nighttime Skincare Routine
While some people enjoy spending more time on their skin in the evenings, it’s very possible to keep your nighttime skincare routine to just two steps as well:
Step 1: Cleanse
Just like in the morning, your evening skincare routine should begin with a cleanse. However, while a gentle cleanser is all that you need in the mornings, your skin may require some extra cleansing power in the evenings. Why? Because it has just spent all day surrounded by pollution, dirt, and other environmental impurities. These will all have settled into your skin’s surface, with many working their way into your pores. Removing as many of them as possible will keep your skin looking and feeling bright and healthy.
To power up your evening cleanse, consider the Vine Vera Resveratrol Vitamin C Cleanser. It provides an exceptionally thorough cleanse, thanks to a combination of effective cleansing agents and lactic acid. It’s also infused with a long list of antioxidants, including vitamin C, resveratrol, and vitamin A. Meanwhile, licorice root extract will work to lighten the look of any discolored parts of your skin.
Step 2: Deep Moisture
Since you don’t need to worry about sun protection at night, the only other essential step that needs to be followed is moisturizing. While you could go ahead and use your daytime moisturizer in the evenings, this would be a waste if your day cream contains SPF. Plus, daytime moisturizers tend not to be rich enough for evening use. Transepidermal water loss, which is the rate at which your skin loses moisture to evaporation, increases overnight. This means that extra moisture is needed if you want to keep your skin looking soft and fresh.
Most dedicated night creams take this into account. The Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet High Potency Night Cream, for example, is formulated with shea butter. It’s a great ingredient for hydrating the skin while also locking that moisture in. It contains plenty of natural antioxidants too, with the effects of these enhanced by the other antioxidants in this moisturizer.
Of course, if your skin type is oily, you won’t want to use any rich ingredients. Instead, your night cream of choice should be lightweight but still extremely hydrating. The Vine Vera Resveratrol Pinot Noir Phyto Silk is the perfect example. Rather than hydrating and moisturizing with plant oils and butters, this cream makes use of sodium hyaluronate, algae extract, and other super-light humectants.
Optional Extras
Again, just like when it comes to your morning skincare routine, there are a couple of other steps that your skin may benefit from in the evenings:
Exfoliation
While exfoliation shouldn’t be done every day, it can make a huge difference to your complexion when this step is carried out regularly. Even if you cleanse your skin twice a day, some of those impurities that you’re trying to remove will still end up lodged inside your pores. At this stage, only exfoliation will be able to remove them. Leave them to fester, and they’ll only lead to blockages and breakouts.
While some exfoliators can seem pretty complex, the Vine Vera Resveratrol Vitamin C Peeling is a lazy girl’s favorite! Apply this gel to your skin and gently massage it in. You’ll quickly be able to feel it picking up your dead skin cells, after which you can rinse it, along with those dead cells, away. The fact that it’s also infused with powerful antioxidants and several hydrating plant oils is an added bonus!
An Overnight Mask
If you’re trying to keep your skincare routine as simple and effortless as possible, face masks probably aren’t high on your agenda. Overnight face masks, however, are a different story…
Overnight masks are applied to the skin in the same way that a moisturizer is. They’re then left to sink into the skin while you sleep, as opposed to being removed after 15 minutes. These masks are extremely easy to use but can bring big results.
If you’d like to give an overnight mask a try, take a look at Vine Vera’s Resveratrol Pinot Noir Phyto Silk Mask. It boasts an impressive list of antioxidant-rich superfruit extracts, including chokeberry, goji berry, pomegranate, acai berry, and many more! It also feels deeply hydrating, ensuring that your skin looks radiant the next morning.
Summary
While there’s nothing wrong with giving your skin several different skincare products if it actually needs it, more often than not, a short and simple skincare routine can be just as effective. So long as you go with multi-tasking products that contain ingredients that are beneficial to your skin’s unique needs, you’ll be able to shorten your skincare routine down to just two or three steps, without worrying about your skin missing out!
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