Every day your skin barrier is bombarded with products, sweat, dirt, pollution.
Your skin battles with being rubbed, pushed, pressed on, scratched.
Your skin cells battle with being under hydrated from the inside and from external water loss from wind, weather, air conditioning and heat or cold on the outside.
This struggle is at the cellular level, so most of the time you’re not aware of it… unless your skin starts to show signs of not coping.
These signs can be: dry patches, redness, flakiness, excessive oiliness to defend itself, congestion, breakouts, sensitivity, dehydration and fine lines. They all indicate that your skin needs relief from what is aggravating it, and care to support it.
Skin hygiene helps to remove what you skin does not need – it’s a bit like oral hygiene – you brush (and floss) your teeth to remove plaque and food to look after your teeth. If you brush too hard you damage the outer layer, the tooth enamel. If you take daily, consistent care of your teeth, they remain healthy and mostly free from infection, pain and tooth decay. If you don’t consistently look after your teeth, you get tooth decay, holes and problems. Sometimes not always instantly, sometimes a few years down the line.
Skin care is no different If you have a consistent, healthy skincare routine, you will see the benefits on your skin – both daily proof and proof as the years go on. Some benefits you will see most clearly a few years later, but you will also get instant relief from aggravated skin conditions.
A Smitten sets the foundation for good, safe skin hygiene. It removes the pollutants and factors aggravating and coating your skin. It cleans your skin effectively so that it is free of what it no longer needs – dirt, pollution, dead skin cells, the list goes on. Your skin is then clear to receive hydration, nourishment and care from other products that work to maintain its health.
A Smitten sets the foundation for a clear canvas for other care and treatments. Products bind better to healthy clean, skin cells. Treatments to combat skin barrier disorders also work better as they get to the damaged or aggravated cells and calm them, hydrate them and nourish them.
So next time you think of your skin, don’t only think of what you want to put on it, but think about what you need to take off it, to help what you put on it work better.
So, I say again, the Smitten is not just a skincare cloth, it’s a skin health tool.