4 Important Tests For Skincare Products
When you turn on your TV or have a browse on the internet, you may discover they are all filled with advertisements of skincare products. The advertisements, for marketing purpose, are often exaggerated. You may have already bought several of them because of the advertisements. Do you really notice significant improvement for your skin? It is time to test your skincare products for their real quality.
Toner is the first skincare product to apply after a facial cleansing. If toner is too irritating, your skin may become sensitive. To test the mildness of your toner, we need to know its PH value. You just need to drop a few drops of toner onto the PH paper and check its PH value. The higher the PH value, the more alkaline it is. The optimal range of PH value for toner is PH 5.5 to PH7. Skincare products with PH value under or below this range are either too acidic or too alkaline.
The second test is for absorbency of your skincare essence. The higher the absorbency means the more nutrients you skin can absorb. Prepare a pile of cotton pad or facial tissue. Add one drop of your essence onto the first piece of cotton pad or facial tissue (of the pile). Find out how many layer is the essence able to penetrate. The more layers the essence penetrates, the higher is the absorbency.
Applying moisturizer is the final step of a simple skincare procedure. Moisture is important for keeping your skin healthy. Sometimes, I do not feel my skin moisturized but nourished. This test is the perfect test to find out if your moisturizer is nourishing or really moisturizing. Fill a glass with some water. Add a drop or a pea size of moisturizer into the water. Wait for a while. Look into the water and see whether your moisturizer sinks or float. Floating means the moisturizer is rich in oily components while sinking mean the moisturizer is rich in moisture components. Sinking one is always preferred to the floating one.
Suncare products protect you against UV light and skin aging problem. But, some of them are too oily and clog your facial pores. It is important to test if your suncare product is too oily. You can perform this test in two simple ways. First, apply some of your suncare product on the back of your hand. Wait for 3-5 minutes. Then press a piece of oil blotting paper on your hand to see if there is a lot of oil absorbed. If yes, your suncare product is too oily. If you do not have oil blotting paper, after the 3-5 minutes of application, you may see if your hand is too shiny under the sun or bright light. If yes, it is too oily.
Skincare products are the food of your skin. The better food you offered to your skin, the healthier it is. Do not mislead by commercials, expensive products are not necessarily with high quality. Why not test your existing skincare products before deciding whether you should change them?
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