Knowing what care category your skin falls in will help you know what it needs most

Our skin often doesn’t always fall into the same category, sometimes even on the same day our skin will feel different in the morning than it does in the afternoon, and it will need something completely different before bedtime. We can only do our best to pick the skincare type that is closest to describing how our skin feels the majority of the time.

Some things to consider to help guide you in choosing the skin type category that is closest to your own...

Regular facial cleansing will remove surface dirt and grime from your skin, but only a facial mask will actually draw out the impurities from beneath the top layers of the epidermis. I never knew this years ago until I started using facial cleansing masks regularly myself!

This often skipped step in your routine may just end your skin woes, find out why.

I never realized just how much I got out of using toner until most recently when I started talking to more clients about their most-used skincare products and their still unfulfilled skin needs. I discovered that very few of them utilized toner, and there was some confusion over its purpose. I personally started using a toner about 17 years ago and, boy, what a difference it made for me.

These are 7 ways toner positively impacts skin: