Multi Masking Skincare for Adult Acne

Multi-Task?  Multi-Mask !

I’d like to talk this week about a kind of multi-tasking, from the perspective of dealing with skin that seems like it's in some sort of identity crisis. How do we deal with different parts of our face doing different things, even when our skincare routine is as optimal as can be? 

This may surprise you: only 10% of the world’s population has truly dry skin, ie, doesn’t produce enough oil to keep it lubricated and healthy, while only 10% of the world’s population produces way too much oil.  Everyone else falls into the wide spectrum in between. 

This is why my clinical instructor in beauty school first introduced us to the world of skincare with this adage:

 “There ain't no such thing as Normal Skin”

80% of us have combination skin, either on the dry side or the oily side.  How many of us have dealt with the confusion of parts of our faces being dry and parts being oily? 

Every client who has gone through my Eval by Email® Adult Acne Clearing Program now knows that dryness in an oily skin almost always means the wrong cleanser is being used, and that hydration balances the skin so that the issue of the “combination” is not so prominent. 

However, it can actually happen that a person’s t-zone really is just so much more oily than the rest of the face, even when the right skincare is in place.  Or, one part of the face breaks out fairly regularly, while other parts are slightly dehydrated or even very dry.  This is where multi-masking can really help. 

Multi-Masking Guide

Oily Sections - Clay

Irritation- Calming Gel

Inflamed Breakouts - Salicylic Acid with Anti-Inflammatories

Dry Patches - This buildable lotion.  

And remember, exfoliation suited to your skin type makes masks work better !

Extra Tip :  Gently tap ice onto blemished areas after washing and before masking!  Remember, don’t rub ice too long in one place, or you’ll cause a burn.

A great alternative to messing with different masks on different parts of the face, is to use a different mask all over your skin each day, but rotating them.  I have a client whose combination skin made a draMATic improvement when she started rotating between three masks every day, gel, crème and clay, like Monday clay, Tuesday gel, Wednesday crème, etc., for 10 minutes each morning.  While the mask is on, she goes and does dishes or chooses her clothes for the day, etc, and then jumps in the shower and rinses everything off.  Another client uses a different mask depending on what her skin is doing on any particular day, because she travels so much, as many of my clients do.

Take a look at this video from Acne Whisperer TV on how best to apply a mask!

Your acne problem has a source, and clearing your skin requires finding that source and either eliminating it or healing it.  You can start that right now by checking out my Eval by Email® Adult Acne Clearing Program created specially for ages Gen-Y to Baby Boom!

Do you have any questions about how to know which masks you should use on which parts of your face?  

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