Transcript for What to know about nightly ‘skin cycling’
>>> ALL RIGHT, NOW TO OUR SERIES
"FRESH FACE FORWARD" HELPING YOU
WITH ALL OF YOUR BEAUTY NEEDS.
THIS MORNING IT'S ABOUT SKIN
CYCLING.
A MULTINIGHT SKIN CARE ROUTINE
TAKING OVER TIKTOK.
IT IS ALL OVER THAT HELPS YOU
GLOW THROUGH THE HARSH WINTER
MONTHS.
DR. WHITNEY BOWE IS WITH US.
SHE CREATED THIS REGIMEN.
SHE'S HERE NOW TO BREAK IT DOWN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S EVERYWHERE AND IT REALLY
DOES WORK.
>> IT DOES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT THE CLASSIC FOUR-NIGHT SKIN
CYCLING PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO
SUCCESSFUL WORLDWIDE IS BECAUSE
IT PROTECTS SOMETHING CALLED THE
SKIN BARRIER.
DURING THE WINTER OUR SKIN
BARRIER IS ESPECIALLY PRONE TO
DAMAGE THAT CAN SHOW UP AS TIGHT
DRY SKIN, RED BLOTCHES, STINGING
OR SENSITIVITY SO IF YOU'RE
EXPERIENCING ANY OF THOSE I
RECOMMEND SWITCHING.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU SAY
ADD A FIFTH NIGHT.
>> CALLED THE GENTLE SKIN
CYCLING PROGRAM AND IT'S FIVE
NIGHTS.
>> LET'S BREAK IT DOWN SO NIGHT
ONE WE START WITH EXFOLIATION,
RIGHT?
>> SO EXFOLIATION NIGHT.
YOU WANT TO CLEANSE.
IF YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THAT
TIGHT DRY SKIN I RECOMMEND A
CREAMY HYDRATING CLEANSER AS
OPPOSED TO A GEL CLEANSER.
THE NEXT STEP IS YOU WANT TO
APPLY YOUR EXFOLIATING PRODUCT
SO I RECOMMEND A LEAVE ON
EXFOLIATING SERUM OVER A WATERY
TONER OR PAD.
THOSE CAN BE DRYING AND
IRRITATING ESPECIALLY DURING THE
WINTER.
>> WHEN I'M RED I THOUGHT YOU
MEANT LIKE TAKE A WASHCLOTH AND
RUB.
>> A MANUAL OR PHYSICAL
EXFOLIATION CAN BE ESPECIALLY
ABRASIVE DURING THE WINTER.
SO I RECOMMEND LOOKING FOR
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS CALLED
EXFOLIATING ACIDS THING GLYCOLIC
ACID.
SALICYLIC ACID BUT THEY SHOULD
NEVER BURN.
LOOK FOR A SERUM THAT CONTAINS
CALMING AND SOOTHING INGREDIENTS
LIKE ALOE AND POSTBIOTICS AND
THEN A LIGHTWEIGHT MOISTURIZER
AND DONE WITH NIGHT ONE.
>> ON TO NIGHT TWO.
>> IT IS RETINOID NIGHT.
RETINOIDS PLUS WINTER CAN EQUAL
UNHAPPY SKIN.
SO YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
HOW MUCH YOU'RE APPLYING.
REALLY HONESTLY IT ONLY TAKES
ONE PEA SIZED AMOUNT.
>> HOW CAN THAT WORK ON YOUR
WHOLE FACE?
>> YOU TAKE THIS AND THEN YOU
DAB IT ALL OVER YOUR FACE, RUB
IT IN.
TAKE ANOTHER PEA FOR THE NECK,
DON'T FORGET THE NECK.
>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN
THE BREAK.
THE NECK IS NOT LOVING ME THESE
DAYS.
>> TWO MORE PEAS FOR THE CHEST.
APPLY YOUR LIGHTWEIGHT
MOISTURIZER ON TOP.
>> YOU SAY LIGHTWEIGHT.
I THINK AT 53 TO GO FOR THE
THICK CREAMY MOISTURIZER.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE?
>> ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE IS THEY
REACH FOR A HEAVY OCCLUSIVE
PRODUCT AND THEY SLATHER IT ON
TOP OF THEIR RETINOID AND THAT'S
A TREND CALLING SLUGGING THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF BUT THE
PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT IS THAT
YOU CAN ACTUALLY UNPREDICTABLY
DRIVE THE POWERFUL ACTIVE
UNDERNEATH DEEPER INTO THE SKIN
AND THAT CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK
FOR IRRITATION.
NO SLUGGING ON EXFOLIATE NIGHT
OR ON RETINOID NIGHT.
>> AND THAT'S JUST NIGHTS ONE
AND TWO.
>> NIGHTS ONE AND TWO.
THE GENTLE SKIN CYCLING PROGRAM
HAS A FIVE-NIGHT CYCLE.
WE HAVE THREE RECOVERY NIGHTS
AND EXTRA RECOVERY NIGHT FOR
EXTRA SKIN BARRIER.
SO IT'S EXFOLIATE, RETINOID,
RECOVERY NIGHT, RECOVERY NIGHT,
RECOVERY NIGHT AND CYCLE BACK SO
RECOVERY NIGHT IS ALL ABOUT
HYDRATION, YOU WANT TO CLEANSE
THEN YOU PUT ON YOUR
MOISTURIZER, LOOK FOR
INGREDIENTS LIKE CERAMIDES,
SQUALENE, YOU WANT ONE
CLINICALLY PROVEN TO REPAIR THE
SKIN BARRIER AND THEN YOU CAN
SLUG ON TOP OF YOUR MOISTURIZER
ON RECOVERY NIGHT.
>> I LOVE WE'RE USING PETROLEUM
JELLY.
LET'S GO, DRUGSTORE PRODUCTS.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON OUR WEBSITE
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