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    The best daytime anti-ageing routine

    20 Jul 2015 5:00 AM | Posted by
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    Is there anything more satisfying than taking off your make-up, cleansing your skin, and slathering on top-notch anti-ageing prods at the end of a long day? As a skin care editor, I’d have to say no! And then you head to bed, and wake up looking/feeling like this:

    The Best Daytime Anti-Ageing Routine

    You revel in all your glowy, healthy, plumped-skin glory, and go about getting ready for the day. But within a few hours, you look/feel like this:

    The Best Daytime Anti-Ageing Routine

    The pesky signs of ageing have set in and your make-up has made them look even worse… Oh hey there, forehead lines, crows feet, make-up sitting in crows feet, parched lips, smile lines, and those damn dark spots…

    The solution? Amp up your daytime anti-ageing skin care routine. Here’s how…

    STEP 1: CLEANSE

    Cleansing each morning rinses away leftover residue from your skin care products as well as oils and sweat that may have built up overnight. Cleanse with a hydrating cleanser to help your skin to retain all that nourishment and plumpness you woke up with.

    bh loves: Burt’s Bee Intense Hydration Cream Cleanser, Pelactiv Hydrating Cream Cleanser

    STEP 2: TONE

    To tighten enlarged pores and rock a #flawless complexion, soak a cotton pad in toner and swipe it over your skin. It’s the step that so many people skip – let’s change that!

    bh loves: Olay Total Effects Pore Minimising Toner, Weleda Refining Toner

    STEP 3: SERUM

    Choose a serum that’s rich in antioxidants to protect your skin from premature ageing, as well as loads of hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid to keep fine lines and wrinkles on the plump side.

    bh loves: Nutrimetics Restore Anti Ageing Serum, Models Prefer Deep Repair Anti-Age Serum

    STEP 4: MOISTURISER WITH SPF

    One of the most – if not the most – important step in your daily skin care routine is to pop on a moisturiser with a high SPF. It will help to shield your skin from the damaging effects of the sun’s UVA and UVB rays and keep those wrinkles and dark spots at bay.

    bh loves: Dr. LeWinn’s Facial Moisturising Lotion SPF 30, Swisse Hydrate Anti-Ageing Day Moisturiser

    STEP 5: PRIMER

    If your make-up tends to settle into your fine lines and wrinkles, it’s time to start using a primer before applying your make-up. It’ll help to seal your pores and lines so your make-up applies better, making your skin look super smooth and flawless.

    bh loves: Designer Brands Pore Minimising Primer, e.l.f Australia Studio Face Primer

    STEP 6: BLOT

    As the day goes on, your make-up may wear off as your skin’s natural oils or dryness set in. Mattify your complexion and help to re-seal pores and make-up by dabbing your skin with a blotting tissue.

    bh loves: NYX Cosmetics Blotting Paper, Bobbi Brown Blotting Papers

    STEP 7: MIST

    Dehydration is a major culprit for exposing lines and wrinkles, so lightly mist your face throughout the day with a facial mist. It’ll instantly plump lines and tighten pores, and – bonus – it won’t mess with your make-up.

    bh loves: Avene Thermal Spring Water, Jurlique Purely Age-Defying Face Mist

    How do you take care of your skin during the day?

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    101 Member Comments

    Amanda738 23 Jul 2015 10:02 PM

    Useful tips, I spend more time doing my night time routine compared to my day time routine

    Pink Hornet 23 Jul 2015 5:58 PM

    Seems I am on the right path.

    If only I could wake up feeling well rested. Oh well, in the mean time fake it! This routine helps ;-)

    Platinum Ms 23 Jul 2015 11:14 AM

    I do feel a serum make a difference and a good eye cream.

    Jessica712 22 Jul 2015 3:35 PM

    A facial mist throughout the day is so refreshing.

    clearcrystalwater 22 Jul 2015 3:16 PM

    SPF is totally at the top of my list for basics for my daytime skin - if I can't manage anything else I'll slap on some sunscreen! (but thankfully most times I get to cleanse etc first!)

    Arty Girl 22 Jul 2015 3:11 PM

    I do all these things to take good care of my skin but I also apply RHO after I've applied my face serum. I will use practically any skin product to keep the signs of aging at bay !!! LOL !!!

    talk-a-lot 21 Jul 2015 6:11 PM

    I do all of these skincare beauty duties but some mornings I wake up feeling and looking blah.

    aleksandra 21 Jul 2015 9:59 AM

    I try and take care of my skin throughout the day by always wearing a layer of SPF - whether that be included in my foundation or wore separately.

    TheUglyDuckling 21 Jul 2015 9:25 AM

    I've just bought the Lush Eau de Roma mist and have been using it as a toner. I'm so in love with it I might have to buy another bottle to keep in the handbag as a day time mister. It's seriously amazing.

    Jlgaddes 21 Jul 2015 7:19 AM

    Good article....I do try and follow most of these tips, thank you.

    Misy Rose 20 Jul 2015 10:01 PM

    I do most of these during the day but I focus more on my night time routine.

    Temporary Princess 20 Jul 2015 8:08 PM

    I didn't even realise there was an anti ageing skin care routine - and that I've been doing it!

    Claire88 20 Jul 2015 7:55 PM

    I love using a hydrating mist during the day to improve hydration, currently using the People for Plants mist and it's lovely.

    Trish_D 20 Jul 2015 4:47 PM

    Never without my mist in summer. My go to mist is Clarins Set Makeup - it does exactly what it says it will and keeps makeup great so much longer than anything I've ever used.

    Beautybabe140194 20 Jul 2015 4:41 PM

    I do all these steps throughout the day. I keep a mist on my desk to keep my skin hydrated.

    maydayismyday 20 Jul 2015 3:39 PM

    I don't do the last two steps but I do the rest (and add in eye cream as well!)

    ray_jay 20 Jul 2015 2:06 PM

    I usually just cleanser, serum and sunscreen. I dont really feel I need the rest. Less is more.

    Rose_P 20 Jul 2015 1:43 PM

    I cleanse, tone, eye cream, serum, moisturise. I rarely wear foundation, I prefer tinted moisturiser, and even then only if I'm going out.

    MelissaFay89 20 Jul 2015 12:52 PM

    Great routine. Mine is nowhere near as extensive

    Gilded 20 Jul 2015 12:21 PM

    I have never tried a facial mist. Just feel like everyone at the office will think I'm high maintenance for misting my face. Maybe I can sneak it to the restroom.

    Miss19 20 Jul 2015 11:10 AM

    This is pretty much my daily routine but I forget to put on SPF which I need to make a habit of!

    CherryBlossom 20 Jul 2015 9:58 AM

    Nice tips and also when you get a chance, do some sort of facial exercise, when no ones looking :)

    Yohanna 31 Aug 2016 7:11 PM

    I was thinking about that! Can actually facial exercises create premature wrinkling ? Because of squishing the facial muscles around and about, so the skin gets all ...you know ...squished? Like people who frown often, they get those 11s on the forehead....

    Pinkswoon 20 Jul 2015 9:50 AM

    i'm so glad you highlighted blotting! not many people realise how important blotting is.

    Hayley644 20 Jul 2015 8:13 AM

    I apply a serum, moisturiser and eye cream after cleansing.

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