Struggling with dry skin? This can be a difficult skin type to work with. Not only is your skin failing to produce enough sebum to keep itself naturally moisturized and conditioned but the lack of sebum also affects skin barrier function. This, in turn, inhibits the skin’s ability to retain moisture, which is why dehydration is such a common issue among those with dry skin.

What can you do about this? Keep reading as OROGOLD shares some must-know tips for bumping up your skin’s hydration levels and overcoming your skin’s dryness.

Don’t Over-Cleanse

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There’s no denying that cleansing is one of the most important aspects of any skincare routine. If you don’t cleanse your skin, your other products will fail to penetrate properly and provide the hydration you’re seeking.

However, cleansing dry skin can be tricky, mainly because it’s so easy to over-cleanse this skin type. While this may not seem like a big deal, don’t forget that dry skin doesn’t produce enough sebum. Over-cleansing means that you’ll be removing your skin’s already diminished sebum reserves. This will only leave your skin even drier.

How can you avoid this? By using a gentle cleanser. Subjecting your skin to an overly powerful cleanser that isn’t suitable for dry skin is the main cause of over-cleansing, so find yourself a mild and moisturizing formula instead, just like the OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser. Thanks to its coconut-derived cleansing agents, it has a conditioning effect when applied. It will remove dirt and other impurities without disrupting your skin’s sebum balance. In fact, with an infusion of shea butter, argan oil, and moringa seed oil, it will leave your skin barrier feeling stronger and better capable of retaining moisture in the long run.

Be Careful When Exfoliating

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Just like cleansing, exfoliation is another crucial part of skincare. However, again, this process can  often leave the skin feeling even drier. Use an overly potent exfoliator or exfoliate too often and you’ll only end up damaging your skin’s natural protective barrier.

When choosing an exfoliator, you have two main options; chemical exfoliation or physical exfoliation. Which is better for dry skin? That depends on the actual exfoliant that you pick. There are a variety of different chemical and physical exfoliants out there – some will work well on dry skin while others will irritate it.

Ideally, you want an exfoliator that’s gentle yet efficient, which is where the OROGOLD 24K Multi-Vitamin Deep Peeling + Mandelic Acid comes in. With a combination of mandelic acid, bamboo powder, and walnut shell powder, it exfoliates both chemically and physically. However, all of these exfoliants are gentle, so you won’t need to worry about harming your skin barrier. The fact that this exfoliator also contains antioxidants and hydrating ingredients will safeguard your complexion even more.

How often should you be exfoliating your dry skin? Limit yourself to once or twice a week. Although you may be tempted to exfoliate more often in an attempt to clear away those dry flakes, you need to prioritize your skin barrier if you’re hoping for skin that feels less dry in the future.

Learn How to Layer Your Skincare

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If you’re trying to optimize your skin’s hydration levels, learning how to layer your skincare products is key. Sure, those with oily or normal skin may be able to get away with a single hydrating product but dry skin usually needs more than this. Since your skin barrier is compromised and isn’t retaining moisture in the way that it should, a single hydrating product will evaporate away before it’s able to do much good for your skin.

Fortunately, learning how to layer your skincare is easy. The general rule to follow is to start with your lightest product and work your way up to the heaviest. Here’s an example of layering that works particularly well for dry skin:

• Once you’ve cleansed/exfoliated your skin, apply a hydrating toner or facial mist. The Collagen Plumping Mist from the Collagen Cooling Set Limited Edition would be a great choice. It’s full of hydrating ingredients, plus niacinamide to help give your skin barrier a thicker finish.
• Apply a hydrating but lightweight serum, such as the OROGOLD 24K Kelp Caviar Micro-Bead Serum. This one hydrates with a blend of kelp extract, aloe vera leaf extract, glycerin, and peptides.
• Layer on a slightly thicker hydrating serum, such as the OROGOLD 24K Nano Ultra Silk Serum. Unlike the first serum, this one is infused with a few hydrating plant oils, including sweet almond and sesame. It contains lighter ingredients too, including kelp and seaweed, but the oils give it a richer quality.
• Top off those products with a hydrating moisturizer. The 24K Ultra Day Moisturizer, with hemp seed oil, avocado oil, sodium hyaluronate, and peptides, would be perfect!

Get Familiar With Humectants

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There are a few ingredients that we’ve mentioned several times now, such as sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, and peptides. The reason that these ingredients are so highly recommended for dry skin is because of their humectant properties. This essentially means that they’re able to bind moisture from the air to the skin. That extra moisture immediately plumps up the look of the skin, giving it a dewy appearance.

If you’re trying to boost hydration, then products containing humectants are exactly what you need. Ideally, look for formulas that bring together multiple humectants, just like the OROGOLD String Lift Sculpting System. This formula contains six different forms of hyaluronic acid – one of the most popular humectants out there! It also boasts peptides, collagen, and oat extract, all of which are also humectants.

Give Your Skin Extra Moisture at Night

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While dry skin needs to be kept consistently hydrated and moisturized, this becomes even more important in the evenings. Once the sun goes down, moisture loss increases. This is why so many people with dry skin find that their skin is at its driest in the mornings.

Giving your skin an extra boost of moisture in the evenings will help to counter this. This is why a good night cream is essential. Unlike day creams, which are designed to be lightweight in order to prevent mingling with sweat, sunscreen, and makeup, night creams are much richer. This enables them to provide longer-lasting moisture, ensuring that your skin wakes up looking dewy rather than flaky.

At OROGOLD, we have a couple of night creams for you to choose from, one of which is the 24K Overnight Cream. This is a wonderfully sumptuous formula that, once again, provides a blend of hydrating humectants and moisturizing plant oils. It’s also infused with several ingredients that soothe the feeling of inflammation and irritation, making it ideal if your dry skin sometimes feels sensitive. 

Of course, evenings are also a great time to lavish your skin with powerful active ingredients. After all, this is when skin permeability is at its highest. If you’ve been looking for a way to diminish the appearance of skin aging, you won’t go wrong with the 24K Multi Vitamin Night Nourishment + Retinol. This time, humectants and plant oils have been combined with retinol. This vitamin A derivative has been proven in numerous studies to reduce the look of aging, so long as it’s used consistently. Add this moisturizer to your evening skincare routine and your skin will soon start to look smoother and more youthful.

Protect Your Skin From the Sun

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If you want to do away with the feeling of dryness, you need to keep your skin protected from the sun. Not only will UV rays make your dryness so much worse but they’ll also dehydrate your skin, leaving your complexion parched and lackluster. 

While there are plenty of dedicated sunscreens out there that focus solely on sun protection, this is a good opportunity to give your skin some extra moisture too. This is why we created the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30. 

This product features an action-packed two-in-one formula. It works beautifully as a moisturizer, with plenty of humectants and antioxidants to keep your skin looking bright and healthy. With that said, it’s lightweight enough to ensure that your skin doesn’t feel greasy during the day. At the same time, it will also shield your skin from the sun, providing the recommended SPF level.

Seek Out Hydrating Face Masks

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While your daily skincare routine should be crafted in a way that gives your skin all of the hydration that it needs, treating your skin to a face mask once a week can be an effective way to provide even more of a moisture boost. Some face masks are formulated to be intensely hydrating, meaning that they can make a huge difference to dry skin.

Once again, do your skincare shopping at OROGOLD and you’ll have a fantastic array of masks to choose from. The 24K Nano Hydra Silk Mask is one of our bestsellers due to how hydrating it is. Since it’s a leave-on mask, it will have hours to soak into your skin and ramp up hydration levels.

If you’d prefer a sheet mask, the OROGOLD 24K Deep Tissue Rejuvenation Mask & Collagen Eye Renewal Mask works excellently on dry skin. Hydrogel masks are known for being exceptionally hydrating, and this is one is particularly so. It has been soaked in a humectant-infused serum, which is then pushed into your skin when the mask is applied. Give those ingredients 15 minutes or so to sink into your skin and your face will feel deeply hydrated once you remove the mask.

Caring for Dry Skin With OROGOLD

Dry skin can be challenging to deal with, especially when so many ingredients and products can quickly make that dryness even worse. This is why it’s crucial to put plenty of thought into your skincare routine. Follow the tips that we’ve shared above and you’ll soon be able to gain some control over your dry skin while also giving it the hydration that it desperately craves. 

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The new year always brings with it new skincare trends, and 2025 is no exception. If you’ve been looking to add some excitement to your skincare routine, read on as OROGOLD shares the top trends to try out.

Super-Powered Serums

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Single-ingredient skincare formulas, or those containing very few ingredients, have been popular in recent years. Thanks to the rising influence of K-beauty, people have been opting for routines that feature multiple layers of products containing just one or two ‘hero’ ingredients.

However, this will take a new turn in the new year. With skinimalism and simplified routines becoming more prevalent, consumers are now seeking out supercharged, multi-tasking formulas that enable them to strip back their routines and cut out any unnecessary steps. This can actually be very beneficial for your skin as a single ingredient is unlikely to do much. Your skin needs a variety of active ingredients in order for any visible changes to occur.

The OROGOLD 24K Termica Activation Serum is the perfect example of a super-powered serum. It features several proven and potent ingredients, enabling it to improve the complexion in a number of ways. Sodium hyaluronate and peptides hydrate the skin while kojic acid and licorice root extract brighten the complexion and lighten the look of discoloration. At the same time, a bounty of antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin A, and green tea extract, will tackle the appearance of aging and free radical damage.

Sleep Syncing

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It’s easy to underestimate the sheer importance of quality sleep. Not only does this give your body a chance to recharge at the end of each day but it’s also when certain processes within your skin kick in. From cell renewal to protein production, much of what keeps your skin looking healthy and youthful occurs overnight.

This is now becoming much more well-known. People are seeking out ways in which they can make the most of this precious time and skincare brands are responding with products that are able to give the complexion a boost while you snooze.

One example is the OROGOLD 24K Nano Hydra Silk Mask. It’s a leave-on mask that, if used before bed, will saturate your skin with powerful ingredients while you sleep. It’s chockfull of hydrating ingredients and antioxidant-rich superfood extracts, ensuring a radiant glow come morning.

Prejuvenation

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You’ve probably seen many skincare products out there that promise to rejuvenate your complexion. This is all well and good but, as you may know, prevention is much better than cure. Having skin that doesn’t need to be rejuvenated will make your skincare efforts far simpler.

This is where prejuvenation comes in – a trend that’s set to take the new year by storm. It’s all about taking a more proactive approach to skincare. Rather than waiting until you see issues that need to be rectified, prejuvenation is all about preventing those issues from occurring in the first place. 

Certain ingredients are revered for how they can help with this, with peptides being one. Research confirms that peptides have the potential to regenerate the complexion while leaving the skin feeling more resilient against damage. Look for products that combine multiple peptides, such as the OROGOLD 24K Termica Completion Cream. 

A Balanced Barrier

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The skin barrier has been garnering lots of attention lately. This new focus is great as the skin barrier really is such a vital part of skincare. Not only does it keep toxins and other impurities away from the deeper layers of your skin but it also helps the skin to retain moisture.

With the skin barrier facing increasing threats from the modern day world, due to everything from pollution to blue light damage, giving it some extra care could be just what your skin needs in order to thrive in the new year.

How can you do this? Once again, it all comes down to the products and ingredients you use. Moisturizers are a great way to keep the skin barrier feeling supported. They essentially form their own barrier over your natural one, leaving your own protective barrier feeling thicker and stronger. Go for a moisturizer that’s packed with barrier-loving ingredients, just like the OROGOLD 24K Deep Moisturizer, and you should start to see a difference very soon!

SPF Moisturizers

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You’re likely aware of how important it is to keep your skin protected from the sun. Those UV rays cause so much damage, leading to everything from premature wrinkles to dark spots to skin cancer. The better your sun protection efforts are, the healthier your skin will look.

If you’ve struggled to remain consistent with sun protection in the past, you’ll be delighted to hear that one of the big skincare trends for the new year is SPF moisturizers. This is a step away from the sunscreens of the past – formulas that would often leave the skin looking white or feeling greasy. Instead, these innovative creams look and feel just like a regular moisturizer, with the difference being that they’ll also shield your skin from the sun!

If you’d like to add an SPF moisturizer to your skincare routine, the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30 would be a great choice. This silky blend is wonderfully lightweight and hydrating. It’s packed with antioxidants, meaning that in addition to keeping your skin feeling safe from UV rays, it will also work to repair the appearance of any existing damage!

Skin Flooding

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You may have heard of skin flooding before. It’s a trend that has already started to emerge, yet experts predict that it’s going to become much bigger in the new year.

Not familiar with skin flooding? It involves applying multiple layers of hydrating products to the skin. Each new layer will lock in the previous one, ensuring that your skin feels deeply hydrated. 

The key to pulling this technique off is to find a few lightweight skincare products that focus on hydration. Ideally, they should each do this with different ingredients. The OROGOLD 24K Nano Ultra Silk Serum is wonderfully hydrating, thanks to a blend of kelp, seaweed, and various plant oils. The 24K Rejuvenating Skin Serum features several hydrating ingredients too. Layer these products over your face and your skin will immediately look plumper and more luminescent. 

Innovative Ingredients

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Innovation is constantly pushing boundaries in the skincare industry, and 2025 will be no different. In fact, many would say that innovation is going to be an even bigger part of skincare in the new year, especially when it comes to certain ingredients. 

Take hyaluronic acid, for example. It’s an ingredient that has been around for a while. It’s revered for its hydrating capabilities and for how it leaves the skin barrier feeling stronger and thicker. This ingredient will be undergoing a few transformations in the new year, resulting in new forms of hyaluronic acid that are able to do an even better job of hydrating the skin.

You’ll find six forms of the ingredient in the OROGOLD String Lift Sculpting System. This cutting-edge system features versions of hyaluronic acid that you’ll struggle to find anywhere else. Each one works on a slightly different layer of the skin, meaning that bringing them all together will provide some truly intense hydration.

Waterless Skincare Formulas

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Water scarcity is becoming an increasing problem in some parts of the world. With demand often outstripping supply, those who care about sustainability and the environment are now seeking out ways to ensure that they aren’t contributing to water wastage, especially when it comes to their beauty routines.

As a result, many are now seeking out waterless skincare formulas, like the OROGOLD 24K Skin Balancing Mask Stick. Products like this help to reduce dependence on water and they can also be extremely beneficial for your skin. This one in particular is packed with moisturizing plant oils that will still keep your skin feeling quenched.

Upgraded Body Care

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When it comes to skincare, it’s usually the face that gets the most attention. Body care tends to be an afterthought…but this is all due to change in the new year. Once 2025 rolls in, you can expect to see upgraded body care products hit the shelves. These will incorporate concepts and ingredients that were previously only seen in facial skincare products.

If the skin on your body could do with a boost, the OROGOLD 24K Body Gift Set will give it all that it needs. This set contains three exquisite body care products. Start with the 24K Classic Body Scrub to buff away dead skin and the feeling of roughness. Then, spritz your body with the 24K Hydrating Body Mist before sealing that moisture in with the 24K Classic Body Butter. The skin on your body will look smoother and brighter than ever!

LED Tech

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Technology has integrated itself into just about every aspect of life, including skincare. Not only does it play a big role in the formulation and production of skincare products but skincare devices have also been making waves lately.

While there are a number of different skincare devices out there, LED technology has been particularly popular. It has the potential to help the complexion in so many ways, from reducing the appearance of aging to soothing the feeling of inflammation.

If you want to get in on this trend, the Photonix-2 Jade Eye Wand would be a good starting point. This handheld device combines LED technology with infrared heat technology to really enhance results! Whether you’re looking to smooth away the visibility of crow’s feet, de-puff your appearance, or brighten the look of your skin, this device can help with all of that and more.

Summary

As you can see, the new year is set to be a very exciting one for the skincare industry! The trends that are set to take 2025 by storm could make a huge difference to your skincare routine and, therefore, your complexion. If you’ve been thinking about making a change to your skincare habits, incorporating some of the trends that we’ve featured above could be just what you need to be able to achieve your skin goals sooner rather than later.

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The holiday season can often be busy and stressful, so much so that worrying about your skin during this time is a headache that you definitely don’t need! The good news? Skincare doesn’t need to be time-consuming and complex. Read on as OROGOLD shares some top skincare tips for keeping your complexion looking its best throughout the holiday period, without needing to spend hours on your skin.

Never Neglect the Basics 

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If your skincare routine currently consists of 10 or so steps, you may find yourself struggling to remain consistent with this throughout the holiday season, especially on busy mornings/nights. Fortunately, a long routine such as that isn’t essential. All your skin really needs on those hectic days is the basics – and those don’t take long! 

What do the basics consist of?

Firstly, a cleanser. This is non-negotiable – there’s no point applying any other products if you don’t cleanse first. With that said, be careful when choosing a cleanser. Go with a formula that’s too harsh for the cold and dry winter months, when your skin will already be more sensitive and vulnerable to damage, and you’ll be left dealing with a multitude of skin problems that require even more time and patience. Instead, pick a gentle cleanser to keep your skin feeling calm and happy. A product like the OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser checks all of the boxes!

Once your face is cleansed, skip straight to the end of your regular routine and apply a moisturizer. Again, be sure to choose one that’s suitable for the winter months. With your skin producing less sebum and easily veering toward feeling dehydrated, richer creams, such as the OROGOLD 24K Deep Moisturizer, tend to be best. If you’re applying it during the day, don’t forget to top it off with some SPF!

Invest in Multi-Tasking Products

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If you want to establish a quick and easy skincare routine during the holiday season but don’t want your skin to end up missing out, multi-tasking products are what you need. Find products that are able to tackle a few of your visible skin concerns or problems and you won’t need quite as many steps in your skincare routine.

One such product is the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30. It’s so easy to forget about sun protection in the winter, yet it’s still so important. If you struggle to remember to keep your skin protected during the festive period, this SPF moisturizer will save the day. It’s rich enough to provide wintertime moisture, won’t leave your skin feeling greasy, and will ensure that sun damage doesn’t take a toll on your complexion.

The OROGOLD 24K Golden Dew Serum-in-Cream is another popular multi-tasker. As you may have guessed from its name, this one performs the role of both a serum and a moisturizer. Like a serum, it’s lightweight yet packed with a high concentration of ingredients, including several hydrating ones. However, it also moisturizes just as well as a cream, even in the winter months. Plus, with a blend of niacinamide, grape seed oil, vitamin C, and vitamin E, it will also work to reduce the appearance of skin aging.

Focus on Hydration

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One of the biggest skin concerns that people face in the winter is dehydration. This is down to how the dry winter air pulls moisture out of the skin at a much faster rate. Even once you’re indoors, your skin isn’t safe. All of that artificial heating has the same drying effect, leaving the skin parched.

Incorporating hydrating ingredients into your skincare routine will help to counter this. Give your skin the hydration that it needs and it will respond with a fuller, plumper, and brighter finish. You won’t need to spend quite as much time on your skin because the extra moisture will allow your skin cells to naturally function to the best of their abilities.

How can you give your skin the hydration that it needs? Hydrating serums, like the OROGOLD 24K Termica Activation Serum, tend to be the fastest and most efficient way. This serum contains some of the best hydrating ingredients around, including sodium hyaluronate, collagen, and seaweed extract. Peptides and ceramides help with hydration too while also keeping the skin barrier feeling supported. Meanwhile, the vitamins and plant extracts in this serum provide antioxidants that will have your skin looking rejuvenated. 

Know Which Ingredients Your Skin Needs

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Skincare products often make some wondrous claims. Due to these, people sometimes purchase products solely due to the promises splashed across the packaging, without actually taking the time to learn more about the product itself. This is a mistake – not only because you may end up applying an unsuitable product to your skin but also because you’ll be wasting precious time using products that aren’t going to do much for your complexion.

This is why it’s always important to understand the various skincare ingredients out there and know which your skin really needs. If this seems like a daunting task, start by identifying the visible skin concerns that you want to target before determining which ingredients have been proven to be the most effective at helping with these.

Say, for example, you want to tackle the appearance of aging while brightening the look of your skin. Vitamin C is a superstar at doing this, especially when it’s combined with other potent antioxidants, just as we’ve done with the OROGOLD Vitamin C Booster Facial Serum. 

Likewise, if you’re hoping that your skincare routine will banish the appearance of dark circles under your eyes, you need to be using an eye care product that contains the likes of peptides, licorice root extract, and vitamin C, just like the OROGOLD 24K Anti-Aging Eye Serum. 

By prioritizing targeted skincare products, you’ll be able to regain control over your visible skin concerns so much faster! 

Mask While You Sleep

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Face masks aren’t just a way to pamper your skin. They’re also fantastic for improving various aspects of the complexion. Most masks contain a richer concentration of ingredients than regular skincare products, which is how they’re able to bring about such impressive results.

With that said, if you’re short on time during the holiday season, the 15-20 minutes required by most face masks may cause you to put masking to the side for a while. However, although this may save you a bit of time, it means that your skin will be missing out on all of the benefits that a quality mask can provide.

What’s the solution? A leave-on overnight mask. These don’t require you to set aside any additional time. Instead, they’re applied as part of your regular evening skincare routine and then left on your face, giving the ingredients all night to soak into your skin.

At OROGOLD, we have a couple of overnight masks for you to choose from. The 24K Nano Hydra Silk Mask is one. This formula partly focuses on hydration, with a blend of humectants enabling it to bind moisture to the skin. Meanwhile, it also contains a long list of antioxidants thanks to the numerous superfood extracts that have been incorporated into the mask.

The 24K Rose Gold Hydro Mask is another option. This one is also incredibly hydrating and features an array of humectants. However, it also focuses on keeping the skin barrier feeling strong and supported – a must in the winter months!

Look Into Fast-Acting Formulas

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Want to give your complexion a boost so that it looks smooth and youthful in all of your holiday photos? Most people reach for makeup to do this but there are also a few skincare products out there that are able to provide the same instant gratification. 

Don’t believe us? Check out the OROGOLD 24K Rose Gold Wrinkle Smoothing Solution. This innovative product brings together several high-performance ingredients, enabling it to quickly smooth away the look of fine lines and wrinkles. In just a matter of seconds, your skin will take on a firmer and more crease-free finish.

The 24K 60-Second Eye Solution works in a similar way. However, this product has been designed specifically for the delicate skin around the eyes. A few swipes of this specialized solution and you’ll quickly be able to banish the appearance of dark circles, puffiness, and crow’s feet. Your eye area will look perky, bright, and lifted in all of your holiday snaps! 

Make the Most of Your Shower Time 

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Earlier, we talked about how useful multi-tasking skincare products can be. However, it’s not just your products that should, ideally, multi-task – this is something that you can be doing too! 

The time that you spend in the shower is perfect for this. Rather than cleansing your skin before you hop into the shower, do so once you’re standing under the water. This is a great time to exfoliate too. You could even indulge in a face mask, leaving it to set on your skin while you cleanse and pamper the rest of your body. While a sheet mask would be difficult to keep in place while you’re showering, a clay mask, like the OROGOLD 24K Advanced Facial Mask, would be perfect for this. 

Organize Your Products for Easy Accessibility

Last but not least, let’s talk about skincare organization. If all of your products are currently cluttered together in a drawer or a cupboard, this is only going to extend the time your skincare routine takes. 

Instead, if the holiday season has left you busy and stressed, simplify your skincare habits by lining your products up in a way that allows for easy accessibility. Set them out in order of use so that you can just work your way down the row instead of having to scrabble about searching for each product that you need.

Caring for Your Skin During the Holiday Season

While you’ll likely have a number of different things to think about during the holiday season, make sure that your skin is one of them. Remember – skincare doesn’t need to take up too much time. Keep the above tips in mind and you’ll be able to give your skin all that it needs while still having plenty of time to enjoy all of the holiday festivities!

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Winter skincare can be tricky. At this time of year, your skin has so much to deal with. Between the cold temperatures, bitter winds, and lack of humidity, it’s hardy surprising that many people notice various skin concerns flaring up once the colder season rolls around.

The good news is that you don’t need to spend every winter battling with your skin. Instead, implement the following tips from OROGOLD and you’ll quickly master your winter skincare routine, ensuring that you’re giving your skin all that it needs to look soft, smooth, and radiant throughout the season.

Use a Gentle, Moisturizing Cleanser

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Once the weather starts turning cooler and the air becomes drier, your skin begins to cut back on sebum production. This is partly why dryness is such a common problem in the winter months. Without enough sebum to coat and condition the skin’s surface, the skin ends up rough and dull.

The positive aspect of this reduction in sebum is that you won’t need to cleanse quite so vigorously. The cleanser that you were using in the summer when sebum production was at its peak, will no longer be necessary. 

Instead, now is the time to switch to a gentler cleanser – one that will still clean your skin but without removing all of those sebum reserves so that your skin still has some natural lubrication.

Ideally, you also want a cleanser that will moisturize and soothe your complexion, just like the OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser. It creates a decadent lather that clears away dirt and other impurities while its plant extracts and oils help to keep the skin feeling replenished. Since this cleanser doesn’t contain any harsh surfactants, you can safely add it to both your morning and evening skincare routines.

Layer Your Hydration

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Hydration is extremely difficult to maintain in the winter months. Why? Because when you’re surrounded by dry air, the moisture in your skin evaporates into that dryness, resulting in dehydration. In the winter, dry air is everywhere. Not only is the air outside lacking in humidity but indoor air, which is usually artificially heated in the colder months, is exceptionally dry too.

This means that hydration should be a focus of your winter skincare routine. While a single hydrating product may have sufficed in the summer, you’ll likely need a few of these in the winter months.

We would recommend starting with a hydrating toner or essence before layering on a couple of hydrating serums. The OROGOLD 24K Nano Ultra Silk Serum would be a great one to start with. Kelp and seaweed extracts function as humectants, drawing moisture to the skin. Meanwhile, oils from sweet almond, sesame, wheat germ, and sunflower will lock that moisture in, slowing down evaporation.

Focus on Your Skin Barrier

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As we just mentioned, the dryness in the winter air causes the skin to lose moisture at a much faster rate. However, it’s not just the dryness that contributes to this. Your skin’s natural protective barrier is responsible for sealing the skin’s surface and trapping moisture within. Sadly, in the winter months, skin barrier function declines. This leaves your skin more susceptible to moisture loss, which is then exacerbated by the dryness. It also means that your skin will be more prone to sensitivities due to how irritants will have an easier time getting past your weakened skin barrier.

How can your winter skincare routine help to counter this?

With the use of products that keep the skin barrier feeling strengthened and supported, just like the OROGOLD 24K Overnight Cream. This moisturizer contains a plethora of barrier-loving ingredients, including shea butter, vitamin E, hemp seed oil, peptides, and oat extract. Add this cream to your evening skincare routine and you’ll wake up with skin that feels wonderfully smooth and soft.

Be Careful With Potent Actives

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As you now know, your skin barrier isn’t at its best in the winter months. In its weakened state, it’s no longer quite as capable of defending the skin against irritants. This is why the skin can often become more sensitive in the winter. 

Due to this, many often find that the winter weather causes their skin to no longer tolerate the active ingredients that it was happily receptive to in the summer. This is a particularly common occurrence with retinol, a powerful vitamin A derivative. It’s a great ingredient for tackling the appearance of aging, dullness, and roughness, which is why we’ve used it in the OROGOLD 24K Multi Vitamin Night Nourishment + Retinol. 

If you’re able to continue using retinol and other potent actives in the winter without any new problems, then go ahead and do so. However, if your skin starts to tingle or burn when you’re applying products containing powerful actives, this is a sign that your skin barrier is struggling and you need to tone things down a bit.

Don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that you have to completely give up on those ingredients for half the year. Instead, look for gentler forms of those ingredients. With retinol, for example, you can still gain the same visible results by using retinyl palmitate, except that they’ll take slightly longer to become apparent. Give the ingredient a try with the OROGOLD 24K Rose Gold Radiant Silk Cream.

Tone Down the Exfoliation

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While exfoliation is a key part of any skincare routine, it’s important to be aware of what this actually does to your skin. Each time you exfoliate, you remove the dead cells from your skin, which is, in most parts, a good thing. The downside to this is that those dead cells form an integral part of your skin’s natural barrier. Sure, once you remove them, they’ll soon be replaced by other skin cells that die off. However, until that happens, you’ll be leaving your skin temporarily more vulnerable to damage and dehydration.

Since your skin barrier is already weaker in the winter months, exfoliating too often will prevent it from recuperating in between. This is why it can be helpful to cut back on exfoliation. If you were exfoliating three times a week in the summer, try dropping this down to two. Likewise, if your skin is sensitive and you were only exfoliating once a week over the summer, dial this down even more to once every ten days or so.

It’s also crucial that you use a gentle exfoliant in the winter so that you don’t disrupt too much of your skin barrier each time you exfoliate. The OROGOLD 24K Multi-Vitamin Deep Peeling + Mandelic Acid would be a great choice. Although it’s gentle, it does such a great job of removing dead skin and clearing out the pores while leaving the face looking bright and revitalized.

Keep Going With the SPF

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Now that winter is here, you may think that you can put away your sunscreen until the weather warms up again. However, this would be a very bad move…

Just because the sun doesn’t feel quite so hot doesn’t mean that its UV rays have disappeared. During the day, they’re always around, even in the midst of winter. In fact, if it’s snowing or freezing, UV damage can actually increase. UV rays bounce off snow and ice. This means that rather than the danger coming solely from above, your skin will be hit by those rays from every angle.

This is why SPF needs to be a key part of your winter skincare routine too. Ideally, look for a sunscreen that also hydrates the skin while imparting antioxidants, just like the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30. This SPF moisturizer works well year-round, protecting the skin from sun damage while also giving it a silky-smooth finish.

Add an Eye Cream to Your Skincare Routine

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We’ve already talked about how the skin can really struggle with dehydration and sensitivities in the winter months. However, did you know that your eye area is even more susceptible to these problems?

The skin that surrounds the eyes is much more delicate than the skin elsewhere on the face. Why? Because it’s about 50% thinner. This means that it’s even more affected by dehydration, sensitivities, and all of the other problems that the winter season throws at it.

While pampering your eye area with your facial skincare products can help, it would also be wise to add an eye cream to your skincare routine. These will be tailored to tackle the unique visible skin concerns that the eye area experiences, making them worth the investment and the extra time. 

If you don’t already have a go-to eye cream, check out the OROGOLD 24K Intensive Eye Formula Cream. With peptides, caffeine, jojoba seed oil, and numerous antioxidant-rich plant extracts, it will keep your eye area feeling supple and firm.

Make Time for Masks

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Although face masks may not be an essential part of a winter skincare routine in the way that some of the other products we’ve featured are, they can most definitely be very helpful. Face masks are usually brimming with beneficial ingredients, providing an intensity that other skincare products can’t compete with.

The best face mask to add to your winter skincare routine would be the one that best meets your skin’s needs. For example, if dehydration is an issue, go with a hydrating sheet mask, such as the OROGOLD 24K Deep Tissue Rejuvenation Mask & Collagen Eye Renewal Mask. On the other hand, if your skin feels dull and congested, try the OROGOLD 24K Kelp Caviar Transforming Mask. 

If you don’t have time for face masks, a leave-on mask would be a good alternative. A product like the OROGOLD 24K Rose Gold Hydro Mask can be applied as part of your evening skincare routine and then left on your face overnight, giving it hours to soak in and work its magic.

Create the Perfect Winter Skincare Routine With OROGOLD

Although winter skincare can be difficult to navigate, the tips that we’ve shared above should put you on the right track. Keep them in mind as you build your winter skincare routine and you’ll be able to keep your skin looking and feeling its very best throughout the colder months.

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Did you know that the skin on your neck and chest is thinner than the skin on your face? This means that it’s more susceptible to damage, which is why the décolletage is usually one of the first areas to develop wrinkles, sagging skin, and dark spots. It doesn’t help that the neck is almost constantly in motion and, in this day and age, it spends a lot of time looking down at an electronic device. This exacerbates the creases that form, making the neck and chest look older.

So, what are the secrets behind achieving a décolletage that looks smooth and youthful? Follow these pro tips from OROGOLD and it won’t be long before your neck and chest take on a firmer and tighter finish.

Be Gentle When Cleansing and Exfoliating Your Décolletage

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Just like the skin on your face, the skin on your décolletage needs to be regularly cleansed and exfoliated too. Fail to do this and not only will your skin take on a dull and rough appearance, but you could also end up dealing with acne in this area. Plus, all of the free radical damage caused by the impurities on your skin will only accelerate the skin aging process.

However, with the skin on your neck and chest being so thin and delicate, you need to treat it with care. Gentle skincare products are essential – avoid using any potent acids or harsh abrasive ingredients on this thin skin. You’ll only end up damaging it.

Instead, go with a formula like the OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser for your daily cleanse. This cleanser contains several moisturizing ingredients, making it a great one for your face too! 

In terms of exfoliation, if you currently use a high percentage AHA or BHA exfoliant on your face, avoid applying this to your décolletage too. Again, to keep this area looking youthful, being gentle is key. A product like the OROGOLD 24K Multi-Vitamin Deep Peeling + Mandelic Acid would be ideal. Mandelic acid is known for being the gentlest alpha-hydroxy acid. Meanwhile, the bamboo powder included in this formula physically exfoliates the skin, but softly and without causing any micro-tears.

Include Your Neck and Chest When Applying Sunscreen

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One big mistake that many people make is forgetting to apply their sunscreen to the neck and chest area. However, when it comes to keeping your skin looking youthful, sun protection is everything. After all, the sun’s UV rays are responsible for up to 80% of the wrinkles that develop on your face, neck, and chest. Keep those UV rays at bay and you’ll be able to maintain a youthful complexion for many years to come!

If you don’t yet have a go-to sunscreen, the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30 would be a great choice. This is a two-in-one product; a moisturizer as well as a sunscreen. Not only will it save you an extra step in your morning skincare routine but it will also treat your décolletage to some of the best ingredients around. Between green tea extract, aloe vera leaf extract, and vitamin E, it will keep your skin feeling wonderfully soft.

Of course, even if you’re diligent about applying sunscreen, let’s not forget that 100% protection is difficult to obtain. Fortunately, when it comes to your neck and chest, it’s easy enough to use clothing or accessories to add an extra layer of protection. Keep your chest covered with high-neck clothing or scarves and wear a wide-brimmed hat to shade your neck. The latter will shelter your face too, helping to keep the skin here looking youthful as well!

Apply Topical Antioxidants

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While prevention is always better than cure, chances are that the skin on your neck and chest has already undergone some damage over the years. If you’ve already been noticing fine lines and loose skin making an appearance, the best way to put a stop to that is to incorporate plenty of antioxidants into your skincare routine.

As mentioned, the majority of wrinkles are caused by UV exposure. UV rays trigger free radical damage in the skin, which is what speeds up the aging process. However, antioxidants can help to halt the appearance of free radical damage, enabling the complexion to hang on to its youthful luminosity for longer.

Which antioxidants should you be using? They’re all great, although it’s true that some are more powerful than others. Vitamin C, for example, is revered for being one of the best. This is down to its multi-tasking abilities. It’ll tighten, brighten, firm up, even out, and hydrate the complexion with regular use, making this antioxidant a must-have.

Vitamin A is another one that’s commonly recommended to those wanting to slow down the appearance of aging. However, avoid using retinol, which will likely be too potent for the thin skin on your neck. Instead, retinyl palmitate, a gentler derivative of vitamin A, would be more suitable.

You’ll find it, along with two forms of vitamin C plus vitamin E, in the OROGOLD 24K Vitamin C Booster Facial Serum. With these three antioxidants on your side, it won’t be long before you start to see a difference in how firm and youthful the skin on your neck looks.

Provide Plenty of Hydration

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An antioxidant serum is essential if you’re trying to achieve youthful-looking skin on your neck and chest. However, hydration is also key. After all, dehydrated skin cells will always look deflated and dull, no matter how many antioxidants you use.

So, how should you hydrate your décolletage? 

Well, just like your face, start by splashing on a hydrating toner once you’re done cleansing. Try to apply this while your skin is still damp. Then, follow up with a hydrating serum. Again, apply this to damp skin. When it comes to picking the most hydrating serum, humectants, like hyaluronic acid and glycerin, are important ingredients to look out for. Their moisture-binding properties provide immediate hydration, leaving the skin looking plumper and fuller. The String Lift Sculpting System contains both. In fact, it boasts six forms of hyaluronic acid, along with a few other hydrating humectants!

The next step is to moisturizer, which we’re about to talk about in more detail…

Invest in a Dedicated Neck and Chest Cream

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It goes without saying that moisturizing is a crucial part of keeping any skin looking smooth and youthful. Not only does a moisturizer condition and lubricate the skin’s surface, immediately giving it a softer and dewier finish, but it also helps to lock in any other products that you’ve already applied. This gives those ingredients more time to work their way into your skin, rather than evaporating into the air soon after they’ve been applied.

However, let’s not forget that the skin on your décolletage is thinner and more delicate. This means that it has unique needs. Sure, using your facial moisturizer on your neck and chest is better than using a body cream or, worse still, no moisturizer at all, but a dedicated décolletage cream would be even better. 

For this, we would recommend the OROGOLD 24K Neck Duo Treatment. This clever bottle actually contains two different products. The first is the 24K NeckLift Boosting Essence. It’s a lightweight serum infused with sodium hyaluronate, vitamin C, vitamin A, and a number of botanical extracts. Underneath it sits the 24K NeckLift Nutri-Cream. With shea butter, jojoba seed oil, green tea extract, hyaluronic acid, peptides, and amino acids, it won’t be long before it has your neck looking smoother and revitalized!

Pamper Your Décolletage With Masks

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In the same way that you treat the skin on your face to face masks, you should be doing the same with your décolletage too. Can you use the same masks that you use on your face on your neck and chest? Yes, so long as they’re not loaded with potent active ingredients that could irritate the thin skin on the décolletage. Hydrating, antioxidant-rich formulas, like the 24K Rose Gold Hydro Mask, will work wonders on both your face and décolletage! 

However, if your neck and chest could do with some extra TLC, it could be worth investing in a dedicated décolletage mask. These contain ingredients that target the unique visible skin concerns experienced in this area. As a result, they can sometimes be more beneficial than a regular face mask.

The OROGOLD 24K Neck Lifting & Chest Firming Mask would be a fantastic choice. In addition to helping to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and sagging skin, it will also hydrate to eliminate the feeling of dryness.

Tackle Visible Skin Concerns With LED Light Therapy

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Another way to achieve youthful-looking skin is with LED light therapy. Sure, this may seem more complex than topical skincare products but with the at-home devices now available, it’s easier to benefit from this technology than ever before.

How can LED light therapy help your décolletage? For starters, it will reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It will also leave your skin feeling tighter and more elastic while giving it a brighter and more radiant finish. It can soothe the feeling of inflammation too, evening out the look of redness and blotchiness.

If you’d like to give this tech a try, the Photonix-3 Neck Solution is an LED light therapy device that has been designed specifically for the décolletage. It features multiple modes, enabling you to customize each session to your skin’s needs. Use it two or three times a week and you should start seeing some big improvements in the look and feel of your neck and chest skin.

Achieve a Youthful-Looking Décolletage With OROGOLD

If you’ve been feeling concerned about how quickly your neck and chest have been aging, it’s time to do something about this. With the skin here being so thin and fragile, you need to take action quickly. Follow the tips that we’ve shared above while also keeping your lifestyle as healthy as possible and you’ll be able to enjoy youthful-looking skin for many more years to come!

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Collagen has become a big buzzword in the skincare world. Between collagen creams, supplements, injections, and more, it’s absolutely everywhere!

However, before jumping onto any skincare bandwagon, it always pays to do some research to ensure that you fully understand that new ingredient or technique that you’re yearning to try. When it comes to collagen, things aren’t quite as simple as they may seem…

So, read on as OROGOLD explains what collagen is, why your skin needs it, and how you can get more of it!

What is Collagen?

Collagen is a protein – a structural one, to be precise. This means that it forms the structure of the cells and tissues in the body. In fact, collagen happens to be the main structural protein in mammals, consisting of around 30% of the total protein in the body. 

Where does collagen come from? The body produces it. Special cells called fibroblasts are responsible for producing new collagen, as well as for maintaining the integrity of existing collagen fibers. When you’re young, this process occurs at an optimum rate. However, as you grow older, fibroblast function slows down, meaning that the same happens with natural collagen production.

What Does Collagen Do For Your Skin?

So, why all the hype about collagen? What does it actually do for the skin?

Well, as mentioned, it’s a structural protein. This means that collagen is largely responsible for the structure of the skin. Think of it as scaffolding that holds your skin up from within. When this scaffolding network is strong and sturdy, it keeps the skin above it firm, full, and smooth. However, once that scaffolding begins to weaken and break, it’s no longer able to support the skin in the same way. This causes parts of the skin to start wrinkling and sagging, with this exacerbating as more collagen is lost.

Collagen also plays a crucial role when it comes to replacing dead skin cells. Your skin cells are produced in the deeper layers of your skin, with collagen providing a helping hand. These then move up to the surface layer, where they die off and are replaced by the newer skin cells that have been created with the assistance of collagen.

The Loss of Collagen

As we mentioned earlier, natural collagen production slows down with age. This process begins once you’re in your mid-20s. For the next decade, collagen production starts to dwindle by about 1% per year. Once you hit your 40s, this figure increases and then jumps again once menopause begins. This is one of the reasons why wrinkles and sagging skin are, in the end, inevitable. 

However, other factors contribute to the decline in skin collagen levels too. Not only do the following affect the skin’s ability to produce new collagen fibers but they also weaken and damage existing collagen fibers:

• Sun exposure – you’re probably aware of how excessive sun exposure can lead to wrinkles. This is down to how UV rays degrade collagen production and attack collagen fibers.
• Dietary choices – research shows that certain foods, such as those that are highly processed or are full of sugar, reduces collagen production. They also inhibit how existing collagen fibers communicate with surrounding cells, which can affect the replacement of dead skin cells.
• Smoking – smoking not only suffocates and dehydrates your skin but it also slowly destroys your skin’s collagen fibers.
• Excessive alcohol consumption – drinking too much hinders collagen production in the skin while also hindering the ability of skin cells to repair themselves.

Understanding How Collagen Skincare Products Work

Once people start to see the effects of collagen loss in their skin, they seek out ways in which they can restore their collagen levels to regain the smooth and bouncy complexion of their youth. As a result, they often turn to collagen-infused skincare products, believing that these formulas will help to replenish the collagen that their skin has lost.

Unfortunately, topical collagen doesn’t work in this way. In most cases, those molecules are far too large to penetrate into the skin to the extent that they’re able to reach the deeper layers where your natural collagen fibers lie. Hydrolyzed collagen could be an exception. This ingredient features fragments of collagen, making it easier for the ingredient to penetrate the skin. However, whether or not they are able to bolster natural collagen remains up for discussion – there isn’t enough clinical research available yet to confirm this.

Does this mean that collagen-infused skincare is a con? Definitely not. Although topical collagen may not be able to replace natural collagen for the most part, it’s an ingredient that still offers some great benefits…

For starters, collagen is a natural humectant. This enables it to bind water to the skin. It boasts incredible moisturizing properties too. This is why the use of collagen skincare usually leaves the skin looking firmer and smoother. It also helps skin cells to feel supported and capable of functioning to the best of their abilities.

In fact, collagen is such a useful ingredient that you’ll find it in several OROGOLD products. Let’s take a closer look at a few of them:

The 24K Collagen Pre-Mask

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The OROGOLD 24K Collagen Pre-Mask is a unique product that perfectly preps the skin for a face mask. It starts off as a gel, turns into an oil, and then transforms into a foam that’s then rinsed off.

The soluble collagen in this formula is joined by several other hydrating ingredients. Between algae extract, vitamin E, and sweet almond oil, it will leave your skin cells feeling quenched and, therefore, more receptive to the ingredients in the mask that you’re about to apply.

The 24K Deep Tissue Rejuvenation Mask & Collagen Eye Renewal Mask

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Want a collagen-infused face mask to use after applying the 24K Collagen Pre-Mask? Try the OROGOLD 24K Deep Tissue Rejuvenation Mask & Collagen Eye Renewal Mask. 

This set of eye and face masks is formulated to deeply hydrate and plump up the complexion. Thanks to a blend of collagen, hyaluronic acid, and sea algae extract, it does this beautifully. Meanwhile, lavender oil and allantoin help to keep the skin feeling soothed and balanced.

The 24K Cryogenic Contour Eye Firming

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The eye area often particularly benefits from topical collagen due to how the skin here is so much thinner. With the 24K Cryogenic Contour Eye Firming, you’ll soon be able to give the skin around your eyes a thicker and fuller feel.

Once again, collagen is a star ingredient in this formula. Other noteworthy compounds include green tea extract, vitamin E, panthenol, caffeine, and vitamin A. It’s a great product for countering the look of aging skin.

The Collagen Cooling Set Limited Edition

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As you can tell from the name, the Collagen Cooling Set Limited Edition is all about collagen! This set contains three collagen-infused skincare products:

• HydroCollagen Lift Mask – hydrates and plumps the complexion
• Collagen Plumping Mist – enhances the properties of the mask but can also be used on its own for a burst of hydration
• Advanced Soothing Cool Cream – a lightweight moisturizer that adds radiance to the skin while soothing the look of inflammation

The Facial Anti-Aging Firming System

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If you want your skin to look smoother and firmer, the Facial Anti-Aging Firming System is what you need. This duo consists of the Collagen Firming Mask Powder and the Firm Boost Essence, which you mix together yourself to create a formula that’s powerful enough to transform your complexion.

In this mask, hydrolyzed collagen is used in the powder. The essence features an action-packed blend of peptides, niacinamide, amino acids, sodium hyaluronate, and other hydrating ingredients. You should see a difference in your complexion immediately upon rinsing the mask off, with this continuing to improve after every use.

Is it Possible to Increase Natural Collagen Production With Skincare?

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Although topical collagen may not make much of a difference to the structural collagen in your skin, there are still other ingredients out there that can help to make your skin feel capable of producing more collagen.

Vitamin C is one. That’s how this powerful antioxidant is able to leave the skin looking smoother and firmer with regular use. For best results, use it in the form of a serum, like the OROGOLD 24K Vitamin C Booster Facial Serum. With two forms of vitamin C, along with other potent antioxidants, it won’t be long before your skin is looking younger.

The 24K Vitamin C Facial Cleanser is another way to add this superstar to your skincare routine. Combine it with the serum above and you’ll be giving your skin a double dose of this much-loved ingredient.

Retinol is another ingredient worth having in your skincare arsenal. You’ll find it in the OROGOLD 24K Multi Vitamin Night Nourishment + Retinol. This nighttime moisturizer is designed to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and dark spots while also providing the skin with enough hydration to see it through until morning.

What About Diet and Collagen Supplements? 

Another way to help your skin produce plenty of collagen while also supporting your existing collagen fibers is to eat the right foods. Quality proteins will give your skin the tools that it needs to build more collagen while collagen itself can also be found in the following foods:

• Beef
• Fish 
• Gelatin
• Bone broth
• Chicken and pork skin

Eating more vitamin C, which is a key element in collagen production, can help too, so start snacking on citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, and other vitamin C-rich foods!

Summary

Collagen is such a crucial part of your skin, which is why the complexion tends to take a downturn once collagen production begins to decline. Fortunately, there’s plenty that you can do about this. Between using the right skincare products, protecting against collagen loss, and eating the right foods, you’ll be able to keep your skin looking smooth and feeling firm well into your later years!

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Moisturizing is an essential part of skincare, which is why every good skincare routine contains a moisturizer of some sort. However, choosing the right moisturizer can be tricky…

The best way to find a moisturizer that will give your skin all that it needs is by looking for a formula that is fully compatible with your skin type. How exactly do you do this? Read on as OROGOLD explains!

Determining Your Skin Type

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It goes without saying that if you want to ensure that your moisturizer is suitable for your skin type, you need to first make sure that you know what your skin type is! With skin type being something that can change as you progress through your life, it’s important to periodically assess your skin to keep your skincare efforts on the right track.

Fortunately, determining your skin type is a quick and easy process! Start by cleansing your skin with a gentle cleanser, like the OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser. After patting your skin dry, leave it bare for half an hour. Then, take a good look in the mirror and decide which of the following skin types your skin best resembles:

• Dry skin – your skin will look and feel dry and tight. You may also notice flaking/peeling patches.
• Oily skin – your skin will look shiny and feel greasy. Your pores will also be quite noticeable and you may have a few acne breakouts too.
• Combination skin – some of your face will feature elements of dry skin while others will be more akin to oily skin. It’s usually the t-zone that’s oily and the cheeks that are dry, but this can vary.
• Sensitive skin – your skin will feel irritated and look inflamed. It may also appear red and blotchy.
• Normal skin – skin that doesn’t have to deal with any, or much of, the above! Your skin will look healthy and balanced, with just the right amount of oil.

Choosing a Moisturizer for Your Skin Type

Now that you know what your skin type is, let’s take a look at how to choose the right moisturizer:

Dry Skin

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If your skin type is dry, this means that your skin isn’t producing enough sebum. Since sebum works as a natural moisturizer, the moisturizer that you choose will have to work double time to compensate for this lack of natural sebum.

The best moisturizers for the job are rich formulas that offer a selection of emollients, occlusives, and humectants. The humectants will draw moisture to the skin, the emollients will fill in the tiny gaps in your skin’s surface, and the occlusives will form a seal over your skin to lock all of that goodness in.

This is something that the OROGOLD 24K Overnight Cream excels at. With shea butter, hemp seed oil, grape seed oil, cucumber fruit extract, vitamin E, and peptides, it does all of the above plus more. It also contains a number of botanicals, from oats to chamomile, that will keep your skin feeling soothed since dry skin is prone to discomfort and sensitivities.

Oily Skin

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With oily skin producing extra sebum, you may think that you don’t need to moisturize it. However, this isn’t true. Your complexion still needs the hydration and moisture barrier provided by a moisturizer. Yes, some moisturizers will leave you with clogged pores and an increase in breakouts, but choose the right moisturizer and you won’t have to deal with that.

The key is to find a formula that hydrates the skin with lightweight humectants, without containing any heavier ingredients that could end up clogging your pores. One such product is the OROGOLD 24K Termica HD Solution. Thanks to sodium hyaluronate, algae extract, glycerin, and cucumber fruit extract, it provides plenty of hydration. Meanwhile, its antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals will give your complexion an additional boost.

Combination Skin

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When choosing a moisturizer for combination skin, you have two options…

The first is to treat each area of your face uniquely. This essentially means investing in two separate moisturizers, one for dry skin and the other for oily skin. You would then apply the dry skin moisturizer to the dry areas of your face and the oily skin moisturizer to the greasier parts of your face.

If this sounds like a lot of hassle, option two might be best for you. This simply involves finding a moisturizer that can safely be used on both dry and oily skin, just like the OROGOLD 24K Deep Moisturizer. It’s rich enough to keep dry skin moisturized but doesn’t contain any heavy, pore-clogging ingredients.

Sensitive Skin

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Caution is key when choosing a moisturizer for sensitive skin. As you’ll know, it doesn’t take much for this skin type to react, meaning that you’ll need to find a formula with minimal irritants. 

Since sensitive skin is so prone to inflammation, a moisturizer that’s capable of soothing the feeling of inflammation will help to keep your complexion calm and happy.

The OROGOLD 24K Golden Dew Serum-in-Cream does this beautifully. Although it’s lightweight, it’s packed with hydrating and moisturizing ingredients, including avocado oil, sweet almond oil, squalane, grape seed oil, and vitamin E. It also contains niacinamide, which has been proven to leave the skin barrier feeling stronger and better supported. That’s exactly what sensitive skin needs! 

Normal Skin

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Normal skin is the easiest skin type to work with. Why? Because so long as the moisturizer you choose isn’t designed for an extreme skin type, such as severely oily skin, your skin will more than likely react well to it.

With that said, one thing to keep in mind is sun protection. While you could go ahead and use a separate sunscreen, a two-in-one SPF moisturizer, like the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30, is often much more convenient! 

Consider Your Visible Skin Concerns Too

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Now that you know how to pick the perfect moisturizer for your skin type, it’s time to take your visible skin concerns into consideration too. Ideally, the moisturizer that you choose should go some way in helping you to deal with these.

Say, for example, you have dry skin and wrinkles. This means that not only will you need a rich moisturizer to counter the dryness, but you should also look for a formula with plenty of antioxidants to help combat the appearance of aging. A moisturizer like the OROGOLD 24K Rose Gold Advanced Cream would be great for this!

Likewise, if you have oily skin that looks dull and inflamed, you’ll need a lightweight moisturizer that’s capable of soothing and cooling your complexion. The Advanced Soothing Cool Cream from the Collagen Cooling Set Limited Edition will do just that!

Take the Time of Day Into Account

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When choosing a moisturizer, it’s also important to consider the time of day. Why? Because your skin’s needs will vary based on this. 

During the day, your skin works hard to fight off environmental aggressors. Between the sun, pollution, chemicals, and more, it would benefit from some extra support! This is what a targeted day moisturizer, such as the 24K Multi-Vitamin Day Moisturizer + Amino Acid, is designed to provide.

In the evenings, however, your skin switches roles. It now focuses on repairing any damage that occurred during the day. It’s a tough job that requires plenty of moisture, which is why extra hydration is helpful in the evenings too. This is when a dedicated night moisturizer, like the 24K Multi-Vitamin Night Nourishment + Retinol, is extremely useful.

Don’t Let the Seasons Catch You Out

If all of that wasn’t enough, there’s one more thing to consider when choosing a moisturizer…

The time of year is very important. Just like the time of day, your skin’s needs will differ depending on the season. In the summer, it produces more sebum. This means that thick moisturizers usually aren’t needed, even if you have dry skin. However, in the winter when sebum production declines, all skin types will need a richer moisturizer to compensate for this, along with the extra loss in hydration caused by winter weather.

Making the Most of Your Moisturizer

Now that you’re well-equipped to choose the perfect moisturizer for your skin, here are a few tips that will help you to make the most of your choice:

Always Cleanse Your Face First

One important rule to follow is to never moisturize dirty skin. This will only trap all of that dirt into your skin, leaving your complexion congested and dull. You’ll also be more prone to acne breakouts, no matter your skin type!

So, before moisturizing, always cleanse first. Then, follow the next of our tips…

Apply Your Moisturizer to Damp Skin

If you’re keeping your skincare routine minimal, this usually means following your cleanser with a moisturizer. If this is the case, make sure that you don’t fully dry your skin after cleansing.

Why? Because applying a moisturizer to damp skin helps to trap that extra moisture. Instead of evaporating away, your moisturizer will push it deeper down, further quenching thirsty skin.

Use Your Moisturizer to Lock in Toners and Serums

Think you could skip the moisturizer because you’re applying a few different serums instead?

While you may sometimes get away with this in the summer if you have oily skin, it’s not a good habit to get into. Not only does your skin need a proper moisturizer but a moisturizer is also a great way to lock your other skincare products into your skin. Layer them correctly before finishing with a moisturizer and they’ll be able to work their magic much more efficiently.

Summary

Your skin type should always be your first point of call when choosing any skincare product, including a moisturizer. However, don’t forget to take other factors, from your visible skin concerns to the time of day/year, into consideration too. Find a moisturizer that meets all of those various requirements and your skin will soon start to look healthier and happier than ever!

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The concept of double cleansing has become increasingly popular lately, with more and more people swearing by this cleansing technique. If you’ve been wondering what all of the fuss is about and whether or not you should be double cleansing too, you’ve come to the right place! Keep reading as OROGOLD talks you through everything you need to know about double cleansing so that you can make the best decision for your skin.

What is Double Cleansing?

Double cleansing originated in Asia – it’s a key component of the famous 10-step Korean skincare routine. In many ways, its name is pretty self-explanatory; double cleansing involves cleansing your skin twice, instead of just once.

While you could use the same cleanser for each cleanse, the benefits of double cleansing are seen best when two different cleansers are used. The first should be an oil-based cleanser and the second should be a water-based cleanser. 

The Benefits of Double Cleansing

Why would you want to go through the trouble of using two different cleansers instead of just one? The main reason is that this provides you with a much more thorough cleanse. 

People often forget that oil repels water. This means that using a water-based cleanser on its own won’t effectively remove the excess sebum and oil-based impurities, such as SPF and pollutants, that are coating your skin’s surface. An oil-based cleanser, on the other hand, will dissolve the oil on your skin, after which you’ll then be able to rinse everything away.

Likewise, use just an oil-based cleanser and the water-based impurities on your skin, such as sweat and general dirt, will remain partially untouched. 

By ensuring that both oil-based and water-based impurities have been fully removed, double cleansing can leave the skin looking clearer and brighter. It’s a more efficient way to prevent clogged pores too, which can help to counter the appearance of acne.

Many rave about how double cleansing is also a gentler way to cleanse. Often, when people aren’t seeing satisfactory results from a single cleanse, they tend to switch to a more potent cleanser. Exposing your skin to so many powerful surfactants can end up damaging the skin’s natural protective barrier. With double cleansing, you can use two gentle cleansers yet achieve incredible results.

An extra benefit to giving your skin such a thorough cleanse is that the rest of your skincare products will have easier access to your skin cells. There won’t be any lingering impurities creating obstacles. Instead, the products that you apply after double cleansing will be able to quickly sink in and work their magic.

Should You Be Double Cleansing?

As you can see, there are some big benefits to double cleansing. However, is it something that you should, or need to, be doing? This all depends on your skin type, as well as your lifestyle. 

Oily/Combination Skin

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If you have oily or combination skin, double cleansing can be extremely helpful. Since you’ll be prone to clogged pores and acne breakouts, giving your skin a better cleanse will help to keep your complexion clear and pimple-free. Try to make sure that one of the cleansers you use contains ingredients that are geared toward oily skin. The OROGOLD 24K Vitamin C Facial Cleanser, which boasts vitamin C, witch hazel extract, licorice root extract, and lactic acid would be a great choice!

Exposure to Pollutants

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If you live in a polluted part of the world, then, again, double cleansing can be useful. Failing to remove the pollutants that have attached themselves to your skin’s surface accelerates oxidative damage. To give your complexion even more of a boost, make sure that at least one of the cleansers you use is packed with antioxidants. The Skin Balancing Facial Cleanser from the Bird Nest Collection, for example, is loaded with a selection of antioxidant-rich botanical extracts. These will help to counter the appearance of free radical damage caused by pollution.

Dry/Sensitive Skin

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If your skin type is dry or sensitive, you need to be careful about double cleansing. You won’t have quite as much of a need for it as oily/combination skin, but it can still certainly be beneficial at times.

The key to double cleansing without harming your skin’s already compromised protective barrier is to ensure that you’re using very gentle cleansers. The OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser would be a great addition to your double cleansing routine. It’s full of ingredients that will hydrate, moisturize, and soothe your complexion, enabling you to give double cleansing a try without having to worry about irritating your skin.

How to Double Cleanse

Once you’ve found two cleansers that are suitable for your skin, you can get started with double cleansing.

The first step is to apply your oil-based cleanser. While some people may choose to use a makeup remover first, this isn’t always necessary, especially if your makeup is light. Your oil-based cleanser should be able to remove the majority of this, and your water-based cleanser will later sweep any remnants away.

Once you’ve massaged your oil-based cleanser onto your skin for 30-60 seconds, rinse it off with lukewarm water. Then, while your skin is still wet, apply your water-based cleanser. Work this into your skin gently but thoroughly. Not only do you want to remove the water-based impurities from your skin, but you should also be focusing on ensuring that there aren’t any traces of your oil-based cleanser left behind.

Finish by rinsing your water-based cleanser off your face. Again, use lukewarm water to do this. Although it may not feel quite as satisfying as a warmer temperature, hot water will damage your skin’s protective barrier. The whole point of double cleansing is to provide a deep cleanse without causing damage, so hot water will only work against that.

Should you pat your face dry once you’re done double cleansing? Yes, but only partially. Ideally, whether the next step in your routine is a toner, a serum, a moisturizer, or anything else, you want to apply this next product while your skin is still damp. Wet skin is more permeable than dry skin, which will help to maximize the absorption of your next product.

When to Double Cleanse

Now that you know how to double cleanse, let’s talk about when you should be doing it. Just because it has its benefits doesn’t mean that you should suddenly start double cleansing twice a day, every day.

Instead, double cleansing is usually best done at night. This way, you’ll be able to thoroughly remove all of the impurities that have built up on your skin over the course of the day. Double cleanse in the evening and a single cleanse should be all that your skin needs come morning.

With that said, double cleansing shouldn’t necessarily be done every evening. You may find this advantageous if your skin is excessively oily but, for other skin types, your skin won’t need such a deep cleanse daily. This will only leave you susceptible to the symptoms of over-cleansing (more on this soon!). Instead, save your double cleanse for when your skin genuinely needs it. 

Taking it Further With the Triple Cleanse

If double cleansing weren’t enough, many K-beauty enthusiasts are now raving about the triple cleanse. Again, this is exactly what it sounds like – cleansing your skin three times instead of just once (or twice!). 

A triple cleanse can take many forms. Some choose to start with a cleansing wipe, follow up with an oil-based cleanser, and then finish with a water-based cleanser. Others like to introduce a cream cleanser in between their oil-based and water-based cleansers.

Either way, for most people, triple cleansing regularly will likely be too much for your skin. By all means, give it a try if your skin seems to need it but don’t be persuaded into following this trend if double cleansing is already getting the job done for you.

Make Sure That You Don’t Over-Cleanse

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While some dermatologists fully support the double cleansing technique, others warn to be cautious. Why? Because over-cleansing is a very real problem, and double cleansing when your skin doesn’t actually need to be cleansed twice can quickly cause issues.

The more you cleanse your skin, the more you run the risk of disrupting your skin’s natural protective barrier. Sure, splashing on a toner afterward can help to leave the skin feeling more balanced. However, this isn’t going to compensate for the fact that you’ve removed too much of your skin barrier. 

If you accidentally end up over-cleansing, some of the symptoms you might notice are:

• Redness and inflammation
• Dryness and flakiness
• An itchy sensation
• Skin that feels uncomfortably tight
• A stinging or burning sensation
• Increased sensitivities
• Breakouts, particularly small pimples

What should you do if you suspect that you’ve been over-cleansing? 

Give your skin a complete break for a few days. Then, introduce a very gentle cleanser back into your skincare routine. Start by using it in the evenings only, going with just a water rinse in the mornings. Once your skin has fully recovered, you can then start single cleansing twice a day again. However, be very wary about double cleansing in the future as you don’t want to continue damaging your skin’s protective barrier.

Conclusion: Is Double Cleansing Worth Trying?

When it comes down to it, yes, double cleansing is definitely worth a try. Doing it occasionally, when your skin is crying out for a more thorough cleanse, is very unlikely to cause any problems. If you have oily skin or you spend a lot of time in polluted or dirty environments, double cleansing on a regular basis can be very beneficial too. 

However, be careful not to overdo it. Don’t start double cleansing just because it’s trending. Instead, make sure that your skin actually needs to be cleansed twice before hopping onto the double cleansing bandwagon. 

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People have the best intentions when putting together a skincare routine, believing that their efforts will lead them to the flawless-looking skin they’re seeking. In many cases, this is true – the right skincare routine can work wonders for your complexion!

However, if you happen to somehow go wrong with your skincare routine, the opposite can happen. Instead of helping your skin, you could end up harming it, with this damage compounding each time you carry that routine out.

How do you know which side of the line your own skincare routine falls on? Read on as OROGOLD shares some of the most common signs of a harmful skincare routine, along with tips on what you can do to put things right!

You’re Breaking Out More Than Usual

Ideally, your skincare routine should put a stop to the appearance of breakouts. However, if you’ve been noticing an increase in acne, even with the stellar skincare routine you’ve been following, then this is a sign that something has gone wrong somewhere.

Unsuitable Skincare Products

If your skin is naturally oily, then the extra breakouts could be down to your skincare routine containing a comedogenic product. These are products that contain pore-clogging ingredients. They’re not a problem for dry skin types but they exacerbate breakouts in oily skin. 

To figure out which product is the problem, you’ll need to scour the ingredient lists of all of them. If you spot any heavy, pore-clogging ingredients on there, swap those products for more suitable alternatives.

Purging

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Sometimes, when new active ingredients are introduced to the skin, this stimulates certain processes that cause the skin to purge its toxins and impurities. In the long run, this is good. However, when it’s actually happening, with breakouts being one of the symptoms, it’s frustrating to deal with!

To prevent this, be careful when introducing powerful ingredients, such as retinol, to your skincare routine. Either go with a product that combines retinol with ingredients that soothe and calm the complexion, like the OROGOLD 24K Multi-Vitamin Night Nourishment + Retinol, or start with a product that contains a gentler derivative. The 24K Nano Day Recovery, for example, is formulated with retinyl palmitate. It’s milder than retinol but still produces similar visible results in the end, yet without the purging and irritation that retinol can cause.

Your Skin Feels Oilier Than Usual

Whether your usually dry skin suddenly feels oily or your already oily skin feels excessively greasy, this could be down to your skincare routine…

Dehydration

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Many don’t realize that there’s a very strong link between dehydration and oiliness. If your skin is lacking water, it tries to compensate for this by producing extra oil. 

To get your complexion back into balance, focus on providing plenty of hydration. The OROGOLD 24K Golden Dew Serum-in-Cream is loaded with hydrating compounds that will soon have your skin’s moisture content feeling replenished.

At the same time, make sure that your skincare routine isn’t dehydrating your skin. If you’re using overly harsh products on your skin, in the form of exfoliators, cleansers, or active ingredients, this could be damaging your skin’s protective barrier. One of the side effects of this is dehydration, due to how your skin barrier will no longer be able to keep moisture trapped in. Try toning down your skincare routine to keep it as gentle as possible.

Hormones 

Of course, sometimes a skincare routine isn’t to blame when it comes to oiliness. Hormones have a huge impact on the skin’s sebaceous glands. If your body is going through hormonal fluctuations, whether due to menstruation, pregnancy, menopause, medications, or anything else, this could stimulate your sebaceous glands into producing more oil, hence the extra oiliness you’re dealing with.

You’ve Noticed Dry and Flaky Patches on Your Skin

If you’ve been noticing dry and flaky patches popping up around your face, there’s a good chance that your skincare routine has something to do with this. 

Not Adequately Catering to Dry Skin

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If your skin type is naturally dry, you’ll be more prone to flaky patches. These occur due to the lack of sebum in dry skin. Sebum conditions and moisturizes the skin – something that dry skin types miss out on.

The solution is to make up for this lack of sebum by giving your skin plenty of rich moisturizing ingredients. Look for thick creams that are brimming with fatty acids and plant oils, just like the OROGOLD 24K Deep Moisturizer. Don’t limit yourself to moisturizing just twice a day either. If your skin needs more than this, then give it what it’s craving.

At the same time, make sure that you’re not using any products that are further drying out your skin. Formulas containing astringents, alcohols, and sulfates will only make your dryness worse.

Over-Cleansing/Over-Exfoliating

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It can be tempting to turn to cleansing/exfoliating as a way to eliminate the dry patches on your face. However, if yours have been caused by over-cleansing or over-exfoliating, you’ll only make matters worse.

Both of these issues cause problems with the skin’s natural protective barrier. Dry patches are a common symptom, as are redness, breakouts, and general irritation. If you think that your cleansing/exfoliating regimen could be to blame, stop exfoliating for a while and switch to a gentle cleanser. The OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser would be ideal. Once your skin has had some time to heal, gradually introduce a gentle exfoliator, like the 24K Multi-Vitamin Deep Peeling + Mandelic Acid, back into your skincare routine.

Your Skin Looks Irritated, Red, and Inflamed

If your skin is naturally very sensitive, the inflammation that you’re dealing with could be due to a variety of environmental factors. However, at the same time, your skincare routine, which should be working to calm your complexion, could be making things worse.

Irritants

There are many skincare ingredients out there that are known irritants. Why are they still used in skincare? Because they don’t cause problems for everyone and some of them do play important roles in skincare formulations. 

With that said, there are plenty of products out there that don’t contain irritants, and these are the ones that you should be seeking out if your skin is feeling inflamed. Ideally, avoid ingredients like sulfates, fragrances, petrochemicals, and silicones, at least until your skin feels happier and calmer.

Too Many Products/Active Ingredients

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While long skincare routines can be great for some, they spell bad news for others. Why? Because the more products you apply to your skin, the greater your chances of exposing your skin to the irritants that we mentioned above.

Plus, you also run the risk of mixing incompatible ingredients. If a few of your products also contain potent active ingredients, layering these over each other could be causing your irritation too.

Fortunately, the solution to this one is simple. Take your skincare routine back to basics for a while. In the mornings, you only need two products; a gentle cleanser and an SPF moisturizer, like the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30. In the evenings, use your cleanser again and then follow up with a rich night cream, such as the 24K Overnight Cream.

Helping Your Skin to Recover

Hopefully, you’re now able to pinpoint whether or not your skincare routine is harming your skin. We’ve already shared a few tips on overcoming the various issues that we’ve discussed above, but here are some more to help ensure that you don’t suffer from the same problems again:

Reassess Your Skin Type

Did you know that your skin type can change throughout your life? Everything from aging to hormones to your environment can cause this. Either way, if you’ve incorrectly identified your skin type, then this means that the products you’re using won’t be caring for your skin in the right way.

This is why it’s worth regularly reassessing your skin type. A couple of times a year, give your face a cleanse and then leave it bare for half an hour. Then, closely examine your skin to see which of the skin types it best correlates with.

Always Patch Test New Products

Thinking of adding a new product to your skincare routine? Before you do so, make sure that you perform a patch test. 

Never done a patch test before? It involves applying a small amount of your new product to a patch of skin on your inner arm. Wait for 24-48 hours (go with 48 if your skin is naturally sensitive) to see how your skin reacts. If all is well, repeat the test but with a small patch of skin on your face this time. Again, if you don’t have any problems, then the rest of your skin will likely happily tolerate that product.

Pay Attention to the Seasons

Did you know that your skin’s needs change based on the time of year? This is why it’s so important to adapt your skincare routine to the season you’re currently in.

In the winter months, the air is cold and dry, which saps moisture from the skin. You’ll need to compensate for this with richer products. However, in the summer, the heat and humidity stimulate the sebaceous glands. With the skin now producing more oil, those thicker products that you were using in the winter will only cause breakouts. At this time of year, a lighter skincare routine is essential.

With spring and fall being transitional months, you’ll likely need to dip in and out of both your summer and winter skincare routines. Pay attention to the weather and try to tailor your routine to meet the requirements that your skin will have that day.

Creating the Perfect Skincare Routine

It’s so easy to make a mistake when putting together a skincare routine, but the consequences of this could mean months of recovery for your skin. Ideally, as soon as you notice a new skin concern starting to arise, try to figure out the cause ASAP. If you suspect that your skincare routine could be to blame, make the necessary changes so as to not risk causing long-term damage to your complexion.

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Oily skin can be a very difficult skin type to deal with, with all of that extra sebum produced by the skin often leading to clogged pores, acne breakouts, and an excessively greasy appearance. It doesn’t help that sebum production is so heavily influenced by genetics and hormones. Trying to fight with nature can make caring for oily skin feel like such an uphill battle! 

The good news is that it doesn’t need to be this way. Sure, your oily skin may be out of your control in some ways but, even then, this is only to an extent. With the right knowledge, as well as the right skincare products, your oily skin problems could soon be a thing of the past! Read on as OROGOLD shares everything you need to know.

Keep Your Skin Clean…But Not Too Clean

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Cleansing is one of the most important aspects of caring for oily skin. It’ll clear away a large amount of the excess sebum that’s lingering on your skin’s surface. This will prevent that sebum from clogging up your pores and contributing to breakouts.

With that said, many people with oily skin make the mistake of over-cleansing. In some ways, this is understandable. That squeaky clean, non-greasy feeling that oily skin takes on after a thorough cleanse can be oh-so-satisfying! However, as you may know, that feeling doesn’t last for long. Your skin will soon produce more sebum to replace what you’ve removed, and the more you remove, the more it will produce.

This is why over-cleansing can be so detrimental, causing your skin to end up even oilier. Over-cleansing occurs for two reasons; cleansing too often or using a cleanser that’s unnecessarily powerful. Both need to be avoided if you’re hoping to one day gain some control over how oily your skin feels.

This means cutting down your cleansing habits to just twice a day; morning and night. If your skin feels particularly greasy in the evenings, a double cleanse can help with this. Either way, make sure that you’re using a cleanser that isn’t going to completely strip your skin dry. The OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser would be a great choice!

Use a Toner That Soothes the Complexion

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Oily skin is highly susceptible to inflammation. Why? Because clogged pores are so common and it doesn’t take long for those blockages to end up inflamed. Oily skin is also easily aggravated, which, once again, leads to inflammation. 

Inflammation is the last thing that you want to be dealing with because this can quickly trigger breakouts. Unfortunately, cleansing, which can’t be avoided, especially with oily skin, can sometimes cause inflammation. This will be particularly prevalent if you’re using a harsh cleanser.

While adjusting your cleansing habits to keep things gentle will help you to overcome this, a toner would also be a very useful way to keep your skin feeling calm and happy. With that said, be wary of toners that have been formulated specifically for oily skin. Many of them contain ingredients that are overly drying. Sure, they may seem to quickly zap away all of that sebum but, just like over-cleansing, those formulas will only leave your skin oilier in the long run.

Instead, look for a toner that has been designed to hydrate and soothe the complexion, just like the OROGOLD 24K Purifying Toner. Thanks to a blend of aloe vera, chamomile, and cucumber, it’s a superstar at reducing the feeling of inflammation!

Don’t Over-Exfoliate

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We’ve already talked about how over-cleansing can be extremely detrimental to oily skin. However, over-exfoliating has the same effect. In fact, over-exfoliating can be even worse, requiring you to completely stop exfoliating for a few months. As you can imagine, this can be a nightmare for oily skin as it means that you won’t be able to clear out clogged pores, leading to an increase in breakouts.

So, how do you avoid over-exfoliating? 

It starts by ensuring that you’re not exfoliating too often. Oily skin shouldn’t be exfoliated more than three times a week. If your skin is excessively oily, this may not seem like enough but add a clay mask into your weekly skincare routine (which we’ll be talking about next), and, along with the other tips that we’re sharing, you shouldn’t have any issues keeping that grease under control. 

The next step is to make sure you’re using the right exfoliator. Face scrubs aren’t the best option for oily skin. Although they do a thorough job of exfoliating the skin, they can cause micro-tears that exacerbate oiliness and acne. Plus, if you already have acne, rubbing a scrub over your face will only spread all of that acne-causing bacteria around, leaving you with even more spots!

This is why people with oily skin tend to favor chemical exfoliants, like the mandelic acid that you’ll find in the OROGOLD 24K Multi-Vitamin Deep Peeling + Mandelic Acid. Mandelic acid is one of the gentler exfoliating acids out there, making it a good one to start with if you’re new to the world of chemical exfoliation. Once your skin has grown accustomed to it, you can always switch to a more powerful acid in the future.

Treat Your Skin to a Weekly Clay Mask

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Adding a clay mask to your skincare routine can be a game-changer for people with oily skin. Clay is a fantastic ingredient for absorbing excess sebum. At the same time, it doesn’t actually exfoliate the skin. With that said, you still shouldn’t use a clay mask more than once a week as this would risk dehydrating your skin.

At OROGOLD, we have a few different clay masks that you can choose from. The 24K Advanced Facial Mask is one. This mask brings together two types of clay; bentonite and kaolin. It combines these with several hydrating ingredients, including seaweed extract, collagen, and hemp seed oil. It’s also packed with vitamins A and E, along with an array of antioxidant-rich plant extracts.

The OROGOLD 24K Termica Energizing Mask is another option. This one features kaolin, which is known for being the gentlest of clays. While that may be the case, this mask is still extremely effective, largely due to its thermal properties. Apply the mask to your face and it will gradually produce a gentle heat that leaves the pores feeling more elastic. This enables the clay to draw out more oil.

Protect Your Skin From UV Rays

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Sun exposure can sometimes seem to be beneficial for oily skin due to how it can dry up excess sebum. However, this isn’t actually a good thing…

While UV rays may leave your skin feeling temporarily less greasy, they end up doing more harm than good. The way in which the sun dehydrates the skin can, over time, stimulate the skin’s sebaceous glands into producing even more oil. The sun also triggers inflammation in the skin, which can make acne breakouts so much worse.

Protecting your skin from UV rays, on the other hand, will help to keep your complexion healthier. Plus, you also won’t have to deal with the accelerated aging, discoloration, and skin cancer that sun exposure can cause.

The issue that those with oily skin have with this is finding a sunscreen that isn’t going to clog pores or lead to breakouts. Many sunscreens can leave the skin feeling even greasier, which is the last thing that you want!

The key is to look for a lightweight formula. Instead of a regular sunscreen, consider an SPF moisturizer, like the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30. Not only does this cream provide broad-spectrum protection, but it also provides a selection of antioxidants to keep your skin feeling its best.

Prioritize Hydration

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As we’ve just discussed, dehydration can lead to an increase in sebum production. So, it goes without saying that if you have oily skin, dehydration is something to avoid as much as possible!

How do you ensure that your skin remains sufficiently hydrated?

Start by drinking eight glasses of water a day. This will help to keep your body hydrated, meaning that your skin will benefit from this too.

Hydrating skincare products are also important. With that said, you’ll need lightweight hydrating ingredients, as opposed to thick plant oils that are likely to clog your pores. Look for ingredients like sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, seaweed extracts, and peptides. You’ll find them all in the OROGOLD 24K Termica Activation Serum. Better yet, this serum contains licorice root extract and kojic acid to lighten the look of dark spots and acne marks, witch hazel extract to make your pores look smaller, and a variety of skin-loving vitamins and antioxidants.

Use Blotting Paper to Quickly De-Grease

Need to de-grease in an emergency? Blotting paper can really come to the rescue in situations like this. It’s a great way to quickly soak up excess sebum during the day in between cleanses.

However, make sure that you use the correct technique when blotting your face. Don’t rub the paper over your face as this will only spread the oil everywhere. Instead, gently press a piece of blotting paper against your skin and hold it there for a few seconds to give it a chance to absorb some oil, before removing it. 

To avoid drying your skin out too much, which, as you know, will only leave you oilier, consider following up with a hydrating face mist or toner. 

Caring for Oily Skin With OROGOLD

Although having oily skin can feel incredibly frustrating at times, don’t forget that it does come with a few advantages too! All of that sebum will help to naturally preserve your skin while giving it some extra thickness. This will help you to retain a brighter and more youthful complexion for longer. Plus, with the tips and products above, excess oil is something that you won’t have to deal with for much longer. Keep our advice in mind and you’ll soon be in full control over your oily skin!

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