What’s the right order of applying beauty products? The sandwich method

The efficiency of cosmetics doesn’t only depend on the type of products you use but also on the application technique you follow. What’s the sandwich method of putting on the beauty products and what are its advantages? How to apply beauty products step by step? Here are the cosmetics which every woman should have.

What’s the sandwich method?

The sandwich method originates from Asia, which is a trend setter in terms of skin care. This is the region when daily beauty ritual might cover even ten stages.

The sandwich method is a single face skin care routine session that depends on appling a big number of products. Another very important rule is the time that each one of the coats requires to absorb into skin. Only when one coat of a cosmetics absorbs fully, and the nourishing substances start affecting the skin, you can proceed with applying another product.

This might seem to be complicated, but it isn’t. Instead, this technique has many pluses. And this beauty ritual can be compared with making a sandwich: we’re cutting the bread while the butter is defrosting. Then, we spread the butter evenly on the slice of bread, and then we can put on cheese and ham, some vegetables like tomato, cucumber or lettuce, sometimes we add souse. It must be realized that each of these elements requires the proper preparation, e.g. cheese must be sliced and lettuce must be washed.

The sandwich method – Benefits

As we have already mentioned, the sandwich method is effective and has plenty of advantages. Owning to it:

• cosmetics don’t roll on the skin
• the beauty products are more effective because they absorb better
• skin is deeply and well-nourished not just on the surface
• ingredients that various cosmetics contain don’t interfere with each other
• such skin care is more comprehensive, which reduces the risk of irritations and acne
• skin remains in a better condition which pays off in the future

How to apply beauty products step by step. The sandwich method

1. First, you have to cleanse your face with an oily product, for example olive oil, coconut oil, baby oil or makeup removing oil. This substances have to be applied to face using either fingers or a cloth, and when the oily substance manages to melt the dirt and makeup, you have to remove it with a cotton pad. Don’t use water.
2. Makeup residue has to be removed with micellar lotion (either in mousse or water form). Keep cleansing the face until you see that the cotton pad you use to clean you face with is completely white.
3. When the face is clean, apply either herbal distillate or toner so as to restore skin’s pH (4,5-6,0).
4. When still wet, treat the skin with either serum or retinol.
5. After 5 minutes follow with a thin coat of a moisturising cream.
6. Once absorbed, reach for eye cream/gel.
7. In the morning, apply a sunscreen (unless you use a foundation with SPF) and start doing makeup.

Beauty products that each woman should have

Three the most important cosmetics are a good face cream with sunscreen, serum and micellar lotion. The other also very important beauty products are facial scrub, cleansing mask or cream dealing with irritations – they must be selected accordingly to skin needs. When it comes to 30+ women and above, they should use nourishing eye cream.