How to Have Radiant, Glowing Skin
Having fresh, radiant, and glowing skin is part and parcel of looking younger. When your skin is luminous, it seems to emanate from within, creating a vibrant, pure brightness others can’t help but notice. Many of us try to creatively achieve this look with makeup, but it can be even more beautiful when our skin reflects this radiance without any makeup. It starts with brilliant skincare, so we’ll reveal how to achieve that dare-to-go-bare natural, healthy glow.
How to Get Glowing Skin
An effective skincare routine must always respect the skin's microbiome, as disruptions can lead to many problems. You can easily do this by following a routine that includes a gentle facial cleanser, skin-replenishing face toner, face exfoliant, antioxidant-loaded sunscreen, and antioxidant-rich nighttime face moisturizer as well. But that’s just the beginning of lasting vibrancy. The additional skincare products you use can play a significant part in achieving glowing skin.
Before we discuss the skin boosters, targeted solutions, or radiant skin products you can add to your routine, the role of exfoliants for glowing skin truly deserves extra attention.
AHAs (like glycolic acid) and BHAs (like salicylic acid) work overnight to effectively smoothen and soften skin’s texture while banishing dullness—two key elements to attaining radiant skin. The routine use of an AHA or BHA product helps the surface layers of built-up dead skin to shed as they did when we were younger.
The glowing result is newer and healthier skin that was once covered up by the dead surface skin but now appears plumper, feels like silk, and has a bright luminosity. Then the skin-brightening products you apply can deeply nourish your skin with antioxidants, skin-replenishing ingredients, and skin-restoring ingredients for enhanced results.
Tips for Maintaining Radiant Skin
What you apply after exfoliating is the pivotal step that can reveal dazzling results. One product we encourage you to consider is our BOOST C15 Super Booster, a skin booster with an exclusive blend of 15% vitamin C for glowing skin to tackle stubborn discolourations. You may also consider a face moisturizer with 5% vitamin C and an eye cream with 5% vitamin C for everyday brightening.
The role of Vitamin C in creating dewy, radiant skin comes from its ability to defend skin from environmental damage that causes dullness and makes skin look ashen or sallow. Vitamin C is a natural substance in the skin that needs to be generously replenished to have a potent effect on your skin’s appearance. When your skin has an ongoing supply of topical vitamin C, it becomes renewed and revitalised, producing a lustre from the inside out.
Radiant, Glowing Skin Routine
Here are the morning and evening routines we recommend to achieve enviable, radiant skin that also looks smooth, even, and of course, younger:
Radiant Skin AM Routine
- Cleanse skin with a gentle, water-soluble facial cleanser
- Apply a skin-replenishing toner
- Apply C15 Super Booster
- Apply eye cream
- Apply your daytime glow-enhancing face moisturizer with SPF (this is the most crucial step)
Radiant Skin PM Routine
- Cleanse skin with your gentle water-soluble facial cleanser (use a makeup remover if needed)
- Apply a skin-replenishing toner
- Apply an AHA or BHA exfoliant
- Apply C15 Super Booster
- Apply an antioxidant face serum
- Apply a rich eye cream, such as RESIST Anti-Aging Eye Cream
It’s relatively easy to add the key skincare products mentioned above to your daily routine for radiant results you’ll love seeing every time you catch your reflection in the mirror. But the routine above isn’t just about brightening: You’re also getting anti-aging benefits, superior hydration, and specialised ingredients that create a visibly more even skin tone. We can’t forget to mention how astonishingly silky your skin will feel, too!
Now when you opt to use makeup, it will amp up your lit-from-within healthy glow, so you’ll love the results even more (and your makeup will apply much easier than ever too). Expect lots of compliments on your skin!
Shop at Paula's Choice Singapore for basic skincare products ranging from facial cleansers and skin toners to radiance boosters and face serums.
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