Skincare routine for guys

Hello friends. I hope you all are doing great. Today I have a skincare routine for guys, strange right? Skincare & beauty is usually considered as a girly thing. But I strongly believe that if you want to look good, you need to take care of your skin irrespective of your gender. There were two inspirations behind writing this article. The first one was that many of my friends & cousins come to me & ask me to give them some tips to look good & fair, mostly to impress the opposite gender ;). The other one was that I have received lot of flak from guys for writing beauty tips articles for girls. So I decided to write a sort-of-beauty tips article for those guys. That’s called height of sarcasm :D So here we go.

1. Identifying your skin type – This is the most important step for any skincare routine because it helps to choose products suitable for your skin type. What I have noticed till now is that guys are usually unaware of their skin type. No worries boys here is the classification.

a) Oily skin – If there is lot of secretion of oil from your skin, it is oily. Use products that read oil control or oil balance.

b) Dry skin – If your skin lacks oil or moisture, your skin is dry. Use products that read moisture block or lock.

c) Normal skin – If your skin has only essential amount of oil, you are a normal skinned person. Use products that read for normal skin type.

d) Combination skin – It is a cross between oily and dry. Some areas of your face might be dry and some might be very oily or you might have oily skin during summers and dry skin during winters. You people need a combination of products that work for oily skin as well as dry skin.

e) Sensitive skin - If you get lot of breakouts or your skin gets affected easily by anything, then you have sensitive skin. Use products that read especially for sensitive skin.

Many of the guys usually fall under category no. a & d.

2. Wash – You need to wash your face at least twice a day (before starting your hectic day @office and after you complete your day) with a good quality facewash suitable for your skin type. There are so many brands, namely Nivea, Everyuth, VLCC, Himalaya, Park avenue, Garnier, Ponds, L’oreal, etc selling facewashes especially designed for men’s tough skin. So on your next visit to the supermarket, just pick any one of these.

3. Scrub – Scrubbing your face at least twice a week is essential to remove blackheads, whiteheads, dead skin cells, etc. My tip here is to wet your face and apply coin sized amount of scrub and massage it onto your skin for 2 minutes and then rinse it off.

4. Moisturize – After you have washed your face, you need to apply little bit of moisturizer (with some SPF) on your skin, irrespective of your skin type. The amount may vary depending on your skin type. After you have done this, you can freely powder your face :D

5. Facial – There a tons of salons that have this facility. Facials can be done either once a month or once in two months depending on the damage caused by pollution :D. Or if you want you can do an At-Home-Facial by washing, scrubbing and applying a facepack.  I do have a pack that worked wonders for my cousin. You can read it here (http://ahappygirlwrites.blogspot.com/2014/06/multani-mitti-chandan-face-p.html)

So these are some of my skincare tips that guys need to follow in order to look good in addition to trimming your facial hair. I don’t really need to discuss about it, do I? But my tips are to use shaving products that do not contain alcohol and never to skip an after shave. I can guarantee that with proper skin care, you can get a clean and smooth skin. If you are a guy, reading this article, I just hope that these tips were helpful to you. Let me know what you think in the comments down below. And if you are a girl, do invite your brothers and friends to read this article.

Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you on soon with a very healthy recipe for Ganesh Chaturthi. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark), follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2) as well as on Google Plus. If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.