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How to give yourself a facial that works

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Do you have clogged pores or acne? Try this facial treatment once or twice a week.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • The right cleanser, masque, toner, and lotion.
  1. Step 1

    Step 1: Identify your skin type. If you don’t know your skin type, you’ll treat your skin with the wrong products.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2: Collect your products.

    Oily Skin—Olay deep cleansing face wash, $5, drugstores; Pond’s Cool, Calm and perfected Pore shrinking Gel toner, $6, drugstores; St Ives Apricot Face Wash/scrub, $4, drugstores; Purpose Dual Treatment Moisture Lotion with SPF 15, $9, drugstores

    Dry Skin—Loreal Paris Nutri-Pure self foaming cleanser, $6, drugstores; Grassroots Perfectly Suited Moisture Infusing face tonic, $10, Kohl’s; Origins Never a dull moment Face polisher, $24, department stores; Almay Daily moisturizer for normal/combo skin SPF 15, $12, drugstores

    Acne Prone Skin—Avenda Outer Peace foaming cleanser, $24, avenda.com; Tess This is Your Wake-up call Toner, $14, sephora.com; Dermalogica Anti-Bac Cooling Masque, $34, salons; Vitchy Normaderm Anti-Imperfection Hydrating Care, $18, drugstores

    Normal/Combo Skin—Biore Shine control Cream Cleanser, $7, drugstores; Nivea Skin Inspired Toner with Aloe and Chamomile, $8, drugstores; Got2b In your Face Pure Intent Clay Masque, $4, drugstores; Sea Breeze Naturals Hydrating Lotion, $6, drugstores

  3. Step 3

    Step 3: On your stove, heat water just under a boil. Stand over it with your head about a foot away from the water. Place a towel over your head to trap heat. Once you’ve stood there for about 10 minutes and your face feels tingly, put a generous amount of cleanser all over your face and massage it in for about two minutes, still standing over that hot water.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4: Wash of the cleanser with very warm water. Then treat your skin with a scrub or masque

  5. Step 5

    Step 5: Splash ice cold water on your face to close your pores

  6. Step 6

    Step 6: Spray cool water onto your face and slick on a think hydrating cream or lotion. Rub it in well.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7: Do this once every week. If you have acne, use a toner every other day. Have fun!

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