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Summary: Learn how to apply a skin moisturizer to use in a morning skin routine with expert skin care tips in this free beauty video clip.
Gila Yaffe is a certified cosmetician specializing in skin care, body massage, makeovers, and general beauty care. She is originally from Canada where she studied and worked for many...read more
"Hi! I'm Gila for Expert Village. Now I'll be showing you how apply the moisturizer. Moisturizers come in different forms; either in a tube or a jar. I'm going to be using it in a jar, but I'll take this from the jar. Instead of my fingertips, I'll be using a wooden stick to keep it clean. Take a tiny drop, about a teaspoon, and apply it to your fingertips on one hand and then spread it to your other hand so that you evenly have on both hands. We start with the chin and we apply the white cream or whatever color your moisturizer is to the cheek area, nose, and the forehead. Usually at this point, it's not absorbed into the face yet, so we also take whatever was left on our fingers and put it onto the neck. We start gently rubbing it into the skin. Always remember the skin and the face is very gentle; never to be too rough. Gently, gently, with soft, soft strokes. Use this cream on the skin of the neck and the chin, cheeks, and forehead, and rub all this cream into the face. At this point, your skin should be thanking you. You'll feel like a breath onto your skin. The skin does never become dry after adding moisturizer. The skin absorbs the cream or leaves a tiny dewy feeling. Remember, never take a towel and rub the moisturizer off unless you're having a severe reaction. To gently absorb the cream, you're rubbing it into the face and you're feeling smooth and sleek. It'll take a few minutes until you feel the total absorption of the cream, and that's when you know that the cream has been absorbed. Please remember never to rub it off the skin."
eHow Article: How to Apply a Skin Moisturizer