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Caring for your skin every day is a winning ritual for our complexion. For truly top-notch skin, it is important to add a few complementary facial treatments to your beauty routine. To be done once a week.

The steam bath

A facial to deeply cleanse and purify your skin every week? Try the steam bath. Perfect for dilating pores, it prepares the skin to receive other treatments such as exfoliation or mask. You can simply use a bowl of hot water, on which you will lean your face, a towel over it to prevent the steam from escaping too much. You can add or not essential oils. Be careful, however, to put very little (avoid if you are pregnant). If you have oily or combination skin, 10 to 15 minutes of exposure will be perfect. For sensitive skin, do not exceed 3 minutes. Another name for the steam bath: the facial sauna. It is under this name that you will find dedicated and very practical devices on the market.

The exfoliation

The interest of the exfoliation as a weekly facial treatment is multiple. It eliminates dead cells, refines the skin texture. Followed by a rinse with cool water, it leaves the skin toned and the pores tightened. It also allows, through its effect on microcirculation, cell renewal. Finally, it encourages better penetration of your care. It can be used twice a week. However, if you see redness and irritation appear, choose an ultra-gentle scrub specific for sensitive skin, and only apply once a week. Once the scrub is done, you can complete your beauty session with a mask that will reveal all the freshness of your complexion.

The mask

Commercial mask, homemade mask, for this facial treatment, anything goes! The mask has a moisturizing, exfoliating, repairing effect. Be careful, however, to use a mask corresponding to your skin type, and to avoid the very fragile eye area, which can be treated with specific patches. Green clay works miracles with oily skin. Combination skin will bet on lemon masks, dry skin on those based on cucumber. Also, you'll get much better results if you apply your mask right after a steam bath and exfoliation. Well-opened pores will be ready to receive regenerating and treating active ingredients. Finally, the mask is made minute. Use it immediately and do not store leftovers.

Video: how to gently exfoliate your skin