You may use around ten cotton pads a day. But, have you used them effectively? Using the cotton pads correctly and effectively can help enhance the function of your skin care products. Of course, there is no difficult way. Cotton pads are simple to use but you have to pay a little bit attention to the small tips!
First, before you can use your cotton pads, you have to buy ones. When you walk into the drugstore, you may find two types of cotton pads, one is made of cotton and the other is made of non-woven fabric. Both of them are good, but you need to know which one to use for different purpose. The cotton ones are usually thicker and therefore less absorbent. If you use the cotton pads for applying toner, you can choose the non-woven ones. Otherwise, you may need to dispense larger amount of toner every time. The thicker cotton pads on the other hand are good choice to cleanse cuticle or act as cotton masks.
Though many of you like the soft texture of cotton pads, soft cotton pads are not necessarily the best. Whether the cotton pads are made of natural materials or if the cotton fiber will leave on face should be your first criteria to choose cotton pads.
When you apply toner every day, you can use cotton pads to help. A famous Japanese cosmetic brand, Shiseido has researched that around 1.5 to 2 ml of toner should be poured onto the cotton pads every time. The method of applying toner to eye areas and other facial areas is different. As eye area skin is very delicate and sensitive, you should not wipe the toner with a strong force. Just press and hold the cotton onto the areas for a few seconds. For cheek and jawbone areas, you can find most of the cuticle there. You can use a stronger force to wipe the toner onto your face.
Cotton pads can also be used to apply lotion or moisturizer. Using hands to apply lotion can lead to missed areas (for lotion) like around the nose. Cotton pad on the other hand can help you evenly apply the lotion to your whole face. Pour some lotion onto your cotton pads and press the lotion onto and into your skin with some power. For eye areas, add several drops of water and lotion onto your cotton pads. Gently press and hold. The water will help the effusion of the lotion.
Many of you may face the problem of blackheads. It is not advised to squeeze out the blackheads as the pores may get inflammation. You can soak the cotton pads with toner and place them onto your T zone. This helps soften your cuticle. Then you can simple gently cleanse your blackheads.
If you are using cotton pads of around 5mm, you can use them as your cotton masks. Just soak one cotton pad with toner. Separate the cotton layer to around 5 to 6 layers. Then place them onto your face to act like the facial masks.
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