Skin Care for Men - Cleansing

Skin Care for Men – Cleansing monkeysee.com See how the experts do it. Hi I’m Pirooz Sarshar co-founder of the grooming lounge. Today I’m going to teach you about the basics of men’s skin care. To begin a great skin care routine there’s 4 steps that we need to follow. Cleansing, exfoliating, toning and moisturizing. The first thing I’m going to teach you is how to wash your face properly, how to cleanse properly. Now what do you use to wash your face, okay. In most cases, most of us guys use just a bar of soap. We usually find it in the shower or in the toilet somewhere and we pick it up, we wash our hands with it and then we’ll go like this and just wash our face and throw it to the side where it gets mildew and residue sort of build up on the soap and plus with this soap when you’re cleaning yourself in the shower you have to understand that you’re cleaning private body parts and other parts of your body with this and you’re going to take this soap and put it on your face, we don’t really recommend that. What we do recommend is using a targeted cleanser. The difference between a cleanser and a soap is that a cleanser is a product that removes dirt, oil and bacteria and cleansers can come in many forms. If you go back to the beginning when we talked about the four skin types the oily skin, the combination skin, the acne prone skin and the aged skin. There is a different type of targeted cleanser for each of these skin types. So since I have combination skin and most of you have combination skin out there we’re going to use a basic cleanser and most basic cleansers are a good cleanser are very high in concentrated ingredient cosmesceuticals and botanicals and if you’re ready we’ll begin to wash the face now. I’m going to take the cleanser just like so. I’m going to use about a dime size like this. I’m going to work it through the water just like this and I’m going to clean my entire face. You’ll notice that when I’m using this cleanser I’m going to go in a circular motion as I wash my face and the thing to remember is when you’re washing your face you want to work on all the detailed areas, areas you normally miss behind the nostrils forehead and neck especially. And the second important thing here is you want to wash your face twice a day. Now the best time to wash your face is in the morning before you shave so you have a fresh palette to put your razor on and shave away and when you come home at night. We also recommend washing your face after rigorous exercise or if you’re outside in the heat or in the humidity and what not. So let’s go ahead and begin. I’m going to turn on the water. I have a cleanser in my hands and you’ll notice I’m going to start and I’m going to start washing my face in a circular motion as I have said and by washing my face in a circular motion it’s just like this. Notice I’m working on all the details. I don’t open my eyes because I don’t want the cleanser to get in my eyes but I’m not doing this, this is what we’re used to as guys, okay. I’m taking my time. I like my face and I want to treat my face the way I like to treat my face. I want to treat my face the nice way. So I’m going to wash it properly and I’m gong to take my time first like this in a circular motion and notice when looking in the mirror this product is very concentrated like I said so watch I can reuse the cleanser. I’m going to wash my neck. I’m doing this in the morning a great tip for you is to push up the hair on the neck and on the beard because it’s going to help you get a closer shave. Next I wan to do this for about 30 seconds, not any longer, okay. I’m going to get all the details. Now I’m ready to rinse. Okay and notice I don’t use a towel like a sand paper, I just get it to my face, I pat my face dry. I’m not drying in my face. I’m just taking my time and blotting which is much better for your face, it’s a lot easier on your face especially if you have sensitive skin. You don’t want to rub the towel really harshly on your face. In the next segment I’m going to teach you about exfoliation.