Essence
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An essence is a vital step in any effective skincare routine, designed to be applied before your serum. Lightweight and fast-absorbing, an essence prepares your skin by delivering a boost of hydration and nutrients, enhancing the absorption of your serum. By incorporating an essence as the first step after cleansing, you create the perfect base for your serum to penetrate deeper into the skin. This ensures that the active ingredients in your serum work more effectively, maximising the benefits of your skincare regimen. Think of essence as the foundation of radiant, healthy-looking skin. Essence first, serum after.
WHAT IS AN ESSENCE?
An essence is a lightweight, highly concentrated skincare product that typically comes after cleansing and before serums or moisturizers in a skincare routine. Its primary purpose is to hydrate, balance, and prepare the skin to better absorb subsequent products. Essences often contain active ingredients like antioxidants, vitamins, and peptides, and can be formulated to target various skin concerns, such as hydration, brightening, or anti-aging.
In terms of texture, an essence is usually more watery than a serum but richer than a toner, and it is often applied with hands. Essences can be especially beneficial for those with dry or dehydrated skin, as they help lock in moisture and provide an added layer of hydration before heavier creams or oils are applied.
HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT ESSENCE?
Choosing the right essence begins with understanding your skin need and selecting formulas enriched with a potent blend of antioxidants, soothing agents, hydrators, and restorative ingredients. Equally important is knowing which ingredients to avoid to ensure your skin health continues to thrive.
Unfortunately, some products marketed as essences or toners still feature outdated, harsh formulations or lack the nourishing power your skin craves. Steer clear of products containing SD or denatured alcohol, menthol, witch hazel, or fragrance additives like rosewater or essential oils. These sensitising ingredients can strip the skin of essential nutrients, leading to irritation or long-term damage. Likewise, avoid essences with overly simplistic formulas that fail to deliver the deep nourishment your skin deserves. Choose wisely to provide your skin with the ultimate foundation for a healthy, glowing complexion.
DO NAYA's ESSENCES CONTAIN ANY IRRITATING INGREDIENTS?
Our soothing toners never contain alcohol, fragrance, witch hazel, essential oils, rosewater or other irritants that can dry skin out. Instead, we load ours up with vitamins and antioxidants, replenishing ingredients and bioactive powerhouses to give skin more right after cleansing. And prepare them for the next step.
FACE ESSENCES FAQs
All NAYA essences are robust, multifaceted formulas free of fragrance, alcohol and other sensitising ingredients, so choosing the right toner for you comes down to your skin need, concerns and personal preferences.
Cleanser and essences are very different from one another and have distinct benefits for skin. Cleanser is the first step of your skin care routine and its purpose is to rid skin of debris, oil, sunscreen, makeup and other things. While a cleanser is essential for your skin care routine, it can sometimes strip your skin of its natural oils. As it cannot distinguish between dirt and your natural oils.
This is where an essence can be particularly beneficial, helping restore balance and hydration to your skin after cleansing. Applied directly after cleansing, essences gives back to skin what cleanser takes away. The result? Skin is left hydrated, refreshed, smooth and prepped for the rest of your routine.
You can use a facial essences at any age. Everyone can benefit from the lightweight hydration and refreshing feeling toner provides. Adolescents and teenagers with acne-prone skin may find that a pore-reducing toner complements their anti-acne routine. Adults with aging skin, on the other hand, can benefit from an anti-aging toner formulated with antioxidants and additional hydration.
The best essences for sensitive skin, such as our Aura Essence include soothing ingredients like antioxidants and non-fragrant plant extracts, which benefit sensitised, reactive skin. Those with sensitive skin should also avoid facial toners that contain known sensitising ingredients such as drying denatured alcohol, fragrance (either synthetic or natural, including essential oils), tingling menthol, witch hazel and phototoxic lemon water, all of which can cause skin reactions and make the issues sensitive skin experiences (such as dryness and redness) worse.
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