A Guide to Caring for Normal Skin with NamoMonk's Essentials
If you are not quite sure what your skin type is, here is how you can confirm it. Cleanse your face and wait for an hour without applying any products to your skin. If your skin feels does not feel tight, shiny or oily, you have a normal skin type.
The golden standard of skin types. If your skin does not get overly oily or extremely dry as the day passes, you can consider yourself one of the blessed ones. Normal skin tone is typically even, with minimal visible pores and a healthy glow. Although it is considered as the low maintenance skin type, normal skin deserves a thoughtful skincare routine to thrive.
What Causes Normal Skin?
The secret behind normal skin type is genetics. Your skin’s natural oil production and hydration levels exist in harmony, creating an ideal balance. However, your lifestyle and nutrition also plays a major role in how your skin turns out. External factors like pollution, stress and not taking proper care of your skin can lead to lack luster skin or skin infections.
How to Care for Normal Skin Type?
Your genetics are taking care of regulating oil production for your skin perfectly, but finding the sweet spot by choosing products that complement it can make your skin healthier. Craft a simple routine that will help you do so, here is an example:
- Cleanser: Start with a gentle face cleanser for normal skin to remove impurities and dirt from your skin while preserving your skin’s natural oils.
- Toner: A soothing toner right after cleansing can help keep your pores clean and preps your skin to soak in hydration better.
- Serum: Despite normal skin having the best balance of oil production and skin health, a little extra nutrition can never go unappreciated by your skin. A serum for normal skin can enhance your skin’s complexion and make it radiant.
- Hydration: A lack of required amount of hydration can cause early signs of ageing such as fine lines and wrinkles. A lightweight yet effective moisturiser for normal skin can help keep it soft and supple.
NamoMonk’s Top Picks
5 Clay No-Foam Face Cleanser
With the amalgamation of 5 clays, each promoting unique benefits towards your skin, it is the perfect cleanser for normal skin — gentle yet effective. The Red clay helps detoxify your skin, Brazilian Pink Clay, gently exfoliates, Kaolin clay soothes skin, Fuller’s Earth or Multani Mitti helps absorb oils and balance skin’s oil production and lastly Bentonite Clay helps combat and push back the appearance of signs of ageing.
Indian Rose Water
This pure floral water made from steam distillation of rose petal is packed with the benefits of roses and can be used as a natural toner for normal skin right after cleansing your face. It helps restore and maintain the skin’s natural pH level and provides a boost of hydration without making your skin greasy. It can protect your skin from environmental stressors like pollution and UV damage which is the major concern for anyone with normal skin type.
Argan Oil
Extracted from kernals of Argan tree nuts, native to Morocco, Argan Oil is rich in antioxidants, vitamin E, and essential fatty acids. It deeply moisturises skin, enhances elasticity, gives a natural glow to the skin, all without clogging your pores. It also helps protect your skin premature ageing by reducing the appearance of fines lines and wrinkles. It is a perfect non-greasy, natural moisturiser for normal skin.
References:
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-019-0660-6
https://oxsci.org/the-rise-of-modern-skincare/
https://www.scitcentral.com/article/19/969/Skin-Care-Creams:-Formulation-and-Use
https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/473453_1
