{"id":17548,"date":"2017-06-28T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=17548"},"modified":"2018-09-18T18:23:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T10:23:02","slug":"modified-7-skin-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2017\/06\/modified-7-skin-method\/","title":{"rendered":"TIP: If the 7-Skin Method wears you down, try my Modified 3-Skin or 7-Skin Method"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’d been coming across this skincare trend (I say trend, because I don’t foresee it lasting) called the 7-Skin Method.<\/strong> Apparently, it originates from Korea, and this method of applying toner (lotion) is supposed to infuse your skin with moisture and hydration and to make your skin feel supple, soft and oh-so-moisturised!<\/p>\n Naturally, I got curious.<\/p>\n While called the 7-skin method, it really only refers to the use of toner or lotion. Apparently, in Korean skincare, toner\/lotion = skin. Search me. Don’t shoot the messenger!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, the 7-Skin Method is performed thus:-<\/p>\n I attempted this all of twice. Yes, my skin did feel lovely and hydrated with a lovely healthy glow to it, but seriously. Who has the time? \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n I may be dedicated with my skincare routines, but not even I was crazy enough to spend 15 minutes just applying toner. Then, I saw that some people felt the same way I did, and cut their routine down to a 3-Skin Routine. Similar concept, except you only do 3 layers. That was still 10 minutes too long for me.<\/p>\n However, despite my grumbling and rolling my eyes, I noticed one day, that I was, in fact, already practising a modified version of the 7-Skin or 3-Skin Method! I was already doing this all along, and hadn’t realised it! Might this be why I had been reaping the benefits of my skincare all along? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n So, let me tell you how to use my modified 7-Skin Method or 3-Skin Method and why it works, and that it is far quicker than this tedious 3-Skin or 7-Skin Method.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The concept behind the 7-Skin Method is to add or push moisture into dry and dehydrated skin. I can tell you that if you live where it gets cold and you are exposed to cold and heaters, or if you live where humidity is low, you will benefit most from this 7-Skin Method, as your skin will dry out. It is no surprise then, that people in Korea love it. Korean weather can get pretty extreme in winter.<\/p>\n However, if you live where humidity is high, and it’s warm e.g. in the Tropics, you will find your skin will not dehydrate so quickly, and it is actually easier to replenish the moisture. For this reason, I feel that the 7-Skin Method is just too much for our tropical weather, and if you’re not careful, it can break you out.<\/p>\n The other reason I was not so enamoured with the 7-Skin Method, is because it doesn’t leave room for active skincare that really do the work to protect and repair your skin. I’m all about using serums and facial oils, and the 7-Skin Method leaves no room for that. After 15 minutes of patting toner into your face, it really doesn’t have space for anything else.<\/p>\n Also, bear in mind that your skin can only absorb so much product. After the first few products, post cleansing, it won’t be able to absorb much else. If you adopt the 7-Skin Method and then proceed with serums your serums won’t be helping much. Personally, I prefer to let my serums do all the work (it’s also why I spend more money on them) so, I want to get my skin moist, like a wet sponge, but not saturated. If you think of it like a sponge, by the time you saturate a dry sponge, any additional water just runs off – ditto your skin.<\/p>\n So, here’s what I usually do.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is part of my regular skincare routine, which I have been practising for a few years now. You can see how it fits into my routine in this routine post<\/a> and this one<\/a>. I’m working on a current skincare routine post \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n
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