Should you be skin fasting? A deep dive into beauty’s new minimalist mood
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Loading... - Emma Martina
- 24 Apr 2023
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Every morning is the same. As soon as my alarm goes off I diligently head to the bathroom to embark on my 10-step, 20 minutes long, skincare routine.
Prepping the skin first with a cleanser, toner and essence; layering up with eye creams; acids (hyaluronic, salicylic, azelaic) that promise to prevent future blemishes and heal past ones; before lastly sealing with moisturiser and SPF. At night, I’ll simply swap my sun cream for an anti-ageing retinol and twice-weekly throw in a sheet or LED face mask for good measure. It’s fair to say, if not entirely obvious, I am a skincare maximalist. These days I appear to be in the minority, according to the latest TikTok trend doing the rounds. Enter: skin fasting, a low-key practice garnering over 346.7k views on the video sharing platform.
“’Skin fasting’ refers to the idea of not using any skincare at all for a certain period of time, to allow the skin to ‘recover’ from the overuse of products”, explains Dr Natalia Spierings, consultant dermatologist and author of Skintelligent. It’s a routine, whether you choose to engage just at night, for a few days, a week, or a month that has proven popular in Japan for over a decade. Much like the idea that your hair will clean itself over time if not washed, skin fasting is all about detoxing the skin, encouraging it to replenish itself without the need for chemical intervention. Read More..
