Love how your skin looks and feels after you’ve spent a few hours at a spa?
While there’s nothing quite like having someone else do the work for you, there are ways in which that decadent, spa-like skin routine can be replicated at home, so that your skin can enjoy that sense of luxury care on a more regular basis.
Ready to indulge your skin? Read on as Introstem shares the steps to follow to put together a spa-worthy routine that your skin will absolutely love.
Create the Right Environment
Spas are very soothing places – you usually feel this as soon as you step through the door. If you want your skin routine to feel spa-worthy, you’ll need to create a similar environment in your home.
Start by de-cluttering the area that has been designated as your new at-home spa. Then, set the scene in a way that encourages you to relax and unwind. Dim lighting, such as candles, is great for creating a calming mood. Pick candles that have a soothing scent, like lavender, and you’ll be able to enhance this atmosphere even more.
Just like at a spa, calming music is a must as well. Find a spa-inspired playlist that appeals to you. Alternatively, go with classical music or nature sounds – both can have a meditative effect on the mind.
Since spas are all about comfort, make your environment as cozy as possible. Scatter some soft cushions around, change into some silky loungewear, and prepare a cup of herbal tea or fruit-infused water to sip on.
Double Cleanse
One of the reasons why your skin always feels great after a visit to the spa is because of how much effort is put into cleansing. Yes, spas use some incredible serums and creams too, but none of those would have much of an impact unless your skin has been thoroughly cleansed first.
The best way to replicate this at home is by double cleansing. This is when you cleanse your skin twice, but with two different cleansers. The first cleanser should be an oil-based cleanser. Oil attracts oil, making these cleansers great for tackling oil-based impurities.
Then, follow up with a water-based cleanser, like the Introstem VitisCell Fresh Cleansing Mousse. It will remove any remnants from your first cleanser while also targeting water-based impurities.
The key to double cleansing successfully is to make sure that both of the cleansers you use are gentle. The last thing that you want to do is over-cleanse and strip away your skin’s natural protective barrier. This will only leave your skin irritated, inflamed, and sensitive – the opposite of what you’d be expecting from a spa-like skin routine!
Exfoliate With a Peel
While double cleansing ensures that the surface of your skin is clean, you’ll need to take your cleansing efforts deeper than this if you’re hoping for a spa-worthy glow. This is where exfoliation comes in. It pulls impurities out from the pores, immediately leaving the skin looking much brighter and fresher.
While scrubs tend to be the exfoliator of choice for the body, many spas are now turning to peels to exfoliate the face. These specialized solutions usually have a gel-like texture that feels soothing and refreshing when applied to the skin. As they’re expertly massaged into the skin (an application technique that you should try to replicate), they gather up dead skin cells and other debris. Once the peel is rinsed off, all of those unwanted particles are washed away with it.
If you need a spa-worthy peel to add to your skin routine, check out the Introstem VitisCell Fresh Revive Peeling. It makes use of both chemical and physical exfoliants. This brings you the best of both worlds in a way that won’t harm or irritate your skin. The best part is that this peel also contains several antioxidants that are commonly utilized in spas. From vitamin C to green tea extract, they’ll help to give your skin an even brighter glow.
Bring in Some Tech
While some spas choose to keep their treatments as traditional as possible, others embrace innovation, along with the technology that comes with it. If you’d like to recreate a high-tech spa experience, we’d recommend turning to LED light therapy once your skin has been cleansed and exfoliated.
Why LED light therapy? Because this technology has been proven to improve the complexion in a number of ways. Whether you’re dealing with the appearance of wrinkles, dark spots, inflammation, acne, or just about anything else, LED light therapy can leave your skin looking clearer, smoother, firmer, and brighter.
Back in the day, LED light therapy was a procedure that was often only carried out at spas and other professional places. Now, however, there are plenty of at-home devices available. Many provide visible results that are comparable to professional treatments, with the IntroLite Jade Eye Device being the perfect example. Designed specifically for the eye area, this device will elevate your skincare routine by giving you a choice of different LED wavelengths. Each one is capable of honing in on various visible skin concerns.
Relax With a Face Mask
Face masks are usually part and parcel of a spa day. They perfectly exemplify what a spa experience should be about – pampering, indulgence, and being beneficial for both the skin and the mind.
What type of face mask should you use? This depends on what your skin needs. Pick a mask that caters to your main visible skin concerns, and the results that you see will be all the more impressive.
We have a few different spa-worthy masks to choose from at Introstem. If you want to focus on more than just your face, pair the Introstem Stem Cell Rejuvenation Facial & Eye Mask with the Stem Cell Revitalizing Chest, Neck & Hand Masks. This way, your face, neck, chest, and hands will all be able to soak up the hydrating goodness of these exquisite hydrogel masks. They’ll immediately leave your skin looking plumper and more supple.
The Introstem EmberCell Radiance Thermal Mask is also a great option for when you want to add an extra special touch to your skin routine. Thermal masks, like this one, gently heat up when they’re applied to the skin. This leaves the skin feeling relaxed and more receptive to the other ingredients in the mask. With this mask featuring a blend of flower, seed, and root extracts, along with grape stem cells, your skin will feel deeply purified and replenished. The warmth also feels ultra relaxing!
Target With a Luxury Skincare System
When it comes to topical skincare, spas often turn to luxury skincare systems. These product sets are usually designed to work in a complementary way. This is how they’re able to provide such excellent results.
The 24K Cleopatra Nano Regimen from Introstem is one example. There are three products in this system. You start by applying the 24K Cleopatra Nano Silk Cream to your skin. Follow up by laying the 24K Cleopatra Gold Sheets over your face. Relax for 20 minutes, and then apply the 24K Cleopatra Nano Serum onto the gold sheets. This will cause the sheets to dissolve and be absorbed into your skin. This set features some show-stopping ingredients, including grape seed extract, mushroom extract, and sodium hyaluronate.
Alternatively, if you’d like to keep things simple, apply an antioxidant serum instead. The VitisCell Brightening Vita-C Serum will give your skin a radiant glow!
Provide Deep Hydration
One of the reasons why your skin always appears so soft and luminescent after a spa day is that the majority of the products used by a spa will feature hydrating ingredients. The more hydration you give to your skin, the brighter, fuller, and healthier it will look.
So, at this point in your spa-inspired skin routine, treat your skin to a hydrating serum. The best formulas will be packed with humectants, which are ingredients that bind moisture to the skin.
If you don’t already have a go-to hydrating serum, take a look at Introstem’s EmberCell Radiant Serum. It’s full of superstar humectants, including sodium hyaluronate, peptides, allantoin, and glycerin. The peptides will work wonders on your skin barrier too. Meanwhile, the antioxidant-rich extracts in this formula, from grape stem cells to hawthorn berries, will revive your complexion.
Moisturize and Massage
It’s now time for the final step in your spa-inspired skin routine: moisturizing and massaging. Hopefully, you were already massaging your other products into your skin. It’s a technique that’s utilized by spas not just because a massage feels good, but also because it can help to improve product absorption. A massage will also give blood circulation a boost.
While you could use your hands to massage your moisturizer into your skin, many prefer to turn to a facial massage tool to elevate the experience to spa status. The cooling globe in the Collagen Cooling Set Limited Edition can be used for exactly that. Roll the chilled globe over your skin after moisturizing your face. It will provide a gentle massage while also reducing the feeling of inflammation and irritation.
Wondering what you should be moisturizing with? Again, this depends on what your skin needs. If you’re following this routine in the morning, an SPF moisturizer, like the Introstem PrismaStem Face Shield Cream SPF 30, will moisturize your skin while also protecting it from sun damage.
If you’re following this skin routine in the evening, you won’t need to worry about UV protection. Instead, you could opt for a richer and more indulgent cream, like the Introstem VitisCell Radiance Overnight Cream. Like all Introstem products, this one is loaded with antioxidants and hydrating ingredients. At the same time, the inclusion of shea butter, a natural source of fatty acids, will soften the feel of your skin. It will also lock in all of the other products you’ve already applied.
Summary
While many assume that there’s no way to replicate the sense of decadence and relaxation that you get at a spa, this is definitely not true! Follow each step of the skin routine we’ve shared above, and by the end of it, your skin will feel professionally pampered and will look beautifully radiant.
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