Understanding The Body Care Routine Basics
At Joonbyrd, we believe our bodies deserve to feel the JOY of a carefully considered skincare routine.
Embracing a body care routine is not only essential for addressing our skin concerns, but is also effective at lifting our spirits, it is proven that self-care not only positively impacts us physically, but mentally too.
But with all this said, what should be a soothing daily ritual can turn into a daily grind if it is overly complicated, not only affecting our skin, but sometimes becoming so contrived that we cannot face completing it at all. Committing to a simple body care routine saves precious time, reduces daily stresses and is more sustainable in our everyday lives.
Below, we debrief easy actions to create a minimal yet effective body care routine that will make your skin glow, without making your head spin.
The Problem With Overcomplicated Skincare Routines
While we love our wellness time and relish our self-care rituals, our daily escape can turn into a daily stress if we let it spiral out of control.
When a routine incorporates a high number of steps, or a huge amount of products, it not only impacts your wallet, your schedule and your shelf-space, but it ultimately affects the wellness of your skin.
The more layers of skincare - and therefore the more active ingredients - we apply to our bodies, the more our precious skin barrier can be disrupted, as the likelihood of encountering an ingredient that doesn’t agree with us increases.
Additionally, overcomplication can lead to inconsistency in our routines, and can leave our skin struggling to catch up. You need to give your skin space and time to absorb active ingredients - and acclimatise to their impact - to improve skin barrier health, so chopping and changing between beauty buys is likely to exhaust our skin.
Benefits Of A Simple Body Care Routine
We’ve covered that fewer steps = superior skin barrier function, but there are other benefits to simplification of your body care routine:
- Super-Saving: Using fewer products naturally has an impact on your outgoings, and cuts down the length of your routine - leaving you more time to enjoy your coffee in the mornings, or catch up on your sleep at night.
- Skin-Kind: Using less body care - and therefore exposing yourself to less ingredients - allows your skin time to absorb the products you are layering, and makes a reaction to ingredients far less likely.
- Simple = Sustainable: When it comes to our skin, consistency is key. We are far more likely to follow a body care routine with fewer steps, so streamlining our products gives us a better chance of sticking with our self-care ritual.
Simplifying Your Body Care Routine
If you’re ready to embrace a minimalist approach to your body care but don’t know where to begin, don’t worry - we’ve compiled our expert advice:
- Research Good All-Rounders: Take time to search for products that are multi-functional. Whether a cleanser that hydrates, an exfoliator that moisturizes or a serum that firms and protects: products that offer a myriad of benefits will be your best friends when it comes to down-sizing your self-care.
- Focus In On Your Skin’s Needs: Don’t be swayed by the latest craze on TikTok, or the serum your sister is raving about - determine your body care based on what your skin craves and what products have delivered a difference.
- Consistency Is King: Stick to a simple routine, day in, day out. Search for brands that have travel-sized body care so you can follow your self-care ritual, whatever is on your schedule.
Core Steps In A Simple Body Care Routine
Whilst we’ve established less is more, there are still key steps you can’t skip:
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Cleanse (Carefully): Keeping your skin fresh and clean is non-negotiable: but make sure you’re treating it gently, using mild and skin-moisturizing cleansers such as our Vitamin-E enhanced MOON SWIM Hydrating Body Wash to nurture and support your skin.
- Scrub (Every So Often): Once or twice a week, sweep away dead skin cells and impurities with a gentle scrub. Our sumptuous, creamy sugar and chia seed VIOLET HAZE Exfoliating Body Scrub reveals luminous skin without disrupting your delicate skin barrier.
- Hydrate (Daily): Make sure you’re selecting a moisturizer with potent ingredients that help retain water and repair the skin barrier, such as Hyaluronic Acid or Amino Acids. Our LITTLE LOVE Nourishing Body Lotion and SUNDAY SOFA Moisturizing Body Butter are rich in both, delivering smooth, refreshed skin.
The Debrief Digest
Hoping for a swift summation of how to simplify your skincare routine? Read on.
- Body care routines that include a high number of steps - or a huge number of products - impact our skin health, our wallets and our time.
- A simplified self-care routine will therefore save you money and time, as well as being beneficial for your skin health: allowing active ingredients to penetrate, making reactions less likely, and ensuring consistency.
- To keep your body care regime simple and effective: cleanse carefully, scrub every so often and hydrate daily.
In conclusion: streamlining your body care is simple, sustainable and skin-kind. Discover our straightforwardly-JOYful body and hand care collection.
