MORNING SKINCARE ROUTINE:

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Step 1. Wash your face with cold water:

• Splash your face with cold water to cleanse and refresh your skin. This will shrink your pores and tighten the skin of your face smoothing the fine lines.
• Gently pat your skin with a clean towel but leave the skin dump before the next step.

Step 2. Mist your face with thermal water or hydrosol:

• Mist your face with a hydrosol, covering the entire surface area. Hydrosols and hydrolats, also known as herbal or floral waters, are distillates, i.e. products of steam distillation or hydro distillation of plants, flowers, and herbs. In other words, these are water solutions mixed with very lightly concentrated essences of herbs and plants.
• I use **Marshmallow Hydrosol** produced by Kossma Beauty, a small US-based skincare brand. It provides deep hydration and other benefits derived from botanical ingredients.
• Allow the hydrosol to absorb into your skin for a few seconds but don’t wait till your face is dry. The skin should remain a little dump for this hydrosol to do its miracle work of deep hydration.
• Alternatively, you can mist with the thermal water spray if you don’t use hydrosols or hydrolats.
• Make sure to spray your neck as well.

Step 3. Apply EGF cream or serum:

• I always include an EGF cream or serum in my routines. EGF stands for the Epidermal Growth Factor. It has multiple skin benefits: reducing the appearance of wrinkles, improving hydration, and preventing pigmentation. It is a must-have item for mature skin. EGF offers more benefits for cellular regeneration than retinoids and no adverse reaction.
• My favorite EGF cream is the Multi-action cream by Caleciem. This cream contains powerful anti-aging ingredients, including over 3,000 proteins, growth factors, cytokines, and exosomes that signal cells to regenerate.
• It targets skin laxity, deep wrinkles, folds, loss of skin density, and other signs of aging.
• It is based on bovine placenta cells, which are biologically closer to human cells than botanical stem cells.
• This cream provides the hydration that I need throughout the day. I don’t need to use any other creams and serums with it. It covers all my anti-aging needs.
• It is a great product after plastic surgery or other skin trauma, like burns or cuts.
• This cream is on the pricy side, but it is a highly effective multi-tasker, and I save money on other products that I skip because they are no longer necessary.
• Make sure you apply cream to your neck as well. I also apply what is left on my palms and fingers to my hands.