LAYERING, GOOD FOR THE INDUSTRY, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS FOR YOU...
“Layering,” which means “successive layers,” involves turning yourself into a slice of bread on which more than 10 layers of skincare products are carefully applied each day! A skincare ritual that, on average, doubles the time of your daily routine and blows up your beauty budget! The success of “layering” has always surprised me because it seems to defy common sense from a toxicological, allergological, and dermatological point of view.
NO “little critter” SURVIVES...
You should know that a conventional cosmetic formula contains on average 1% preservatives. Ten layers of products therefore means applying 10 x 1% of… preservatives! Under these conditions of “ultra sterility,” it’s hard for your “good” bacteria, those famous skin probiotics, to survive.
IT’S LIKE AT THE CASINO, THE MORE YOU PLAY, THE MORE YOU INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF LOSING...
...your good bacteria and winning allergies! It’s mathematical: on average, 10 products x 25 ingredients = 250 ingredients applied daily to your skin, knowing that one ingredient can contain several hundred molecules and just one of these molecules can trigger an allergy. Are you following? A real game of Russian roulette.
PLAY THE DEEP BLUE IN YOUR BATHROOM
Did you know your skin breathes? Precisely 720 liters of oxygen pass through the skin every 24 hours, which is 7% of our total oxygen. This exchange happens through the subcutaneous blood vessels but also through the pores of the skin. Now that you are a distinguished biologist, you understand that applying nearly 10 layers of cosmetics on your skin forces it to hold its breath like Jacques Mayol…
BE A TEENAGER AGAIN...
...and see pimples appear on your pretty face? Even if all your beauty products are supposedly “non-comedogenic,” no test takes into account that you will apply more than 10 on your skin. A guaranteed “pore clogging” effect, dead skin cells stuck together combined with excess artificial sebum, here we have a perfect recipe for a dermatological syndrome called “cosmetic acne.”
Like layering, I have just piled up successive layers of arguments, so I must offer you an alternative. Easy suggestions to implement in your daily routine with one motto: “Less is more”! I love this phrase because it perfectly sums up the wisdom of frugality. Buy less but better.
Applying a maximum of 5 products per day seems like a reasonable choice to me.
WHAT ABOUT SPECIFIC PRODUCTS?
Masks: use hydrating, soothing, nourishing masks whenever your skin has been stressed: after sports, after a long plane trip, exposure to sun or wind, etc. I personally use the
Masque Repulp after every surfing session.
Treatment products (like peels): they will replace your evening care occasionally.
The essentials
✔ Layering is the application of “successive layers” of products on your skin. Novexpert reveals a secret: it’s a waste of time and money, and it also harms your skin’s good bacteria!
✔ With layering, your skin holds its breath all year round. Applying multiple layers prevents your skin from breathing. Clogged pores = guaranteed acne.
✔ “Less is more,” that’s Novexpert’s motto! Applying a maximum of 5 products per day is a reasonable choice.
