My personalised skincare routine

In our daily lives, taking care of our skin is essential to keep it healthy and protect it from external damage. However, each skin type has its own specific needs and it's important to choose products that are adapted to its nature. In this article, I'm going to share with you my personalised skin care programme, taking into account different skin types such as sensitive, dehydrated, normal, dry, dull, oily, combination, acne-prone and male skin. I'll explain the products I use, the steps in my skincare routine and the tips I've picked up over the years for healthy, radiant skin.

By The Aroma-Zone editorial team

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Normal skin programme

The steps to follow

Maintain the skin's hydrolipidic film and protect it from external damage using gentle products.

  • Cleanse the skin in the morning using a mild cleanser or soap. You can also use a toner or hydrosol.

  • Moisturise and nourish your skin by applying an emulsion for normal skin every morning.

  • In the evening, remove make-up from your skin using a gentle make-up remover.

Active ingredients to adopt

Recipes to try

  • Gentle Orange Blossom Micellar Water

  • Luxury Instant Cream

  • Peach-Apricot Exfoliating Cream



Dehydrated skin programme

Steps to follow:

  • Moisturise the skin's surface and deep down

  • Maintain skin balance by reinforcing the hydrolipidic film

    • Cleanse your skin with a gentle cleanser or make-up remover lotion.

    • Moisturise the skin's surface with a skincare product containing both moisturising active ingredients and active ingredients that restore the hydrolipidic film

    • Maintain and strengthen the skin's balance by retaining moisture in the epidermis and reinforcing the hydrolipidic film.

Active ingredients to adopt

  • Moisturising active ingredients : Intense Hydration Complex, Hyaluronic Acid, Urea

  • Lipid-replenishing ingredients: Plant Squalane, phytoceramides

Recipes to try

  • Moisturising Make-Up Remover Cream

  • Express Moisturisation Facial Serum

  • Moisturising Peel-Off Mask



Dry skin programme

Steps to follow:

  • Restore the skin's water and oil balance

  • Restore the surface hydrolipidic film to protect the skin from dehydration.

    • Cleanse your skin with a no-rinse cleansing lotion. In the morning, simply apply a toning lotion or hydrosol.

    • Apply a rich, emollient cream. In the evening, you can replace the cream with a carrier oil.

    • If you take a bath, add 2 tablespoons of carrier oil to the bath water.

Active ingredients to adopt

  • Moisturising active ingredients: Intense Hydration Complex, plant collagen, hyaluronic acid, honey powder, urea.

  • Lipid-replenishing ingredients: plant squalane, phytoceramides

Oils to use

  • Nourishing carrier oils: argan, avocado, baobab, camellia, borage, wheatgerm, shea olein, evening primrose,

  • Hydrosols: Helichrysum italicum, orange blossom

Recipes to try

  • Creamy Vanilla Cleanser

  • "Infinite Comfort" Dry Skin Cream

  • Dry Skin Nourishing Elixir



Dull skin programme

Steps to follow:

  • Accelerate cellular reproduction using scrubs and regenerating active ingredients.

  • Stimulate blood microcirculation.

    • Cleanse your skin with a mild soap (Arôma Illuminateur soap). To tone your skin, spray your face with cold water. This stimulates circulation and gives you a radiant complexion.

    • Moisturise and even out the complexion: add 'healthy glow' and regenerating active ingredients to your usual moisturising day cream.

    • Once a week, tone the skin deep down with a steam bath (facial sauna) using toning and circulatory essential oils (gum rockrose, green myrtle, mastic tree).

    • Accelerate cell renewal with a gentle exfoliating scrub once or twice a week.


Active ingredients: AHAs, natural enzymes, Radiance and Brightening Concentrate active ingredient.

Exfoliants: bamboo pearls, strawberry seeds, rosehip powder

Plant oils: carrot, buriti, raspberry

Hydrosols: carrot, lemon, lime tree

Recipes to try

  • Dull Skin Radiance Water

  • Gradual Healthy Glow Face Oil

  • Enzymatic Peel-Off Radiance Mask



Sensitive skin programme

Steps to follow:

  • Promote good blood circulation

  • Protect the skin from climatic damage

    • If you can't stand the application of water on your face, opt to cleanse with an ultra-gentle cream or lotion enriched with soothing active ingredients.

    • Gently moisturise your skin by choosing a simple formula with just one or two gentle active ingredients that are well tolerated by the skin. Choose soothing and protective active ingredients, for example.

    • As far as possible, avoid adding perfumes or colourings to your formulas. Avoid alcoholic lotions and essential oils (except those known to be soothing). You can opt for organic skincare products.

    • Once a week, apply a gentle skin care mask rich in soothing active ingredients.


Active ingredients: allantoin, bisabolol, provitamin B5, mallow extract, organic freeze-dried mare's milk, honey powder, peony powder, plant squalane, plant lanolin substitute

CO2 extracts: organic calendula, organic chamomile, kiwi, organic pomegranate

Essential oils: yarrow, blue cypress, blue tansy

Carrier oils: organic sweet almond, organic calendula, organic cotton

Soaps: donkey milk soaps

Recipes to try

  • Camomile Gentle Cleansing Cream

  • Sensitive Skin Soothing Serum

  • Delicate Skin Nourishing Cream



Oily skin programme

Steps to follow:

  • Balance sebum production and mattify the skin

  • Purify the skin to prevent bacterial spread

  • Protect the skin to avoid excess sebum as a defensive reflex

    • Cleanse your skin morning and night with a gentle, purifying cleanser. Avoid make-up removers that leave a film on the skin.

    • Moisturise and nourish by applying a light emulsion or regulating gel every morning.

    • Once a week, apply a very gentle exfoliating scrub.

    • Follow with a clay mask to absorb impurities.


Sebum-regulating, mattifying and purifying active ingredients: Algo'zinc, Bacti-Pur, bamboo sap, propolis

Carrier oils: jojoba, hazelnut, macadamia, sesame

Essential oils: rosemary verbenone, lemon ( be careful of sun exposure), lavender

Hydrosols: rosemary verbenone, tea tree, lavender

Exfoliants: bamboo fibres, strawberry seeds, rosehip seed powder

Clay: yellow superfine.

Recipes to try

  • Oily Skin Micellar Water

  • Zero Blemish Gel for Oily Skin

  • Bergamot Scrubbing Mask

Combination skin programme

The steps to follow:

Restore the skin's water and oil balance by using balancing, nourishing and moisturising products.

  • Cleanse and remove make-up from the skin morning and evening using a gentle cleanser to remove impurities.

  • Using a cotton pad, apply a regulating hydrosol to the T-zone only.

  • Intensely moisturise your skin with a mattifying emulsion, paying particular attention to dry areas. Feel free to apply a second layer to these areas.

  • Once a week, balance your skin with a steam bath (facial sauna) using balancing essential oils (lavender, rosemary verbenone).

  • Then apply a clay mask to absorb impurities from the T-zone without drying out dry areas.


Active ingredients: Intense Hydration Complex, Algo'zinc, Bacti-Pur, bamboo sap, apple powder, honey powder, organic inulin, organic cucumber extract, banana powder, mare's milk.

Carrier oils: hemp, jojoba, hazelnut, macadamia, sesame, Cape chestnut oil

Essential oils: rosemary verbenone, real lavender

Hydrosols: rosemary verbenone, lavender

Clay: white and yellow

Recipes to try

  • Combination Skin Wash

  • Lavender and Apricot Balancing Cream

  • Rosemary and Lemon Combination Skin Mask



Acne skin programme

And for men…

Steps to follow:

Regardless of their skin type, which can be oily, dry, combination, acne-prone or sensitive… men require specific skin care products:

  • Products that make shaving easier and soothe irritation caused by shaving.

  • Moisturising products with light, non-greasy "toning" textures that penetrate quickly, leaving just a "fresh" scent.

  • products adapted to their specific problems:

    • Dark circles: apply a circulatory hydrosol with a cotton pad.

    • Pimples caused by ingrown hairs: apply a drop of pure disinfectant essential oil locally. Exfoliate regularly to prevent ingrown hairs.


Active ingredients to adopt

  • Soothing and healing active ingredients: Allantoin, Bisabolol, Provitamin B5

  • Haemostatic active ingredients to heal small cuts: Alum stone powder, Yarrow hydrosol and essential oil.

  • Fresh" moisturising active ingredients: Aloe vera gel, Intense Hydration Complex

  • Circulatory, anti-dark circle active ingredients: Petit-houx extract, Cistus hydrosol, Italian Helichrysum

  • Active ingredients to nourish and protect the skin without making it feel greasy: vegetable squalane, Macadamia, Hazelnut, Kukui, Jojoba and Rice Bran oils, vegetable lanolin substitute, etc.

Disinfectant essential oils: Fragonia, Tea-tree, Lavender, Manuka

Recipes to try

  • Candyfloss soap

  • Fresh aquatic aftershave gel

  • Atlas Cedar facial cleansing gel for him

  • Fresh Mint Moisturiser

  • Jolie barbe nourishing care product

Active ingredients to target...

Diffuse redness and rosacea

  • Active ingredients: Petit Houx extract, red vine extract

  • Hydrosols: Cistus, Cypress, Italian Helichrysum

  • Essential oils: Cistus, Cypress, Italian Helichrysum, Pistachio Mastic

  • Plant oils: Organic Calophyl, Rice bran

Open pores, blackheads

  • Active ingredients : Algo'zinc, Bacti-Pur

  • Hydrosols: lemon, hamamelis, rose

  • Essential oils: gum rockrose, cedar, green myrtle

Skin blemishes

  • Active ingredients: AHA, cucumber extract, vitamin C

  • Hydrosols: lemon, spikenard

  • Essential oils: carrot, celery

  • Macerated oil: lily

Dark circles

  • Active ingredients: caffeine, butcher's broom extract

  • Hydrosols: cornflower, cypress, Helichrysum italicum

  • carrier oils: rice bran

Scars

  • Active ingredients: centella, tepezcohuite

  • Hydrosols: yarrow, carrot, lavender

  • Essential oils: rosewood, Helichrysum italicum, lavender, ho wood

  • Carrier oils: sea buckthorn, raspberry, rosehip

Aroma Zone also offers a Keys to Formulation cosmetics workshop to learn how to formulate a personalised face cream from A to Z. For delicate skin, another workshop teaches you how to create 3 skincare products for sensitive skin.