What’s your skincare routine like? How many steps do you go through in your routine before it’s finished? Three? Four? Believe it or not, the Koreans are famous for their 10-step skincare routine. I’ve also added the Japanese into this because they do just the same. But before you think “geez, these people sure are high maintenance. Where the heck do they find the time for this??“, they don’t actually go through 10 steps in the skincare routine twice a day on a daily basis. While their skincare routine is longer than their Western counterparts, it doesn’t actually take that long.
There’s a reason Korean and Japanese women’s skin look so good – they take the time to look after their skin. They’ve made it a priority in their lives. If this means that they have to wake up earlier to get their skincare routine on just right, they would. They address particularly concerns on different parts of their face instead of just slapping one serum on in hopes that it will do the trick for all of the problems on the skin (*ahem* me *ahem*). For example, they could have one serum just for their T-zone to target oiliness, one serum just for their cheeks and chin to target dryness and so on.
The thing is, this famous 10-step skincare routine needn’t just be for the Koreans and Japanese. We can do it too as long as we make taking care of our skin a priority. We just have to want it badly enough. While my skincare routine doesn’t come up to all these 10 steps, it’s at least 7 steps and the entire routine doesn’t take more than 10 minutes (excluding facial sheet mask). It really doesn’t take long at all. 🙂
