Ironically despite the difficult economic crisis our country is undergoing the need for looking good and exercising basic skin care is still important to all individuals. Basic skin care is still important with good hygiene 1. In general we avoid heavily scented soaps for our face since it is a frequent cause of allergies. For normal to dry skinned individuals there is a wide variety of products which would usually be usually be the cleansing milk variety of cleansers available in department stores. On the other hand, oily skinned individuals should be advised to use other cleansers in liquid or bar form which may contain the active ingredient Benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid or sulfur or other collagen bars.
Toners clarifying lotions fresheners, and astringerents are all basically the same type of products.
They vary in strength, drying ability and alcohol content. They remove excess cleanser and residue from soaps. They have a relatively low Ph helping to adjust the Ph of the acid mantle after cleansing so it is not over stripped. Day creams are for various skin types and treatment. Examples include sunblocks, emolients or lubricating creams, acne treatments.