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“Keeping your skin clean will help reduce the toxic load in your body, and preventing the build up of toxins is a very effective anti-aging strategy,” says Dr. Lancer. “Proper cleansing also prepares your skin to absorb the nutrients you will apply in your serums and moisturizers.”
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“A triple cleanse is a vital way to relieve one's skin of impurities, pollutants, and bacteria so that the skin can properly breathe,” says Julie Civiello Polier.
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“Triple cleansing will ensure that your skin is properly clean before bed, and will not be reactive when you put on your night products,” says bi-coastal facialist Joanna Vargas, whose roster of red carpet regulars include Dakota Johnson, Emily Ratajkowski, and Elisabeth Moss.
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“Layering multiple products and highly pigmented formulas, and finishing them with setting sprays, means triple cleansing is a must,” says the facialist Yolanda Mata.
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“Triple cleansing is for those who want it all when they cleanse," says New York-based dermatologist Macrene Alexiades, M.D., Ph.D. "An oil step prepares the oils on the skin for removal; a foam step actually cleans; and an exfoliating step removes the dead skin layer, which is especially good for those with oily, acne prone skin.”
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“So [often] we think our face is clean and it is not,” says Melanie Simon, esthetician and ZIIP beauty founder.” I always use eye makeup remover over the entire face with a gauze pad as a first step, then follow with wipes so I can see that every last trace of makeup is removed.”
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“Different cleansers have different benefits, so each step targets a different concern starting with makeup removal, pollution, and then exfoliating dead skin cells,” says Tata Harper. “It’s important to find products you love applying—the texture, the smell, the ritual—it will make the application so much more enjoyable.”