The Ultimate Korean Skincare Routine for Dry Skin

Whether your skin is dry or dehydrated, your skin constantly feels tight, itchy, flaky, or rough, you come to the right place, Korean skincare is all about hydration. Want to know more about Korean skincare routine for dry skin? We’ve got tips and the step-by-step guide and the moisturising products will help banish the dryness instantly leaving skin smooth and replenished.

 

Korean Skincare Routine for Dry Skin

1. Oil Cleanser

For dry skin, we recommend using an oil cleanser based that not only maintains the skin's moisture but also effectively removing dirt, makeup, and impurities without any irritation due to its easily washable texture. Klairs Gentle Back Deep Cleansing Oil is an excellent choice for dry skin. Formulated with natural oils including black sesame oil and black currant seed oil, it provides gentle deep cleansing while leaving skin soft and moisturised thanks to moisturising jojoba seed oil.

 

Klair Gentle Back Deep Cleansing Oil

2. Foaming Cleanser

When it comes to finding a good cleanser for dry skin, it’s essential that you find a good hydrating cleanser that won't leave your face feeling tight and uncomfortable. Go for a low pH cleanser (pH4.5-7) that will keep your skin soft and refreshed while not weakening its natural barrier. And focus on finding ones with moisturising ingredients such as hyaluronic and ceramide. Aloe vera is also a great natural ingredient to soothe and calm skin.

Klairs Rich Moist Foaming Cleanser is a lightweight, hydrating cleanser which contains hyaluronic acid and aloe leaf extract that nourish and calm skin is perfect for dry skin.

 

Klairs Rich Moist Foaming Cleanser

3. Exfoliate (1-2 times a week)

If you have to deal with rough and flaky skin, exfoliating is vital as it helps remove dead skin cells which actually could make your skin drier to keep your skin soft and glowing.

We love using Klairs Youthful Glow Sugar Mask which works as a physical exfoliator gently exfoliates piled up dead skin cells. Enriched with antioxidants from grapefruit and raspberry soften your skin texture without irritation while leaving your skin moisturised after washing off. This multi-purpose low irritating exfoliation has a sherbet-like texture designed to take care of dead skin cells and pore cleansing. Which can be used as a cleansing balm and wash-off mask. Three deals in one package, what are you waiting for?

 

Klairs Youthful Glow Sugar Mask

4. Hydrating Toner

So, after double cleansing (and possible exfoliating), your skin definitely is longing for some serious moisture. Laneige Cream Skin Refiner is formulated as a luxurious jar of cream which is immersed in the lightweight texture of toner for maximum hydration. This toner-turned-moisturiser base is white tea leaf water, which Laneige states as grown in the shade and harvested once a year. These tea leaves are rich in amino acids to promote a soothing, glowing skin, reinforce the skin barrier & lock-in moisture.

 

Laneige Cream Skin Refiner

 

If you want to achieve a more bouncy, radiant skin that’s plumped up with hydration, try the three -skin or seven- skin method. It’s basically layering on three to seven layers of hydrating toner. This method allows your skin to drink up the toner helps the moisture level of the skin can be increased without heaviness or greasiness. Some do the seven-skin method weekly, for me I have been personally doing at least three skin layers every other day. However, I highly recommend not using toners which contain alcohol, synthetic fragrances or exfoliating properties as those can irritate skin if applied too many times.

 

5. Hydrating Essence

As the heart of the Korean skincare routine, essence helps hydrate the skin and absorbs quickly allows your skin accept serum and moisturiser more effectively. My number one essence recently for dry skin is Missha Time Revolution The First Treatment Essence which has just been upgraded. With 80% fermented yeast extract and niacinamide to improve elasticity and revive skin tone, leaving your skin hydrated and firmer.

 

Missha Time Revolution The First Treatment Essence

 

There are two ways to apply this essence:

• Apply it directly into your palm and pat it into your skin

• Apply a generous amount onto a cotton pad and wipe/dab along the skin to absorb the product

6. Serum

So finally this is the time for targeting your skin problem: its lipid barrier. When you have dry skin, your skin barrier is more vulnerable, which causes the dry, dull and dehydrated skin texture. What you need right now is some replenishing ingredients such as  hyaluronic acid. Not only winter, my ladies, but all-year-around. In fact, there are two types of hyaluronic acid. High molecular Hyaluronic Acid creates an invisible protective barrier on the skin and keeps your skin moisturised. Low molecular Hyaluronic Acid soaks into the skin and increases the skin elasticity and makes you feel plump from the inside.

Cosrx Hydrium Triple Hyaluronic Moisture Ampoule contains three types of Hyaluronic Acid to supple deep moisture into the skin. This viscous serum texture leaves skin feeling supple and hydrated to the touch. Doesn't have a greasy finish and gives you visibly plumped healthy complexion all day long.