You may use around ten cotton pads a day. But, have you used them effectively? Using the cotton pads correctly and effectively can help enhance the function of your skin care products. Of course, there is no difficult way. Cotton pads are simple to use but you have to pay a little bit attention to the small tips!

First, before you can use your cotton pads, you have to buy ones. When you walk into the drugstore, you may find two types of cotton pads, one is made of cotton and the other is made of non-woven fabric. Both of them are good, but you need to know which one to use for different purpose. The cotton ones are usually thicker and therefore less absorbent. If you use the cotton pads for applying toner, you can choose the non-woven ones. Otherwise, you may need to dispense larger amount of toner every time. The thicker cotton pads on the other hand are good choice to cleanse cuticle or act as cotton masks.

Soft cotton pads are not always the best. You should choose those that are made of natural materials. So that there will be no fiber left on your face and the pores will not be clogged.

One way to use cotton pads is to apply toner after cleansing your face. As toner is usually watery, it is very difficult to apply it by your manual hands. I read from a research from the famous Japanese cosmetic brand, Shiseido that around 1.5 to 2 ml toner should be used each time. When applying toner with cotton pads, you can use a wipe clean action for the cheek and jawbone areas. Cuticle accumulates most easily on the cheek and jawbone areas, this wipe clean action will help remove the cuticle. But, for eye areas, you should not use the wipe clean action. Just press and hold the cotton pads onto your eye areas for a few seconds.

Other than lotion, you can also use cotton pads for applying lotion. Many ladies like to use their hand to apply lotion. This is not bad but you may not actually apply lotion evenly to all over face. The hard to reach areas like around the nose are easily missed. Cotton pads can help in this case. Dispense the lotion onto your cotton pads and use the same wipe clean action for your cheek and chin. For eye areas, you may need to add a few drops of water to your cotton pad as well. The water facilitates easier effusion of the lotion.

Many of you may face the problem of blackheads. It is not advised to squeeze out the blackheads as the pores may get inflammation. You can soak the cotton pads with toner and place them onto your T zone. This helps soften your cuticle. Then you can simple gently cleanse your blackheads.

If you are using cotton pads of around 5mm, you can use them as your cotton masks. Just soak one cotton pad with toner. Separate the cotton layer to around 5 to 6 layers. Then place them onto your face to act like the facial masks.

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