Cleanse your face twice a day,right?

I do not like to discuss this topic too much, because too many people do not wash their faces before bed to begin with.( yuck!!)

Disclaimer: This post today is only for women who cleanse their face twice a day, before bed and again in the morning.  You do not have to cleanse twice a day.

During my Aesthetics education I was made aware of this, if you cleanse before bed you wake up with a clean face, no need to cleanse again in the morning. That makes perfect sense to me. It’s a handy fact to have in case one day you wake up and do not want to the motivation to  cleanse your face.

I do not know about you, but I need to splash water on the face and remove sleep from my eyes and to “freshen” my face. After I rinse my face with water, I follow with the toner,serum and moisturizer. It does save you a few minutes time and you might save on having to buy your cleanser as frequently. Please note: Water is drying to our skin, I suggest you follow the same steps.

Dr.Hirsch,the Dr in the Marie Claire article on the Myths about skin Care, makes this comment on this topic. ” You do not have to cleanse twice a day, its only an excuse to go through more product”   She also makes this next statement and I thought to myself, this is coming from a Dr?  ” She advices against using antibacterial soap at all cost because they’re too harsh for your face”  NO KIDDING. Does she really think we are out there using the antibacterial soaps we may have near the kitchen sink, on our face? Even if she has had a few patients who might have cleansed their faces with soap,antibacterial soap at that, we know that SOAP is not to be used on our faces. I do not know about you, but I know and I believe you do too, Do Not use soap on your face.

Personally, I every now and again, skip cleansing my face in the morning,I have not gotten into the habit of doing it on a daily basis, and I do not think I ever will. I DO like having the option, some days I just feel so lazy and well I take advantage of this on one of those days.

How about you? Do you cleanse twice a day? Would you like having this option to skip cleansing twice a day?  Tell me your thoughts on this topic.