Avant skincare FAQ

1. The jaw - Apply the moisturiser, working from the chin towards the earlobes.

2. The cheeks - Smooth from nose to temples.

3. The forehead - Massage, making smoothing movements from the centre of the face outwards.

4. The final touch - Massage, making circular movements from eyebrows to nose, delicately dabbing with the fingertips around the eye area.

1. Start by washing your feet: you should always exfoliate on freshly cleaned skin.

2. Apply and gently exfoliate in upward circular motions. Lightly massage onto face and neck in circular movements, concentrating on the forehead, nose, chin and jawline, avoiding the eye area.

3. Wash your face with warm water, then gently pat dry with a towel. Allow the relaxing scent to soothe the mind and the groundbreaking ingredients correct imperfections. You’ll want to lock in moisture with a rich cream or your favorite anti-ageing serum before heading to bed. Your mornings will be much brighter and your skin significantly smoother.

#AvantTips: Fingertip pressure and the gentle friction of the perfectly round micro beads will help slough away dead skin cells, which can lead to blocked pores.

1. For maximum absorption, be sure to wash your face with tepid water before applying your serum. Then tone and exfoliate.

2. Apply a few drops of serum to damp skin after cleansing or mist skin with an alcohol-free toner for quick, deep absorption. Press serum into skin with an open palm instead of fingertips to release active ingredients.

3. Wait 2 to 3 minutes to allow serum to fully absorb before moisturising.

Discontinue use if redness or irritation occurs. Avoid direct contact with the eyes. Do not ingest.

1. Start by removing all jewellery and wash your hands with a gentle hand soap and lukewarm water.

2. Apply a pea-sized amount of your rich hand cream onto the back of your left hand, and delicately rub in circular movements, paying special attention to your knuckles and any especially dry areas. Repeat on your right hand.

3. Gently massage the cream right from the tips of your fingers to your wrists, and right around your cuticles for maximum care and protection.

#AvantTips: Slathering your hands in a generous amount of a rich hand cream and keeping your hands in a luxurious silk glove overnight can help you wake up with beautifully soft hands.

Use at the final step of your morning and evening skincare routine.

1. Apply a generous amount of serum onto the back of your clean hand using the doe-foot applicator.

2. With clean hands, gently smooth onto the lips using your ring finger for gentle pressure, starting at the centre of the lips and working outwards.

3. Glide your fingertip across the lips, from left to right, to allow any remaining serum to be absorbed.

#AvantTips: Always start with a lip scrub to remove dry skin. This prevents your lipstick from looking patchy or flaky later on. Make your own scrub mixing sugar and honey in a bowl, then rub it into your lips. Finish by wiping it off with a dry cloth.

1. Start with a coin-sized dollop of cream in your palm and evenly distribute it on targeted parts of your body, starting from the bottom up.

2. Repeat as you work by section, hitting legs, torso and arms.

3. Do not forget to rub lotion into your feet and hands, and pay special attention to particularly cracked, dry areas and your knees and elbows. Finally, do not saturate your body in lotion, but start with small dollops and increase the amount as needed.

#AvantTips: Exfoliation is based on the ‘out with the old and in with the new’ concept and will help repair the skin’s moisture barrier. Besides, gently exfoliating your body will not only make your skin look smoother and feel softer but will help your body cream penetrate deeper into the skin.

It is essential to apply in a light tapping motion with the ring finger, which applies the least pressure to the delicate under-eye area.

1. You want to dot the eye serum under your eye, moving from inner to lower eyelid and extending to the outer corner

2. If the serum has not fully absorbed into the skin, follow up with a gentle patting motion with your ring finger to allow the serum to penetrate more deeply into the skin

#AvantTips: applying light pressure on the corner of your eyes with your ring finger after applying cream will tone and reinforce eye area.

When using your mist before your moisturiser:

A moisturiser dampens and hydrates the skin. Using a mist under the moisturiser helps the skin better absorb the hydrating qualities of the moisturiser for a softer and smoother skin. Spray your face severely after your shower then apply your moisturiser for a softer, moistened skin.

When using your mist after applying your makeup:

The setting spray helps lock all the products used on one’s face to maintain makeup for the entire day. To correctly use it, lightly mist your face after applying your makeup. You should do so only after applying all your makeup- concealer, foundation, lipstick and all.

Best practice: Hold the spray 10 inches from your face, close your eyes and mist your face. You can repeat this process at any time of the day to refresh your makeup.

#AvantTips: Mist Facial Spray as a final step after makeup application to give your makeup a natural dewy finish.

1. Apply the cleansing gel using your fingertips directly to damp skin. Avoid applying the gel directly on a washcloth, as it will absorb too much of the product, causing unnecessary waste.

2. Massage it into skin in a circular motion, rinse well when finished, and then give your skin a final swipe with a facial sponge or a washcloth to ensure makeup, dirt, and oil are thoroughly removed.

3. Although it is essential to cleanse at night, it is just as important to wash your face in the morning to remove any natural oils that built up on your skin while you slept. Plus, you want to gently wash away the products you applied before bed so you start with a clean surface before applying your daytime lotions and potions.

#AvantTips: Cleansing and removing makeup and impurities at night will help keep your skin looking healthy and radiant.

Begin by warming a pea size amount of our Reversing Chin Cream between your fingertips, spreading across the palms and your fingers.

Start from the base of your neck up to and including your jawline

Apply the cream to your chin, spreading all over the skin with your fingertips, using upwards motions until the product has partially absorbed into the skin.

Using flat fingers, follow the V-Zone contour, massage the chin with sweeping and lifting motions. Wait at least two to three minutes before applying any other skincare products.

#AvantTips: Use the thumbs to press into the muscle underneath the jaw will help improve the appearance of your chin. Start in the center of the chin and working outwards towards the angle of the jaw bone as well as downwards movement. Do it for four minutes everyday.

It is essential to apply in a light tapping motion with the ring finger, which applies the least pressure to the delicate under-eye area.

1. You want to dot the eye cream under your eye, moving from inner to lower eyelid and extending to the outer corner.

2. If the cream has not fully absorbed into the skin, follow up with a gentle patting motion with your ring finger to allow the cream to penetrate more deeply into the skin.

#AvantTips: applying light pressure on the corner of your eyes with your ring finger after applying cream will tone and reinforce eye area.

1. First, begin with thoroughly cleansed, damp skin. Always apply oil after the skin has been freshly washed and/or spritzed with a moisture mist. Oil will hold that extra water on the skin and help the skin to rebalance itself faster.

2. Then, dispense 3 drops of facial oil onto your four fingertips, excluding the thumb, rub fingertips lightly together and gently press oil onto your cheeks, forehead and then chin.

This pattern allows distribution of oil to the largest surface areas of the face, in order. Follow with gentle, upward strokes to evenly distribute the oil onto the skin.

3. Lastly, include your lips. If your skin needs more moisture, repeat.

For dry skin: use 4-5 drops

For normal skin: use 2-3 drops

For Oily/Combination & Blemish-Prone Skin: use sparingly only when skin is feeling particularly tight and dry.

#AvantTips: Always apply your facial oil when your skin is slightly damp, rub the oil with water, with a facial mist or moisturiser with both palms.

Wash your face with a gentle cleanser

1. Apply moisturiser and allow it to sink in and dry completely before you begin to apply primer. If your skin feels dewy, wait a few more minutes for the moisturiser to be absorbed.

2. Squirt a pea-sized amount of foundation on the back of your hand.

3. Apply the primer to the centre of your face and use gentle, circular motions to blend it outwards. The motion should be similar to the one you use when applying your moisturiser. Work the product evenly into your skin so you get smooth, even coverage. Make sure you blend it up to your hairline and over your neck as well.

4. Allow the primer to dry completely. This should only take a few minutes.

#AvantTips: Using too much primer can cause your foundation to pill or clump, and you really shouldn't need more than a pea- or raisin-sized dab to cover your face and neck.

1. To avoid an uneven layering, clean and dry skin before applying your spot reducer.

2. Apply a thin layer on affected areas twice a day, in the morning and in the evening.

3. During the day, protect skin by your SPF day moisturiser

4. Before bedtime, replenish skin by layering on a rich overnight cream

#AvantTips: Be Speedy! The pigment in brown spots (melanin) moves deeper into skin over time, so a spot is easiest to erase when it's still relatively new (about six months old). If you start early, hyperpigmentation may be nearly gone in two months.

Start by washing your skin.

1. Use your middle and ring fingers to scoop out some of the clay mask. Start with a small amount, about the size of a dime.

2. Place some clay mask the apples of your cheeks and gently spread it around your cheeks, forehead, temples, chin, and forehead, avoiding using the mask around your eyes.

3. Leave on the mask for 10 minutes before rinsing.

4. Wring a clean cotton cloth out completely and gently rub it against the mask. Keep rinsing with lukewarm water and wringing out the cloth in between rubbing the mask off.

5. Use the clay mask only once a week, as the clay will absorb moisture from the skin along with any impurities.

#AvantTips: Do not leave a clay mask dry completely on your face. The “wet” phase of a face mask is when your skin soaks up all the nutrients and when the mask dries, this latter starts sucking up natural oils.

1. Use your fingertips to apply a small amount of scrub onto your lips.

2. Spread the scrub around and simply use your finger to exfoliate away any dry or dead skin.

3. For better exfoliation, use a soft bristled toothbrush instead of your finger, in a circular motion to firmly, but not roughly exfoliate your lips.

4. Leave on your lips for 1 to 2 minutes.

5. Rinse off with a warm washcloth.

6. Pat your lips dry with a towel, then follow up with your favourite lip balm.

#AvantTips: It’s important not to over exfoliate. Don’t exfoliate more than twice a week. Start with once a week so you avoid irritating your lips.

It is extremely important to remove makeup, dirt, and pollutants that have accumulated on your skin during the day, before heading to bed. We recommend a double cleansing to first lift dirt and grime and then to wash them away.

1. Apply the Micellar Water twice daily

2. Moisten cotton pad with your Micellar solution and gently sweep over face, neck and eyes without rubbing. Repeat until cotton pad comes away clean.

3. Use your favourite cleanser to remove dirt and pollution that accumulates on our skin during the day.

4. This two-step cleansing process will allow active ingredients to penetrate better and work more effectively.

#AvantTips: Because of the way the follicles are oriented on the face, it's best to wash upwards and outwards in order to get a deeper cleanse. The reverse is true when you’re applying makeup, which ideally, you don't want to drive into your pores.

Start with a double cleansing which involves applying your Micellar Water and Cleanser. It is extremely important to remove makeup, dirt, and pollutants that have accumulated on your skin during the day. We recommend a two-step cleansing to first lift dirt and grime and then to wash them away.

1. Moisten cotton pad with your Micellar solution and gently sweep over face, neck and eyes without rubbing. Repeat until cotton pad comes away clean.

2. Squeeze a small amount of your favourite facial cleanser into your hands, and gently massage it onto your skin before rinsing off thoroughly and pat dry.

3. Massage Toner across your face. Using a cotton ball or pad, gently sweep toner across your face to help rid the surface of your skin of any impurities that might still remain.

4. Proceed with your skincare regime with your serum, moisturiser and eventually eye contour.

#AvantTips: “Using a toner is critical for skin as it helps clean and tighten your pores, making it harder for debris and dirt to penetrate your skin and cause irritation or breakouts.”