WHAT IS SKIN FLOODING?

It's the latest buzz on social platforms like Tik Tok, but the concept of 'Skin Flooding' isn't actually new. It's a practice that hails from Korea, and it is the process of layering multiple mists, toners, serums and moisturizers to FLOOD the skin with serious hydration at night before you go to bed.

It's the basis of the glass-skin technique that Korea is so well known for- essentially by flooding the skin with hydration, and plumping up the cells, the texture becomes less noticeable. So those fine lines and wrinkles may not be just from repeated muscle contractions over the years, but could actually be from loss of moisture! 

To flood our skin at night, we first need to start with clean skin- then we begin layering on our hydrators from the thinnest consistency to the thickest. And remember that you can use several layers of the same product in each step, ie; patting on your clear toner 2-3 times before moving on to the milky toner step.

Layer 1- Facial Mist

This layer gets us started by prepping the skin to receive more moisture later. Hydrated skin will accept more hydration… it’s a cycle.

• La Roche Posay Thermal Spring Water

Layer 2- Clear Toner

Our clear layer can consist of ingredients like rice water, hyaluronic acid, peptides and/or niacinamide. This layer can be applied 2-3 times as clear water like serums tend to soak in quite quickly.

• Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Toner

• Acwell Licorice pH Balancing Toner

Layer 3- Milky Toner

This layer begins to be a thicker consistency because of added ingredients like humectants and emollients. These more viscous ingredients like ceramides and oils pull in moisture from the surrounding air and use them as plumping agents in the skin.

• Byoma Hydrating Milky Toner

• I’m From- Rice Water Toner for Sensitive Skin

***If you are using anything active, like a retinol or vitamin C, it goes on here

Layer 4- Cream Moisturizer

This is the layer where we add our more traditional moisturizers that have a thick cream or mask type consistency. This outer layer will serve as our barrier to hold in the moisture we’ve just created.

• Naturium Multi-Peptide Rich Cream

Remember to use the products down your neck and chest and even the back of your hands as well.

You will look wet at this point, so it's great to give 10-15 minutes for everything to start to absorb prior to laying down. By morning the products absorb and you'll be glowing!