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Skincare guide
A step-by-step guide to picking four products that suit Kathmandu's climate, your skin type and your budget.
A routine is not a collection. It is the smallest set of steps you will repeat on a bad day as well as a good one. Start with four products and add nothing until the first four have earned their place.
Cleanser, then water-based layers, then creams, then sunscreen in the morning. Thin to thick. Wait around thirty seconds between steps if a product feels like it is pilling. At night, a treatment goes before moisturiser, not after.
The same four products can carry you through the year if you change texture. In Asar, reach for gels and lighter sunscreen. In Magh, add a cream and reduce exfoliation. The steps stay the same. Only the weight changes.
Hydration shows up within days. Barrier and texture changes take two to four weeks. Pigmentation takes two to three months, and only if you are consistent with sunscreen. Give a product a fair run before you decide it does not work.
If a product stings, causes a rash, or makes your skin worse after two weeks, stop it. One new product at a time is the only way to know what caused a reaction. Keep the packaging and the opening date so you can trace it.
No. They can be enjoyable, but they are optional. Cleanser, moisturiser and sunscreen are the routine.
A sensible starter routine in Nepal does not need to be expensive. Spend on sunscreen and the cleanser, keep the rest simple.
Only if your skin type and concerns match. Products are not universal, which is why patch testing matters.
Some acne treatments cause a temporary flare in the first weeks. If it is severe, painful or lasts beyond a month, stop and get advice.
Morning is a gentle gel cleanser, a light gel moisturiser and a fluid sunscreen. Evening is the same cleanser, a salicylic or benzoyl peroxide treatment on the spots only, and a light moisturiser. Once a week, skip the treatment. If your skin is dry and tight after this, your cleanser is too strong, not your moisturiser too weak.
Morning is a rinse or a cream cleanser, a hydrating layer, a barrier cream and a sunscreen you find comfortable. Evening is a cream cleanser, a moisturiser applied to damp skin, and an occlusive layer on the driest patches. No acids, no scrubs, no new actives until the stinging stops.
Comfort first, then texture, then tone. Skin that feels calm and looks slightly more even after a month is on the right track. Skin that is still stinging, flaking or breaking out after eight weeks of a simple routine needs a doctor, not another product.
Shop the four essentialsNo. They can be enjoyable, but they are optional. Cleanser, moisturiser and sunscreen are the routine.
A sensible starter routine in Nepal does not need to be expensive. Spend on sunscreen and the cleanser, keep the rest simple.
Only if your skin type and concerns match. Products are not universal, which is why patch testing matters.
Some acne treatments cause a temporary flare in the first weeks. If it is severe, painful or lasts beyond a month, stop and get advice.
Written by the GLAMO Nepal editorial team. General information only — for a medical concern, please see a dermatologist or your doctor.
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