Teen Routine
“…I look forward to how relaxing the heat from the hot towel is and how it melts away stress…I’m addicted!”- Riley, 16
Step One
Let’s get your hot towel ready! Get you sink water running until it is very warm to hot. It should be comfortably hot. Once your water is hot, take your rolled towel, keeping it rolled, and soak it with water while holding it (you don’t want it touching a dirty sink). Then wring it out, and unfold it, and drape it over your entire face and take a nice, deep breath. Wait for about 15 seconds (or more if you are into this relaxing feeling).
Step 2
Remove the towel by gently wiping from your forehead, down the sides of your cheeks and then nose, then your chin and neck, and if you want, give the back of your neck a nice hot towel rub. It feels soooo goood. Set it aside, folding it so that the unused side that didn't touch your face is on the inside, and the used side is outside.
Step 3
Wash your face, and feel how warm and open your pores are, and really give yourself a little love while washing. Try not to hate on yourself if you find any breakouts on your face; gently pet them in one direction with the hot towel edges that are clean and see if any debris comes out. If it doesn’t, move on, rather than implode the breakout under your skin (popping it under your skin by applying too much pressure).
”I wish I started doing this way sooner, cuz it cleared my skin so fast, and my friends at school noticed big time and started asking what I was using on my skin…it was just how I was using the same stuff that changed” Julian 17
“Your Future Self will thank you because you will be avoiding scars and dark spots that happen when you damage your DNA by repetitive picking and unhealthy skin habits.”- Selkie
Step 4
Using the clean, unused side of the hot towel, get the towel hot again, wring it out, and remove your cleanser with deeper gentle wiping, just like Step 2, changing to cleaner spots on your towel as needed when your towel gets too dirty from the cleanser. You want to have your face completely free of the cleanser, and the towel pressure is exfoliating your face while you wipe your skin with gently but firm pets. Think of how you would pet a very happy cat, and go a notch deeper; your don’t want to hurt your skin, but you want it clean.
Apply your serum, or moisturizer or whatever you like! Remember that your skin will be able to drink up your products now, so less may be more. This is especially true with Tretinoin and Retinol, or any serious acne targeted treatments; either dilute with a gentle moisturizer or skip a day between when you would normally use these.
