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--Transcript--So what's up with the double cleanse? A lot of people are doing it, a whole lot of people are talking about it, and there's a ton of people who actually have no clue what it is. Double cleanse is when you use an oil cleanser before your foam-based cleanser. So you basically are cleansing twice. The question is, is it good for you and should you do it? That's what we're covering today. Welcome to episode three of the Skincare Secret Show. So the big question is this, what do people with great skin do differently to have that? How do they achieve a great look without using celebrity beauticians or spending a paycheck to restock their beauty cabinet. What are their mindsets, their approaches, the rituals the products and tools they use? That is the question and this podcast will give you the answers. My name is Damyan Nikolov and welcome to Skincare Secrets. I’'ll give you some reasons to double cleanse, and cleanse in general. How about 40,000 of them. So your skin sheds 40,000 dead skin cells every minute. Just think about it, every minute, and those have to come off. The best way is through cleansing so you can get rid of them because if you don't, they get mixed up with oil, with makeup, with SPF and whatnot, and you get milia or worse, you get acne. And if this is not enough, I'll give you another 20,000 thousand reasons, your face has approximately 20,000 pores. And when those pores get filled up with gunk, they stretch out and when they stretch out they look huge. And nobody likes that. I know it's a major category in the beauty space, products that minimize pores, but one of the best ways to actually minimize the look of your pores, is to keep your skin clean so that they shrink back to their normal size. And what are you actually cleansing when you're double cleansing? Besides obviously the makeup and the SPF and all that stuff, you're actually getting rid of your natural oil called sebum, that the skin produces, and that's something that plays a very important role in the body. On one end, it regulates heat and body temperature, on the other end it prevents bacteria from landing on the skin and causing acne and other kinds of issues. So you have to look at cleansing in moderation and make sure you're not disturbing that balance that the skin has. Certain signs that you are over cleansing, if you're doing double cleanse twice a day for example for an extended period of time. First your skin may feel super tight, super dry. If it has that papery you feel once you dry it with a towel, that's probably a sign you are over cleansing. In which case you can lower the amount of product you use if you want to keep the frequency, or you can cleanse less often, from twice a day to once a day. On the other end, if your skin feels extremely oily and you normally think your skin is not naturally producing a ton of oil, that could be because you're stripping too much of that natural oil called sebum. So the serum production goes in overdrive, it overcompensates, and it gives you that shiny look, which besides look can cause acne and problem skin. So cleansing and your routine and your skincare ritual, these are all living breathing creatures you have to adjust and you have to listen to your skin and pay attention to it. Now why does the double cleanse work? People talk a lot about the double cleanse helps a lot with makeup, and helps a lot with waterproof mascara and things like that. That's because the things on your skin dissolve either in water or in oil. And to clean something, to really clean not to just wash it off the surface with a bunch of water. You need to dissolve it, so it's completely gone. And a double cleanse helps dissolve both the water-based ingredients and the oil-based ingredients, and completely get rid of both. When you use oil, the makeup you see the makeup starts melting. And for those who are not using oil-based cleansers, you put some on dry hands and you apply it on dry skin, and you rub it for a minute, and you see that stuff starting to melt. Then you add water and then you continue to rub to emulsify this oil where you get that milky effect not quite foaming, but you get that same effect because it still has some foaming agents, that's what gets completely rid of that makeup and the SPF and all the other hard stuff to get off your face. Now the foam cleanser afterwards, people use for different reasons. Some people like the squeaky clean feel on their skin. That's how they've trained their mind over time to think of the definition of clean. Some people actually use a cleanser, the second cleanser, with a functional purpose. It may be a cleanser with some acid, which helps get an exfoliating effect. Because what most acids do is they dissolve the bond between the dead skin, the 40,000 that you shed every minute, and helps get rid of them. So should you double cleanse or not? I strongly recommend trying an oil-based cleanser, and if you want to add a second cleanser then certainly pay attention to whether your skin gets over cleansed, and if that's the case you have to moderate it. I hope you enjoy that episode. That's it for today. If you liked it, please share on Instagram and Facebook, and I'll see you next time.