Regardless of our age, when it comes to our skin, we’re all on a quest for the same thing: a plump, glowing, and healthy complexion. In Korea, they call it “choc-choc”, explains facialist and founder of 001 Skincare Ada Ooi, who counts everyone from Lady Gaga to Rooney Mara as clients. Far from the elaborate, 12-step K-Beauty skincare regimes you’ve heard about, Ooi believes that skin like this can be achieved with half the number of steps. All you need is to know how—and in what order—to properly apply your products. Here, she shares her six-step skincare regime for your juiciest skin ever.
As with any good facial, your first step should be cleansing the skin effectively. To remove your make-up, look to a formula like Augustinus Bader’s The Cream Cleansing Gel, or Comfort Zone’s sumptuous Sacred Nature Cleansing Balm to lift grime from the face, and use a muslin cloth to wash it off. Next, Ooi recommends using the AHC Aqualuronic Cleanser to double cleanse. “It’s very different from most foaming cleansers—it starts foamy, but add some water and it has a very creamy texture, which means it doesn’t dry out your skin,” she says. She advises looking for cleansers that, like this one, contain hyaluronic acid molecules in a number of different sizes, as they create water pathways through which subsequent active ingredients can successfully make their way into the skin.