8 Ways to Boost Your Skincare Routine in 2024

It’s easy for a skincare routine to start feeling a little stagnant, but the new year is the perfect time to add some new elements in. Whether your skincare resolutions include brightening your complexion, reducing the appearance of wrinkles, or anything else, read on as Lionesse shares eight game-changing ways to boost your skincare routine in 2024!

1. Give Double Cleansing a Try

It’s no secret that cleansing is one of the most important steps of any skincare routine, so, hopefully, this is something that you’re already doing twice a day. A good cleanse will not only save your skin from the clogged pores and oxidative damage that surface impurities can cause, but it will also make it easier for the rest of your skincare products to sink into your skin. This will then make your entire skincare routine all the more effective.

A single cleanse does this well but, if you want to take your skincare routine to the next level, double cleansing is well worth a try. This technique involves cleansing your skin twice. The first cleanse is carried out with an oil-based cleanser. This will attract and remove oil-based impurities, such as sebum. The second cleanse makes use of a water-based cleanser, like the Lionesse White Pearl Facial Cleanser, to clear away dirt, sweat, and water-based impurities.

This is a technique that works beautifully on all skin types. Many are surprised to learn that a double cleanse can also be gentler on the skin than a single cleanse. This helps to maintain skin barrier integrity, meaning healthier-looking skin overall!

2. Seek Out Multitasking Products

In recent years, many people have been turning to super-targeted skincare products that hone in on one specific skin concern. There’s nothing wrong with this but, as always, trends change. Now, more and more people have been seeking out multitasking formulas, recognizing how beneficial it can be to have a single product that can help with multiple visible skin concerns at the same time.

Take the Lionesse Morganite Transforming Serum as an example. It will boost your complexion in a variety of ways. For starters, with sodium hyaluronate and glycerin, it’s incredibly hydrating. It also contains a potent yet stable form of vitamin C, an ingredient famed for how it can help with everything from the appearance of aging to the look of dullness and roughness. It’s infused with peptides too, which will leave your skin barrier feeling stronger. Meanwhile, a sprinkling of diamond dust will add an instant glow to your skin! 

3. Start Using Vitamin A at Night

If you’re not already using vitamin A, it’s time to start. This ingredient is the perfect way to boost your skincare routine! Just like vitamin C, vitamin A is a multitasking antioxidant. However, its main benefit is how it tackles the visibility of skin aging. If your complexion has started to crease or sag, vitamin A is exactly what you need to restore a more youthful appearance.

The only problem with vitamin A is that some forms of the ingredient can be extremely potent. The skin doesn’t always respond to this well. As a result, many find that their skin turns dry, red, and sensitive if they suddenly start slathering it with certain vitamin A derivatives, such as retinol or retinoic acid.

The solution is to start with a gentle form of vitamin A, like retinyl palmitate. This is the mildest derivative available. It still produces amazing results – it just takes a little longer to kick into action. On the plus side, you’ll be unlikely to experience any irritation from it. This makes it easy to slot the ingredient into your daily skincare routine. The best time to use it is in the evenings. It will leave your skin feeling supported while your skin works on regenerating and repairing damage overnight.

You’ll find retinyl palmitate in several Lionesse products, including the Black Onyx Serum. This lightweight serum also contains vitamin C, plus lactic acid to hydrate and smooth out your complexion.

4. Apply a Toner After Cleansing

There’s nothing wrong with keeping your skincare routine basic. However, this could also mean that you end up missing out on the incredible benefits that some products can provide. Toners are a good example. Many choose not to use one because this isn’t touted as a vital skincare step. However, adding one into your skincare routine could make a huge difference to your complexion.

How? Well, one of the main purposes of a toner is to rebalance the pH level on the surface of your skin. This can often fall off-kilter after cleansing, which can lead to a number of skin problems in the long run. A balanced surface pH means a healthier-looking complexion. 

Toners are also great for prepping the skin for the rest of your skincare routine. Remember how we talked about double cleansing being a good way to enhance the results that you experience from the rest of the products that you use? Well, a toner will do the same! 

Some toners, like the Lionesse White Pearl Skin Toner, are also extremely hydrating. Thanks to the inclusion of aloe vera and chamomile in this formula, it will reduce the look of redness and inflammation too, making it perfect for giving your skin a fresh and vibrantly healthy finish.

5. Try Multi-Masking

If your skincare routine is pretty in-depth, then this likely means that a face mask is already a part of your weekly regimen. Thanks to their high concentrations of active ingredients, as well as how face masks are designed to push those ingredients into the skin, masks are perfect for giving the skin some extra TLC and honing in on specific visible skin concerns.

However, try taking masking to the next level in 2024. How? By multi-masking. This involves using multiple face masks on your skin at the same time. 

One way to multi-mask is by applying different masks to different areas of your face. For example, the Lionesse Black Onyx Mask would be perfect for an oily t-zone. You could then combine this with the Opal Sheer Melting Mask on your cheeks to counter the feeling of dryness.

Another way to multi-mask is by layering two face masks over the top of each other. Apply a hydrating rinse-off mask first and then place a sheet mask, like the Diamond Rejuvenation Facial & Eye Mask from Lionesse, over the top. Time it carefully so that both masks can be removed at the same time.

Whichever method you choose, multi-masking enables you to customize your masking session. As you can imagine, this will bring you much better results!

6. Get High Tech With Your Skincare Routine

Technology has heavily influenced just about every industry over the years, and skincare is no exception. Topical products are great but, if you want to give your skincare routine an edge, try incorporating more tech into it.

LED skincare devices are an effective way to do so. LED light therapy is backed by science, with numerous studies pointing at how it can help to improve the appearance of everything from psoriasis to acne. It can also soften the look of wrinkles, brighten the complexion, and give the skin a smoother and firmer finish.

LED light therapy treatments can be carried out professionally. The downside to this is that your skin needs to be exposed to the LED light several times before results can be seen. This can quickly become time-consuming and costly. However, with an at-home LED light therapy device, such as the Photonix-3 Neck Solution or the Photonix-2 Jade Eye Wand, things become a whole lot easier!

7. Treat Yourself to Some Fast-Acting Skincare Products

Skincare products usually take a while to work, with many needing a couple of months before any differences in the complexion can be seen. There’s nothing wrong with this – skincare is a long-term game. However, there’s also no denying how frustrating this can sometimes be, especially when you have a visible skin concern that you’re hoping to eradicate ASAP for a special occasion.

That’s where our fast-acting skincare products can help. The Lionesse Diamond De-Puffer, for example, will quickly smooth away the look of puffiness under your eyes. It works almost immediately, making it so useful on busy mornings.

The Lionesse White Pearl Wrinkle Reducing Syringe is another useful product to have in your skincare arsenal. This one, as you can tell from its name, targets the visibility of wrinkles. Apply it to each individual crease and they’ll appear to blur away, giving your face an instantly smoother and line-free look.

Although the results provided by these products are temporary, they both contain ingredients that will help in the long term too. Use them regularly now and you likely won’t need them quite as much in the future!

8. Invest in High-Quality Eye Care Products

If your skincare routine doesn’t currently involve giving your eye area some special attention, 2024 is the perfect time to change that. The skin around your eyes may not look any different from the skin on the rest of your face but it’s actually much thinner and more fragile. This makes it highly susceptible to damage.

Every good skincare routine should contain at least one eye care product. If you have any eye area-related skin concerns that you’re already dealing with, pick a product that will help with that. The Lionesse Amber Dark Circle Eye Cream, for example, will lighten the appearance of dark circles and shadows while leaving your entire eye area looking brighter. 

If your eye area hasn’t started to display any issues just yet, then look for an all-rounder eye care product. The Lionesse Amber Eye Serum would be a great choice. The peptides in this formula will leave the thin skin around your eyes feeling thicker and stronger while licorice root extract and vitamin C will lighten the look of shadows. This formula is packed with numerous antioxidants too. They’ll work to prevent the appearance of aging, keeping your eye area looking tight and youthful!

Create the Perfect Skincare Routine For 2024 With Lionesse

If you’re looking for a way to boost your skincare routine in 2024, you’ve come to the right place. Whether you want to add in a new topical product or go high-tech with your skincare, the Lionesse online store will provide plenty of inspiration!