In your 30s, your skin care routine should target any barriers to skin health that are keeping your skin from being as healthy as possible. It is also time to begin and antiaging skin care routine if you have not already.

The best skin care routine 

It is never too late to begin taking care of your skin.

A good skin care routine will help you keep your skin form and prevent wrinkles and sagging by decreasing skin aging and inflammation.

How often to exfoliate depends upon your skin type. Dry skin types should only exfoliate 3 times a week while oily types can exfoliate every day.

Over-exfoliating can lead to a broken skin barrier, acne, sensitive skin and other skin issues.

Learn more about exfoliating here.

In your third decade of life, it is common to have these skin conditions: acne, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and melasma. Your skincare routine should treat all of your skin problems- not just one of them. Two or more of these skin problems can occur at the same time. For example, you may have acne that leaves a dark spot when the pimple heals. For example you may have inflamed skin and melasma, In that case it would be important that the skin lightening ingredients in your routine do not worsen your skin’s inflammation. This is why you need to know your Baumann Skin Type.

Do you have any of these issues? If so- read more about them by following the link.

• Dryness
• Rough skin
• Dull skin
• Sensitivity
• Acne
• Skin redness/ red face/ rosacea
• Unevenness of Skin Tone
• Fine lines and wrinkles

If you prefer organic, natural, clean and vegan skincare in your skincare regimen- there are good natural products out there.

Just make sure that they have the best ingredients for your Baumann Skin Type.

Once you take the quiz to find out your skin type, we will give you a step-by skin skin care routine for your skin type.

You will be able to choose products for every routine step.

You can filter our website for natural, organic, clean, vegan and environmentally friendly skin care products. Whatever you prefer.

You can be confident that these products are right for your skin type if they are on our recommended list for your Baumann Skin Type.

Trying to find skin care in your 30s on a budget? We can help!

The most 4 important products in your routine are:

1. Cleanser
2. Moisturizer
3. Sunscreen
4. Retinol

When you discover your Baumann Skin Type, we can recommend a starter regimen with these 3-4 products.

You will be able to choose from a list of affordable brands and be confident they are right for your skin type.

Most 30-years-olds combine expensive skin care products in their skin care routine that inactivate each other. This means you are wasting time and money. First of all- you might not need to spend a lot of money on skin care. Secondly- you might not need that product you are buying. Thirdly, your cleanser or moisturizer or other products in the skin care regimen may be affecting the efficacy of that expensive antiaging serum you bought. Our regimen builder helps you choose each step of your regimen so that the products work together- even if they are from different brands.

Make sure you are not making any of these skincare mistakes:

• Incorrectly guessing your skin type
• Treating one skin problem rather than all of your skin conditions
• Using the wrong skin care products
• Using products that cancel each other out
• Using products in the wrong skin care routine order
• Over exfoliating
• Getting procedures they do not need and cause side effects

Using the right skin care every day is the best way to take care of your skin.

The best skin care for 30+ skin is a good cleanser, an antiaging serum, a moisturizer and a sunscreen.

These should be used every morning and night or best results.

Don’t worry, I am here to help you narrow it down to when to save and when to splurge. I can also help you find what products really matter and which you can skip.

No matter what you Baumann Skin Type is, you can find affordable skincare by using our skincare regimen builder found after you take the quiz. This regimen builder allows you to choose skin care products for each step of your skincare routine. For example, you will be given a choice of night creams from many brands that are right or your skin type. You can choose by price, brand or other concerns like vegan, clean and gluten free. This allows you to buy products that are right for you and let you choose from affordable options.

Your skin care routine will be simple if you do not have very many barriers to skin health. You can get away with a good cleanser, sunscreen and retinoid in some cases. However, you will need more products if you have more underlying skin conditions to treat.

I will review some of my favorite products, but you will get better advice in an email that you receive after taking the quiz because the information will be based on your Baumann Skin Type and how you answered the quiz questions.

I cannot stress this enough: Use a sunscreen- EVERYDAY! Sunscreen is proven to slow skin aging and even skin tone. Sunscreen protects your skin from developing inflammation from ultraviolet radiation damage and other forms of light. If you are in your 30s and have not found a sunscreen you want to use every day- then I bet you are not shopping by your Baumann Skin Type. Most skin types like tinted sunscreens to protect your skin from blue light emitted from your phone. (Yes - your phone! Yikes!)

The second most important product that 30 years olds should carefully choose is a facial cleanser. The type of cleanser depends upon your skin concerns. For example, if you have facial redness and sensitive skin, consider an anti-inflammatory cleanser such as the face washes recommended by dermatologists for rosacea. Preventing inflammation at an early age will help reduce overall skin damage and keep your skin tone even. Using the wrong skin cleanser can lead to skin dehydration, inflammation, pigmentation and skin aging.

Find the best cleansers for your Baumann Skin Type here

The best face cream for your 30 something skin will have ingredients that target your barriers to skin health. Creams are better for dry skin, serums are better for oily skin. Step 3 of your morning regimen usually has ingredients that target your skin issues, while step 4 has a moisturizer that makes step 3 work better. You should splurge on the step 3 product and save on the step 4 moisturizer. In most cases step 3 and 4 of the am and pm regimen can be the same- but again- it depends upon your Baumann Skin Type. If you have dry skin, you need a barrier repair moisturizer.

These are our favorite Barrier Repair Creams:

Everyone in their 30s needs to be on an aging prevent skin care routine. To learn more about your antiaging skin care in your 30s click here.

By now- you know the drill. Take the quiz and use the skincare regimen builder. Its all there- customized for YOU!

Once you know your Baumann Skin Type, you will be able to:

• Shop by skin type
• Read reviews from others with your same skin type
• Receive educational emails about how to use your products and how to tell if your products are working

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2. Baumann, L. Ch. Cosmeceuticals and Cosmetic Ingredients (McGraw Hill 2015)
3. Choi, J. W., Lee, Y. J., & Shin, S. Y. (2021). A Study on the Changes in the Oil and Moisture Condition of Facial Skin in Women in their 20s and 30s. Journal of Fashion Business, 25(4), 1-13.