What is skin flooding and how does it work? Discover everything you need to know about flooding thirsty skin in this guide to skincare for dehydrated skin.
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Darlings, when skin feels dehydrated, skin flooding may be the answer to your skincare wishes! Discover how skin flooding works, the best skincare products for flooding the skin with hydration, and why skin flooding could be the answer to rehydrating dehydrated skin.
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The core products that you will need when skin flooding include cleanser, face mist, face serum, and moisturizer. These products work together to add moisture back into the skin and help to strengthen the skin barrier for long-lasting hydration. Skin flooding is a more-is-more approach to skincare – the opposite of skin minimalism or ‘skinimalism’ – so products such as toner, face masks and face oils are wonderful additions to your skin flooding routine.
Whichever products you use for skin flooding, be sure to use hydrating formulas that don’t feel stripping on the skin. I recommend reaching for Magic Skin icons like Charlotte’s Magic Hydrator Mist, Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir, and Charlotte’s Magic Water Cream to flood the skin with healthy hydration.
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Skin flooding begins with a misting of face mist onto freshly cleansed skin to instantly hydrate your complexion. Charlotte’s Magic Hydrator Mist is my hydrating face mist – it’s powered by Hyaluronic Mesh Technology and is designed to give the face an immediate moisture boost. It also helps to supercharge the skincare steps that follow; other skincare products such as face serums and moisturizers absorb most effectively into a damp complexion, and a flooding of face mist is the perfect way to optimize your canvas for the rest of your skincare routine for dehydrated skin.
Tilbury Tip: Skin flooding is all about layering, darlings. While face mist should be the first step in your routine, you can also reapply face mist between the rest of your skincare steps for even more magical hydration.
Next, apply a gentle toner to hydrate and smooth the look of skin. When skin flooding, it’s important to choose a hydrating formula that adds moisture back into the skin while helping to tone the complexion and refine the appearance of pores. Glow Toner is my daily radiant glow solution for baby-soft skin with an ambient glow; the research-powered formula is infused with niacinamide to help strengthen the skin barrier which will help to lock in all of the moisture that your skin will be flooded with as you perform your skincare routine.
Tilbury Tip: I recommend applying Glow Toner with a soft cotton pad. Add a few drops onto your pad and then gently press into the skin to let the formula absorb.
Next, apply a hydrating face serum that floods the skin with deeply hydrating skincare ingredients. Face serums that are infused with moisture-boosting ingredients like hyaluronic acid are perfect choices for dehydrated skin as they provide targeted hydration that helps to revive the look of the complexion. While I was creating Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir, I discovered the powers of polyglutamic acid – a supercharged ingredient that’s 4x as hydrating as hyaluronic acid. I infused my research-powered face serum with this skincare powerhouse to deliver deep, lasting hydration, making it a perfect face serum option for skin flooding.
Once you’ve flooded your skin with face serum, it’s time to reach for a moisturizer that’s designed to quench thirsty skin. I created Charlotte’s Magic Water Cream to not just moisturize your skin, but to DRENCH it. The unique, gel-cream formula is powered by Waterlocking Fusion Technology™️ with aquaporin to help deliver 100 hours of hydration* with every application, helping skin to feel intensely hydrated, balanced and with improved tone and texture. Charlotte’s Magic Water Cream drenches like a water cream and revives like a Magic Cream – it’s the skin-flooding formula that your skin is thirsting for!
Finally, massage a luxe facial oil into the skin to soothe and hydrate the complexion. Reaching for a silky-smooth face oil is the perfect way to give your skin flooding routine a spa-fresh finishing touch. I created Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil as a spa-in-a-jar face oil that helps to smooth and nourish the look of skin while delivering gorgeous, natural radiance. The formula is enriched with calming essential oils and a plump-effect collagen matrix that helps skin to feel smoother and firmer. If your skin is dehydrated, this high-performance facial oil is perfect for getting your glow back.
With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.
