Many dermatologists and beautystas swear by double cleansing for flawless skin. Here's an explanation of this great facial cleansing technique.
One of the first anti-aging treatments is skin cleansing. You can apply the best treatments, but it is useless if you do it on skin with clogged pores and a "clogged" surface.
Double cleansing is all the rage on social media. But is it suitable for all skin types? And be careful to choose the right products and follow the appropriate steps. Clean, yes. Strip, no!
What is double cleansing?
Double cleansing comes to us from Japan. It has found many imitators in South Korea where layering is practiced - superimposing care - and in the United States where people wear a lot of makeup and where the gesture of "stripping" skin and hair is common.
This two-step double cleansing ritual aims to remove makeup and impurities to deeply cleanse the skin, so that it is more radiant and more receptive to the products used afterwards.
Why two steps?
A double cleanse takes place in two stages to rid the skin of the different types of impurities that can clog it up.
An oily phase to remove grease

The first step is to use a greasy product, an oil or a make-up remover balm to remove all the greasy particles and lipophilic impurities that make up make-up – even waterproof –, sebum, but also sunscreen which is often difficult to remove. They are applied directly to dry skin with bare hands, on the entire face and neck, using light circular movements, before rinsing. Perfectly suited to this step, Le Baume Métamorphose NACRE ÉCLAT . It removes makeup, perfectly and delicately cleanses the skin while maintaining the balance of the skin microbiota. This generous and comforting balm with a texture full of vegetable oil (organic oleic sunflower oil) which dissolves makeup and impurities, transforms into milk thanks to gentle non-foaming surfactants which trap impurities.
Ultra concentrated, a small amount is enough to effectively cleanse the face, eyes and lips. Thanks to the mother-of-pearl extract (NACR-45®) and Pre & Postbiotics, it respects the balance of the microbiota and strengthens the stratum corneum.
An aqueous phase to eliminate hydrophilic molecules

In the classic double cleanse, we then move on to an aqueous phase using a hydrophilic texture, gel, foam or milk, to eliminate the residues dissolved during the first step. While the oil removes lipophilic molecules, the foaming cleanser attacks the hydrophilic molecules that are sweat and dust so that the skin is deeply cleansed and oxygenated. Remember, the
Milky Micellar Water NACRE ÉCLAT whose milk texture transforms into water to revive combination to oily skin. Enriched with cleansing micelles and balancing pre- and postbiotics, it gently rids the skin of all impurities thanks to its mild, non-foaming surfactants. In addition, it preserves the skin's natural hydration thanks to the action of NACR-45® mother-of-pearl extracts. After use, the skin is clear, fresh and brighter.
Oil, even for combination or oily skin!
When you have oily skin, you tend to be wary of greasy and oily textures, for fear that they will nourish sebum and be comedogenic. But what may be true for a skincare product is not true when it comes to makeup removal.
The best texture to eliminate fat
It is precisely because fat loves fat that oil or oil-phase balm is the texture most likely to eliminate fatty substances. Indeed, oily molecules have a particular affinity with fat. And only an oil-phase product can get rid of everything that is oily, sebum in particular. In addition, the makeup remover oil that emulsifies on contact with water is finally rinsed off.
But not just any oil!
On the other hand, we choose products specifically formulated for this purpose, including gentle emulsifiers which make the oil miscible in water when rinsing, and especially not a vegetable oil such as olive or coconut, which does not emulsify and can be comedogenic.
Choosing the right products
Respect the skin barrier
The skin is protected by the hydrolipidic film and the microbiota. However, any cleaning, even gentle, unbalances these two environments, which take a few hours to regenerate. And overly aggressive cleaning, with products that are too stripping and have abrasive surfactants, attacks them, leaving a vulnerable skin barrier. Transepidermal water loss is then increased and the skin becomes "porous" to aggressors and pathogenic bacteria. In the long term, by increasing this type of overly abrasive cleaning, we risk increasing skin problems. : imperfections and excessive sebum production by reaction, tightness, inflammation, and discomfort even on combination and oily skin. We therefore avoid products containing sulfates, silicones, mineral oils, in favor of vegetable oils, squalene, vegetable butters, vegetable waxes and gentle emulsifiers derived from coconut sugars.
Are two products really necessary?
Modern cleansing oils and balms are often "transforming textures" which, thanks to emulsifying sugars, allow a milky emulsion to form when the oil comes into contact with water. This makes rinsing easy, without leaving a greasy film on the skin.
As for micellar products, they contain micelles, molecules that have a hydrophilic head and a lipophilic tail. When these micelles come into contact with the skin, the tail clings to oily impurities (makeup, pollution, sebum), and the head clings to aqueous impurities before curling up to trap them and eliminate everything.
Whether it's cleansing oil or micellar product, the same product provides both phases of double cleansing!
This is the case of the Metamorphosis Balm like Milky Micellar Water !
This type of cleansing, whether you choose one or two products, is done in the evening to remove makeup, dust, pollution, sunscreen and impurities. In the morning, you can use a toner, floral water or a mist like Eau de Nacre Isotonique