A good beauty student’s playbook should include these three things: A preparation step, a treatment step and a seal step.
Or as popular skincare brand The Ordinary have coined it - Prep, Treat and Seal.
Sounds like a simple skincare philosophy right? It is. Because skincare shouldn’t be complicated.
The Ordinary’s Prep, Treat and Seal is a great guide to follow especially if you’re not sure how to actually start building a basic skincare routine.
And who better to talk us through these three skincare pillars than The Ordinary’s Chief Scientific Officer, Prudvi Mohan Kaka and Head of Scientific Communications, Clare Evans.
We asked them a lot of skincare questions when we recently visited their Toronto headquarters.
From a podcast interview with Clare to the best Ordinary products for dry and oily skin, there was no skincare question stone left unturned.
Keep scrolling for a helpful guide and exactly what you need to start your personalised skincare routine according to the experts at The Ordinary.
What Is Prep, Treat and Seal?
Think of The Ordinary’s Prep, Treat and Seal guide as the most simple way to structure your personalised skincare regimen.
It’s all about taking it back to the basics:
Prep - The first bookend step in your routine that prepares your skin for receiving your treatment (or your actives). It usually consists of a cleanser and/or a toner.
Treat - Your treatment step. This is where your targeted serums come in.
Seal - The last bookend product that seals in all the goodness from the above. This is your moisturiser and your SPF (for the AM).
And an important reminder: Your Prep, Treat and Seal routine will look different to your bestie’s or your mum’s because everyone has different skin needs and concerns.
Got dry skin? Your Prep, Treat and Seal routine is going to look very different to your best friend’s oily skin routine.
And lucky for us, both Clare and Prudvi shared their advice and product recommendations for each step and skin concern.
For more of Clare's best skincare tips, you can listen to our Beauty IQ Uncensored podcast interview with her below: