How to Use Rose Face Wash Cream

To use Rose Face Wash Cream, wet your face with warm water, press a small amount of the cream into damp skin, massage it in slow circles for thirty seconds to a minute, and rinse. Use it morning and night as the first step of your routine, before a mist, serum or moisturizer. It cleans like a soap but spreads like a lotion, so skin comes out of the rinse soft rather than tight.

What Rose Face Wash Cream is

Rose Face Wash Cream is a cream cleanser for the face. The base comes from our own soapmaking, softened with glycerin and sorbitol, so it lifts away the day the way soap does without the squeaky, stripped feel an ordinary face soap can leave. Rosehip seed oil and shea butter give it a velvety cushion, finely milled oat and calendula keep the feel gentle, and Kalahari melon seed oil helps skin look smoother and more refined. A light note of rose sits over the top.

We made it for dry, normal and sensitive skin that wants a proper cleanse and still feels like itself afterward. It is the first step in several of our face sets, from the two-piece Rose Ritual Bundle to the four-step Facial Must Have Bundle.

The wash, step by step

1. Wet your face. Run warm water over your face and hands. Lukewarm is right. Very hot water leaves skin feeling drier than it needs to.
2. Take a small amount. A dime-size amount covers the whole face. The cream is concentrated, and using more only gives you more to rinse.
3. Warm it between your fingertips. A few seconds of rubbing softens the cream and makes it easier to spread.
4. Press it on and massage. Start at the center of your face and work outward over the cheeks, up across the forehead, down the nose and around the chin, in slow circles with light pressure. Thirty to sixty seconds is enough. You will feel it turn from rich to milky as it meets the water.
5. Rinse well. Rinse with warm water until the milkiness is gone. Check the hairline and the jaw, where cream likes to linger.
6. Pat dry. Press a clean towel against your face rather than rubbing it.

When you are done, skin should feel clean and comfortable: not tight, not squeaky, just soft. If it does feel tight, the water was probably too hot or the rinse too quick, and both are easy to change tomorrow.

Morning and night

The wash is gentle enough for twice a day, and the rose note is light enough to enjoy at both ends of it.

In the morning, it clears away the night and whatever skincare is left from the evening before, so the products you put on next land on clean skin. One small amount is plenty.

At night, it lifts off sunscreen, light makeup and the day's grime. This is the wash to take your time over, since nothing is waiting for you afterward.

If you wear heavy or long-wear makeup, take most of it off first with a face oil or a makeup remover, then use Rose Face Wash Cream as a second cleanse. On ordinary days, one wash does the job.

What to put on after it

A cleanser is only the first step. After washing, while your skin is still faintly damp, the order is light to rich:

• A mist. Rose Petal Mist Face Toner is rose flower water in a fine spray. A few spritzes leave skin lightly hydrated and ready for the next layer.
• A serum. The Royal Kalahari Face Serum is the one most people reach for after this wash. Warm four to six drops between your fingertips and press them into face and neck. It has no added fragrance, so it does not compete with the rose.
• A moisturizer or face oil. If your skin is dry, Marula Face Oil is rich and softening. Press a few drops over your serum at night to help keep the moisture in.

In the daytime, finish with sunscreen.

Getting the amount right over time

The dime-size rule is a starting point. If your skin is very dry, or the weather is cold and windy, you may like a slightly longer massage and a quicker move to your next step. If you have only worn sunscreen, a smaller amount is often enough. The cream should spread easily over damp skin without dragging; if it drags, add a little more water rather than more cream.

Bring the wash down over your neck as well. It is the same skin, it sees the same weather, and it is easy to forget.

Questions about using Rose Face Wash Cream

How much Rose Face Wash Cream should I use?

A dime-size amount for the whole face. Warm it between damp fingertips before applying. More cream does not clean any better; it only takes longer to rinse.

Can I use it every morning and every night?

Yes. It was made to be gentle enough for twice-daily use on dry, normal and sensitive skin.

What should I use after washing?

Rose Petal Mist, then a serum such as The Royal Kalahari Face Serum, then a moisturizer or face oil. Add sunscreen in the morning.

Does it smell strongly of rose?

No. The rose is a light note over the top of the cream, and it rinses away with the wash.