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How to Build a Simple Skincare Routine With Only Three Products

You do not need ten steps for skin that feels good. Here is the simple morning and night routine we use, built around three tallow crèmes.

By Melissa Phillips

Smoothing North Channel tallow crème by the water in Northern Ontario

A good routine is one you will actually keep. Mine is built around three crèmes and a single, calm routine. You choose by what your skin needs, and let the formula do the rest.

Start with what your skin needs

North Glow is our everyday facial crème for normal, dry, mature and combination skin. North Calm is lighter, made for sensitive and reactive skin. North Relief is our richest crème for dry, weather-exposed skin on the face, hands and elbows.

The routine, morning and night

  1. Cleanse and pat your skin almost dry, leaving it a little damp.
  2. Warm a small amount of crème between your fingertips.
  3. Press it gently into your skin instead of rubbing it in.
  4. Reach for North Relief any time skin needs a little extra, day or night.
North Channel tallow crème in amber jars
A pea-sized amount is usually plenty.

Not sure which one is yours?

If you are stuck between them, our two minute North Routine asks a few calm questions about your skin and the season, then points you to the right crème and how to use it.

Notes from the North

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