We follow a routine of cleansing and moisturizing twice a day to maintain basic skin health. Unfortunately, finding the right products to target specific concerns usually involves a lot of trial and error.
The most common skincare advice says to keep it simple. However, finding the right skincare products near Cedar Falls feels so complicated. Each product that lines the shelves of stores or catches your eye in an ad promises so much: clearing, brightening, hydrating, plumping.
And these aren’t necessarily empty promises either. Most of those products probably do work! The question is: Do they work for you?
At SPRY Skin and Wellness, we make finding the best skin care routine easy, because we customize it to your skin. Keep reading to find out more about our products, assessments, and personalization—and how you can create the best routine.
Customizable Solutions
Skincare is not one-size-fits-all. You’ve probably realized this yourself when the highly recommended serum you tried didn’t deliver the results it promised, or worse, it irritated your skin.
At SPRY our expert aestheticians understand how to select the right products based on your unique skin needs. We also offer 2 product lines to help you target your concerns.
SPRY Skincare
After years of working in medical aesthetics, our team developed our own skincare line using natural, healing ingredients. Our products include cleansers, serums, moisturizers, and sunscreen gentle enough to work on most skin types. Creating our own skincare line allowed us to target the common concerns that we see in our office and help each patient reach their aesthetic goals.
You can shop our line of skincare products near Cedar Falls online or in our office.
Colorescience
In order to customize your skin care routine for you, we need a variety of products to meet your individual needs. Fortunately, we also sell Colorescience. This unique brand uses chemical-free, 100% natural, protective, and nourishing ingredients to enhance your skin. You can shop their selection of makeup, cleansers, sunscreen, and more in our office. You can also shop their products online, and tailor your search to your specific skin type and concern.
Find Your Skin Type: Wash Test
The products you choose should work with your skin type. If you don’t know your skin type, we recommend coming in for an assessment.
We also have an at-home technique to help you better understand your skin. Follow these instructions:
- Wash your face with lukewarm water and a gentle cleanser.
- Pat your skin dry.
- Wait 1 hour.
Observe your skin’s texture after an hour; this helps identify your skin type and determine the best skincare products near Cedar Falls for you.
Dry Skin
If your skin feels tight and scratchy, you have dry skin. Anyone can struggle with dry skin, which develops when your skin loses water too quickly, causing dehydration. Especially in cold, dry climates, the low temperatures and lack of humidity cause moisture to evaporate quicker, leaving our skin more dry.
But if you’re still experiencing dry skin in warmer, humid temperatures, we may determine that your skin doesn’t produce enough sebum. This oily substance provides a protective coating on your skin to help it retain moisture and prevent it from drying out.
We recommend finding gentle cleansers and moisturizers that help your skin retain moisture.
- Cleanser Recommendation: Cleanse & Calm by SPRY
- Moisturizer Recommendations: Advanced Hydration Cream by SPRY
Oily Skin
If your skin still feels dirty and greasy after you’ve washed it, you may have oily skin. You can also touch your face and check if you have oil on your finger. An overproduction of sebum causes oily skin, creating a shiny appearance, especially around the forehead, nose, and chin.
Too much sebum production can also clog pores and cause acne.
The best skincare products near Cedar Falls for oily skin include cleansers with benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid, which helps to unclog pores. It’s still important to moisturize your skin, because excessive sebum build-up doesn’t mean that your skin is well-hydrated. We recommend lightweight moisturizers that your skin can absorb quickly.
- Cleanser Recommendation: Clear Skin Solutions by SPRY
- Moisturizer Recommendation: Oil Free Sheer Moisturizer by SPRY
Combination Skin
If some areas of your face feel dry and others feel oily, you have combination skin. Usually, the oily areas are your forehead, nose, and chin, while the cheeks and eye area may feel dry and tight.
Combination skin requires customization, and we may recommend you treat some areas of your face with specific products while avoiding others.
- Cleanser Recommendations: Gentle Enzyme Gel Cleanser by SPRY
- Moisturizer Recommendation: Skin Balancing Squalane Moisturizer
Sensitive Skin
If you experience redness or irritation after washing your face, you have sensitive skin. Those with sensitive skin may have the following:
We strongly advise you schedule a skin assessment at Spry if you have sensitive skin, so an expert can help you determine the best skincare products near Cedar Falls. We generally recommend gentle, soap-free, fragrance-free cleansers.
Cleanser Recommendation: Cleanse & Calm by SPRY
Moisturizer Recommendation: Advanced Hydration Cream by SPRY
Normal Skin
If your face feels the same after an hour, you have normal skin. This means you don’t have any skin sensitivities, and you rarely experience acne breakouts. Even if your skin doesn’t overproduce or underproduce sebum, you should still maintain a proper skin care routine to maintain your balance. We recommend a simple cleanser and moisturizer for normal skin.
- Cleanser Recommendation: Clarity Balm It Off by SPRY
- Moisturizer Recommendation: Hydrate & Plump Serum by SPRY
- Safe For All Skin Types: Antioxidant Multi-Correction Serum
Believe it or not, we also offer a product that works safely and effectively for all 5 skin types. Our Antioxidant Multi-Correction Serum works seamlessly into any skincare routine to soothe, hydrate, and protect your skin. The unique blend of botanicals in this multi-purpose serum reduces redness and leaves skin brighter.
Antioxidants help fight harmful free radicals, or unstable molecules that create stress and damage your cells and DNA. This stress and damage can appear as fine lines, wrinkles, sagging skin, and dark spots. Pollution, UV radiation, smoking, stress, and even how your body converts food into energy all contribute to the formation of free radicals.
Skincare products near Cedar Falls that contain antioxidants, like retinols and our antioxidant serum, stabilize free radicals and protect your skin’s health.
Related Reading: Best Retinol Serum at SPRY
Sunscreen
Throughout every season, and no matter your skin type, we recommend reapplying sunscreen every 2 to 3 hours at least. The sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays can penetrate deep into your dermis (middle layer of skin) that makes oil, holds collagen and elastin, and supplies blood to the epidermis (top layer of skin). Sunscreen helps protect your skin from the sun to prevent early signs of aging and reduce the risk of skin cancer.
Sunscreen acts as a barrier between you and the sun. We recommend any mineral-based sunscreen that has a minimum of SPF 30. For your skin type, we have more targeted recommendations:
- Dry – No-Show Mineral Sunscreen by Colorescience
- Oily – Sunforgettable Total Protection Face Shield by Colorescience
- Combination – Oil Free Tinted SPF by SPRY
- Sensitive – Simply Sheer SPF 50 by SPRY
- Normal – Dual Defense SPF 50+ by SPRY
Trust an Aesthetician
At the end of the day, trust the skincare experts to help you find the right skincare products near Cedar Falls. Finding the best products for your skin can be difficult on your own, even if you know your skin type. For specific skin concerns, trust our team to handle the extra steps and avoid the guesswork.
Skin Assessment
To get the best results, please bring your current skincare products to your consultation, so we can integrate them into a new routine with our products. After we determine your skin type and the root cause of your concerns, we help find the perfect products for your goals.
Tailored Routines
To start, we always set a foundational routine of cleansing, moisturizing, and protecting your skin. But if you want to add additional steps to treat specific concerns, that can feel complicated. How do you know which serums and exfoliators to use when it varies from person to person? To minimize your guesswork, we offer and pair you with targeted products to treat your concerns.
Acne
We all know acne, and we all hate it. What we once thought was just a teenage problem followed us into adulthood whether as active breakouts or as scarring. Ranging in size and color, acne can present on any skin type (though not as often in normal skin) due to hormonal changes, certain medication, stress, and even dietary choices. These factors contribute to the overproduction of sebum, which clogs pores. Dead skin cells can also clog pores, causing acne in people with dry skin.
At SPRY, we can help find the underlying cause of your acne and recommend products to help clear it. Here are some of our favorites:
- Blemish Correcting Treatment Serum
- Clear Skin Solutions Acne Reduction Spot Treatment 5%
- Clear Skin Solutions Benzoyl Peroxide 5% Wash
- Clear Skin Solutions 2-2 Pads
Undereye Circles
We often blame fatigue for dark circles under our eyes. However, undereye circles can appear due to aging, genetics, dehydration, and many other factors. To lighten and brighten your appearance, we offer targeted skincare products:
Lips
As we age, our body’s production of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid contributes to thinning lips. We have injectable treatments, like dermal fillers, to restore their size, shape, and volume. Our lip products also help to keep your skin hydrated and hydrated. These pair well with injectables, or as part of your daily skincare routine. We recommend these products:
- Total Lip Therapy by SPRY
- Hydrinity Lip Mask sold at SPRY
Changing Your Routine
Your skincare routine should evolve with the changing seasons and life stages. This could mean replacing your tried-and-true products with others, or adding in extra steps like exfoliating facial creams, resurfacing serums, and Vitamin C Serums. We always want to hear from you at our med spa near Cedar Falls for any skin concern!
Simplify Your Skincare Search
Finding the right skincare products near Cedar Falls shouldn’t be difficult. Our team has dedicated their careers to helping others achieve smooth, radiant skin. For your customized treatment, you can request a skincare assessment to get started on building a personalized routine.
