Beauty routine is a delicate thing, because mistakes can cost you a lot. The use of even the most expensive serums and creams and careful daily care may not produce the desired result if you neglect certain rules. There are several harmful beauty habits that may seem innocent, but only at first glance.
So what kind of beauty habits can lead to premature skin aging? Geniusbeauty.com is sharing common makeup mistakes that should be avoided to look fresh and young.
Home care is the main method to prevent skin aging. No injections and professional techniques will be able to immediately restore metabolic processes and provide 100% age control unless there is a systematic home beauty routine. However, many of us often neglect basic skincare rules, washing our faces with water, using the same towel for a month or sharing it with the rest of the family. What other beauty habits make you look older?
1. Using scrubs daily
Frequent use of scrubs leads to skin barrier function impairment and the spread of infection. Therefore, to keep your skin young, pay attention to a different kind of skin care. Use makeup remover daily and wash your face in the morning and evening using an appropriate skin hygiene product matching your skin type.
If the skin is prone to flaking, tightening, redness, sensitive to temperature changes, cosmetics, and water, you should wash it with mild cleansers such as milks, creams, and mousses with anti-inflammatory substances (grape seed extract, B vitamins, zinc).
If your skin has already started to fade, pay attention to products containing epigenetic substances, the growth factors of the epidermis and vascular growth factor, which restore the health of the epidermis. This is very important for improving skin tone and smoothness. Modern epigenetic agents trigger a cascade of chemical reactions on the surface of the skin, activate the regeneration process and help to smooth wrinkles, improving the look of the skin and increasing its elasticity.
If the skin is prone to comedones and acne, you should use a cream emulsion (serum) that contains anti-inflammatory substances (white willow extract, salicylic acid) for face washing.
If the skin’s barrier function is broken, use a cream with vitamins or panthenol to restore the epidermis.
If you have visible wrinkles, pay attention to care products with hyaluronic acid, peptides, growth factors or phospholipids.
2. Failing to wash off milk or micellar water
All hygienic products have surfactants aimed at removing the horny layer. If not washed off with water, surfactants remain on the skin producing a negative effect on the cells and causing contact dermatitis. Therefore, an important rule is to always rinse off the hygiene products with water, and then wipe the skin with a disposable cloth or cotton pad, removing excess water. Everything that touches the face must be disposable. Wash off both milk and micellar water!
3. Neglecting the tonic
This is a very common mistake. Many of us do not use tonics after face washing, considering them an unnecessary stage of skin care. However, face washing disrupts the composition of the upper epidermis. Tonics contain epigenetic substances, which have a binding effect. They give skin smoothness and rejuvenate it, letting oxygen in. They also improve cell migration, which increases skin regenerative function.
Even after micellar water, which relieves the feeling of dryness and removes makeup, you need to use a tonic. Otherwise, micellar water residues can damage the corneal cells and break the intercellular connections, which will lead to additional dryness and contact dermatitis.
4. Squeezing acne
If you are not a professional cosmetologist, do not touch inflamed areas. First, you don’t know how to do it right, so you can injure your skin. Secondly, few people treat acne spots after this manipulation, so they are very susceptible to infection… make conclusions for yourself.
5. Changing pillowcases rarely
Your face is in constant contact with bed linen for an average of 8 hours a day. Sebum production does not stop at night. On the contrary, it is activated, so change the pillow cases at least every 4 days, or, better, every other day.
6. Thin or comma-shape eyebrows
Thin eyebrows make you look very old, as well as comma-shape eyebrows. A comma-shape eyebrow has a thin body with a round and thick end at the corner of the eye. These are old techniques, fashionable during the days of our grandmothers’ and mothers’ youth, in the 80’s and 90’s. This eyebrow shape looks old-fashioned. However, eyebrows, of course, must be groomed, and their shape is selected individually. Wide and ill-groomed eyebrows can make you look older, so pay a visit to an eyebrow specialist at least once a month.
7. Very dark eyebrow tint
Eyebrows should match your hair color or be a tone darker, this gives your face freshness. Black eyebrows and blonde hair is a combination that will surely add years.
8. Wrong foundation color
Very often, girls consciously choose a tone a bit darker than necessary, because they believe that it makes them look more tanned and rested. However, an improperly selected shade can make the face look crumpled, stale and add ten years.
When choosing a product, test it on the jawbone line, not on the wrist. Besides, you should apply it only on clear skin, without other decorative cosmetics.
9. Failing to wash your makeup brushes
Brushes and sponges accumulate sebum, dust and household contaminants, so, if you do not wash them at all or do this rarely, do not be surprised if you get skin problems, inflammation and infection. Hygiene is a key point.
10. Doing sports with makeup on
When you come to the gym to train rather than sit, you inevitably sweat. The sebaceous secret, when mixed with cosmetics and other contaminants, creates a fertile soil for bacteria to breed. Therefore, wash off your makeup before workout and cleanse the skin immediately after.
11. Too much face powder
It is necessary to feel the line between a well-groomed matte face and a powdery, mask-like or theatrical makeup. Excessive use of powder will emphasize all mimic wrinkles and peeling areas.
12. Choosing dark lipstick shades
Bright lipsticks are in fashion, it’s a fact. They look stylish, but it is worth remembering that you always look older with them on. Especially it concerns dark colors with matte texture. Black, maroon, dark brown shades are in the risk group.