Harmful tips and dangerous misconceptions about skin care
Masha Vorslav
Cosmetic lifehacks are passed from mouth to mouth, but they are not always effective and useful. They may have different origins, but many errors are so tenacious that they haunt us from childhood: for example, not only grandmothers, but also Soviet cosmetologists said that it was harmful to use decorative cosmetics. Dispel ten popular myths about how to care for the skin (and explain how to stand).
To burn inflammation
Episodic inflammations really go away faster if they are acted on with point-specific means (you can recommend Clarins Stop Imperfections Locales Blemish Control and Clean & Clear Advantage Acne Spot Treatment gels, as well as Burt's Bees Anti-Blemish Targeted Spot Treatment lotion). Despite the fact that the concentration of active substances in them is high, yet it is not pure alcohol, toilet water or toothpaste, which is often advised to apply to acne in order to dry the skin. With such improvised means, firstly, it is not always possible to solve the problem, and in addition you can dry out the skin and even get a burn if you leave the paste on your face for a long time.
Mix cosmetics by yourself
The world is full of excellent or not very cosmetic products that cost reasonable money - at least remember the Russian brands. Therefore, the desire to independently mix means for washing with baking soda, dandruff shampoo with aspirin or facial scrub with sugar seems to us at least unjustified. It is based primarily on the common misconception that such ingredients, added manually, are “natural”, and everything in the bank is “chemistry.” Even if we are talking about vegetables and fruits, everything is not so simple: the freshest strawberries from the garden can cause an allergic reaction, and its ability to nourish the skin with vitamins better than the finished product is greatly exaggerated. Sugar grains, in turn, can injure not even the most delicate skin of the body, aspirin, although it has an anti-inflammatory effect, is very difficult to add in the necessary and safe proportion, and soda with its pH 8 seriously violates the pH of the skin (it varies between 4.5 and 6.5) and dries it.
Treat acne tan
Firstly, acne medicines that the doctor must prescribe increase the susceptibility of the skin to ultraviolet, so their users cannot be in the sun and in the solarium. But those who do not take medicines should be careful with the sun: despite the fact that sun baths can give a weak anti-inflammatory effect, they will not cure the disease, but they will increase the likelihood of pigmentation, and accelerate aging. The only positive effect of tanning is rather decorative: indeed, irregularities are not so noticeable on a darker skin and intuitively it is perceived to be healthier, but this is all a disguise, not a solution to the problem.
Wash once a day
Even if you do not use decorative cosmetics at all, a single evening wash with the means “to wash away the accumulated in a day” is not enough. Regular twice a day (and three times a day - if you train until the seventh sweat) cleansing the skin with a soft cream or foam remedy helps the skin to absorb moisturizing creams and serums well and recover from diseases like rosacea, and also reduces the likelihood of inflammation and makes the pores cleaner.
Use baby oil to attract sunburn
Children's oils like the well-known Johnson's Baby moisturize the skin, but do not contain sunscreens - therefore they contribute to sunburn. These oils are loved for the fact that it is an effective and inexpensive (compared to good bronzators) way to get a thick tan in a short time, but they prefer not to think about the consequences of the fact that the skin with them "burns" faster.
Ryan to peel the skin
Exfoliation is necessary, but it should never hurt. For different types and conditions of the skin has its own means: scrubs with abrasive particles, enzyme peelings, gadgets like Clarisonic brushes, Foreo, Clinique, or even makeup wipes. Owners of oily or combination skin often resort to zealous cleansing, but the lack of moisturizing and too hard exfoliation not only fails to improve seboregulation, but also strengthens it. In addition, aggressive physical procedures (advice on rubbing the face with pieces of ice also applies here) can provoke couperosis.
Choose aggressive means
The following paragraph is intended to dispel the belief that any "working" cosmetics should burn, burn or otherwise cause discomfort. Immediately it is worth making a reservation that some products with acids, mud or oxygen masks tingle the skin a little, which is due to the mechanism of their action and is always spelled out in the instructions. But burning, tightening or reddening after a moisturizing tonic or base cream contradict their objectives and signal only that this remedy is not suitable.
Use too much money
We all know very well how difficult it is to refrain from buying and instantly trying another advertised or just beautiful can, but it is better to suffer. Usually, three to four products used at once are enough for high-quality skin care: for cleansing, Sanskrin, cream and serum, working with specific problems (anti-aging or for problem skin, for example). Masks, scrubs, oils and other tools are also needed, but you should not do all the procedures for one approach, otherwise you can provoke irritation. In addition, it is necessary to monitor how the funds are combined with each other, and with a large number of cans it is even more difficult to control.
Doing sports, not washing makeup
We understand what can be caused by the reluctance to go out without a comfortable tonal tool or tinted eyebrows and eyelashes. Nevertheless, you should not go in for sports, wrapped up in cosmetics: hot skin can even perceive harmless mineral powder as a hindrance and react with inflammation (although the pores should not be clogged). If you still can not get to class without makeup, wear napkins to remove it, and better - foam and cream, because you also need to wash off the sweat after class.
Prolong the life of cosmetics
The most common advice on saving carcasses is to dilute dried out with water or eye drops. It is not worth doing this for one reason: almost any mascara dries out around the time when it is no longer possible to use it (the maximum duration of its life is three months, and better is two). Resurrection of broken powders, shadows and rouge does not threaten with conjunctivitis, but you should be prepared for the fact that after you add petroleum jelly or alcohol to the crushed pigment, the remedy will fall on the skin differently and again may cause an unpredictable reaction.
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