Are you bothered by dull, very dry, easily-irritated skin? Are you wondering about the possible causes? Keep reading to learn if you’re guilty of making one of the most popular mistakes. See a list feat. the most common skin-care fails to avoid.
Let’s face the truth, we don’t even realize that we make many of these mistakes. Even though our skin-care knowledge is richer, there are still things to catch up on. We can’t be too hard on ourselves, though, since even cosmetologists and influencers that we try to imitate make these mistakes…
The most popular skin-care mistakes
What not to do when striving for flawless skin? See top skin-care mistakes and stop making them once and for all!
✘ Removing eye makeup all wrong
The routine looks similar in most cases – we soak a cotton pad in a remover and rub the eyes – this is the first mistake that leads to weaker lashes, overstretched skin and wrinkles around the eyes. Try to avoid the rubbing motion while taking makeup off. What’s the correct technique then? Soak a cotton pad in a remover, lightly press it to the eyelid for 15-30 seconds and take makeup off gently moving from the inner to the outer eye corner. Repeat until the eye area is makeup-free.
✘ Using merely micellar water to cleanse the face
As far as face cleansing goes, we still make plenty of mistakes. Using nothing but micellar water is a popular demerit. Note: the most effective and skin-friendly face cleansing consists of several stages so you should use a scrub, cleanser, micellar water and toner – each product aims at removing different impurities.
✘ Water & soap face wash
Category “skin-care mistakes” must surely include washing the face with water or water and soap. Many people don’t even know why it’s bad. Remember! Soap and water dry out your skin, particularly if you don’t apply a moisturizer afterwards.
✘ Not using a face toner
Not using a toner is another common skin-care mistake. Many women downplay this problem thinking that their skin doesn’t need such product. The truth is, though, that every type of skin needs a toner to have slightly acidic pH that might have been lost e.g. while using highly alkaline cleansers. You can easily avoid numerous irritations by merely introducing a toner into your daily skin-care routine.
✘ Touching the face and popping pimples
Skin-care mistakes aren’t all about products. You can cause huge damage to your skin by touching it, particularly if your skin is prone to acne. Popping pimples and extraction facial are common mistakes that may intensify skin inflammation and spread bacteria all over the face so instead of getting rid of a problem, you make it worse.
✘ Lack of sun protection
The sunlight is one of top causes of faster skin aging, did you know that? That is why UV protection matters so much. By using a face sunscreen – no matter the season of the year – you save skin from loss of moisture and firmness, and problems such as pigmentation spots. What’s interesting, natural oils work like sunscreen – raspberry seed oil has the highest sun protection factor.
✘ Incorrect use of exfoliators
Exfoliation is another skin-care mistake. Of course I mean wrongly-done exfoliation. We either don’t use scrubs at all, hindering natural cell renewal, or we overuse them, striping off natural hydro-lipid mantle and irritating the skin. Let’s maintain moderation and use scrubs once a week tops.
✘ Not moisturizing oily skin
Last but not least, moisturizing. Few people know that every type of skin must be moisturized. Too bad the belief that dry skin needs moisturizing whereas oily skin must be dried out is still popular. This is the biggest skin-care mistake you make! Skin needs water no matter its type: not moisturizing oily skin can be compared to vicious circle – dehydrated skin produces more sebum to replenish moisture and in turn gets even oilier.
