Some women complain that they seem to be doing their best for skincare, try regularly to make masks, use the best creams and other cosmetic products, and nevertheless there is almost no result, or even on the contrary, the skin looks worse with skin irritations, and etc.
The reason is not only due to cream quality, wrong definition of your face type, but you also need to pay attention to the correct application of the cosmetic preparations and procedure arrangement.
Even if you correctly determined your skin type and got the best creams and other facial care products, they will not do you good if you honestly believe that the more amounts and more frequently you use these products at once so better it is for the skin.
The amount in this case does not ensure efficiency. Moreover, excessive use of creams, serums, lotions or skin milk can lead to redness, burns and even dermatitis. In fact, cosmetics contain many active substances, for example, retinol, salicylic acid, fruit acids, which can cause such reactions via their excessive use.
Therefore, you should always read attentively the recommendations on the use of a cosmetic and follow application instructions. If the cosmetic is for spot treatment, you need to be more careful, because it means a high concentration of active substances in this preparation.
Many women are fascinated by using various tonics for the skin care, believing that they are suitable for any type of skin. In fact, tonic is recommended for those who have oily and acne skin. In this case the tonic is likely to control the excessive release of sebum. Moreover, it is best to use a tonic that contains salicylic acid.
People with other skin types should better cleanse the skin only 1-2 times a week with special masks.
Many people, when they buy expensive and high-quality cosmetics, try to use it little by little, wishing to stretch its use for a longer period. This is a big mistake, which can lead to skin problems.
The fact is that all cosmetics have expiration date. Over time, the active ingredients not only lose their usefulness, but also become a favorable environment for harmful bacteria generation.
Therefore, it is better not to store and use cosmetics with expired date. In addition, creams, emulsions and other products should be stored in a dark cool place with tightly closed cover in order to avoid air penetration.
Take into account that the expiration date of the natural cosmetics is short only 2-6 months, and the lash mascara is more quickly dries up, and then starts crumbling.
Who thinks that suntan certainly beautifies and is useful for your skin? In fact, it was established long ago that just ultraviolet rays cause a rapid aging of the skin and provoke many substandard changes. That is why it is so important to use protectants, as well as make-up (decorative cosmetics) with SPF-filters, before going out into the street under the bright sun.
However do not go over the top! It is a mistake to think that, the more you use the protectants with SPF-filters, the more your skin is protected. The effect from using such protectants is not summarized – only one protectant with higher performance will work. It is reasonable to choose one-brand cosmetics for protection against sun rays that have a level of protection suitable for each particular case, because when you plan to get a sun-tan on the beach it is one thing and a ski touring on a sunny day is another thing. Also, do not forget to wear sunglasses – they will save your eyes and the sensitive skin around them.
Face care mistakes. In our irrepressible desire to preserve beauty and youth, we quite often make significant mistakes, and our skin comes at a price. So, let’s consider what face care procedures are not recommended at all.
Mistake 1. Too frequent peelings
Excessive fascination with various cleansing procedures using scrubs and peelings can eventually lead to very deplorable consequences. After all, together with abrasive particles and enzymes contained in their composition, not only the remaining professional cosmetics, multiple dead particles and stuck dust are removed from the skin surface, but also:
– epidermal cells are excessively hurt;
– sebaceous glands starts to work intensively;
– protective process of hyperkeratosis is accelerated – as a result, it dulls and eventually begins to peel off.
Oily (greasy) and combination face skin, in order to avoid such troubles, should be cleansed no more than once in 7-8 days, and dry skin even less – only several times a month. Scrubs should have soft abrasive particles in their composition, and when peeling in a beauty salon it is better to give preference to enzyme types of this procedure.
Mistake 2. Too much foam
Many people believe that a well-foaming washing cosmetic provides a skin with fresh and well-cared appearance. Unfortunately, it is not true enough. The abundance of foam creates special active substances. However, they together with quality removal of contaminants, also wash off the necessary protective elements from the skin surface. Some compounds, contained in foaming agents, can provoke acne eruption and even skin pigmentation changes.
Therefore, using of cleanser with minimum foam content will be the most correct solution. However, beauticians recommend people with dry and very sensitive face skin to forget completely about various foams and gels, using just special milk cleansers.
Mistake 3. Massive night care
The skin needs a constant care. In the daytime it should be protected from various negative factors, and at night it should be restored with a nourishing cream. However its amount should not be excessive. After all, too thick layer of cream cannot be completely absorbed, and, mixing with sweat and sebaceous glands secretion overnight, it will create a film on the skin surface that blocks the air necessary for the skin. Edemas and tired skin are the result of such excessive care.
According to the rules, the night cream should be applied to the skin only after its preliminary cleansing and several hours before bedtime, slightly wetting its excess in forty minutes after application with a soft paper towel.
Mistake 4. Refusal of cleansing tonics
Ignoring such important skin care stage, like tonification, is absolutely impossible. In fact it helps to:
– remove the remaining professional cosmetics;
– restore acid-base balance, affected by washing cleansing agents;
– narrow excessively enlarged pores;
– ensure better absorption of the cream into the skin surface.
Beauticians say that systematic daily face wiping with tonic enhances the effectiveness of all subsequent care procedures by as much as 30{27a253f27821a42277bf39dab88596b9c51d458d68223ded05e0b408359a09e8}! This is important in particular for problem and sensitive skin.
Mistake 5. Applying make-up directly to the cream
Applying powder and make-up foundation immediately after the application of a day cream is also not recommended. This will significantly spoil the complexion, make-up will lie in uneven layers, and make-up will move catastrophically after a few hours.
After applying the care preparation, it is necessary to wait at least a few minutes, until it properly absorbs in the skin. If you have no time, it is necessary to wet the face with a paper towel and then apply a make-up basis. Make-up should be washed off only with cleansing gel.
Mistake 6. Using gels for make-up remove and believe that it is enough.
As a result, make-up still remains on the skin, pores are clogged, and blackheads appear. The modern way to effectively cleanse the skin and remove make-up consists of three steps: first remove the make-up with hydrophilic oil, then wash with soft foam, and at the very end wipe the skin with a tonic. If it is too difficult, then there is another way – a special washing balm on the oil base.
Mistake 7. Trying to “dry” the oily skin
Another mistake in skin care: you have oily skin, prone to shine, and therefore you constantly rub it with alcohol lotions, salicylic alcohol and other miracle means. In fact, everything is just the opposite: the only way to make the skin release less sebum is to start intensively oiling it.
Just oils can dry the skin, it’s tested in practice. It’s because your skin will “think” that it has already enough oil, and will work less intensively. Before going to bed, put a generous layer of oil on your face – it might be a night cream, or a separate product.
Mistake 8. Often powder the face
The worst thing you can do with your skin is to powder it several times a day when it is oily sheen. The fact is not just how this layer of powder looks, but that the pores are clogged anyway! What to do to avoid face care mistakes? Always first dab the face with mattifying facial tissues, and if there is still a need for powder, then use it.
Mistake 9. Using baby creams
Some manufacturers of baby cosmetics argue that creams formulated for babies, perfectly moisturize dry skin of adults. This is nothing more than a market-speak. Why is it harmful?
The fact is that water-lipid mantle of children is not enough developed, and the skin of the child needs a good moisturizing. Therefore a lot of fat components are added into children’s creams. The skin of adults unlike children produces enough oily substances. Products supersaturated with oils, clog the pores, break the breath of the skin, slow the process of cell division, can cause skin inflammation.
What is the right way?
Baby creams are really effective, but only to care for dehydrated areas – heels, knees, elbows.
Mistake 10. Applying a tone and powder immediately after a day cream
This certainly saves time in the morning. However none make-up designer does it.
Why is it harmful?
The explanation is simple: the cream does not have time to soak up, and accordingly make-up basis and powder lie unevenly, deteriorating the complexion, and the make-up starts moving in about a couple of hours.
What is the right way?
After applying the skin care products, wait at least a couple of minutes for the skin to “take in” the cream. If you are in a hurry, after moistening, wipe the face with a tissue and then apply make-up basis.
Mistake 11. The habit of sleeping on the stomach
This position is the most convenient for many women. Why is it dangerous? In general – what is the connection between beauty and skin care?
Why is it harmful?
Firstly, the face in such position is compressed most of the night, and it provokes premature wrinkles. Secondly, the skin is not able to breathe normally; it is not released from toxins and excess fluid – swelling bothers in the morning and the complexion is not pleasing.
What is the right way?
Ideal sleeping position from beauty point of view is the back. The size of the pillow is also important – if you sleep on the high pillow, wrinkles will form on the neck. Optimal option is orthopedic model.
Mistake 12. Face cleansing with soap
Soap destroys the hydrophile-lipophile balance, which protects it from external influences, changes the pH level of the skin, which has an acidic environment in norm. A slight acidification of the hydrolipidic film inhibits bacteria generations, preventing skin inflammation. Soap producers are aware of the negative effects and they try to reduce them to zero via adding moisturizing and oily substances in soap, however it is not enough to avoid completely its harm.
Mistake 13. Do not walk under the masks
Have you ever thought why beauticians have laid-up bed, rather than comfortable chairs, where it would be probably more convenient for the doctor and the patient? Because you cannot walk under the masks! You also cannot stand and sit. A beauty mask is literally a heavy thing. A dense fat cream applied to the skin will pull it down and stretch it under the gravity influence. That’s why you can only lie under the mask.
The masks usually “work” for 10-15 minutes and this time we recommend simply lying on the couch in front of the TV.
Mistake 14.Incorrect application of cosmetics.
Many women rub the cream, stretching the skin, and doing it against the massage lines, resulting in more distinct wrinkles and swelling. Why is it necessary to apply correctly care products? The eyelids skin during the day is subjected to a significant load: several thousand blinkers and facial movements. This leads to its deformation, its resistance decreases with loss of elasticity. This is how wrinkles appear. Stretching the skin when applying the cream is an additional deformation, so all the touches should be smooth and careful. The second important point is to keep the massage lines. It is easy to remember them: cream in the upper eyelid is applied in the direction from the inner corner of the eye to the external, and vice versa in the lower eyelid. Such movements smooth wrinkles and remove excess fluid from the tissues.
Mistake 15. Too early use of anti-aging products.
Some girls, when see the first mimic wrinkles, are scared and hurry to resort to means that young skin is not needed yet. Why is it better not hurry up with anti-aging products? The first wrinkles is certainly a sign that the skin is already short of its resources for recovery after deformities, but it is still quite elastic, and most of wrinkles with proper care can disappear. They are formed from fatigue, influence of the dry air, ultraviolet light, lack of moisturizing, and these problems can be still controlled without “heavyweights” application. Early use of such products will not bring benefits, but the skin will begin to get used to them, and subsequently will not react to them.
Mistake 16. Do not wait too long to use anti-aging products.
Those who continue to use only moisturizers do not give a necessary support to their skin. For example, the skin in 30-35 years needs products that enhance its regenerative processes, and there are substances fighting with natural aging in creams for the skin after 40: antioxidants, vegetable oils, hyaluronic acid, collagen and elastin. If in 35 years do not use the products that can solve the problems of this age, then the next stage can be approached with a fairly aged skin. By the way, not only the use of suitable cosmetics should be timely, but also visits to a beautician. The specialist will help to choose the right care and, probably, the procedures that preserve beauty and youth. Consultation of a beautician is not very expensive, but it will not be superfluous. Investing in beauty cannot be considered as senseless waste of money.
Mistake 17. Confidence that ordinary facial cosmetic is suitable for the eyelids skin.
There are women who believe that special care for this area does not make sense and the cream, which is used for face care is quite suitable for the eyelid. Why is it so important to use special cosmetics? The skin texture around the eyes is different from other areas. It is thinner, it contains less collagen and elastin, and it recovers slower, and does not well protect itself from harmful external influences. The care after this skin should be certainly individual. Creams, formulated for face are too fat for eyelid skin. Products that cannot be quickly absorbed often cause edema and irritation, and sticky products stretching the skin. Eye care creams are light, quickly absorbed, have a neutral pH and sunscreen factor in the composition.
Mistake 18. Make-up is not removed before going to bed.
The reasons can be different: exhaustion, when you want to go to bed quickly, stressful situations when any action is too hard. There are situations when you have to spend the night in an unplanned place with no conditions for proper washing. What to do if there is not conditions to remove make-up in the usual way? Whatever the reasons are, find the way to remove your make-up. An ideal option is always to have a special napkin, designed to remove make-up. They help in any situation. Why is it important to remove make-up before bedtime? Actually the skin does not rest at night, it actively works. Renewal, restoration, and getting rid of all waste processes take place in the skin cells at the nighttime and make-up remnants complicate this work. As a result, even a prolonged sleep will not refresh the skin, and it will look dull and gray.
Mistake 19. Not often wash your make-up brushes
The fact that you bought a wonderful set of make-up brushes is still half of the work, now it is necessary to learn how to look after them. A dirty brush is a real hotbed of bacteria, which will be later the cause of acne. How often do they need to be washed? Make-up designers advise washing the brush for make-up foundation after each use, and 1-2 times a week for powder and blush. Not very difficult, isn’t it? By the way, buying a special gel is not necessary: you can easily do it with shampoo or even soap.
Mistake 20. Too often use scrubs
We agree that cleansing is the basis of beautiful skin, however stop rubbing your face with a scrub! And you don’t need to do it every day, it will not be useful, it will only damage the natural pH and skin immunity. If you use scrub then it should be 1-2 times a week, which is more than enough.
Mistake 21. Not using night cream
“Let the skin rest, breathe, today I will do without a night cream” – you think, and with a peace of mind you go to bed. In fact – a night cream moisturizes and nourishes the skin, accelerates the recovery process. All these processes are most active at night. Accordingly, rest for the skin is not a sleep without a cream, but just the opposite.
Mistake 22. You forget about the skin of the neck and decollate
When you apply moisturizing cream, you certainly forget about the neck and decollate zone? If it does not affect your beauty now, then after some time it will be just the neck reflecting the true age. So remember the holy rule: the cream is applied to the face, neck and decollate.
Mistake 23. Less Experiment
Found the best cream in the world or the ideal moisturizing lipstick suitable for the skin of the lips? So much experiments – use them as long as possible! Contrary to popular belief that the skin does not “get used” to certain products – what suits you at the moment, will be suitable for a long time, so stay with your favorite brands and less change basic care products – creams, tonics, etc.
Mistake 24. Addiction to fast diets
Call-up to lose ten kilograms in three days will not bring anything, except indigestion, hormone imbalance and, as a result, trouble with the skin.
Why is it harmful?
Such weight fluctuations are a huge stress for the skin. It loses elasticity and skin is sagging. Due to starvation, which is usually the basis of fast diets, cells receives less necessary nutrients, imbalance of metabolic processes start, and skin renewal slows down.
What is the right way?
You should understand that any diet is harmful for the skin – even the lightest one. Nevertheless if you desperately want to lose the weight, remember that the optimal option is minus 1-1.5 kilograms per week. And even in this case it is necessary to provide the skin with intensive care.
Mistake 25. Not paying attention to your skin type
When we young, we often do not know, and do not even think about the type of our skin. In particular, if there are not a lot of problems yet. Accordingly, often in early years we buy products that our moms, girlfriend use or we saw in a magazine, on TV. However the choice of cosmetics is an intimate case, there should not be any following of fashion, only the needs of your skin should dictate the choice. You can make so many problems if you use fatty compounds with oily skin that do not allow the pores to breathe and be cleansed, or if you start using drying products with normal skin.
Mistake 26. Insufficient moisturizing
If your skin is dry, occasionally peel off, it must never be underestimated. This is a right sign that the skin needs additional moisturizing. In this case help your skin. It is better to moisten where the peeling is noticeable. It is not necessary to cream all face – quite often you should moisten only problem areas, and do not make heavy the rest of the skin with cream while it perfectly copes with balance of fat content, in this stage just a spot treatment is required.
Mistake 27 Not using sunscreens
For many older age women, this is now becoming apparent. Practically all cases when they had sunburn or were not protected from strong rays – now come out. Yes, in early years of today’s 40-year-olds woman, they were not aware of the sun damage, and accordingly protective means did not exist. Currently protection from the sun is becoming very pleasant – so many brands, so much odorants! Protect your skin if you do not want to have after 35 pronounced wrinkles and pigmented spots.
Mistake 28. Not paying attention to the quality of cosmetics
You can understand all make-up trends, but absolutely do not distinguish what to apply on your face. That is what many girls deal with, who concerns much the lipstick color, but not its quality. Mascara used is sometimes irritating and allergenic, if only fashionable, and creams applied simply “to have them”, and not because their components are necessary for your skin.
Mistake 29. Ignoring a simple hygiene
Before you take care of your face, wash your hands with soap. Otherwise, you can leave bacteria, dirt and oil from your fingers on the skin, resulting on pimples generation. For the same reason, try not to touch your face when you are in public places.
Mistake 30. Not drinking enough water
Skin should be constantly saturated with moisture, and not only via external moisturizers. It is necessary to give moisture to the skin together with what you drink. Once you start drinking a lot – you immediately see how the skin becomes different! This is noted by every woman who increases the amount of water drinking per day.
Conclusion:
Drink, drink and drink once again. Only no fizzy drinks. Do not drink at a gulp the entire daily rate. Some nutritionists even advise drinking at night if you sometimes get up during sleep. Do not wait until you are thirsty, do not wait until the skin is dry – drink enough during the day. Everyday!
These simple facts will help to be a little more responsible to the face skin, and then you will be entitled to expect excellent results in 35 years old. Nevertheless, remember that only 40{27a253f27821a42277bf39dab88596b9c51d458d68223ded05e0b408359a09e8} of the skin condition depends on beauty treatment and procedures, and 60{27a253f27821a42277bf39dab88596b9c51d458d68223ded05e0b408359a09e8} of the skin condition depends on your lifestyle, what you eat, how you are positive in life. So let’s start the changes, and the skin will “thank you”. Do not neglect the advice of professional beauticians. After all, the beauty and radiant appearance of your facial skin largely depends on the implementation of these useful and simple recommendations.