Skin and hair care, make-up… Find all the common mistakes to avoid, and the tips to adopt to reveal your beauty potential.
Not removing make-up, forgetting to moisturize your face or skipping cleaning make-up brushes… These are all frequent bad habits that eat away at your beauty capital. Identify the actions to avoid and start off on the right foot to have beautiful hair, healthy skin and pretty make-up.
1. Wash your hair every day
It’s the eternal debate we have with our friends: for or against the fact of to wash hair every day ? In reality, far from being a question ofhygienehair washing is rather a matter of capillary type. Because originally the sebum is not an enemy for man. On the contrary, it is a substance produced by the body to hydrate the scalp as well as lengths continuously. A bit like a to condition finally natural! It is therefore important not to eliminate it at all costs, at the risk of producing more. Moreover, in some cases, such as for dry haira sebum cure can be very beneficial. For others, it will be necessary to choose a adapted shampoo to his type of hair . What space the washesand keep your scalp dry!
2. Not cleaning your hairbrush
It’s a simple gesture, but yet very often forgotten: the cleaning your hairbrush is a crucial hygiene criterion, in the same way as that of his hair or his face. And for good reason, the hair brushes are real bacteria nests, numbering 3500 according to the study published by the magazine Mirror, thus responsible for bad odors and hair that becomes greasy. Once a week, it is therefore important to clean it by coming daily to remove the hair stuck between each pinbefore rubbing his brush using a toothbrush, and a bit of shampoo. For more efficiency, it is also possible to have our hair brushes once a month. A little hot water, white vinegar and baking soda and you’re done.
3. Not cleaning your makeup brushes
For lack of motivation, or quite simply lack of time, the brush cleaning often falls through the cracks. However, with each new use, residues of makeup and pollution settle on the face. So between clogged pores, blackheads and acne, the dream of makeup can quickly turn into a nightmare, in addition to wearing out the object more quickly. To avoid it, it is better to clean your brushes once a week using a glove and Marseille soap, rubbing the hair in circular motions. For the paint brushes complexion, the situation changes: they require a washing after each use to avoid hardening of the material and thus the ugly marked skin effect.
4. Not hydrating your face and body with a cream
We can not emphasize this enough, hydration is the key to healthy skin. Starting with hydration face which is essential at all levels. Both at the stage of makeupin which it acts as a base for a long-lasting look, than for skin maintenance. Especially after a certain age, where it loses its elasticity and shine. More than that, it even prevents signs of aging, reducing fine lines and redness. Both on combination and oily skin, hydration is therefore the beauty ritual par excellence to adoptchoosing of course a cream adapted to our needs!
5. Put body cream on the face
While it is obvious that the whole body needs to be hydrated, however the concept should be taken with a grain of salt. And for good reason, each part of the body has its properties and therefore its specific needs. No more 2-in-1, Applying a body cream to the face is a concept to be avoided, at the risk of causing acne and other imperfections. The reason ? Its high concentration of nutrients, a composition that is not well suited to skin fine of the face. To adopt the right behavior, it is therefore better to favor a cream suitable for the pH of the skinwith the exception of the Solar cream which it can be applied all over the face without a hitch.
6. Not applying SPF in the morning
It’s no secret that UV rays are particularly harmful to the skin, and their impact on skin aging is valid all year round. This is why many beautystas reintegrate a SPF protection to their routine, after their day cream, before applying makeup. And this at any age, by favoring a protection index according to your needs.. For combination, oily or even acne-prone skin, a filter sun protection synthetic may be a good option to reintegrate the spf to her beauty routine. As for dry skin, it is better to bet on mineral filters which will better reflect the sun’s rays.
7. Skip makeup removal
Clogged pores, oily skin and blemishes… So many inconveniences that occur as a result of unclean skin. cleansed in reaction to the aggression that the skin sudden. Because if we don’t realize it when we sleep, the skin she takes advantage of the night to be able to regenerate. The good habit to adopt: remove makeup every night with micellar water, or with a cleansing milk before going to sleep. Believe us, your skin will thank you.
8. Pierce pimples
As tempting as it is to touch them when they present themselves to us, it is important not to pop your pimples. In particular when the occlusion is made in the wrong conditions, risking to superinfect the wound but also the other regions of the skin. Failing to resist the urge to pierce, it is therefore better to bring cotton or handkerchiefs when the button is ripe and has a white tip. The little must: use a sterile needle to pierce cleanly while limiting the risk of propagation. What to avoid the drama at least punctually.
9. Apply foundation that is too dark or too light
Want to warm up your complexion a few tones on the arrival of fine weather? Be aware that using a face powder too dark (or too light) for your own skin tone is rarely a good option. The proof with the famous orange “mask” effect so widespread in the 2000s. The solution? opt for the shade closest to that of your skin. And for that, a golden rule remains: opt for a shade a maximum tone above or below your skin tone. What to adopt complexion bright without being mistaken. In the event of oxidation, a natural reaction to the aging of the material, there are also solutions to keep our foundations longer, while overcoming the famous orange effect: mix a few drops of foundation with your day cream to obtain a lighter shade. An express and anti-waste solution for a covered complexion until the next purchase!
10. Apply your concealer by spreading it
It is the syndrome of marked wrinkles, and badly faded traces of brushes, the incorrect concealer application is part of makeup mistakes the most widespread. To adopt a luminous look, and perfectly camouflaged dark circles, only one tip: tap the material until it blends with the skin. With a brush, or with your finger for a more natural result, to each their own!
11. Not rinsing your face after applying micellar water
It is the number 1 skincare product in our bathrooms, micellar water is a fervent ally for perfect make-up removal. On the other hand, it would be a mistake to think that the skin is definitely clean once applied, because it turns out that its components are relatively drying if the water is not rinsed off. Thus, and in particular in the case of dry skin, it is better to rinse your micellar water with clear water, and finish with a facial cleanser. Your skin will be even happier!