Essential Skin Care Rules One Should Never Break

Posted by Editor on Nov 10th, 2015 in Skin Care Guru | 0 comments

 

Taking excellent care of our skin is an aspect to beauty that everybody should practice. Being the body’s largest organ, the skin needs special care, especially because it is largely exposed to the elements. When we determine the kind of care our skin needs, we are then rewarded with great-looking skin and a healthy dose of self-confidence.

Here are five essential skin care commandments a person should never break in order to achieve healthy and younger-looking skin.

Thou shall take care of one’s neck.

Most of us take good care of the skin on our face by delicately removing makeup, cleansing, moisturizing and exfoliating. Unfortunately, we often neglect to do these things to our neck, which like our face, is also vulnerable to acne and sun damage.

When cleansing our face, it is also vital to cleanse and remove makeup in our neck and décolletage. Using your daily exfoliant, extend the application to the neck area and use a cleansing brush to gently remove dirt, makeup and dead skin.

Moreover, applying sunscreen to the neck area is necessary since it is also exposed to the sun. A great tip is to use a much stronger sunscreen in this area since the skin is thin and delicate.

 

Thou shall not wash using hot water.

Using hot water when washing your strips the skin of its natural oils, leaving the skin dry and prone to irritation. If you are the type of person who cannot shower without using hot water, see to it that the water does not touch your face. You can cleanse your skin using the tap water from the sink or lukewarm water.

Furthermore, using hot water when washing your face opens up the pores and can rupture blood vessels, causing red veins to be visible on your face. Exposing the skin to extremely hot temperature can irritate the skin.

 

Thou shall not exercise with makeup on.

Yes, you feel naked and exposed when you go out in public without makeup but when you workout with a ton of makeup on, these cosmetics can clog the pores when you sweat. Clogged pores result in skin blemishes like acne and blackheads.

When the pores are open, the skin needs to breathe and relax therefore, the presence of sludgy makeup on the skin can suffocate it, causing irritation.

Thou shall take full-body skin examination yearly.

An annual full body examination of the skin keeps track of suspicious looking formations in the skin area. It also examines the moles in our body, which can seldom signal the presence of skin cancer.

 

Thou shall update makeup products.

Cosmetics, like food, have an expiration date. When a beauty product is past its shelf life, you must throw these out and replace them. Constant usage of old makeup can irritate the skin and cause irritation. Here are some products and their shelf life:

• Mascara- 3 months
• Anti-aging products- 3 months to 1 year
• Lipstick- 2 years
• Lip gloss- 1 year
• Concealer and liquid foundation- 6 months to 1 year
• Face powder, blush and eye shadow- 2 years
• Lotion- 2 years