Face care – a piece of cake? I guess many women are shrugging their shoulders right now, saying they know it all and care for their face the right way. Still, the face skin care is surrounded by so many myths that we often unconsciously feed lots of them at the same time doing harm to skin. Check if you’re keeping any of them alive in your daily skin care routine.
Flawless Skin Care – what to avoid? The most common face skin care myths
1. Oily skin needs no moisturising
The most widely-held myth that needs to be buried once and for all. Every skin type needs moisture as it is the key factor deciding about its health and condition. If you make skin extremely dry using anti acne creams, it instantly starts producing more sebum, getting oily and working against the biological order. Not only does it trigger intensified acne breakouts (bacteria develop rapidly on the sebum layer) but also makes your skin catch wrinkles and lose firmness more quickly. Moisturised skin is bouncy and supple thus young and crease-free longer.
2. Face oils are unsuitable for acne-prone skin
It is another enduring myth. And that’s a pity because face oils are among the most effectively-working substances for skin which are additionally all-natural and free from chemicals. They abound in good fatty acids, protect skin from damage, delay ageing processes, have lots of vitamins, phytosterols and flavonoids which nourish skin, prevent the decomposition of collagen and elastin and work as antioxidants. Moreover, oils are rich in a valuable skin-enhancing ingredient – squalane. This simple compound works wonders for acne skin care, balancing sebum secretion on the surface and soothing skin inflammation. In other words, squalane keeps oily skin from getting oily, and makes it nourished and protected from damage. Jojoba and coconut oils are the examples of ideal oils for oily skin.
3. Using products from the same range is a must
Seems logical, right? However, it turns out that our skin likes… variety. If you treat it with just one cosmetic range, your skin has no chance of receiving extra ingredients except for the ones delivered by a given range of products. So if you want it to get the maximum number of active compounds – choose moisturizers, toners and lotions offered by various brands. Try to match them wisely e.g. if your products are abounding in vitamin C and retinol, try to match them with a hyaluronic acid or coenzyme Q10 serum – exactly what your face skin needs and what’s missing in a given range of products.
4. One cream for the night & day
It is a common knowledge that when something is good at everything, it is great at… nothing. A day/night cream works for a young person who doesn’t need the advanced skin care. It changes if your skin is mature, has broken blood vessels or you’ve turned 25. If that’s your case, buy a special cream designed for night use only, full of nutrients, having a thicker and richer formula, perfectly supporting the epidermis repair. For a daily care, you need a lighter moisturiser which absorbs fast, works as a make-up primer, protects skin throughout the day and enhances the appearance.
5. You need to use sunblock in summer only
It is true that the summer sunlight is the strongest and its sunrays bomb our skin more intensively, contributing to the so-called skin photo-aging. Just remember that harmful UVA and UVB radiation reaches us even through the layers of clouds. That’s why a sunblock is an all-year-round must-use. For radiation and sun protection, seek creams containing UV filters or use natural oils – each one has a low SPF – it should be enough in winter or autumn when the sun is hidden behind the clouds.
6. A facial toner is unnecessary
A face toner started going out of style when the market was flooded by micellar waters for removing make-up, toning and cleansing. Hands down these tiny micelles – molecules captured in a bottle of the product – are innovative – deliver an excellent removal of make-up, impurities and sebum. Even after such a spectacular make-up removing routine, using a toner pays off – preferably, from a different range of products, respecting the needs of your skin. Not only does such a toner catch and remove the rest of impurities but also alleviates and calms skin down, ensures acid-base balance, priming it for a face cream.
7. A good face cream must be pricey
Obviously, a budget moisturiser won’t be rich high-quality active ingredients and it will surely include lots of synthetic thickeners increasing the volume of a product. However, products from the average price range aren’t necessarily worse than very expensive and exclusive cosmetics. If you desire to know if a given moisturiser is the one, check its composition. The substances included in largest amounts are at the top of the list of ingredients. The bigger number of active substances, the better the results.
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