We know things like smoking and drinking affect the way your skin looks, feels and ages, but what is surprising is that what seems like the most harmless habits can often do more damage to your skin then the big ones we are all aware of.
To help you know what kind of contact you want to avoid with your face to help keep your skin looking its best, you need to understand why these habits can cause so much hard.
Tugging At Your Eye Skin
If you’re pulling or tugging on the skin too tightly, it can cause some serious issues with wrinkles and sagging skin. It can happen when you’re applying your eye serum or even removing your makeup and you probably don’t even realize it.
This area of skin is some of your thinnest and it needs to be handled with gentle hands. To help stop damage to the eye area, use a makeup remover with a cotton pad and gently pat the area, or incorporate an oil cleanser like our Day & Night Olive Oil Cleanser to get dirt and makeup off easily without having to tug at your skin.
Touching Your Face With Dirty Hands
Keeping wrinkles and breakouts at bay is hard enough, but if you’re touching your face throughout the day with dirty hands, you’re not helping the problem. The reality is the average person touches their face about 3.6 times an hour and most of the time, you probably don’t even realize you’re doing it.
Firstly, make sure your hands are clean and wash them often, especially if you’re going to touch your face. This helps keep dirt and grime out of your pores for clean, unclogged skin.
Secondly, if you do have to touch your face, avoid rubbing, pinching or pulling at the skin. This can cause some serious damage to your skin and result in deep wrinkles that will be difficult to get rid of.
Rubbing In Your Face Cream
You may not even notice it but most people are pulling way too hard at their skin when applying their face cream or moisturizer. While the negative results won’t show up overnight, this will contribute to deeper wrinkles and lines in the future, and no one needs that!
The most effective way for you to apply face cream is actually to tap or dab it on the skin. This avoids pulling and stretching the skin which leads to wrinkles, and allows your skin to absorb the nutrients in the cream even better!
What are some bad skincare habits you wish you could stop? Comment in the box below!
