These are some steps you can take to help clear up some acne you have. Please remember I’m not an expert and not everything I say is just from my experience. It might not work on you for everybody has different types of skin, and my skin isn’t perfect, but it is a lot better than it has been before!
- Never EVER sleep with makeup on. It can clog your pores and create pimples over-night. This includes mascara. Leaving mascara on overnight can tug and pull on your eyelashes and they will fall out, along with getting bacteria in your eyes.
- Wash your pillow cases often. Sleeping on a pillowcase that you’ve been sleeping on for a while can collect oil from your face and just pretty much rub it all over so flip your pillow over every other day!
- Wash your hair before you wash your face. This will prevent the dirty oils and products that you use in your hair from getting allover your freshly washed face.
- Drink lots of water. Drinking lots of water is not only good for your face but its good for everything in your body.
- Harsh scrubs are not always good for your face. Harsh scrubs might feel like its cleaning and removing all the dead skin cells but it can also damage your face by creating little scratches in your skin.
- Moisturize your face daily. With a FACE lotion. Not regular lotion. They contain different ingredients that will help with your face. Putting body lotion on your face can create a disaster on your face.
- Some acne products take a little while to work. Products that you use to wash your face, creams, lotions, scrubs that are used to clear up acne could take a while. If its just some random product you bought at the store it shouldn’t take that long, but if it is something major that is labeled with a “drug facts” it could take a while. Along with dermatologist prescribed things. It is known for these types of things to actually worsen your acne and then it will clear up right after that, dont worry, that is just your skin reacting and getting used to the product.
- Aloe and green tea leaves will do you wonders. Aloe and green tea leaves are natural plants that you can grow or buy in its natural form and use them on your face, but if you dont know how to get it from the plant onto your face you can buy products that have something to do with either. Although, you have to be cautious that it is the active ingredient. If it isnt, it really isnt going to help at all.
- Chemicals like citric acid and benzyl salicyate can help you. Most acne products include both of these chemicals and both of these chemicals are known to clear acne so if you check in the back of the bottle look for both of those ingredients.
- Some makeups are bad if you have acne. If you are suffering from acne currently, some makeups can just make it worse. Products that are heavy can just clog your pores even worse and not even let your skin breathe. Oil based products can just worsen your problem. There is makeup on the market that is meant to help clear up acne so you should invest in that. And mac cosmetics foundations are known to give you acne! So be aware of that.
- Stress. Stress is a major part on why a lot of guys and girls get pimples. Stressing can release hormones in your body to lead to this so take a mental health day to calm down!
- Your time of the month. A lot of girls find that the break out by or around their time of the month, don’t stress too much! Nothing can really take it away completely. Its simply hormones, it will clear up again after a week.
- Keep your hands off your face! If you find you have your hands on your face a lot you can break out because of the dirt on your hands. Also the natural oils in your skin can just add to the oils on your face and it just gets messy!
- Don’t wear makeup all day. Lets say you’re at school all day from 7-2. If you have plans after school/work Go home and wash your face, and if you want, re-apply your makeup. Wearing makeup all day is pretty bad for you!
- Eat healthy. Fruits and veggies, I mean you are what you eat, and you dont want to be a greasy french frie!
- Dont try out a bunch of products at once. Using multiple acne products at once can dry out your skin!
- Take off your makeup correctly. it might look like its off but make sure it REALLY is!
- If all else fails, go see a dermatologist. They can offer you products that are not sold in stores that can really help you. Some acne is simply because you have some sort of skin issue. They will help you out with finding out whats wrong.
I hope this helped out some of you, and I hope you get what you want out of it! Let me know if this helped you out in some way and I wish you all get what you want out of your skin n__n
(via jasmine-blu)
