Beauty Products to Avoid For a Smooth Skin

You already know that a healthy lifestyle includes more than clean eating and regular exercise. It would be best if you didn't have to play an ingredient guessing game every time you buy new skincare products.

Sometimes it feels like your skin isn't on your team. Your skin can erupt in breakouts. If you are prone to breakouts, you have an arsenal of products to treat them, but all are not helpful.

However, your skincare routine could be to blame when you develop breakouts regularly. Below are some ingredients that could be making your skin worse.

 

Exfoliating beads

After a whole day, treating your dull skin with some much-needed exfoliation sounds like a real deal. Rather than gently and carefully sleuthing off dead skin cells, exfoliation beads can be too harsh to the skin, causing irritation or breakouts.

Exfoliating beads are bad for acne since they inflame the skin, making the skin condition worse and more protracted.

 

Synthetic fragrance

This includes all engineered scent agents. The smell of citrus can perk you up in the morning, but it does not necessarily justify using scented products on your skin. Fragrance and perfumes are found in many over-the-counter washes, and scrubs target acne-prone skins.

These commonly used products could be the reason for breakouts or blotchy complexions. If your skin regularly dries out or you find it itchy throughout the day, adding unscented products to your routine might ease the discomfort.

 

Coconut Oil

You may have heard a lot about coconut oil. First, we knew oil was off-limit for acne-prone skin, and then it came out that oil attracts soil and is recommendable for acne-prone skin.

Some skincare oils do work for some skin types; you might still want to avoid coconut oil on your skin. According to Beneficial botanicals, coconut oil is considered to be highly comedogenic. This means it can easily clog or block your pores.

However, you can still apply this oil to your dry elbows, or the fried hair ends.

 

Silicone

This happens mostly after using a heavy foundation or a facial sunless tanner. According to some dermatologists, silicone may be the natural course of those unwanted flare-ups.

Heavy products containing silicone can make your skin feel soft during the initial stages but are quick to layer onto your face causing clogged pores that lead to breakouts every time.

 

Salicylic acid

Breakouts can occur to your skin due to several factors, such as not cleaning off your makeup at night, not changing your pillowcase frequently, a diet of fatty and sugary foods, or the wrong skincare regimen for your skin routine.

While you might have used a product containing salicylic acid as a kid since it is easily found in drugstores, it can be too harsh for acne resulting in inflammation and breakouts.

 

Sources:

1. https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/skincare-basics-the-only-products-you-really-need-for-better-skin-this-year/

2. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/10980-understanding-the-ingredients-in-skin-care-products

3. https://www.nytimes.com/guides/tmagazine/skincare-routine

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