Blindly following skincare hacks and routines often does more damage to your skin than good. If you feel your skin isn’t at its finest, here are some common mistakes you might be making:
1. Cleansing Without Caring
Cleansing aggressively strips away those crucial natural oils, while under-cleansing means letting excess oil and dirt clog up your pores.
Cleanse twice every day with a gentle cleanser—once in the morning to clear dead skin and once before bed to wash off dirt and makeup residue.
2. Silly Sunscreen Skips
Not using sunscreen on cloudy days or when indoors seems like a convenient money-saver, but it leads to exposure to UVA/UVB and blue-light rays.
Use a broad-spectrum SPF 50+ sunscreen every day and reapply it every 2 hours without fail! No matter the weather or location.
3. Overdoing the Ouch
Exfoliating too often and using common aggressive scrubs can cause irritation, redness, and breakouts; it also dials up sensitivity.
Limit exfoliation to 1-2 times a week; only use scrubs when you have a tan or notice a surge in blackheads.
4. Grabbing those Germs
Touching your face frequently leads to bacterial growth; old makeup products and unwashed pillowcases can often become home to microbes too.
Wash hands frequently, clean your makeup brushes weekly, and change pillowcases regularly.
5. Obvious Order Errors
Mistake: How you use something is just as important as what you use; using heavy creams or sunscreen before serums can reduce their impact.
Follow this simple order to get the best results: Cleanser → Toner/Exfoliant → Serum → Moisturizer → Sunscreen.
At the end of the day, skin care is simply science. The magic lies in finding the right formula and being consistent with it.
