Falling asleep with makeup lead to skin irritation, clogged pores, and acne. Leaving eye makeup on causes its own set of problems, including eye infections, eye irritation, styes, and broken eyelashes. Removing your makeup every night is a skin care necessity.
Always remove makeup before going to sleep
Leaving your skin clogged with makeup will cause breakouts because you’re allowing all the toxins that settled onto the skin during the day to be reabsorbed into the skin.
Be gentle
When removing makeup, especially eye makeup like mascara, eyeliner, and eye shadow, be as gentle as possible. Make sure to avoid rubbing too hard or tugging on the skin, otherwise it can easily get stretched out and wrinkled with repeated rough motions.
Which ones actually work?
There are so many types of makeup removers from cleansing milk to oils, wipes, pads and micellar waters for skin types from oily and acne-prone to dry and sensitive skin. Among them, micellar water is gentle and effective makeup remover. Put a few drops on a cotton ball, apply to dry skin and cleanse. It is a particularly great option for sensitive skin.
Regular cleanser is good
Regular cleanser should be sufficient to take off foundation and blush. Massage the cleanser over your face and let it sit for 15 seconds, and don't forget your hairline, under your chin, and around your ears. Then wipe with a wet, white cotton washcloth, so you can really see that all the makeup is gone. If your foundation is long- wearing, you can go over your face with remover first. Keep gently scrubbing until no more foundation or blush comes off on the washcloth.
Be careful with eyes
The skin around the eyes is sensitive. When you wear waterproof mascara, swap the cleansing oil for a waterproof-eye-makeup remover. Mascara and liner are the hardest to get off, but you don't scrub. Cotton balls leave fibers behind, so use a cotton pad and either an oil-based remover specifically for the eyes. Otherwise, you'll have to rub so hard to loosen the color that your lashes will break. Soak a pad with remover, press down softly on the lashes for a few seconds so the formula soaks in, and then slowly move the pad across the eyes.
Use oil-based Makeup Remover for long-wearing lipstick
A cotton pad soaked in liquid makeup remover should take off most lipsticks.
Avoid baby wipes
Baby wipes are commonly used to remove makeup. They just aren’t designed to break down the oils that accumulate on the face of adults. You’re better off using traditional makeup removal pads.
