Most Common Mistakes You're Making When Washing Your Face

Take better care of your skin by ensuring that you're not making these 8 common mistakes when you wash your face

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1 - Not washing your hands or face washcloth

Even if they seem clean or you haven't really done anything much throughout the day, you never know what bacteria could be lingering on your hands. So, it's always best to give them a quick wash with soap before proceeding to wash your face.

2 - Exfoliating too harshly and too often

Exfoliating can feel really good and leave your skin feeling soft and supple but that doesn't mean that you should be doing it every day. You should only be deep scrubbing once or twice a week, using a gentle scrub with natural particles such as jojoba beads.

Otherwise, over-scrubbing can lead to dry skin, broken blood vessels, skin discoloration, as well as irritation and inflammation due to microscopic tears in the outer skin layer. Also make sure that you're not scrubbing too harshly when you exfoliate, be gentle so that you don't cause further damage to your skin

3 - Scrubbing too hard

The harder you scrub, the better right? Because you'll be giving your face a more thorough clean and helping to get rid of more impurities. Wrong! Overworking your skin like that actually leaves it more susceptible to fine lines and wrinkles. Just go for gentle circular motions instead.

4 - Washing your face too often or not often enough

The ideal number of times you should be washing your face is twice daily: once in the morning when you wake up, and once at night before you go to bed. Some may see either one of these as unnecessary but here's why they're both important.

Washing in the morning -

Bacteria from your saliva, oils from your hair, as well as germs from your pillowcase and bedsheets are just some of the things that could transfer to your face while you're sleeping. So it's important to wash your face when you wake up to not only get rid of all these things but also to freshen your skin and make it easier for your skin to absorb any other skincare products you'll be applying later.

Washing at night -

Even if you didn't wear makeup on a particular day, you should still wash your face before going to bed. Throughout the day, natural oils and sweat accumulate on our skin; the dirt and pollution that we're exposed to also builds up on our outer skin layer. If we don't remove all this gunk at the end of the day, it can cause acne breakouts as well as skin inflammation and irritation.

On the other hand, washing your face too often can lead to dry, irritated skin, or cause it to produce too much oil. So unless you're prone to skin infections, wore heavy makeup and/or sunscreen, or were excessively sweaty, stick to washing your face only twice a day.

5 - Using the wrong technique when applying products

The openings of your pores face downwards, so you should be applying facial products in an upwards direction to make sure that it properly absorbs into your skin and gets to where it's needed. Applying products using a circular motion is also effective.

6 - Not using both warm and cold water

Did you know that you're actually supposed to use two different temperatures of water when washing your face? TIL man!

Use warm water (make sure it's not too hot) to start off. This will help to open your pores and loosen up the impurities so that your cleanser will be able to penetrate deeply into your skin and do its job. Then, finish off your face wash with cold water to help tone and contract your skin cells.

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