Playing with makeup is great fun, there’s nothing like having a buffet full of eyeshadows, lipsticks, blushes and eyeliners that you can get creative with, but it’s important you also remember the more serious stuff like removing it all at the end of the day.
Whether you choose to breakup your makeup with a cleansing oil or start the first step in your cleansing routine with a makeup wipe is up to you, but one things for sure: removing your makeup is an essential step that shouldn’t be ditched.
Need convincing?- Sleeping in makeup which contains mineral oil (a petro-chemical) can increase skins photo sensitivity and cause acne (photo sensitivity is where your skin is more sensitive to the sun, shows up wrinkles faster and absorbs UVA/UVB rays quicker)
- Most makeup products contain some sunscreen and even products with an SPF as low as 5 need to be removed each night. Chemical sunscreens (Octylcrylene, Avobenzone, Octinoxate, Octisalate, Oxyenzone just to name a few) absorb UVA and UVB rays, which is why it’s essential to remove them at the end of the day. Although Physical Sunscreen (Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide) reflect UVA and UVB rays. Zinc Oxide is well known for its ability to repair the skin. Each evening when you sleep the skin naturally repairs itself and renews cells, wearing Zinc Oxide whilst sleeping can alter your skins natural repairing process. A bit confusing? Read how to understand your sunscreen.
- Wearing thick, heavy makeup whilst sleeping can cause the skin to come under stress and produce excess oils.
- Serums, treatments and moisturisers need to be used on clean skin in order to work effectively. No skincare product you use will work properly if you’ve got a layer of makeup on.