Do you have a habit of sleeping with makeup on? After this article you will understand why not taking off your makeup is not a good idea.
Do you clean your skin before bed? In theory, we know that not taking off makeup is unhealthy and that the skin becomes less beautiful, but it’s difficult to imagine what really happens underneath that layer of foundation.
But today, dear reader, you will understand why it is so important to delay going to bed by 5 minutes and take care of your skin.
As you will see, as it is a living organ like any other in your body, the skin also needs to be taken care of or it becomes sick. It’s at night, while you sleep, that the magic happens and it replaces what you lost during the day.
If you don’t take off your makeup, however, this natural process of breathing and rebalancing is compromised and the consequences appear in the short, medium and long term.
Below you will understand better what we are talking about.
Find out what happens if you don’t take off your makeup:
1. Pimples
The layers of makeup that remain on the skin if you don’t remove the makeup, as well as pollution and the skin’s own impurities end up clogging the pores. The result of this is the emergence of skin inflammation and the famous pimples appear.
The night, in fact, is the ideal time for the skin to breathe and renew itself. None of this happens if you have plaster that is three fingers thick.
2. Dry skin
If you are in the habit of not taking off your makeup before going to bed, you will probably soon notice that your skin starts to lose moisture quickly. This happens because the moisturizers we use at night (you do, right?) help the skin regain its balance.
With makeup, as we have already explained, the pores become clogged and this recovery moment is compromised.
And, make no mistake, even on oily skin the effects are devastating and the tendency is for oiliness to increase.
3. Blackheads around the mouth
Your lips also suffer if you don’t take off your makeup, especially if the lipstick you’re using is matte. In this case, the products are so dry that they leave the lips prone to peeling.
Wetter lipsticks, on the other hand, don’t help at all either. Keeping them on while sleeping can clog the pores in the area and end up creating space for those blackheads around your mouth.
The best thing to do is to clean your lips well, exfoliate them from time to time and always use a balm before going to bed.
4. Fragile skin around the eyes
Make no mistake, waking up with that panda-like dark circle, full of smudged makeup around your eyes, is not just ugly.
That makeup that accumulates there overnight weakens the skin around the eyes, which is already naturally thinner and more fragile.
5. Premature aging
If nothing we’ve said so far has convinced you that you can’t not take off your makeup, maybe this is the argument: sleeping with makeup on makes you age sooner.
As we have already explained a million times, the skin cannot rebalance itself with pores clogged with makeup, so the aging process accelerates. The skin ends up losing its shine and health.
In the case of mature skin, aging becomes even more evident, with more marked wrinkles and expression lines.
6. Brittle eyelashes
Mascara is also makeup and needs to be removed before bed. The product dries out the eyelash strands and, like hair strands with excessive chemicals, they tend to break and fall out.
7. Less quality of sleep
In addition to not letting your skin breathe, sleeping with makeup on can be quite uncomfortable.
You may not even be consciously thinking about it, but you know that you’re going to wake up all blemished, with a high chance of getting your sheets and pillowcases dirty and running the risk of gaining a new friend, a pimple.
8. Eye infections
Just as pores can become clogged, shadow particles, pencil wax or mascara itself can block the tear duct.
This, not to mention the irritation and redness that end up paving the way for eye infections, such as conjunctivitis.
So, convinced that delaying sleep for another 5 minutes and taking off your makeup before going to bed is a good thing?
Now, if you want to wake up the next day even more beautiful and with healthier skin, be sure to also check out: 9 nighttime habits to help you wake up more beautiful.
Source: Incredible
