Beauty Tips For Body Care
I really hope I don't get too much hate for this post, I'm not trying to make anyone angry, but I just don't know where to go. Last night, my boyfriend and I were doing fiftyshadesofsnail's pore minimizing routine (we used CosRx BHA, Aztec clay, and Banila Co Clean it Zero) because we both had obvious stuff in our pores we wanted to clean out. This was our third time trying it and still weren't getting results (boyfriend got one grit last night though), so afterwards I remembered that I had a charcoal mask. I felt like the charcoal mask worked better for me than the clay, so even though it might have been too much for my skin, I put the charcoal mask on my nose just to see if it could pull anything out. Afterwards, I washed it off and just went on with my normal nighttime skin care routine. As I walked to the fridge to get my vitamin C serum, my boyfriend called to me "Don't use the vitamin C tonight! You already did so much to your skin!" Even though the vitamin C goes to a different part of my face, I just put the serum back in the fridge because he really sounded kind of concerned. So I went back into the room to put on my moisturizer, and he looked up at me and said, "Stop...don't you think you're putting too much on your skin?" And I looked at him blankly and said, "this is just moisturizer. What do you mean?" And he replied, "Don't you think you need to back off from your skin? I mean, maybe I'm uneducated about skincare, but I know that the number of chemicals you put on your face on a daily basis is in the hundreds. You just spent what, an hour in front of the mirror putting stuff on your face? You know those TV shows about fanatics, you could fit right into those with your skincare." That freaked me out at that point because I couldn't believe he was calling me a fanatic, especially when I don't think I do that much do my skin. My morning routine is just rinsing with water, maybe toning with witch hazel, then using moisturizer and sunscreen. At night, I double cleanse, maybe witch hazel again, vitamin c, moisturizing serum, and moisturizer. Every once in a while I do a face mask, or like this occasion, we both did the pore treatment.Last night was the first night in years that I went to sleep without moisturizer on my face. I was just shocked and incredulous that my boyfriend was concerned to the point of calling me a fanatic, like he felt like I had an unhealthy obsession with my skin. He told me that he was worried that one day I might just break out into something weird on my skin from everything I use, or have some kind of reaction to all the chemicals. And when I told him about how so many women do much more extensive skincare routines than I do, he said that just because it's common doesn't mean it's right. And I understand his point. The chemicals in our skincare aren't naturally supposed to be in our skin, and even though we apply relatively small amounts, there are still hundreds of these unnatural chemicals going into our skin every day. There is research on ingredients, but it’s still limited. We can’t say for sure that they just pass through our system without some kind of little side effect, especially long term. Other than when I wash my face, my face doesn't go a minute without at least moisturizer. And the influence of Asian skincare and forums like this make it very normal to have an extensive skincare routine. The Korean 10 Step routine seemed crazy and over the top at first, but now it's so widely accepted. Just a few years ago, I wouldn't even touch a face mask because I was so conscious of chemicals and fragrances and didn't want to put anything unnecessary on my skin. And now, I do all my steps without a second thought. I refuse to take antibiotics or medicine unless I absolutely have to, and try not to eat processed food, but I'm okay with putting all these lab-created chemicals on my skin? That just because they’re skin CARE products, they’re good for us?So are we doing too much to our skin? Is it unhealthy that we're so focused on getting flawless skin and treating every issue, like sebaceous filaments, brightening, sunspots, that the number of products we use is obsessive? Should we be scaling back? Or at least the number of ingredients? Please don't channel the topic into other things or pick at my words, I'm not here to make accusations and I don't want to have to defend myself. I just like skincare. It's relaxing to me and I get to see results. I just can't decide whether I'm right or wrong, or how I should feel about all that I do to my skin.
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