5 Skincare Mistakes I was Making

My whole life, the only thing I ever did to my skin was stay hydrated by drinking shit tons of water. I was lucky enough to spend most of my teen years with clear skin and only using an everyday moisturiser.

But in the process of learning, I was missing out on so many other things. There is just so much information out there, I was taken aback with how wrong I had it.

In saying that, if you hadn't guessed from the title alone, today's post is about the 5 skincare mistakes I was making with added tips on how to correct them.

Just a disclaimer that I'm no skincare expert. Just an enthusiast who wants to share her own personal experiences and methods. It's up to you how you ingest this information but always consult your doctor whenever you want to change it up.

Here we go:

1. Purchasing products for the skin I wanted-- not the skin I had.
   It's so incredibly important that you treat the skin that you have, not the skin you're longing to have. I was stupidly buying the products that I thought would *give* me clear skin, when I had to treat the problems first.
2. Rubbing the facial oil/serum all over the face rather than pressing it in. 
   This was the silliest thing I could have done. Now that I think about it, it makes so much more sense to press it in rather than rubbing it all over. I think looking back, it was more so my mum-mode-activated that had me rushing and rubbing the product into my skin rather than the latter. Rubbing essentially damages the skin and cancels out the work the product could potentially be doing your skin. So take your time and press in that oil/serum.
3. Using my bath towel to dry my face after a shower or after applying my skincare routine.
   Although it is your bath towel and you're fresh out of the shower so you consider yourself *clean*, it still holds a lot of bacteria because you do wipe your entire body with it. Adding a face towel to my routine has been a game changer. I found my skin clearing up within a week or two when I switched over to a face towel. I suggest buying a week's worth or so, and if possible, switch it out every day, or else every week should suffice too.
4. Rubbing my face dry instead of pat drying.
   So this goes hand in hand with the tip above. Now that you've got a new face towel, work on pat drying rather than rubbing the towel all over your face. Just like with skincare products, rubbing can seriously damage your skin, and with something as rough as a towel, it can do more damage than good. Pat drying is more gentle and effective at maintaining your skin's best appearance!
5. Using the same cleanser for everything.
   Ok, so this one isn't too bad. Some people prefer to use the same cleanser because it's what works best for them and what their skin really truly loves. But for me, I found that my skin would love one and then get too used to it, so it wouldn't work as well as when I first tried it. So switching out my cleansers for what my skin needs at that time was what worked for me.

An extra tip I would also like to share is: Wash your hands for 20 seconds before cleansing.

I'm sure we all know how important hygiene is - especially in today's society with an ongoing pandemic, we're all aware of how vital it is to maintain proper hand hygiene. This is the same for skincare. Before you cleanse your face, you want to make sure your hands have been washed for 20 seconds, or else you're basically transferring the bacteria back onto your face.

I'm fairly certain that there are many other skincare mistakes I've done in the past (or even potentially could be doing right now) but these are the main ones I noticed and really took the time to change.

Anyway, I hope you learnt a thing or two from this post. May you have beautiful, glowing skin!

I'd love to know some of your own skincare mistakes and what you did to reverse them!

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Much love,

Danica Janine x