However, these hacks can get out of hand, quick. According to the website, Cosmopolitan: “some of the tricks and hacks you see posted these days are not only downright bananas, they’re bad news for your face.”
Below are the skincare tricks to stay away from.
1. Using coconut oil as a face moisturizer
This is a controversial one considering coconut oil is the thing right now. But here’s the good news: By all means, keep cooking with it and rubbing it in your hair and all over your dry body bits. But as a face moisturizer? Unless you never ever break out and your skin is Sahara-level dry, you’re asking for clogged pores.
2. Putting toothpaste on pimples
Sure, it might dry out pimples thanks to ingredients like baking soda and peroxide. But there’s a good chance it might also leave the area redder and more irritated.
3. Mattifying with deodorant
Antiperspirant suppresses sweat, not oil production. The powdery ingredients in it may leave facial skin irritated and rashy – or could clog pores.
4. Toning with alcohol
This is like the nuclear option of toners. It will obliterate oil, as well as all of your skin’s moisture, leaving it tight, dry and flaky. Your skin may also counterattack by producing more oil.
5. Setting your makeup with hairspray
It holds your hair in place, so why not have it pull double duty as a makeup setting spray? Answer: irritation, dryness, flaking. Stick to translucent powder or a setting spray that’s actually formulated for the face.
