Five Ways Makeup Can Be Harmful

For most women, their makeup is the most important tool for their outward beauty and makes their skin and face look more attractive overall.

For years now, the cosmetic industry has been doing its best to develop and produce thousands of beauty products. To meet the needs of every woman in this way.

However, because many women do not know how to use these products properly or simply have bad habits, more and more women are suffering from all kinds of skin problems.

Therefore, it is very important that you are well aware of the habits that you should avoid when using these products. In this article, we share some of the ways makeup can be harmful to both your skin and your health.

1. Share cosmetic products with others

It is normal to share clothes, accessories and other fashion items with your friends or your family. Because of this, many women also think that there is nothing wrong with sharing their makeup with others every now and then. Be careful though!

Sharing lipstick, eyeliner, powder, and even makeup brushes makes it easier to catch viral infections like conjunctivitis and cold sores. 

If the person you share your makeup with also has acne, for example, then you also run the risk that the bacteria from his or her skin also ends up on your skin.

2. Using Fake Eyelashes

Long, full lashes make your look more expressive and beautiful, which is why many women choose to use fake lashes that have to be glued to their eyelids.

These types of products can be very harmful, as they often contain ingredients such as formaldehyde, which can irritate the eyes. In addition, your natural lashes can become brittle and brittle if you use these types of products incorrectly.

However, by taking the proper precautions, you can make using these products a lot safer.

3. Sleep with your makeup on

Often women come home tired from work or a night out. It doesn’t even occur to them to take their makeup off their faces. Another big mistake!

This habit prevents the skin from getting enough oxygen to repair itself during the night. Because of this, you can experience problems the next day. Facial skin, and especially the skin around your eyes, suffers the most from this mistake.

Cosmetic products clog pores, which can lead to problems like acne if you don’t clean your face regularly before going to bed.

In addition, some products can cause eye irritation. This is because they can get into your eyes during the night without you noticing.

Eye makeup often contains oils and waxes that can clog the glands and cause inflammation such as conjunctivitis.

4. Using Old Makeup

Just like food, make-up also has an expiration date that indicates how long the product can be used before the quality of the ingredients in the product deteriorates and the ingredients become harmful.

After this expiration date, the composition of the product is likely to change in several ways. So you should no longer use it on the skin.

Higher quality makeup usually lasts longer, but still has an expiration date that you have to stick to.

By still using old products you can suffer from irritations and infections, because they are probably full of bacteria. When these products have expired, they often also lose their pleasant aroma and the consistency changes.

5. Apply eyeliner or eye pencil to the edge of your eyelid

The eyes, like other parts of the body, contain natural bacteria that can be both good and bad, depending on the way they are stimulated and the function they have.

By using products such as eyeliner or kohl pencil on the inner edge of your eyelid, you expose your eyes to bacteria from outside. This increases the chance that you will get infections and problems such as clogged sebaceous glands.

It is estimated that thirty percent of the particles in your eyeliner enter the eye when you apply the product to the inner rim of your eyelid.