Is it okay to sleep with your makeup on?

Author: MM Williams

How wrong is that? It is very wrong. If you think your boyfirend seeing your natural face is scary, just imagine what you are going to look like in ten years from all of the damage you are doing to your pores?

Wearing makeup at night is not okay. It is bad for your skin and it is definitely bad for your health. Whether it is organic mineral makeup you are weaing or store bought makeup, it still is not good for your skin underneath.

The fact of the matter is, we live in a world with polutants all around us and when you put your makeup face on, you are clogging your pores and attracting pollutants to the face. Standing beside someone who is smoking cigarettes or standing at a bus stop while all the cars and trucks go by is collecting pollutant on your face.

When you sleep with your makeup on, it literally becomes a mask of pollutants. There is nowhere for them to escape! Your face then becomes a center for bacteria to build up on your nose that can result in black heads, acne on your cheeks and forehead and the list goes on. You can even get cysts on your eyelids or eye related infections from not cleaning your makeup off. Plaiin and simple You are clogging your pores and not letting your face breathe. Eight hours is more than enough time for daily wear of makeup.

If you thought you had bad skin before that you were covering up with the makeup, a few more years of 24 makeup scenarios will make your skin even worse than it was before.

If your are one of those people who has been doing it, just promise me that you will stop. Go to the store and get yourself some face cleaning pads, makeup remover, and skin toners to clean out the dirt and pollution. There are even products especially designed for cleaning off mascara around the eyes that is different than usual makeup removers. These products work, so use them. Then of course, moisturize, moisturize or give yourself a deep cleanse with a facial mask. This will really clean out your pores for you.

Try cleansing your face at least two times a week and you will start to see fresher more beautiful skin. I guarantee that your skin will look and feel a whole lot better. You will love your fresh face and new skin so much, you will soon see that is perfectly okay to go natural once in awhile. And besides, if your boyfriend doesn't love you just the way you are. He is not the one for you!

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About the Author

The author is a Published Writer & Beauty Consultant who is intrigued by the human attraction to being beautiful. At some level we all desire to be beautiful, be around beautiful things or have beautiful things. Through her writings, she discusses all aspects of beauty including fashion and wellness with her alternate views on topics such hair, beauty, and wellness. She hopes to encourage and inspire all people in the quest for beauty to first love and accept one's self the way they are, strive for better health and to take beauty light heartedly and have fun with it. Shopping is a self-gratifying pleasure that can be enjoyable when all the facts are know about products, places to buy these products and how to use them effectively such as applying makeup or trying organic products. In her spare time, she also offers counseling services and free beauty tips for YourHairandBeautystore.Com : an online beauty boutique offering special one of a kind products for online beauty shoppers.

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