Maintain the Beauty of Your Face

Maintaining the beauty of your face mostly refers to maintaining the beauty of your skin. Your skin requires your help to stay beautiful over the years - you need to protect it from the sun and make sure your beauty regimen isn't harming it. In addition, you need to break certain habits to make sure your skin stays flawless, healthy and beautiful.

Steps

Protecting Your Skin from the Sun

  1. Make applying sunscreen a daily practice. The sun damages the skin on your face (and the rest of your body) over time. Therefore, make it a practice to apply sunscreen on your face every day, as well as the rest of your body (if it's exposed to the sun). When you're looking at sunscreens, make sure to choose one that blocks out both UVB and UVA rays and has a SPF of 30 or more.[1]
    • If you want to keep your stunning good looks, the sun isn't your friend - it will result in your skin appearing to be dry, and discolored after many years of exposure.[1]
    • Pick a sunscreen specially formulated for your face so it won't clog pores. Alternatively, try picking a moisturizer that already has sunscreen built in.[2]
  2. Put a hat on. Similarly, adding shade to your face can help protect your skin from the sun. Try wearing a hat when you venture outside, especially on very sunny days.[1]
  3. Add a pair of sunglasses. Sunglasses help you see better and protect your eyes from sun damage that can lead to cataracts.Additionally, they also offer protection to the sensitive skin around your eyes. Look for ones that block UVB and UVA rays - which most do. Ones that are larger and around the side of your head offer more protection.[3]
    • If you already wear eyeglasses, the best option is sunglasses that fit over your glasses, blocking both the front and sides of your eyes from the sun. Clip-ons and transition lenses provide some protection but not as much as compared to sunglasses.[4]
  4. Skip tanning. Tanning beds are just as harmful to your skin as tanning in the sun is - sometimes they are even more detrimental to your skin. It - the tanning bed- floods your body and face with both UVA and UVB rays, which you should be protecting your face and skin against instead of willingly subjecting them to.[5]

Maintaining a Gentle Beauty Routine

  1. Pick mild soaps. When looking for soaps, choose ones that are meant for sensitive skin or are moisturizing. If you choose a harsh soap for your face, it can strip your skin of its natural oils. These oils are important for keeping your skin moisturized, which in turn, helps your face stay looking young.[1]
  2. Keep your showers short. Long, hot showers strip your skin of moisture. Over time, that can wear on your face. Therefore, keep your showers short, and use warm water rather than very hot water.[1]
  3. Pat your skin dry. Rather than roughly rubbing your skin after you shower or wash your face, pat it gently instead. When you're rough, you remove oils from your skin. In addition, being too rough can cause aging.[1]
  4. Be gentle when removing makeup. The more you pull and yank your skin, the more likely you are to end up with wrinkles. In fact, the same goes for applying makeup. For example, if you're constantly pulling your skin down to apply makeup to your eyes, it can lead to more wrinkles.[6]
    • That being said, it's important to remove your makeup before you go to sleep. If you don't, it can clog your pores over time, causing them to become larger. Even if you're not wearing makeup, you should wash your face before bed, as grime and dirt build up during the day. Both makeup and dirt can cause damage to collagen - which helps keep your skin elastic.[6]
  5. Add a moisturizer. You should use a moisturizer after you shower or wash your face, as well as before you go to sleep. Moisturizers keep your skin hydrated, helping you maintain beautiful skin. If you choose one with an SPF built into it, you don't need to apply a separate sunscreen.[1]
    • When looking for a moisturizer, choose one that's appropriate for your skin type. A wide variety are available, meant for skin from dry to oily.[1]
  6. Fight against acne. Acne can mar the beauty of your face. Therefore, use tips to treat it, keeping your face clearer and more beautiful.[7]
    • Use a mild acne cleanser to treat acne, using it to clean your face two times a day. Acne creams and lotions can also be helpful.[7]
    • Lower your stress levels. Stress can cause breakouts, so if you want to minimize them, try to keep stress to a minimum. Yoga and meditation can help you manage your stress, as can cutting back on the number of activities you're involved in.[1]
    • Talk to your doctor. If over-the-counter treatments aren't working, try asking your doctor for something stronger. You can also ask about birth control, which helps some women control acne.[7]

Creating Better Habits

  1. Don't smoke. Smoking is, of course, terrible for your overall health. It's been linked to lung cancer, among other diseases. In addition, it's bad for your skin. Mostly, it can cause wrinkles because it lowers the amount of collagen and elastin, which help prevent wrinkles.[8]
  2. Eat healthy foods. Don't forget to include plenty of fruits and vegetables in your diet. Also, stick to healthy fats and try to pick foods high in vitamin C. The healthy diet will help keep your skin healthy, but it will also help keep your face from breakouts.[1]
    • Healthy fats can be found in seeds, nuts, fish, avocado, olives, and some types of oil such as olive oil and flaxseed oil.[9]
    • Fruits and veggies that are high in vitamin C include : citrus fruits, strawberries, raspberries, watermelon, spinach, bell peppers, cauliflower, pineapple, kiwi, potatoes, cantaloupe, and tomatoes.[10]
  3. Ensure you are getting enough water. If you are constantly dehydrated, your skin will suffer. Dehydration leads to dry skin, which in turn makes wrinkles to form easily.[11]
    • You don't need to drink extra water to help your skin. You just need to drink enough to make sure you are hydrated.[4] Men should drink 13 cups of water a day, while women should consume 9 cups of water a day.[12]
  4. Don't forget to add a smile. Smiling has been proven to make you look younger. Though it may add to laugh or smile lines over time, smiling can take years off your face.[13]



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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/healthy_living/hic_An_Overview_ofYour_Skin/hic_protecting_yourself_from_sun_damage
  2. ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/skin-care/art-20048237?pg=2
  3. ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/sun-safety.htm#sunglasses
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://lowvision.preventblindness.org/daily-living-2/sunglasses-and-macular-degeneration
  5. ↑ http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/indoor_tanning.htm
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.msccollege.edu/blogs/makeup/5-skin-care-mistakes-that-are-aging-you/
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/acne.html
  8. ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/wrinkles/in-depth/wrinkle-creams/art-20047463?pg=2
  9. ↑ http://www.med.umich.edu/umim/food-pyramid/fats.html
  10. ↑ https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002404.htm
  11. ↑ https://www.washington.edu/wholeu/2014/09/17/water/
  12. ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256?pg=1
  13. ↑ http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pag/27/2/265/
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