Beauty Myths Uncovered, Part2

Hello All:

This is blog is part of the Beauty Myths series that I will be shedding some light on. The one I want to talk about today is "When you buy a New Line (or product) of Skin Care, it will break you out."

This one is funny, because it is ingrained in us to expect a change in our skin- for the worse before the better- just because of a product change.

There are many reasons one could breakout when trying new products, and I have found the top 2 reasons are:

1. You do not use the product(s) correctly.

Let's face it, who wants to read a bunch of directions? We are just excited to slap it on our faces and wait for the results! I know I am guilty of this, and I know better! We don't realize that there is a reason you do not use a face wash, then a different brand toner, and a different brand moisturizer, and so on. As I mentioned in my first Beauty Myths blog, when using a face wash (especially a cream one) you MUST use the same brand toner, this is because the toner made by the same company is meant to take remove the oils in their particular face wash, another brand toner may not remove those types of oils. Same goes for moisturizers, a day moisturizer and night cream must be the same brand because they work in conjuction with one another. The explanation of a skin care regime and why is a whole other blog!

Moving on, the second top reason we breakout when using new products:

2. You may have chosen the wrong product for your skin type

It is important to know the purpose of buying specific products. It is very easy to fall into the traps of a cleverly marketed product that upon reading all it's promises you find you MUST HAVE IT! These cosmetic companies spend millions in research to market their products. From the ads you see in magazines, to the packaging and words they use to describe it, not to mention you have a plethera of options, it can all be so confusing! It all comes down to trial and error at this point, but if you know what your skin type is, and really what your skin needs, meaning knowing the purpose you are buying the product, it becomes less confusing to choose. So next time you are at Sephora or the department store counter ask yourself why you need the product & what are you trying to fix, so you can be clear on what type of product you are shopping for.

So as you can see it is not really the "New Products" that cause a breakout every time, it is the lack of knowledge. If you have any questions, be sure to subscribe and enter your name and email into the pink box, I will do my best to answer them!

Have a fabulous day!

xoxo~Cole