The Top 10 Skincare Mistakes That Are Secretly Aging You
It’s so easy to make little mistakes with skincare that then cause you to unknowingly fall into bad habits that you end up maintaining for years. While some skincare mistakes won’t have serious consequences, others could be accelerating the onset of aging in a way that will soon have you looking far older than your years.
Ready to put things right? Read on as Vivo Per Lei shares the 10 most aging skincare mistakes that you need to stop making!
1) Going to Bed With Makeup On
While forgetting to remove your makeup before bed isn’t a huge mistake if you only end up doing it a few times a year, making this mistake on a more regular basis will quickly age your skin. How? Because while you sleep, your skin cells focus on repair and renewal. Makeup interferes with this, creating a barrier over the top of your skin that inhibits its natural functions. It also instigates free radical damage while contributing to congestion and clogged pores.
The only solution to this problem is to cleanse your skin before you go to bed, no matter how tired you may be. Find a cleanser that feels luxuriant on your skin, like the Vivo Per Lei Collagen Foaming Cleanser, and the task won’t seem like such a chore. If your problem is that you sometimes simply forget, keep a pack of the IntroLift Vitamin C Facial Wipes by your bed to remind you.
2) Using Hyaluronic Acid Incorrectly
Hyaluronic acid is one of skincare’s most loved ingredients. It’s known for helping with the appearance of aging, dehydration, dryness, and more, making it a true superstar!
However, if you’re using it incorrectly, you could be causing more harm than good to your skin. It all comes down to hyaluronic acid’s humectant properties. These enable the ingredient to bind moisture to the skin – moisture that it collects from the environment around it. Ideally, hyaluronic acid should be applied under, or in conjunction with, a moisturizer. This way, it can grab the moisture from that cream and feed this to your skin cells. If you apply the ingredient without a moisturizer on top, it will instead draw moisture from the deeper layers of your skin to hydrate the cells on the surface. This is the last thing that you want as those deeper cells are responsible for your skin’s most crucial functions. It will quickly lead to deep dehydration.
If you’re using the ingredient in serum form, always follow with a moisturizer. Alternatively, find a moisturizer that contains the ingredient, like the Vivo Per Lei Pumpkin and Collagen Day Cream.
3) Applying Your Skincare After You Blow Dry Your Hair
Dehydration ages the skin extremely quickly. Since moisture is required for every single function in your skin, a lack of it prevents repair, exacerbates damage, makes wrinkles look more noticeable, and more.
There is plenty out there that can dehydrate the skin. However, one aggressor that many often don’t give a second thought to is their blow dryer. Sure, it’s aimed at your hair rather than your skin but a large amount of that heat will still blast onto your face, drying up your skin’s moisture reserves while damaging your skin barrier.
This is why it’s important to apply your skincare before, rather than after, you blow dry your hair, especially when it comes to your moisturizer. In fact, pick a moisturizer with rich occlusive ingredients, like the Vivo Per Lei Marine Ultimate All Skin Cream, and it will keep your skin feeling fully protected from any heat that may come its way while you’re blow drying your locks.
4) Using Ingredients That Are Too Potent For Your Skin
It’s easy to be enticed by all of the different active ingredients out there, each one promising to improve the complexion in its own way. However, you also need to be aware of the downsides of any actives that you use. If you pick an ingredient that’s too potent for your skin, it will only cause inflammation, irritation, skin barrier damage, accelerated aging, and a range of other problems.
Take retinol as an example. It’s one of the most studied skincare ingredients around. There’s no denying how it can help with the appearance of skin aging among many other issues. This is why you’ll find it in the Vivo Per Lei 24K Gold Caviar Serum. However, as influential as this vitamin A derivative can be, there’s no ignoring how, for many people, its sheer power can lead to a number of side effects.
If you’ve noticed your skin reacting to retinol or any other actives, stop using the ingredient for a while. Once your skin has recovered, re-introduce it but in a gentler form. With retinol, this would mean using retinyl palmitate instead – a much milder form of vitamin A. Many of the most popular actives have gentler versions available, so go for one of these instead of allowing your skin to suffer.
5) Forgetting to Adjust Your Skincare Routine as the Seasons Change
Do you follow the same skincare routine throughout the year? If so, this is a skincare mistake that could be aging your skin.
How? Because it means that your skin won’t really be receiving what it needs. After all, those needs change with the seasons. In the warmer months, lighter products are required to avoid clogged pores and breakouts. Meanwhile, the dry winter months call for thicker and richer products to counter the increase in moisture loss.
From your cleanser to your serums to your moisturizers, make sure that you reassess your skincare routine with each seasonal shift to ensure that you’re meeting all of your skin’s requirements.
6) Not Moisturizing Oily Skin
As we mentioned earlier, dehydration can have an aging effect on the skin. Keeping your skin moisturized will go a long way in preventing this.
However, those with oily skin often choose to skip the moisturizer. Why? Because their skin already feels quite greasy and many moisturizers make this worse. In theory, this might make sense but, in reality, not only will this dehydrate your skin but it could also make your oiliness even worse. After all, dehydration causes the skin to increase its production of sebum.
When it comes to keeping oily skin hydrated, the key is to first use a hydrating face serum, like the Vivo Per Lei Radiance Gold Facial Serum. Thanks to the inclusion of salicylic acid in this formula, you won’t have to worry about blocked pores. Then, lock that hydration in with a lightweight moisturizer, such as the Marine Aqua Facial Cream from Vivo Per Lei. Thanks to its oil-free formula, it won’t leave your skin feeling congested. Instead, the hydration that it encourages should help to reduce the feeling of oiliness in the long run while preventing the appearance of aging.
7) Not Applying Enough Sunscreen
There is so much out there that’s aging your skin, yet the sun is the biggest culprit. In fact, up to 80% of the visible signs of aging that develop on the skin can be traced back to UV damage.
Fortunately, this information is becoming more publicized. As a result, people are now getting more serious about using sunscreen on a daily basis. However, unless you’re applying enough of the product, your skin won’t be protected to the extent that you think it is.
How much should you be using? If you’re only protecting your face, aim for about a nickel-sized amount. Meanwhile, if you’re applying it to your body too, you’ll need the equivalent of a shot glass.
8) Over-Exfoliating
Exfoliation is a great way to keep your skin looking young. However, exfoliate too often or with an overly harsh exfoliator and you’ll only end up accelerating the skin aging process.
How? Because over-exfoliation quickly damages the skin barrier. This then leads to dehydration, inflammation, and a whole host of other problems.
So, how often should you be exfoliating? This depends on your skin type. If you have oily skin, go ahead and exfoliate up to three times a week. If your skin type is dry, drop this down to once or twice a week. Meanwhile, those with sensitive skin may only need to exfoliate once every 7-10 days.
9) Not Being Consistent With Your Skincare Routine
If you want to see results from your skincare routine, you’ll need to be consistent with it. Even the best products in the world won’t be able to do as they promise if they aren’t used consistently.
If this is something that you struggle with, start by making your skincare routine as basic as possible. Shorter routines tend to be much easier to stick to! Make sure that it’s enjoyable too and try to integrate it into your other daily habits. If necessary, set a reminder on your phone to help keep you on track.
10) Using Expired Skincare Products
To many, using expired skincare products doesn’t seem like a big deal. After all, the worst that can happen is that they don’t work as effectively as they should, right?
Wrong. While it’s true that they won’t be as effective, some could also be dangerous for your skin. Certain ingredients, especially potent actives, can oxidize over time. Apply these to your skin and they’ll trigger free radical damage, which leads to skin aging.
Ideally, go through your skincare stash a couple of times a year and toss out any old or expired products. Even though they may look/feel/smell normal, don’t take the risk when it comes to your skin!
Preventing the Appearance of Aging With Vivo Per Lei
Although aging is inevitable, the last thing that you want to be doing is unintentionally speeding this process up. However, if you’ve been making any of the above mistakes, this is exactly what will have been happening. The good news is that you’re now aware of those mistakes. This means that you can now put things right and give your skin everything that it needs to bring about a smoother, fresher, and more youthful appearance.
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