Which one should you be using?
How many of us have looked up at-home remedies for our skin care problems?How many of us have thought that professional products are overpriced and chosen to buy drugstore brands instead?It’s pretty easy to Google or YouTube how to concoct your own face mask, cleanser, toner, etc., with ingredients that you already have in your cupboards. How convenient, cost effective, and maybe even more healthy! This is not the case.
DIY face products
DIY products can end up causing more harm than good and maybe even more money in the long run!
The YouTuber who did a tutorial on how to make a face mask that will zap off all your pimples does not know what kind of skin you have. If you’re sensitive, oily, dry, allergic: all this will play a role in how things will react on your skin. You will also be missing some key ingredients to make these products skin-friendly.Unfortunately, for all the “green” people out there, some degree of preservatives are necessary to keep products from becoming breeding grounds for bacteria.That homemade moisturizer you made (even if kept in the fridge) will become a lovely place for bacteria to multiply once the ingredients start to break down. This can definitely cause breakouts and even infections if you’re applying it to broken skin around an existing blemish!
Drugstore face products
So you’ve decided against DIY products, but you still don’t feel like professional products are worth the hype. You browse the drugstore shelves for a good deal.These good deals are not good deals. Often the “cheap alternatives” are filled with just that, cheap alternative ingredients.These products are often filled with lesser quality ingredients, which will give you poor results or maybe even no results at all.
Many drugstore products will use “fillers” as the main ingredients. This is why those products are so cheap, because they contain very little in the way of active, effective ingredients. As a result, you’ll probably end up using a larger amount of the product, which means buying them more frequently.
Professional face products
Instead of taking risks with your skin and wasting money on questionable products, invest in your skin health.
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Seek help from someone who is professionally trained in skin care, who will educate you on what your skin really needs, and will recommend professional products that will solve your problems — not make them worse.
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