Beauty Myths Debunked
Confidential Guidance
Huge myth. It's oil that keeps skin moisturized, not water. In fact, too much water on your skin will dry it out. Look for products containing non-acnegenic oils, and your complexion will thank you (so will he…supple skin is so hot).
Hydrating already-oily skin seems backwards. But depriving skin of moisture can actually make oily skin oilier (it forces your skin to work overtime, producing extra oil to nourish skin). Try a lightweight, gel-based formula meant for your skin type – it won’t leave you looking greasy.
You should never over-brush your hair, it’ll just weaken the follicles and cause breakage. But a few before bed helps distribute natural scalp oils throughout strands, which causes a wildly y gleam.
Wrong. In fact, it’s more about standing too much. If you have a job or do an activity that requires you to stand all day, your veins work overtime to pump blood from legs to your heart, which results in pooling of blood and puffy, dark blue veins. Pregnancy is also a factor (carrying a baby adds pressure to your circulatory system).
Not every acne-addled teen’s zits disappear at 21. And if you’ve had clear skin your whole life, you could wake up at 30 with blemishes! Or you could get period-related zits every month. Its not about age, it’s about hormones and genetics. All you can do is treat the issue with a comprehensive acne-fighting regimen when it crops up.
We’re always looking for a quick and easy way to zap zits, but this ain't it. The menthol in most toothpastes cause a cooling effect that can calm down inflammation, but other ingredients can irritate skin something terrible. Stick with a topical blemish blaster containing proven acne-curing ingredients like salicylic, glycolic or alpha-hydroxy acid.
What’s a "natural" product, anyway? It’s very hard to regulate (so many products that claim to be organic, green, or 100% natural are varying levels of bogus). And just because an ingredient isn’t man-made, doesn’t mean it’s more trustworthy. And vice versa. Use what works.
Not true. Uncut hair is widest at the base, then narrows to a point. When you shave, you chop the hair off at the widest part. That's what you see when it grows in – so it looks and feels coarse and thick. But shaving doesn’t change the texture of thickness of individual hairs.
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