How to Change Your Ways
Instead of skipping meals or trying fad diets, look to healthier ingredients and controlled portions that will give your skin a kick. Foods like sweet potatoes, carrots and kale, which are rich in vitamin A, not only help clear up acne-prone skin and aid with skin conditions like psoriasis, but also help maintain healthy teeth, skeletal and soft tissue, and aids in good vision.
Citrus fruits (rich in vitamin C) are key to collagen production, which keeps your skin firm and minimizes the appearance of wrinkles, and they help the skin repair itself.
Adding avocado to sandwiches or snacking on nuts will give your body a boost of vitamin E, which can help prevent premature aging and even reduce sunburns.
If you’re joining the work happy hour, limit yourself to two drinks and have a glass of water between and after to help your body flush out the alcohol and stay hydrated.
Sleeping with Your Makeup on Ruins More Than Your Sheets
One-quarter of women sleep with their makeup on, according to a 2013 study by Ergoflex UK. Reasons for this varied from late nights on the town to a desire to look more appealing to partners in the morning, according to researchers who conducted the poll. While we all wish we could wake up looking our best, the damage we do to our skin creates a vicious cycle that actually leaves us needing more cosmetics than if we had given our skin a break from the beauty products to boost our natural glow.
Falling asleep with makeup on can lead to clogged pores, which can cause acne. But the makeup residue left on your pillowcases can make you sick. Even neglecting to remove your mascara at night puts you at risk of developing eye infections, and the oils in the makeup play host to bacteria that can cause staph infections in broken skin.