| How do you deal with acne? How can you keep | | | | dry and your is oily. The latest richest skincare |
| the pimples at bay? How do you stop new | | | | products might make her look radiant but they |
| pimples from appearing? | | | | could trigger a nasty acne outbreak in your skin. |
| It all starts with a clogged pore. When a pore in | | | | If you have a problem with acne, stick to skin |
| your skin gets clogged up with oil, dirt and skin | | | | care for |
| debris. Bacteria happily breeds in that concoction, | | | | 5. Take a break. |
| infecting that pore, leading to acne. | | | | Stress tends to trigger acne outbreaks. Does |
| To treat acne, attack the root of problem. The | | | | your skin act up more before an exam or a |
| bacteria and the clogged pores. | | | | stressful event? Learn to relax. Take a long bath |
| That brings us to these 8 tips. | | | | with a few drops of in the bath water. Watch a |
| 1. Do NOT touch your face with your hands | | | | funny movie. Read a favourite magazine. Talk it |
| Throughout the day, your hands come in contact | | | | out with a best pal. Do whatever works for you |
| with the world around you. Your hands touch | | | | to ease the stress. |
| surfaces like the phone, the computer keyboards, | | | | 6. Get a good night's sleep every night. |
| your bag, the table and basically everything | | | | Your body needs sleep. Without enough sleep, |
| around you. Picking up germs as you go along. | | | | even your skin acts up. Try to stop all work a |
| Touching your face with your hands before | | | | few hours before bed time. When I had insomnia, |
| washing them is a big No No. The last thing you | | | | I resorted to to help me sleep. That is actually |
| want is to introduce more bacteria to your skin, | | | | the last resort. Better ways would be to exercise |
| leading to more pimples. | | | | in the day so you can sleep better at night. |
| 2. Keep your hair off your face. | | | | 7. Avoid using pressed powder to cut down the |
| Oily skin usually means oily hair. You have enough | | | | sheen |
| natural oil on your face. You do not need to add | | | | My friend's friend used a pressed powder |
| more oil and hair care products to your skin, | | | | compact to hide her acne. Instead, the more she |
| which is what happens when your hair covers any | | | | used it the worse it got. Just think. By mid day, |
| part of your face. If you notice more pimples on | | | | your skin gets oily. You take out the powder |
| your forehead, beneath your fringe, or along the | | | | compact, and use that powder puff to apply |
| sides of your face where your hair might brush | | | | pressed powder on your face. Now, your face |
| against, your hair could be the culprit. You could | | | | would already have dirt, bacteria and oil on it. Pat |
| keep your hair off your face by wearing it in a | | | | your face with that powder puff and now that |
| pony tail, or using hair clips to hold it off your | | | | puff picks up the dirt, bacteria and oil. You put it |
| face. You can get these from | | | | back into the compact. The bacteria happily |
| 3. Wash your face 3 times everyday with a | | | | breeds in there. Then you take out the compact |
| cleanser that is meant for skin with acne. | | | | again and pat more powder, mixed with oil, dirt |
| That's what a doctor told me. Another doctor told | | | | and bacteria onto your face, picking up more |
| me that the problem with many people that have | | | | gunk, putting in more gunk into your compact. |
| pimples is that they use cleansers that are too | | | | The cycle goes on. A better bet would be to use |
| rich for the face. That doctor recommended a | | | | to blot off the excess oil instead. Then you can |
| soap and water regime. Another recommended | | | | throw the paper away after use. |
| an cleanser that was meant for acne. | | | | 8. Do not let bacteria breed happily in your make |
| 4. Stick to skin care that works for your skin | | | | up tools. Wash all your make up brushes regularly, |
| What works on your best friend may not | | | | with soap and water. Then dry them completely |
| necessarily work on you. Especially if her skin is | | | | before you keep them. |