Make-up bag detoxification. Slim down your make-up bag for the complexion’s sake

Do you also feel as if you were flooded with different cosmetics of various kinds, brands and disparate purposes? I have to admit that I catch myself buying products that I don’t even use. I think, this is my woman’s affliction that when I spot some new cosmetic stuff, I just have to get it.

However, lately I’ve been slowly getting aware of the fact that conscious approach to care is something more than just the list of ingredients analysis. Minimalism is also crucial, which stands for using the fewer number of products possible. It’s said that our skin likes diversity but, in my view, we shouldn’t overdo this. And this is why I decided to write an entry on this issue. Thanks to this post, I’ll try to show you how to put this philosophy into practice.

Make-up bag detoxification – What’s that? What for?

You hear ‘make-up bag detoxification’ and you think about some strange treatments undergone by this item. It’s not quite like that. Of course, we are talking about our make-up bag, so the place where we hide all our beautifying treasures. It’s this item that would use detoxification because getting rid of the excess of cosmetics will do us good, definitely.

The philosophy of balance, or minimalism, is practised in nutrition and feeding in general, but it’s simple to transfer it into care as well. Let’s focus on what we ‘feed’ our skin with since it directly translates into its condition and looks. Let’s love balance in daily care and our complexion (and the entire body skin) will return a favour with softness, shine, smoothness and firmness.

How to do make-up bag detoxification?

Open all the places you store cosmetics in and take out all the products. Literally get all the make-up items, even the ones you don’t use or the ones you leave for ‘special occasion’. Put them on the floor since it will be easier this way.

1. Group the cosmetics accordingly to the purpose they serve. Separately put the shampoos, conditioners, balms, face creams, and all that jazz. Again, it will be easier to segregate them into groups.
2. Take into your hand each cosmetic and analyse its composition. Don’t be merciful and don’t be led by the affection to a particular product. Throw out all the cosmetics containing:

• paraffin and mineral oils which block natural processes of giving off water from skin; they work comedogenic, intensify skin dehydration and encourage skin ageing;
• SLS and SLES, which are substances responsible for washing features and foaming of a cosmetic; if used regularly, they dehydrate skin and destroy the natural protective layer of dermis;
• parabens (in other words, preservatives) which often cause serious skin irritations, disturb skin balance and can intensify acne;
• talc, most frequently included into colour cosmetics, which unfortunately contributes to skin irritations, disturbs work of sebaceous glands; also it’s said to be potentially cancerogenous.

  Compose the pyramid of youth using the remaining cosmetics. This means that the most important cosmetics that match your skin condition, age and problems of or complexion are at the very top. Throw out the other products.