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Facts Behind “Beauty Myths”

By on July 16, 2016

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Beauty is something almost everyone obsesses about equally. Even though being a beautiful human is more important than being physically beautiful, who wouldn’t wish to be and stay beautiful. Being beautiful, to so many, is like being appreciable among others. You tend to try almost everything you hear of to be more pretty and appealing. And at present , when acquiring an information is matter of seconds, the internet has so much to offer us- beauty enhancing tips, easy home DIYs, tutorials and the list goes on.

Facts Behind "Beauty Myths"

Facts Behind “Beauty Myths”

Now, what might surprise you is that not all of them are true. Some are merely beauty myths and others may work, if luck befriends you. Before trying those many beauty tricks and tips , you might actually want to know more about the fact to it.

Applying Oil to Oily Skin Makes Your Skin More Acne Prone

Well, this is just a myth. The truth is when you use a cleanser to clean the excess oil from the skin, the skin tends to overcompensate by producing excess oil. Therefore what you need to do is apply a little oil to your skin. This, in the long run, will help you skin become less oily. Yes, it might sound a little reverse but that is the fact to it. Applying oil gives your skin the required hydration.

Using Creams and Products According to Age

As obvious, it is just a myth. Each one’s skin is different. And being aged wouldn’t necessarily mean having wrinkled skin or acne free skin. Even if you are aged you may have a supple, young skin and even at the age of 50 you may still face troubles of acne. Therefore, instead of choosing skin products according to your age, you should choose them to suit your skin.
Using Creams and Products According to Age

Using Creams and Products According to Age

Make up Causes Acne

Yes, there’s a huge population sleeping on this myth. You may get few acnes after makeup application but it is because you might be doing it wrong. Most makeup products are designed to stay on top of the skin. They do not get absorbed deeper liker moisturisers etc. What causes these acne is not cleaning it up correctly. The makeup you apply should not stay on your skin over night. You are suppose to remove it properly using a good makeup remover before going to bed. So basically it is not the makeup that is to be blamed, but it is your laziness.

Trimming Hair Fastens Hair Growth

All of us love thick, lustrous, long tresses and the myth that trimming them helps to make them long is a common one. Stylist say that our hair strands are made out of dead tissue. They do not grow because they are cut or trimmed. When you hair gains length after being cut short, you automatically tend to believe that it is growing faster. It is more like a mind game. It is suggested , if you wish to grow your tresses longer take good care of them, cause that is what would help.

Trimming Hair Fastens Hair Growth

Trimming Hair Fastens Hair Growth

Age Spots

Surprisingly, the word in itself is a myth. These brown freckles you see are actually caused by exposure to the sun and past tans. These have nothing to do with age.

Expensive Products are More Effective

Price is not a factor to decide the effectiveness of the products. If you see carefully most expensive products are just a little more than water and wax while many low priced products can have a group of good ingredients. Therefore, it is the ingredients and its effectiveness that matter and not the money spend on a product.

Shaving or Waxing Makes Your Hair Grow Thicker Than Before

You no more need to shave or wax your arms and legs feeling guilty of growing back much more thicker hair. Waxing or shaving does not double the amount of hair that grows back. It is just that the appearance of the stubbles make you feel that it has grown back thicker.

Shaving or Waxing Makes Your Hair Grow Thicker Than Before

Shaving or Waxing Makes Your Hair Grow Thicker Than Before

Natural Ingredients are Better and Harmless

This has no factual or scientific base to it. There are indeed many natural substances that works wonders on your skin and hair but one cannot completely say that they work better. In reality, you may find some natural ingredients to cause harm if not used carefully.

People on seeing the term ‘natural’ make up an image in their mind that ‘natural equals better and harmless’. You will find many beauty products taking advantage of this human psychology. They add ‘natural extract’ on their labels and people believe it to be more effective. These natural extract, by the time it is mixed into the final product, goes through numerous processing that it no more remains natural. Hence being sensible is better.

These are just few among the many myths you believe is true. Most of the existing beauty hacks are just said with no much base to it. You can also find many products in the market claiming to help you resolve certain skin and hair problems However, you need to understand many of the problems like cellulites, split ends, blackheads have no cure , they can only be avoided or worked with. You just need to be attentive and a little sensible to know the facts behind such tips and tricks.

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