4 things you should never do while wearing make-up

Most of us are make-up lovers, who relish swiping on lipstick and piling on the mascara. For many of us, make-up is almost therapeutic.

It is like our daily form of artistic expression, and a creative way for us to represent ourselves and enhance certain features.

But wearing make-up all the time is not always a good idea. Now, we aren’t speaking from a moral perspective about make-up being good or bad.

Sometimes, it can be really bad for our skin. So, we suggest keeping a cleanser and some cotton handy, as you read the following list of things you should never do while wearing make-up.

1. Embark on a cleaning spree

If you’re attacking dust-bunnies with a face of makeup on, you need to re-evaluate what is making you do such things. Your skin is exposed to dust, dirt and particulate pollution when you’re cleaning, so it is best to shield your skin as much as possible, with masks if needed. Wearing make-up and cleaning increases the layer of products on your skin, making skin vulnerable to a cocktail of acne-causing dirt. For your skin, make-up is more foreign matter, just like a comedogenic irritant like dust. It sits in the pores and causes pimples. To mix the two together is a recipe for disaster, unless you have an industrial-strength primer on.

2. Have sex

Wearing a full face of products and having sex can be an icky experience. Make-up, especially face makeup, transfers and gets on sheets and pillows, making sex even messier. Plus, when you’re cheek-to-cheek with your guy, the last thing you need to be worrying about is your foundation being scrubbed by his stubble, your lipstick smearing on you and him, and making you both look like The Joker, and your respective facial bacteria and oils mingling with make-up and sweat to cause acne. Many of us are self-conscious when we initially start dating someone, so we wear make-up to bed. But if a guy is really into you, he probably won’t care if you take off your foundation.

3. Hit the gym

It doesn’t make sense to wear make-up while exercising because you’re likely to sweat it off (unless you’re okay with wearing waterproof, smudge-proof make-up every time you work out). But it is also bad for your health because sweat plus make-up leads to a breakout from hell. Exercise makes your skin warm, softening sebum and make-up, blending them together into your dilated pores. The result? Blackheads and pimples.

4. Go on a long flight

You can wear loads of make-up on short flights. But for the longer ones involving the slightest hint of a nap, you need to avoid make-up for the same reason you shouldn’t sleep with make-up on. Additionally, you should also skip make-up because airplane cabins suck every last trace of moisture from your skin, leaving it dehydrated. Use the time on flight to pamper your skin, instead, using sheet masks, hydrating essences, mists and nutritious skin toners on clean skin — applying these on top of make-up is not only useless but also bad for your skin