For practically my whole life I have heard from various people how bad make-up is and how it clogs pours, etc. I don’t buy it. I’m no a scientist or a dermatologist, but my guess is the 70 year old women who most of their lives wore a face full of make up have less wrinkled skin than their naked faced counterparts. The foundation provided some protection from the sun back when women were not using face lotions and foundations with SPF.
I have never had acne problems (although I do get a pimple now and then) and not removing my makeup before sleep for weeks on end has never caused me acne. I do believe for some people their acne is aggravated by make-up.
Plus, I’m so dry I will at least have some sort of moisturizer on.
I guess maybe it is healthier to just be au natural as long as you are shaded from the sun, but I don’t think make up is significantly negatively impacting my skin health or overall health.
I am allergic to some sort of natural ingredient. It seems to be natural. If a product boasts about being bio something or having natural extracts I have about a 50% chance I will be red within a minute of putting it on. I haven’t narrowed down what specific ingredients it is, but since my reaction is fast it just takes a quick test usually to know.
@cazzie I didn’t know that about shea butter. That is very helpful to me.