Right Way to Choose and Use Your Cosmetics

by Richa Pattanaik Blogger

Whether you’re a buying a product for your skin regime, hair care or perfume and spray, or a minimalist product with just a few try-and-true basics, we all need those items to bring serious results for us.

Did you know what to buy and how to use them is as important as what we use?

With these few simple and easy-to-follow tips we mayget the best result from the range of products we are using and choosing for ourselves.

1. Choose the right products for your skin and Hair type.

Checking the type of hair or skin product is quite an easy process.

You can check your skin type with tissue paper, all you need to do is hold a tissue around your nose, if you find translucent spots or oily portions in the tissue then you can consider your skin as an oily one for sure.

If the tissue is clean and your skin feels smooth and dry, you possibly have dry skin,” Combined skin is when you feel it oily around your T-zone only, and if a small amount of oil is visible sometimes in your face, then you must have normal skin. Easily irritated and red skin is considered sensitive skin.

The same goes with your hair also, after the next day of your shampoo put a tissue on your scalp if it comes out dry that means you have a Dry scalp and if the tissue feels oily and sticky you surely have an oily scalp.

2. Following the right order for skin is very important

The basic rule is to cleanse the dirt, scrub or exfoliate, tone and massage then moisturize properly, sunscreen to protect then makeup to look radiant. Applying the product from lighter to heavy is the general rule we all follow.

But are we sure this is the right affair?

A renowned dermatologist Amy Forman Taub advises using precautionary products first which have the strongest chemicals such as glycolic acid, salicylic acid, sunscreen, or skin-brightening cream followed by moisturizing light-textured product which can soothe your skin and hence give you the best result.

3. Reading the instructing is equally important as reading the price tag .

It’s always advisable to be cautious about how much, when, and what you apply on your skin hair and body. Usually, the lists of items are mention from high to low concentration in levels . With a few experiments and with some hits and miss, you’ll be able to explore what works for your skin and what doesn’t.

When you are buying online try to go for highly rated skin care products, bestselling deodorant or

well reviewed shampoo . It’s always recommended to read the reviews before buying any product online to know the real user experience.

4. Don’t be impatient with your products.

We all love to see quick results but being impatient is not at all good when it comes to cosmetic products. Some products may take more time to give the result, but if we keep changing the products frequently, we never get the true benefit rather we damage our skin and hair unknowingly.

So it’s better to use the similar product from 6-12 weeks to see the best result.

5. Be alert about the expiry dates.

Usually there is a self-life 6-12 months of most skin products. So keep a check on the expiry or used before dates mentioned in the products. In fact its recommended to check the expiry level while purchasing so that you don’t have to discard it before finishing it.

Also, if some of your good moisturizing shampoo or a branded CC cream is smelling bad or wired , it’s time to discard them immediately . And always make sure that you store your cosmetics in a cool and dry place in room temperature and away from sunlight to make it last .

Experimenting with cosmetic is good when done with expert advice, so don’t forget to consult a dermatologist before buying or trying any new range of beauty and hair products, and make sure that you are using product of a well-known brand to avoid any unwanted or unpleasant rash or skin irritation.