Many people believe that makeup creates a new "face." The truth is it simply does not. Makeup is not meant to make your face different, only to enhance it. In order to make your makeup look good you must have a good "canvas" (aka skin). No one is born with perfect skin (though the gene pool was extremely generous to some people). It takes plenty of time and effort to make your skin look its best. I personally, being 16, have never had acne. I have never broken out or had a single zit. Many people consider me very lucky but that is not entirely true. I have a different problem...dry skin. My skin is bone dry all the time. It is itchy and sometimes even flaky. I decided to see a dermatologist to take care of my problems and I am now on 3 prescription cremes which have magically cured my dry skin. Everyone has different skin and there is no magic cure all. One must experiment to find the best skincare routine for them. Here are some of my skincare tips:
1) This is the most important tip of all, make sure to wash off 100% of your makeup off before you go to bed. It is extremely determental to your skin to leave makeup on.
2) Change your pillowcase daily, this prevents oils and bacteria from getting back on your skin
3) See a dermatologist if necassary, if you have tried everything and your skin is still bad just go
4) put moisturizer on right after you wash your face so it can soak it better
5) use a toner to keep away blotchiness
6) USE SUNSCREEN
