Is makeup a part of your daily life, yet you often find your skin breaking out the following day?

Even though you may be removing your makeup at the end of the night before you go to bed, it's possible that you're missing some key elements in your makeup removing routine. If you find that your skin happens to break out often after a night of wearing makeup, then it’s time to level up your makeup removing routine. Keep on reading to discover the crucial steps you need to take to completely remove your makeup and prevent breakouts from happening!

Although in today's blog we'll be covering how to deal with post-makeup acne, the best way to avoid this issue is to take care of your skin before you apply any makeup. Checkout our four step pre-makeup guide so that your skin will always be ready for a flawless look!

Why Is My Makeup Causing Acne?

When your skin develops acne, it most likely is the result of clogged pores, which is a common issue for those who don’t remove their makeup properly. Your pores are responsible for releasing oil and sweat from your skin, but when they become covered by skin-clogging makeup, then oil, bacteria, and dead skin become trapped in them, leading to acne breakouts. This is why you still sometimes develop acne even after removing your makeup — you didn’t quite remove all of it.

You’re even more apt to get acne from makeup residue if you don’t change your pillowcase frequently. All those nights you thought you cleaned off your excess makeup but didn’t means that every night you’re adding onto the layer of makeup and grime that’s building on your pillowcase, which then gets into your pores and causes further breakouts.

If you think doing a single cleanse or wiping your makeup off with a baby wipe is enough, think again.

 

How to Effectively Remove My Makeup

Now that you understand what the link between makeup and acne is, let’s dive into the makeup removing routine that will help you completely remove all the makeup from your skin and help keep your skin clear and healthy!

 

1. Use a Gentle Cleanser and Take Your Time

• Squeeze a quarter size of your cleanser (a little more than you might normally use than if you weren’t wearing makeup) and gently massage it onto your face for about 60 seconds. Your makeup will wash off more easily if you allow your cleanser to sit, so before rinsing it off, allow it to sit for at least 15 seconds
• As a time-efficient way of implementing this into your oral hygiene routine, you can brush your teeth and floss while you let the face wash sit and do its work
• Pro tip: Use a headband or tie your hair back so that you have full access to your hairline. The hairline is one of those easy-to-miss areas, so make sure you give some attention to that area as well, otherwise you risk a breakout from makeup accumulating there over time

 

2. Remove the Waterproof Eyeliner and Lipstick

Most eyeliners and lipsticks, especially the waterproof ones, will not come off with just face wash. For this step in the makeup removing routine, we recommend something you may not be expecting — coconut oil! All you need is a jar of coconut oil and some Q-tips.

• If you use your coconut oil for other purposes as well (i.e. cooking), we recommend you to spoon out a few tablespoons of it into a separate container and keep it strictly as your makeup removing portion
• For the eyes: Grab a Q-tip and gently rub it into the coconut oil until the entire tip is coated in the oil. Do this for the other side of the Q-tip as well. Then take the prepared Q-tip, close the eye you’re going to remove the eyeliner from, and gently rub the Q-tip back and forth to remove the eyeliner. Depending on the strength of your eyeliner, you may use more than two Q-tips per eye
• For the lips: Grab a cotton pad and coat one side with the coconut oil. Same as with the eyes, gently rub the oil onto your lips and lipstick will come off as you continue to wipe. You may need more than one cotton pad

 

3. Cleanse Your Face One More Time

This is a crucial step that many miss because they think that they got all the makeup and grime with the first cleanse. Wrong. Think of it this way: the first cleanse was to remove most of the makeup from your face, while the second cleanse is to not only remove the remaining makeup from spots you may have missed, but to also then remove the excess bacteria and sweat that built up underneath your makeup.

Additionally, if you did step 2, you’ll need to remove the coconut oil and remaining eyeliner from your eye area.

• Apply the cleanser once more and massage it onto all areas of your face for about 60 seconds, then rinse off with lukewarm water. This will ensure that the makeup has been completely removed and your face is now ready for the next step

 

4. Exfoliate

 

Now that you have a clean base to work with, it’s time to slough off the excess dead skin cells that a cleanser alone cannot remove.

• Use a gentle scrub, like the Yu-Be Foaming Skin Polish, to give your skin a refreshed glow and to that final wash to make sure that you’re skin is free of excess oil, dead skin cells, bacteria, and makeup
• Please note that if you wear makeup everyday, this is not a step you should include every time you remove your makeup. We suggest limiting physical exfoliation of your face to 1-2 times a week

 

5. Moisturize

Always follow up your makeup removing routine with a rich, nourishing moisturizer to replenish any lost hydration and to create a strong skin barrier that will keep your skin protected and healthy.

 

Give this routine a try for at least two to three weeks and see if you begin to experience less breakouts following the days that you wear makeup!