How to Survive? Gym and Make-up
We all know that wearing make-up while training can have a bad effect on our skin. So why do we still insist on wearing way too much make-up when visiting the gym?
Intense workout benefits your body and mind, but it can also benefit your skin. Training is the perfect time to let your skin breath and self-clean. When your body gets hot your pores become larger, which means that sweat comes out, but also anything that is on the surface can come in. That means that it is important what you put on your face before workout. If your skin is covered in make-up, all that foundation will clog up your pores and create perfect conditions for black heads, which can break out over a period of time. You may think you look beautiful while exercising, but what happens to your skin is everything except beautiful. Not to mention that after a workout your face looks as if it is melting away.
The perfect thing to do would be to clean your face before workout, and to put on a moisturizing cream which will penetrate quickly - any heavy cream of product will just sweat away. After the workout clean your face again, while your pores are still open. Do not use strong exfoliators, because your skin is most vulnerable when pores are completely open.
For all of you who simply cannot leave the house without make-up, apply light and oil-free moisturizers or foundations, and a coat of waterproof mascara. Moisturizing foundations will not clog your skin with unnecessary oils and will allow sweat to break through.
Valentina