Step by Step Process for Removing Makeup

While it may sometimes seem an unnecessary beauty step, removing makeup is crucial in maintaining a healthy complexion and great looking skin. The repercussions of neglecting this essential task are breakouts, faster aging skin, and ultimately an unattractive, grimy look.

Remove your makeup every night and follow that with a good face washing and moisturizer application. While makeup does improve your appearance, it's not exactly the best for your skin all the time. That's why you need to treat your complexion to cleansing and moisturizing both morning and night. When you wash your face in the morning, you clear your skin from any oils or dirt you picked up while sleeping and washing your face at night obviously removes the residue from the day.

To properly remove makeup, all you need is a proper cleanser for face and eye makeup remover. The goal is not to rub your face raw and don't forget to wash into the hairline and jawline, especially if you use foundation. Women think baby wipes are formulated to be gentle on baby's skin, so therefore it will be gentle on facial skin, but baby's butt isn't covered in makeup that requires special ingredients for proper removal.

Many women use toner because they feel it removes all traces of dirt, oil and makeup, however, most beauty experts agree that toners are unnecessary. Most cleansers these days do a great job of removing all the muck from even the heaviest of your makeup days. While toner will strip your skin of any makeup, it also removes natural oils, which can be drying. Unless you have super oily skin or just happen to love a product, skip the toner.

Follow the instructions given below for removing makeup in the best and the easiest way.

Items Needed
* Cotton Swabs
* Eye Makeup Remover
* Cleansing Milk
* Makeup Remover/Cleanser (face wash)
* Towel
* Moisturizer

Procedure
* First thing you will have to do for removing makeup is to secure you hair tightly, so that they don’t fall on your face. For this, you can either use a rubber band, if your hair is long, or a hair band, if your hair is short.
* Concentrate on the eyes first. Take a cotton swab and dab it with eye makeup remover. Gently wipe each eye with the cotton, till the makeup dissolves completely.
* Now is the turn of your face. Take another cotton swab and dab it with cleansing milk. Wipe you face with it, avoiding the eye area, till the time the makeup comes off.
* Wash you face with lukewarm water. Take the makeup remover or cleanser and put a dollop on your palm.
* Rub your hands together, to generate lather. Now, apply this lather all over the face, again avoiding the eye area. Keep rubbing it gently all over your face for around one minute.
* Rinse off the lather with water. Splash your face with water a number of times, to make sure that no traces of makeup and lather are left.
* Gently pat your face dry with a soft towel. Do not rub.
* Lastly apply moisturizer on your face and massage it gently, atleast for a minute.
* For removing lipstick or lip liner, use cold cream. Take a cotton swab and put a little cold cream on it. Now, softly rub the cotton over your lips. After wiping off the lipstick, make sure to apply moisturizer over your lips. This will help in keeping them soft and conditioned.

Removing makeup demands as much time and attention as does its application. Infact, at times, the former takes much more time, since even the slightest trace of makeup on your skin can lead to pimples. This is especially true if you happen to sleep with the makeup not fully removed. If you want to make sure that your skin remains clean and soft even after applying loads of makeup, you will have to take due care while removing it.

You can use the following home products, instead of buying makeup removers from market, for wiping off the makeup:
* Cucumber Juice
* Coconut Water
* Raw Milk
* Milk Cream (not recommended for oily skin)
* Plain Yoghurt (Curd)
* A solution of 1 tbsp castor oil, 1 tbsp light olive oil and 2 tsp Canola oil (for removing eye makeup)
* Solution of honey and rose water.

Removing your makeup is essential to maintaining a soft and smooth complexion. Not doing so will result in aging your face and giving you a not-so-attractive look. Makeup removal takes hardly any time and when accompanied with cleansing and moisturizing, will pave the way for lifelong healthy skin.