Beware of These Harmful Ingredients in DIY Skin Care Products
A lemon sugar scrub for your skin sounds so natural and refreshing, but this DIY photogenic standard can do more harm than good. Luckily, there are other skincare recipes you can make at home – just be careful with the ingredients.
xoVain lists four different ingredients to look out for, including lemon and sugar. The main problem with the classic lemon scrub (apart from salt or sugar, which can be too rough for delicate skin) is the lemon juice. Dermatologists warn that lemon juice is phototoxic (meaning that skin treated with lemon may become irritated or blistered in the sun).
It also suppresses your skin’s natural acidity: a little acid is good (it stimulates certain good bacteria while keeping the bad ones out), but it’s best to avoid lemon juice or other ultra-acidic ingredients like vinegar.
Don’t be discouraged – even we have fallen in love with this in the past . So what can you do instead? XoVain’s Taylor offers store-bought toner or, for a DIY approach, a yogurt mask . To exfoliate – if you really want to, because it’s not necessary for skin health – forget about sugar or salt crystals and try the honey and turmeric treatment .
Read the entire article to find out which DIY skincare recipes to avoid and what you can buy or cook instead.
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