Here's Why You Shouldn't Wear Makeup to Bed

As someone who is a self proclaimed lazy girl, the last thing I want to do at the end of a long day is take the time to clean my face. However, I keep in mind that if I do not, I will regret it later. The writers at Huffington Post talked to dermatologists who explain why it is a bad idea to wear makeup to sleep, and why that few minutes you spend on your face can make all the difference.

According to a dermatologist, Dr. Schweiger, by keeping your makeup on at night, you are exposing your skin to free radicals that the makeup hangs on to. These free radicals can accelerate the formation of fine lines. On top of that, the more you wear makeup to bed, the more clogged your pores get. So your are not only causing more wrinkles for your future self, but also more pimples.

This isn't just bad for your appearance, it is bad for your health. By clogging your pores, you make your skin more susceptible to bacteria that stay on your face and further the formation of acne.  Eye makeup can be worse if you sleep with it one more than once. According to Dr Schweiger, by leaving on eye makeup, you increase your chances of the hair follicles around your eye clogging and building up. This can cause sties that can build into cysts.

You don't have to spend even ten minutes of your time before you go to bed cleaning your face. All you need is face wipes, and this can take you as little as a minuteto take off your makeup. The important thing is to free your face of the bacteria that your face can attract when you leave makeup on at night. By doing this one simple thing at night you are saving yourself from issues later down the road.