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| How Your Pillow Could Be Affecting Your Skin and Hair |
Like most women in the world, you surely care deeply about the health and beauty of your skin and hair, and you wouldn’t do anything to harm them.
No matter how soft, comfortable and inviting you may think it is, your pillow could be the biggest enemy of your skin and hair, as it can disrupt your beauty routine, encourage irritation, exacerbate signs of aging, and cause you to wake up in worse condition than when you laid down for your essential beauty sleep.
How does your Pillow Affect your Skin?
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| How Your Pillow Could Be Affecting Your Skin and Hair |
When it comes to absorbing residual makeup, oils, sweat, drool, dirt and bacteria, your pillow essentially acts like a sponge.
Apart from soaking up dirt and bacteria, your pillowcase also absorbs the products you’ve put on your skin during your nighttime skincare routine, rendering in completely useless.
As your pillow accumulates microorganisms and residual dirt while you sleep, it might also cause issues with acne on your neck, shoulders, and back, if your pillowcase isn’t changed and washed regularly.
A rough cotton pillowcase can often pull and tug on your skin, making it crease and causing the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines over time. In order to avoid premature signs of aging, do yourself a favor and opt for a smooth fabric, such as silk or satin, which is much easier and gentler on your skin.
The fluffiness of your pillow might also be an important factor, as flat pillows can result in puffier, more tired-looking eyes come morning, due to the accumulation of fluid around the eyes while you sleep.
How does your Pillow Affect your Hair?
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| How Your Pillow Could Be Affecting Your Skin and Hair |
Similarly to your skin, a cotton pillowcase can absorb moisture and natural oils from your hair, causing it to dry out, and often leading to breakage and split ends, leaving your locks thin and damaged.
However, the pillowcase isn’t always the main culprit of a bad hair day.
Summing Up –
Considering the fact that we spend approximately a third of our lives with our faces in our pillows, it’s important that we do everything in our power to ensure whatever we’re sleeping on is actually doing us some good, or at the very least, not damaging our skin and hair, and not undoing the time and care we put into maintaining them.
So This was it for today. I hope you have found this post helpful.
Have a Good Day! 😇
