Sin #1: Sleeping in My MakeupWhat an Expert Said Could Happen: The act of your face rubbing against your pillow can push the makeup into your skin and clog your pores, says Neal Schultz, M.D., board-certified dermatologist in New York City and creator of BeautyRx. If you have acne-prone skin (like I do), this can lead to breakouts. Great, I was really in for it.
"When most women sleep with their makeup on, they get away with it," says Schultz. "If you're not acne-prone, then the downside from occasionally doing it is eye irritation." The keyword here: occasionally. "The reason we wash our face is so that we don't have coatings of impurities that don't belong there," says Schultz. "These can only clog and irritate the skin."
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