No Facial Cleanser No Shampoo - Doing Without

[PrinceOfCats]

For my delicate North European complexion, I found out over about 16 years that this approach really didn't work that well.

 

[The_Ida]

I have to try the sea sponge-thing, though. The corner of my nose is always red-ish, I think it's because my skin is irritated. Maybe this will help Sea sponges aren't expensive?

 

[Stylephox]

I also just use water to clean my face...my skin reacts badly to cleansers I think. But I also don't wear foundation/tinted moisturizor.

 

[yourbestfriend]

a similar topic has been brought up

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26637&page=1&pp=20

when i use only water, my face feels alot cleaner than if i use anything...and i do get less pimples, so it works for me too..

 

[arlekindearrabal]

sometimes it is needed, like when you have have huge blackheads (as in my case, ) but i've also noticed that with some light scrubbing during shower, and/or only applying astringent lotion once a day, my skin does get healthier and better looking... it also happens with hair, i read somewhere that it's good not to wash it once a week, so that the natural hair cebum has a day to work its magic during the week

 

[miserylovescompany]

Hmm, where do you people work? Where I work at...my face gets DIRTY. I can just rub a peice of toilet paper over my tzone and notice the dirt on the cloth. Not washing my face would be...disgusting. I'd start growing trees!

My regime...a mild cleanser, mostly concentrated on the oilier zones where grime collects, when i wake up and before bed. i have great skin most of the time. Most of my skin problems are hormonal...and recently smoking related *cringe*...it really does affect your skin!



Em

 

[lizloveslife]

I wash my face every night and rarely have problems, except for a few blackheads. But I find on nights when I've partied a bit too much and passed out I wake up with skin feeling so soft. But if this keeps up for a few days I get the backlash in a week or so when I break out with a pimple or two.

 

[Ghost]

sebum works nautural wonders to your skin and hair if you use it wisely.

 

[Ghost]

i totally agree, when i was 14 i was spending my days ion front my mirror washingand cleanign and blablabla... a year after i got sick of it and since then my skin has NO PROBLEM... like i don't have the enormous hurt spots and all i think the more we touch the skin, the more it gets like infection (spot) due to the microbs...

same here when i started puberty. i tried all products to stop my zits. i was like buy this bottle and use for 1 week and buy another one,ending up with piles of facial cleansers and shampoos. later, i felt sick of all the brands and claims and just go natural way. from then on i don't have zits anymore. it has been about 2 years since my last pimple.

 

[Nadia]

I recently spent some time in the hospital and didn't wash my face for several days. Maybe it's whatever they put into the IV or something, but my skin is looking terrific. Sometimes I feel like we spend too much time on our skin and that leaving it alone is the best way to calm it down. My mum always says that the less you do to yourself, the better. (The only reason that might have some validity is because she's a mother, not a dermatologist or a genius or anything like that.)

Anyone agree with this?

Definitely.

Have you ever slept for a whole day? your skin looks amazing after 22 hours of being asleep.

 

[GasolineRainbow]

The condition of your skin and hair is really affected by the quality of water (hard, soft, drinkable, etc.) and air (humid, dry, polluted, mountaineous, close to the sea etc.) in the area where you live. I do think we overload on products, but to not use any...? It is very difficult nowadays to live in an urban environment and get away without cleaning and moisturizing your skin. As for not washing your hair, forget it. My hair starts to smell really bad after two days.

 

[dsq]

i too have started to use less products on my face, just tap water to wash my face and a light moisturizer to prevent my skin from becoming too dry.

 

[The_Ida]

Definitely.

Have you ever slept for a whole day? your skin looks amazing after 22 hours of being asleep.

That's so true! I have the flu, and I slept for like... 18 hours or so. My skin is amazing. But I do feel like crap

 

[bertha swagbelly]

I recently spent some time in the hospital and didn't wash my face for several days. Maybe it's whatever they put into the IV or something, but my skin is looking terrific. Sometimes I feel like we spend too much time on our skin and that leaving it alone is the best way to calm it down. My mum always says that the less you do to yourself, the better. (The only reason that might have some validity is because she's a mother, not a dermatologist or a genius or anything like that.)

Anyone agree with this?

I agree. I think a lot of people use a bunch of senseless crap on their skin, a lot of time only aggravating existant conditions or even stimulating new ones.

However, it's likely that your skin looked so nice because you were hooked up to the IV which saturates your blood with H20.

IMO, the keys for most people to a good complexion are drinking lots of water, eating a well balanced diet, getting plenty of rest and avoiding prolonged sun exposure. Some people with skin disorders obviously have to do more to take care of their complexions, but I think most people spend a lot of time (and money) fussing around with their pores for nothing.

 

[Jane Loves Marc]

Sometimes I actually go the whole day without putting any makeup on, and before I go to bed, wash my face with water, moisturize, then pile on makeup. Like, full face makeup, even more than I normally put on. I wake up with the most dewy complexion....am I gross? haha, I don't care, when I do this people always say I have nice skin. My mom told me when she was a model, some models would purposely sleep in the makeup from whatever shoot they were on. She did it too, sometimes!

 

[dsq]

wow, sleeping with full makeup. whatever works for you i guess

 

[yourbestfriend]

it worked for a while, but then it stopped working and makes my skin drier

 

[missmarbella]

i am a cosmetic-junkie,so i spent already a fortune on products...now i wash my face with warm and cold water 2xdaily,use sunscreen at the morning and eye-cream at the evening.my skin is best ever!

 

[laurlaur]

I've always had mild acne but I recently got sick and haven't been washing my face and my skin became practically perfect. I just went back to my old routine yesterday and I started breaking out again.

 

[yasmine123]

i never use to use anything on my face, and it was great. now i cleanse and moisturizer it, because im scared of getting bad skin as everyone kept telling me to do it, as i only had good skin without washing cause im young! now im starting to wonder if ive started doing the right thing...