When your skin doesn’t look its best, it’s hard to feel your best. You could find all the products in the world, but when it comes down to it, sometimes what you really need is a good old fashioned weird skin care trick. Whether you’re trying to de-puff your eyes or cover up a blemish (fast!), we’ve got some amazingly weird skin care tricks — that really work.
1. We’ve all had big, irritated blemishes show up overnight, and we all know how annoying it is to cover them up. For a quick way to get rid of redness, swelling, and any pain associated with the pimple, apply a dab of diaper rash cream to the area and it’ll practically shrink before your eyes.
2. Can’t get your makeup off at night? Grab a jar of coconut oil and use it to take off every trace of makeup before cleansing. While you’re using coconut oil to remove your eye makeup, make sure you use your ring finger as its the weakest, and will do the least tugging on the gentle skin around your eyes.
3. To maximize the work of your cleanser and exfoliator, opening your pores up pre-cleanse is key. Get a muslin cloth large enough to cover your face, then run steaming hot water over it until the cloth is steaming. Drape it over your face, take one deep breath in, and remove the cloth. Run it under the hot water again, and repeat for a total of three times (and three deep breaths). You’ll be opening your pores and softening your skin so that the product can work its way into your skin instead of just sitting on top.
4. Oily skin can actually be a sign of dehydration, so skipping the moisturizer can actually make the problem worse. One of the best ways to hydrate oily skin? Facial oil. It may sound counterintuitive, but if you apply face oil, your skin will realize that it doesn’t need to over produce oil on its own, and in turn, will balance out.
