What bad beauty habit were you able to ditch? Share!
Bite my nails! Picking my face! Touching my face!
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Biting my nails and tugging my eye when I put on eyeliner!
I was able to stop rubbing my eyes and smudging mascara all over, it took me a while but I was able to do it. It was a really, really bad habit . Now I don’t have to wear waterproof mascara all the time.
Not drinking enough water and not getting enough sleep (“beauty sleep” only started to really make sense after I hit 30)
Nail biting. But I do nibble on my nails now and then. But my nails actually grow!
Biting my nails. Still working on stopping picking my face, though 🙁
Oh hello, bad habit twin! I have also cured the nail biting but not the face picking =/
I have the horrible skin picking habit, too. It helps if I keep my nails with several layers of enamel, cause it makes it harder to use them for picking.
Biting my nails. Over plucking my brows.
Using too many drying products for my oily skin. I realized a constant barrage of drying agents was making me red and irritated in addition to oily, so why have three problems when you can stick to one?
Biting my nails. I managed to make myself stop when I was halfway through high school I think. And also rubbing my lips together/constantly licking my lips.
I have mostly trained myself out of heavy eye makeup with no other makeup on at all. All my other bad habits, picking at nails, picking at face, leaning face on hand, etc are still alive and well
biting my nails for sure
I used to be very bad at removing my makeup. Also used to use nothing but wipes. Thankfully I’m over all that.
Playing in my hair…I still bite my nails…I’m trying to stop! Any tips!?
Wearing polish more often helps, only because getting chunks of polish in your mouth if you’re nibbling is pretty gross, lol.
I stopped biting my nails by putting nail polish on too. It really works.
I was able to stop it by developing a ritual of painting my nails with super bright or dark colors once a week. Having eye-catching colors made me more aware of when my fingers were up near my face and it was really obvious when I chewed off a chunk of polish, so if I wanted to keep my nails looking smooth through the end of the week I had to be more conscious of keeping my nails out of my mouth.
That is the exact same thing I do now! I nibble my cuticles off constantly if I don’t have on nail polish. I focus on keeping my nails and the polish looking nice and neat instead.
Oh I have these same bad habits!!! How were you able to stop? I’ve become much better about biting my nails…but have had no luck with the other 2!
Wearing polish more often helps, only because getting chunks of polish in your mouth if you’re nibbling is pretty gross, lol.
I was wondering how did you stop picking the face? or touching your face?
I come home from work and I find myself just exhausted so I end up laying in bed in front of the tv and going over my face with my back of hands and finger tips feeling for bumps.. it is nasty. I end up feeling black heads or something and of course clear them out with my fingers….I end up later noticing acne and end up getting cystic acne as well.. it’s like how do you stop?? any advice? anyone?
It was honestly just knowing that doing it was causing 1) more acne, 2) scarring that was just as bad as acne (and lasted forever). For me, I was like, “NO thank you!”
But if you catch yourself doing it, sit on your hands, do your nails!
I wished I could say I’ve ditched rubbing at my eyes, but I’m still working on it!
compulsively plucking my eyebrows!
I stopped biting my nails a few years ago & quit smoking nearly 3 years ago! Alas… I still pick at my face 🙁
this is gross but not washing my face at night. Took me a long time and it was my shameful secret. it took me a lot of dedication to make it a routine every single night. face wipes aren’t enough. I wear foundation every day. I kept telling myself I was noticing a diffrence (truthfully there is, so much softer skin, less blotchy, less red). anyways I just kept forcing myself every night no matter what and now it’s pretty much habit now. I don’t bite my nails and I’m pretty good with not touching my face. but I do peel my nail polish (terrible) and that is still something I work on. as soon as I see a chip I cant help but want to make it worse… now I just remove all the nail polish and do my nails again. thank god nail polishes have gotten better over the years.
I’m trying to get myself to wash my face every night even when I don’t wear makeup. I’ve been doing okay so far but I could still do better. I just have to stop being so lazy lol
me too!! although I set up a goal every Sunday night I start off with this week everyday and night I will nurture my face.. by washing, moisturizing and pampering other ways….like massaging or exfoliating. I love that part of it so it makes me do it more. I also watch you tube videos for some additional advice to cut the lazy habit. =)
I used to buy a makeup item every time I walked into the drugstore. I had a very overwhelming stash for years. I didn’t even use or like most of the items after purchase! Now I do my research and weigh each purchase carefully.
I research my items now too. I hate coming home and playing with the product, to find out, I really can’t find a positive in it. And I wasted my money.
wearing heavy foundation
Biting my nails and smoking. I’m still working on not rubbing my eyes — they get so itchy from allergies.
Biting my nails and playing with my hair.
Not throwing things away when I should and washing my brushes more often.
Yipes! You’ve just reminded me of something I’m bad at too: Not washing my brushes enough. Gah! better go put that on my list of things to do today!
How did you stop picking your face? I need serious help!
Just knowing how much damage I was doing helped me a lot! But otherwise, paint your nails, pet a dog… lol, basically, don’t let yourself get into a situation where all you’re doing is sitting there with idle hands, since I find that is when we do the damage!
Not washing my face or even removing my makeup before bed. My skin improved as soon as I started doing this (and stopped picking at it).
I still struggle with touching my face – I actually do it in my sleep. However, I find that if I keep my hands busy, for me it’s knitting, they can’t pick. If you have problems biting your nails, this tip might work too.
Not drinking enough water. Sometimes I’m really good and will drink the old 6-8 glasses a day but normally its a real struggle and I end up drinking only two. Time goes so fast plus I get busy or I’m out and about that before you know its nearly the end of the day. Bottom line: its my own fault and I must try harder!
Biting my nails. Eating (I was very, very fat). Drinking alcohol.
LOL, snap! 😀
If I could just stop scratching the eczema that I get on my hands sometimes, that would be great…
Biting my nails – by using nail polish.
Making sure I took off all of my makeup before bed
Using a moisturiser that suited my skin instead of any old brand.
Over-washing my face, squeezing spots, over-tweezing brows.
I’ve learned to keep my hands off my face and eyes.
Not falling asleep in my makeup. I used to do it way too often. Now, I make sure I clean my face no matter how exhausted I am.
Also, I used to never stick to my skin care regimens for more than a few weeks. Now I am using a consistent, regular routine for more than a year, and it’s made a big difference. I’ve even added in some products.
Rubbing my eyes or itching my eyebrows! Ever since I started drawing/filling my brows and wearing mascara a lot more, I’ve learned to avoid doing that… unless I can remember if I’m not wearing makeup that day, then I’ll let myself do it. 😛
Touching my face so much. I still have the other habits, lol.
I’ve lost the action of buying EVERYTHING. At last!!!
I ditched exfoliating my face several times a week, it was causing me more damage than good.
I also stopped washing my hair everyday because it is not good for my curly, dry, unruly hair.
Picking at my cuticles or compulsively pulling out my eyebrows when I am stressed. I keep my nails done all the time now and try to make sure I moisturize and oil my cuticles, because any dry or rough area will get me picking at it in no time flat. But I really had to learn to pay attention to the eyebrows, I didn’t even realize that I was pulling out my eyebrow hairs when I was over-stressed, and now if I catch myself I immediately find something else to do with my hands.
Gotta agree with you there – picking and touching my face are definitely super bad habits of mine 🙁 Also I’m so bad when I put on eyeliner, I tug my eyelid to get it on and I know that’s gonna come back to bite me in the future!
Oops, didn’t realize that these were supposed to be habits that we’ve ditched! In that case, I’ve definitely started drinking way more water and seen a huge improvement in my skin!
In general, I don’t need lotion, so I thought I didn’t need moisturizer for my face. But if I put stuff on my face and then wash it off thoroughly, I’m drying things out, so I need moisturizer!
…I don’t really need heavy moisturizer, but applying any at all is a definite improvement.