When using cream or milk, they must be collected on a piece of cotton wool or on a soft napkin. Remove makeup with gentle, light touches. When using foam, mousse or gel, apply it to the skin with light patting movements. Remember: you can’t turn cleansing into a massage. In this case, your skin will absorb the makeup even more.
Removing eye makeup
To remove eye makeup, use mild, unscented cleansers. There are special products for this that act very gently and at the same time perfectly remove all contaminants. Plus, you won't need to rub your eyes with them.
However, if your skin is very sensitive around the eyes, then you should consider using products with a neutral pH value, which is similar to the pH value of tears, which is approximately 7.4. In this case, your eyes will not be irritated.
It will be good if you buy a product with protein derivatives to remove eye makeup, which will help strengthen the eyelashes, in addition to its main effect.
Remember: you need to remove eye makeup every day! Leaving makeup on overnight will cause your eyelashes to break from rubbing against the pillow.
To remove leave-in mascara, use products containing oils.
To remove cream mascara, it is enough to use any degreasing gel or lotion.
To remove eye makeup, it is better not to use cotton wool so that its fibers do not get into the eye and cause irritation. It is better to resort to pressed cotton swabs or use paper napkins.
Remaining mascara can be removed very easily. Run a cotton applicator over your eyelashes. Before doing this, the applicator should be dipped in makeup remover.
Removing lipstick
In the evening, before going to bed, you should definitely remove any remaining lipstick. Moreover, there are lipsticks that penetrate quite deeply into the mucous membrane of the lips, and for this reason they are quite difficult to remove.
You should not remove lipstick using soap and water, as soap dries out the lip mucosa very much. It is recommended to remove the dye that has penetrated deeply into the mucous membrane using fat-containing products.
There are special creams for removing lipstick on sale. If you don’t have such a product, you can use regular milk to remove makeup.