Do I need to remove my makeup during lunch break

For many women, they need to wear makeup every day when going out, because makeup can brighten the skin tone, cover up some blemishes on the face, and make the facial features look more three-dimensional. Therefore, many women choose to wear makeup as a way to become beautiful, and everyone knows that it is common sense to remove makeup at night, because the cosmetics on the face will burden the skin and cause the skin to not metabolize normally at night. But many people need to take a nap at noon, so do they need to remove makeup during the nap?

Do I need to remove my makeup before taking a nap?

If conditions permit, it is certainly better to remove makeup while taking a nap. Although this is a little troublesome, it allows the skin to breathe more freely. Moreover, when taking a nap, the makeup on your face can easily rub onto the pillow, which will in turn dirty the skin on your face when you sleep on the pillow next time.

Attention! Many office white-collar workers just lie down for a nap at noon. It is not only because they don’t have enough makeup remover supplies, but also because it is really troublesome to remove their makeup. You can weigh the pros and cons and make sure to remove your makeup thoroughly before going to bed at night.

Is it harmful to your skin to take a nap without removing makeup?

First of all, if you don’t remove your makeup before going to bed, it will easily smudge. The mascara and eyeliner on your eyelashes will easily fall off, and if you are not careful, they will get into your eyes.

Secondly, cosmetics will clog pores and affect skin breathing, which will accelerate skin aging. Moreover, when you sleep, you unconsciously rub your facial skin, which can easily rub makeup into the pores, causing them to become clogged, making the pores become larger and larger, and easily causing inflammation and acne.

Do I need to remove my sunscreen before taking a nap?

For normal skin, it's just a sticky feeling at most. For sensitive skin (thanks to excessive skin care, more and more Chinese people have sensitive skin), this may cause problems in the long run - especially during naps (during naps, the face will come into contact with the pillowcase, and at the same time, a lot of sweat and sebum may be secreted - the condition of the facial skin becomes very complicated - and microorganisms like to take advantage of this messy situation).

If you don't need to go out in the morning, then don't use sunscreen in the morning. Just stay away from the window. Don't be too nervous. If you go out for a short time in the morning, you can consider using a low SPF sunscreen, a pure chemical sunscreen, or a physical and chemical combination sunscreen that you find easier to wash off.

Because physical sunscreens, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, are small particles and heavier than water, they cannot be "suspended" in water, so someone must hold them to prevent them from sinking. Not easy to clean. For chemical sunscreens, most are dissolved in oil. In order to obtain a higher sun protection factor (SPF and PA), these chemical sunscreens are used in larger amounts. Moreover, in order to absorb ultraviolet rays, the molecules of chemical sunscreens are strange and do not get along well with the surrounding water molecules. So it basically washes off after washing with clean water.

Because it is easy to clean, just wash it off with clean water when you come back and go to bed. Just apply a little more before going out in the afternoon.

Students who go back to the dormitory to take a nap at noon should also follow the same approach (because the dormitory is not far from the classroom, and it is not easy to sweat off the sunscreen).

If you need to sweat a lot when going out in the morning and the sun is scorching, it is recommended to use a more water-resistant product. Wash it off thoroughly (with facial cleanser) before taking a nap at noon.

If you go out again in the afternoon, try to use a sunscreen product that is easy to clean, so that you don’t have to clean it vigorously at night, and use a hard sunscreen like a wide-brimmed hat.

In short, you should be flexible in dealing with your own situation, and choose the lesser of two evils - don't over-clean, and don't sleep with sunscreen on.