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Maintaining healthy and youthful-looking skin is not as simple as using beauty products – it’s about using the right beauty products and avoiding habits that can cause premature aging. The wrong skincare ingredients don’t just keep your skin looking the same, they can actually make your skin’s flaws look worse than they already do.
The worst ingredient you can find in skincare products is mineral oil. Most oils, like jojoba oil, coconut oil or rosehip seed oil, are nourishing, hydrating ingredients that help strengthen your skin, but mineral oil is not like this.
Mineral oils are hydrating, but not in a good way. They can make your skin too moist, eventually causing certain cellular processes to work less efficiently. This will lead to drier skin that is less equipped to protect itself from damage, meaning your skin will age much faster.
Next time you’re shopping for beauty products, pay close attention to the ingredient lists. Mineral oils can also be listed as paraffin oil, liquid paraffin, paraffinum liquidum, liquid petroleum, petroleum oil, petrolatum, petrolatum liquid or white oil.
What To Use Instead
The best beauty products contain a range of ingredients with healing and hydrating properties. Ingredients that are almost always a safe bet include hyaluronic acid, squalane, collagen and vitamin C.
