So in the spirit of the New Year, here are 18 really good beauty habits that you should definitely get into in 2018. Your future self will thank you. If you’re a biter, a picker, or a nervous clipper, I feel you… and it’s time to make 2018 the year that you stop. Whether you use a mindfulness app in moments of stress, cover your fingers with bite-stopping pepper polish, or you consult a doctor, resolve that your nails will be long, strong, and gorgeous by January 1, 2019. ANYWAY. If there is one thing that I’ve learned from years spent interviewing hundreds of dermatologists, it is that YOU MUST WEAR SUNSCREEN. Skin cancer is real, premature aging happens, and protecting yourself on the daily is absolutely essential. Luckily for everyone, it’s very simple to incorporate SPF into your daily routine — switch your daily moisturizer for one that has sun protection built into it (I like CeraVe AM, but that’s just me), use a spray sunscreen before you go outside, and have a hat and cover-up on hand if you’re spending a long time outside in the sun. Your skin — and possibly your life — will thank you. Skin issues (like acne) are medical conditions, and they often need a doctor to help fix them. I struggled for YEARS with intermittent breakouts, and it wasn’t until getting three simple prescriptions from my dermatologist (Dr. Estee Williams) that I got it under control. Apart from that, she’s been SO valuable to me in terms of advice, recommending products, and improving my skincare routine. In 2018, resolve not to suffer. If something is going on with your face, don’t make YouTube your first port of call — see a doctor instead. That’s right — it’s time to get organized. Whether you have the space for an entire glam room with products arranged by type and color, or a portable train case with sections for the things you use every day, you can make the most of the space you have. The goal shouldn’t be for everything to look picture-perfect — as long as everything is stored correctly, stays clean, and you know where everything is, you’ve hit the beauty organizational jackpot. We could ALL do better at this. Let’s make it official and promise to do better this year. Is it a product issue? Try another one. Is it an emotional thing? Ask yourself “How can I get these same results WITHOUT engaging in behaviors that hurt me?” and make changes accordingly. Do you just not like doing something? Perhaps 2018 is the year you just stop doing it. Beauty isn’t pain — it’s meant to be fun. There are plenty of things to find stressful in this world, but taking care of yourself shouldn’t be one of them. Maybe it’s something totally wild, like Fenty Beauty’s green lipstick. Maybe it’s a brand you’ve heard about but never tried before. And maybe it’s finally taking the plunge and doing the one thing you’ve always been scared of — cutting your hair, contouring, getting back into lip gloss. If you try something new and it doesn’t work out, what does it matter? Hair grows, makeup washes off, gel nails can be removed. But who knows — you might love it. And life is WAY too short to only ever do one thing. And that’s bullshit. We all swim in this toxic, hate-filled cultural soup — but we get to make choices about how much that affects us. Decide, right now, that YOU ARE WONDERFUL and YOU ARE ENOUGH EXACTLY AS YOU ARE. Not if you “erase” your wrinkles. Not if you lose or gain weight. Not if you buy a particular shade of lipstick — you’re amazing just like this. If you come at life from a place of insurmountable confidence and power, you’ll be amazed at how much easier things can become. I’m not saying that the world will magically stop being a sexist, racist, classist place because you’ve decided to like how your face looks… but you’ll be in a much stronger emotional place to address those issues head-on. Instagram influencers Facetune their “no makeup” selfies. YouTubers use “pretty filters” to make their skin more perfect in videos. Hell, Khloe Kardashian is one of the most beautiful women in the world, but even she doesn’t look like her super-edited Instagram pictures. Don’t compare yourself to a standard of beauty that literally doesn’t exist in real life. It will only ever hurt you. I don’t want to unduly shade social media, or the people who leverage it to become successful. I do want to call attention to the fact that being an influencer is a real job right now, and people will do all sorts of wild stuff to try to get there. For most of us, beauty is a really personal thing — it ties into how we feel about ourselves, our early memories, our sense of worth. If you’re not happy with who you are, there’s not enough makeup in the world to compensate for that. So in 2018, resolve to take care of your insides as much as you take care of your outsides. Do you need to go to the gym to manage your stress? See a doctor? Meditate? Nap? Make time — and give yourself permission — to do all of that. Probably a lot, right? You bought them because they were cool, or new, or you thought maybe you could use them IF you totally changed your entire style… and then they sat in a drawer. There’s no point berating yourself because you didn’t change the core of who you are to match a new palette — but in 2018, promise yourself that you’ll only buy products that you truly LOVE and will get use out of. You’ll save money AND space on your vanity. We all love makeup, and we all want the beauty space to be as gorgeous and creative and diverse as possible. So the time for being unkind to other people because we can is OVER. Let’s build a better world in 2018 — and that starts with lifting one another up, not tearing anyone else down. Let’s work to silence that in 2018 — or at least drown it out with self-love. No matter how you change, no matter what you look like, no matter what you do or wear — know that you’re amazing. You don’t have to be anyone else, and you don’t have to live up to any expectations but your own. You’re gorgeous and you’re strong. Now let’s go out there and make 2018 the best, most gorgeous year ever.
title: “18 Good Beauty Habits To Get Into In 2018” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-12” author: “Kenneth Sanchez”
So in the spirit of the New Year, here are 18 really good beauty habits that you should definitely get into in 2018. Your future self will thank you. If you’re a biter, a picker, or a nervous clipper, I feel you… and it’s time to make 2018 the year that you stop. Whether you use a mindfulness app in moments of stress, cover your fingers with bite-stopping pepper polish, or you consult a doctor, resolve that your nails will be long, strong, and gorgeous by January 1, 2019. ANYWAY. If there is one thing that I’ve learned from years spent interviewing hundreds of dermatologists, it is that YOU MUST WEAR SUNSCREEN. Skin cancer is real, premature aging happens, and protecting yourself on the daily is absolutely essential. Luckily for everyone, it’s very simple to incorporate SPF into your daily routine — switch your daily moisturizer for one that has sun protection built into it (I like CeraVe AM, but that’s just me), use a spray sunscreen before you go outside, and have a hat and cover-up on hand if you’re spending a long time outside in the sun. Your skin — and possibly your life — will thank you. Skin issues (like acne) are medical conditions, and they often need a doctor to help fix them. I struggled for YEARS with intermittent breakouts, and it wasn’t until getting three simple prescriptions from my dermatologist (Dr. Estee Williams) that I got it under control. Apart from that, she’s been SO valuable to me in terms of advice, recommending products, and improving my skincare routine. In 2018, resolve not to suffer. If something is going on with your face, don’t make YouTube your first port of call — see a doctor instead. That’s right — it’s time to get organized. Whether you have the space for an entire glam room with products arranged by type and color, or a portable train case with sections for the things you use every day, you can make the most of the space you have. The goal shouldn’t be for everything to look picture-perfect — as long as everything is stored correctly, stays clean, and you know where everything is, you’ve hit the beauty organizational jackpot. We could ALL do better at this. Let’s make it official and promise to do better this year. Is it a product issue? Try another one. Is it an emotional thing? Ask yourself “How can I get these same results WITHOUT engaging in behaviors that hurt me?” and make changes accordingly. Do you just not like doing something? Perhaps 2018 is the year you just stop doing it. Beauty isn’t pain — it’s meant to be fun. There are plenty of things to find stressful in this world, but taking care of yourself shouldn’t be one of them. Maybe it’s something totally wild, like Fenty Beauty’s green lipstick. Maybe it’s a brand you’ve heard about but never tried before. And maybe it’s finally taking the plunge and doing the one thing you’ve always been scared of — cutting your hair, contouring, getting back into lip gloss. If you try something new and it doesn’t work out, what does it matter? Hair grows, makeup washes off, gel nails can be removed. But who knows — you might love it. And life is WAY too short to only ever do one thing. And that’s bullshit. We all swim in this toxic, hate-filled cultural soup — but we get to make choices about how much that affects us. Decide, right now, that YOU ARE WONDERFUL and YOU ARE ENOUGH EXACTLY AS YOU ARE. Not if you “erase” your wrinkles. Not if you lose or gain weight. Not if you buy a particular shade of lipstick — you’re amazing just like this. If you come at life from a place of insurmountable confidence and power, you’ll be amazed at how much easier things can become. I’m not saying that the world will magically stop being a sexist, racist, classist place because you’ve decided to like how your face looks… but you’ll be in a much stronger emotional place to address those issues head-on. Instagram influencers Facetune their “no makeup” selfies. YouTubers use “pretty filters” to make their skin more perfect in videos. Hell, Khloe Kardashian is one of the most beautiful women in the world, but even she doesn’t look like her super-edited Instagram pictures. Don’t compare yourself to a standard of beauty that literally doesn’t exist in real life. It will only ever hurt you. I don’t want to unduly shade social media, or the people who leverage it to become successful. I do want to call attention to the fact that being an influencer is a real job right now, and people will do all sorts of wild stuff to try to get there. For most of us, beauty is a really personal thing — it ties into how we feel about ourselves, our early memories, our sense of worth. If you’re not happy with who you are, there’s not enough makeup in the world to compensate for that. So in 2018, resolve to take care of your insides as much as you take care of your outsides. Do you need to go to the gym to manage your stress? See a doctor? Meditate? Nap? Make time — and give yourself permission — to do all of that. Probably a lot, right? You bought them because they were cool, or new, or you thought maybe you could use them IF you totally changed your entire style… and then they sat in a drawer. There’s no point berating yourself because you didn’t change the core of who you are to match a new palette — but in 2018, promise yourself that you’ll only buy products that you truly LOVE and will get use out of. You’ll save money AND space on your vanity. We all love makeup, and we all want the beauty space to be as gorgeous and creative and diverse as possible. So the time for being unkind to other people because we can is OVER. Let’s build a better world in 2018 — and that starts with lifting one another up, not tearing anyone else down. Let’s work to silence that in 2018 — or at least drown it out with self-love. No matter how you change, no matter what you look like, no matter what you do or wear — know that you’re amazing. You don’t have to be anyone else, and you don’t have to live up to any expectations but your own. You’re gorgeous and you’re strong. Now let’s go out there and make 2018 the best, most gorgeous year ever.
