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5 Bad Habits That Reveal A Lot About Your Hygiene

These habits puts your health at risk

Victor Mong
6 min readJan 31, 2022

Your hygiene has a lot to do with your health and well-being. If you don’t already know it, poor hygiene can hurt you.

Healthy personal habits can help you ward off illnesses and feel good about yourself. Find out personal hygiene habits that are bad for you.

You go to bed with your makeup on

At the end of a long, exhausting day, it might be tempting to nod off without washing off your makeup.

Any makeup artist or skincare professional will tell you this is one of the most egregious hygiene mistakes you can make.

Not washing your face daily can create clogged pores which don’t only lead to blackheads and pimples but uneven skin color due to overgrowth of skin cells, including damage to your eyes.

And that’s not all: Neglecting to wash off your mascara, eyeliner, and other eye makeup can do serious damage to your eyes.

Makeup harbors bacteria, which can migrate under your eyelids and lead to styes, inflamed follicles on the lash line, and serious skin infections. Untreated, these infections could eventually lead to blindness.

Most people have no idea that they need to clean their makeup brushes and tools. A 2015 Harris Poll on behalf of beauty company Anisa International showed that 22% of respondents reported never cleaning their makeup…

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Victor Mong
Victor Mong

Written by Victor Mong

I write about human potential, building a life you want & mastering your mind || info.victormong@gmail.com

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