皮膚保養的5個祕訣

1. You don't need to wash your face with hot water to get it clean:
1不用熱水洗臉：
In fact, hot water can cause redness and irritation in people with sensitive skin, and for those with normal skin, it can still dry out delicate facial skin, leaving it More susceptible to all kinds of issues, from red, flaky dermis to acne. Wash your face with mildly warm to air-temperature water. It will get the job done without irritating your skin. The same goes for the rest of your body; it may feel good to burn it up in the shower, but especially as cool weather draws closer, this is guaranteed to irritate your skin.
事實上，用熱水洗臉會對敏感型肌膚有刺激，可能會導致紅血絲的出現。熱水洗臉還會讓皮膚更脆弱，皮膚更容易產生肌膚問題，如紅血絲和粉刺問題。洗臉時用微微溫熱的水或是和室溫差不多的水可以洗乾淨臉，也不會刺激到皮膚。洗澡水的溫度也同理。一個熱水澡也許會讓你感覺很舒服，然而，太熱的水會傷害你的皮膚，特別是秋冬季節。

2. Oil is good for your skin, not bad:
2.植物油對你的皮膚有益無害：
Many vegetable oils are old-school ways of moisturizing the skin that we have long ignored. (I can't be the only one who has heard stories of her great-grandmother lathering her hands up with olive oil and then wearing cotton gloves to bed). You can wash your face with coconut oil or slather it on after you've showered; same with sesame oil and olive oil (go with the smell you prefer). After using an oil a couple of times, you will notice that your skin — whether oily or dry — evens out and is either less oily or more naturally moisturized. Most new formulations of high-end beauty products contain skin-protecting oils because they work (use argan or sea buckthorn oils on your face if you want to start with a lighter lipid first).
很多植物油護膚的方法我們早就不用了。(相信我不是唯一聽說，奶奶將橄欖油倒在手中抹勻後，帶一雙棉手套睡覺的故事。)你可以將椰子油抹在臉上，或是洗澡後在身上塗上一層。當然也可以用芝麻油或橄欖油（選擇你喜歡的味道）在使用天然植物油一段時間以後，你會發現，無論你是油性皮膚紅石乾性皮膚，皮膚會變得不那麼油膩，更滋潤了。很多美容護膚產品裏都含有保護皮膚的油脂，因爲皮膚需要。（如果你不想讓你的臉太油，可以選用用摩洛哥堅果油或是沙棘油）

3. You don't need to scrub to exfoliate:
3. 聰明去死皮：
Scrubbing with most drug-store brand cleansing scrubs is much too harsh for most skin types (more frequent and harder face-washing can actually exacerbate acne, so lighten up). Instead of using toxin- and chemical-packed scrubs in a tube, exfoliate naturally using fruit. As long as you are not allergic (obviously), rubbing the inside skin of a fresh mango, mashed strawberries, or fresh pineapple chunks directly on your face, leaving the natural, fruit acid AHAs on there for a few minutes, then rinsing off, is the best exfoliator you can get. This method may be a little too much for extra-sensitive skin, but works well for all other skin types.
很多去死皮的產品其實對任何膚質的皮膚都有點過了。（頻繁使用去死皮產品其實會導致粉刺的產生，所以，少用爲妙）其實水果可以替代那些化學元素組成的去死皮產品。確保你的皮膚對某些水果不過敏的情況下，可以用芒果片塗臉，也可以用搗碎的草莓，或是菠蘿。讓水果汁在臉上停留幾分鐘，然後洗掉。水果天然的果酸會讓你的皮膚煥然一新。這個方法可能對皮膚及其容易過敏的人有點不適應，但是大多數皮膚是沒有問題的。

4. What matters most for healthy skin is not what you put on it, but what you eat:
4.美麗肌膚不是護膚品抹出來的，是吃出來的：
A healthy diet with lots of fresh fruits and veggies, lots of water (and maybe a skin-benefiting tea), minimal alcohol and plenty of sweat-drenching exercise will make skin glow more than any expensive cleanser or moisturizer. You'll feel great too.
健康的飲食——大量新鮮水果、蔬菜、水（或是對皮膚好的茶）少量的酒以及讓你大汗淋漓的運動可以讓皮膚健康美麗，這些比任何昂貴的護膚產品都要好。你自己也會覺得很健康。

5. Chocolate doesn't cause acne, but bread and pasta might:
5.巧克力不會讓你長痤瘡粉刺，高糖含量食物會引起皮膚問題：
There have never been any conclusive studies linking chocolate-eating to acne, though there have been some that connect high-glycemic foods to breakouts.
5.巧克力不會讓你長痤瘡粉刺，高糖含量食物會引起皮膚問題：沒有任何一個研究證明吃巧克力會長粉刺痤瘡。然而，麪包和意大利麪條這些很容易轉化糖的食物卻很容易產生皮膚問題。

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