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Avoiding Beauty Myths in Teaching My Girl to Care for Her Skin {Giveaway}

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Avoiding Beauty Myths in Teaching Skin Care

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As my baby girl leaves her baby days behind and grows older, taking care of her skin has become an added part of her self-hygiene routine. I’ve begun to teach her how to wash her face properly using a face wash and that moisturizing is important for her skin. At nearly eight years of age, she’s already begun to sprout a few bumps and pimples on her face, which of course, has brought about a few questions.

Something I want to prevent is her head being filled with old wives tales or beauty myths. Growing up, I heard my fair share of them – from putting toothpaste on pimples to avoiding chocolate and caffeine – I have no clue if any of them were true or worked. So, I prefer that she care for her skin properly by washing and moisturizing daily and using SPF products when out in the sun for a long time. I also tell her not to pick at the bumps, something I had trouble doing when growing up.

One piece of beauty advice I was surprised about is that washing your face with hot water may actually be bad for your skin, something I wasn’t aware of since usually the advice is that it helps open your pores. According to Eucerin, “steam from hot water can help soften the skin to remove hardened dirt and oils, but hot water can strip your skin of its natural oils.” They suggest that you wash your face with lukewarm water instead and of course, moisturize after cleansing.

To help you get on track with taking care of your skin, you can receive a free sample of Eucerin Daily Protection SPF Moisturizing Lotion (face or body) by taking the Skin First pledge on their Facebook page. Plus, you can enter the giveaway below for a chance to win more Eucerin products!

Eucerin Skin Care Products

Eucerin Skin Care Giveaway

We want you to continue to care for your skin and keep it healthy, so thanks to Eucerin, we’ll be providing one of you with a prize pack (similar to the one pictured above), which includes a sampling of Eucerin products and a $125 Visa gift card! See giveaway details below.

How to Enter

Required entry: If you’d like to enter this giveaway for a Eucerin skin care gift pack and a $125 Visa gift card, simply leave a comment sharing a beauty myth you grew up hearing.

Extra entries (optional):

Each of the following will count as 1 extra entry. You’ll need to leave a separate comment for each entry.

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All entries must be in by Sunday, September 1, 2013 at 11:59 pm EST. You must be 18 or older and a U.S. resident. No purchase necessary. Remember to leave a separate comment for each entry. The winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be notified via email. (Please be sure to provide a valid email address with your entry.) Winner will have 72 hours to respond and claim prize, otherwise a new winner will be chosen. Prize will be provided and fulfilled by giveaway sponsor and modernmami™.com is not responsible for lost or damaged goods.

Disclosure: As a participant in the Eucerin Skin First Network, I received samples and compensation for my time and efforts in creating this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Top photo: Shawn Campbell/Flickr

Reader Interactions

Comments

  6. Tracy says

    A beauty myth I heard growing up was to brush your hair a hundred times before bed to make it shiny. If using the right type of brush, this does help to redistribute the oil from your scalp into the hair, but brushing your hair excessively/more than necessary isn’t good for it.

  11. Cheryl F. says

    I grew up hearing that popping pimples would make them go away. Instead, it made them worse.

  19. Monica says

    Put alcohol on you pimps to keep them bacteria free, myth! It dries your skin and promotes oil making them even worse

  26. Margaret Smith says

    I grew up thinking that chocolate causes pimples, but now I’m finding out through my son who has acne, that it’s not true. Stress does cause acne on him though.

  30. Johana Ramos says

    My mother told me that I should always wash my face with soft face soap and apply face cream daily using three fingers so it is applying a softer touch. Her tips have always stayed with me and I feel I have great skin for which people usually compliment. Now as a grown woman I have new tips of my own that I feel are great to know in order to keep that clean and soft skin looking fresh everyday.

  31. Jen says

    Friends (not my mom) told me that my acne was caused by me being dirty. So I used to wash my face several times a day (like 4-5). That did nothing but dry it out and cause more problems. Esp because I didn’t use lotion because I thought that made my face dirty. True story.

  39. Angela Kinder says

    I always heard that skin was genetics: oily, dry, blotchy, pale. Since my mom has dry skin, I always thought I got my oily skin from my Dad. But now as I’m older, I realize that it isn’t true. You are responsible for your skin, no matter how oily or dry.

  42. Mami2jcn says

    I always heard that if you had a darker complexion, you didn’t need sunscreen. Of course I know that’s false.

  49. Lee says

    Goodness, I lived with a sister who was a product of the 80’s and 10 years older than me, I’ve heard many! One of my favorites was that if you mixed eggs and mayo it would hydrate your skin. Basically it just smelled rancid!

    Lee

  54. Stephanie V. says

    put baby oil all over you to tan better (yikes! horrible – actually burns you!)
    tvollowitz at aol dot com

  67. Vicki Wurgler says

    my mother always said that crossing your legs when you sit will give you varicose veins.

  69. Maria J. says

    One Crazy myth I’ve heard is that if you pull out a gray hair that 6 More Will Show Up in it’s place.

  74. Barbara M says

    Putting rubbing alcohol on your face to shrink your pores.
    Now who would do that?
    Thank you.

  83. Wendy Owen says

    My tip was more on hair care. I have always had very long hair. Down to my knees. I tried the brushing it 100 strokes before bedtime, I actually think I heard that on the brady bunch or somewhere (My mom never gave beauty tips) it did not work. It only made my hair oily and then it required more washing and that was not an easy task.

  92. Crystal F says

    The one I heard all of them time was the chocolate and acne one. I wasn’t told anything about hygiene growing up. thank you!

  95. Denise S says

    My mother told me my teenage acne was because I didn’t wash my face when she told me to when I was six years old.

  98. Geoff K says

    I remember my sister telling me that toothpaste was a cure for acne, so for years I put fresh mint Colgate on my face before giving up on that myth!

  109. Eileen Burke says

    The only one I remember was that if you are making a funny face and someone comes up and slaps you on the back your face will freeze that way.

  118. Natalie J Vandenberghe says

    This isn’t exactly a beauty myth…but I remember being told not to make an ugly face–because my face might freeze like that (or a bird might poop on my lip if it was out pouting!) Thanks for the giveaway.

  132. Cheryl says

    Hmm, my family was full of old wives’ tales, but I can’t remember any beauty ones. They must not have been into beauty.

  138. Deb C says

    I heard the common one about brushing your hair 100 times to make it shine. Bah, it makes you lose hair.

  142. Madeline says

    Not sure if it’s a myth but: using your ring finger to put on makeup around your eyes so you don’t tug the skin.

  146. Jill Myrick says

    I was told that you should never wash your face with anything that contains soap.
    To only use cold cream. Which in turn gave me horrible acne as a teen.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  156. Jamie C. says

    One of the beauty myths that I’ve heard growing up is that if you have oily skin you don’t need to wear moisturizer.

  158. ky2here says

    Washing your hair more than 2X a month strips it of it’s luster and shine. (Can you imagine)?

  166. Lisa Brown says

    Myth: Shaving will make your hair grow back darker and thicker.
    jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com

  170. Lisa Brown says

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  172. Kimberly Hilbert says

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    I would really appreciate a follow back. I’m getting close to my 2k of followers. I end of having to delete otherwise. I hate doing that. Thanks.

  178. Jennifer Reed says

    One beauty myth I grew up hearing that was not true was that you will eventually outgrow acne.

  183. AmyBond says

    Wow, I was thinking hard trying to remember one and laughed at what came to me! I remember being told that if I curled my hair tight enough with a curling iron that it was the same thing as a perm and wouldn’t come out LOL Of course it didn’t work, just dried my hair out really bad!

  189. Ellie W says

    I grew up being told to wash my hair every day.
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    eswright18 at gmail dot com

  194. Stephanie Larison says

    I was always told don’t wear a hat too often, it’ll make your hair thin out.

  212. Francine Anchondo says

    I seriously cant remember hearing any beauty myths. The only thing dont put baby oil to tan if your light skinned because you will burn easy. I did that when i was younger when I didnt know better lol

  213. Sharon says

    I always heard not eating fried foods would help acne too. Didn’t make a bit of difference with my oily skin when I was a teen! I’m thankful now that I’m older for my then oily skin, I have less wrinkles! 🙂

  224. jules m. says

    if you pull out a gray hair, 8 more will grow in its place.. haha not true, but the one that grows back will be more noticeable cause it will be a short little hair sticking straight up

  232. JoAnn F. says

    I have heard that shaving makes your hair grow back thicker. Not true !!
    jofo120 at yahoo dot com

  236. tamara serrao says

    I think the one that really sticks out in my head, is to make sure you put plenty of cocoa butter on your belly when you are pregnant, do this every day, then you wont get stretch marks. !!!

  240. sarah says

    I believed that eating greasy/oil foods made you get zits. A stomach ache, sure, but zits, not so true.

  257. Gaye M says

    I had friends tell me that you needed to rotate your shampoo brand or eventually it would stop working. Not true (unless you color or perm your hair and may need to switch to a different formula).

  263. Vikki Billings says

    My grandmother use to tell me to use Witch Hazel to help my complexion and really all it does it dry your skin out and that is not good.

  273. Brian E. says

    Thanks for the giveaway…myth that diet (i.e. greasy foods, chocolate, salt,etc.) is the cause of acne.