#Freshstart2018 Reasons to #Avoid #Silicones on Your #Skin To identify #silicones on product labels look for words that end in one of these: -Cone #Dimethicone #Methicone #Trimethicone #Cyclomethicone #Amodimethicone #Trimethylsilylamodimethicone -Siloxane #Cyclopentasiloxane #Polydimethylsiloxane -Conol #Dimethiconol Ingredients such as #cyclopentasiloxane are silicones, even though they don't end in "-cone." 🙉🙈🙊 That should help you identify the vast majority of #silicones& #Polymers #C10-30 Alkyl acrylate crosspolymer #VP / VA Copolymer #Polybutene #Polyisobutene #Hydrogenated polyisobutene REASONS 1. Silicones trap debris in your pores. Like plastic wrap, silicones form a barrier on top of your skin. That barrier can lock in moisture and trap dirt, sweat, bacteria, sebum, dead skin cells with it! 2. Silicones can cause acne and congestion. Prolonged exposure to oil, dead skin and bacteria underneath the semi-occlusive seal of silicones can lead to increased breakouts. 3. Silicones makes skin dull and dehydrated by clogging your pores, manifesting as dryness and dullness prevent additional moisture from getting in, but the impacted materials can dehydrate your pores! 4. Silicones interfere with cell renewal. Our skin renews itself every 28 days, Silicones inhibit this process by slowing down the production of new cells and keeping dead cells stuck longer. 5. Silicones deliver nothing beneficial to your skin. it's simply a short-term smoothing. 6. Silicones block other ingredients from absorbing. If you are layering products #silicones WILL prevent them from doing their jobs properly. 7) #silicone is hard to remove... dimethicone, is extremely heavy and leaves a coating on the skin unless it is carefully removed! This is often why people see such a difference from nightly double cleansing, because it's properly removing the silicones from your skin—a single pass with a regular face wash simply isn't enough! (at Makeup Services by Sumiko)