The first step? Take the extra minute to look at your ingredient list and decide whether or not the product is going to be more beneficial for your skin or if it's just pretty packaging that may cause more harm than good. "While you're looking at the ingredients in a bottle, you should be concerned if alcohols are in the top three ingredients on the list," Talakoub says. You'll also want to make note of what kind of alcohol is in the product to ensure that the products your applying will actually be beneficial, instead of causing more harm.

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