By Harper’s Bazaar Singapore Team - published
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They say you have to know the rules before you can break them and when it comes to beauty, no one knows them better than Kim Kardashian. Still, she caught us off guard when she revealed that she regularly ignores two of the most important skin commandments: thou shalt always wash off makeup at night and thou shalt avoid tanning beds like the plague.
The reality TV star mentioned, "Sometimes I'm just so tired and I don't wash my face," adding that she has mastered the art of sleeping without tossing and turning to keep her face looking pristine 24 hours later. "I sleep in my [eye] makeup when I travel. I use black satin pillowcases [recommended to her by celebrity hairstylist Kim Kimble] and if I'm sleeping on a flight and heading straight to an event when I land, I stop in the bathroom right after and touch up my foundation, but the rest is done." And while makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury does it, too, we're going to leave sleeping in smoky eyes to the die-hards and stick with our dermatologist's advice to always take off our makeup at night.
But the most surprising detail Kim shared came after she answered a question about her favourite self-tanner: "Kardashian Glow," she said, "but I use sun bed lotions, too. I have psoriasis so it's important for me to go to tanning beds every once in awhile." In 2015, when everyone is well aware of the dangers of indoor tanning, it certainly wasn't something we expected her to advocate, even if she is using it to treat her skin disorder. Plus, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation, the use of indoor tanning beds as a substitute for phototherapy performed with a prescription and under the supervision of a physician is not supported.
Stars—they have bad habits just like the rest of us.