A bad habit is an undesirable behavior pattern, like whipping out the credit card a bit too often during those late night infomercials or spending a mind boggling amount of time on the Wii. But what about beauty — do you have any bad habits you'd like to break? Whether it's pimple popping or nail biting, what's your worst vice? Such a delightful topic, no?


















James Darby
By Malene Birger
Giorgio Fedon
I said 'other' because i do ALL of them!!! Except smoking, which I just quit. (day 9 woohooo!!) I'm a walking bad beauty habit!
1Good for you Angela! Me, I just can't resist picking at my skin, although I've been trying to stop.
2I said "other" as my worst habit is smoking and forgetting to take off my makeup and sleeping in it. I have horrid sleep patterns and if I don't remember to take off makeup well in advance of going to bed, it just doesn't get done. I'm gearing up to quit smoking yet again, its the dance I do; quit, go back, quit, go back... so tired of it and want to be rid of it for good!
Angela123 -- congratulations! Its so hard, I wish you the best of luck!
3I can't help biting my nails! I wish I could, but when I zone out, I bite them
But wow, I could never ever pop pimples. I have crummy enough skin already, I don't need any more scars
4I'm a horrible pimple popper.
5I'm ridiculously careful about my beauty regimen. I try not to do anything that'll compromise my skin/hair etc. I refuse to go to sleep before washing my face, no matter how tired I am... I think that's one of the worst things you can do.
6I pick on the dry skin around my fingers ...the part ur suppose to push back...its so rellaxing when am thinking
7but i just started using cuticle moisterizer so that will help..
I pick my face, I can't help it!
8I make it a habit not to actually touch my face if I can help it but if I see a little white head or black head I sometimes can't stop myself from attacking it ):
9I'm with sonya - I can't go to sleep with make-up on! It feels so gross. Unfortunately, I'm a picker though
10I'm a pretty pathetic pimple popper. Try saying that 10 times fast.
11Oh my gosh... all of them...
12I used to bite my nails but not anymore.
13Only bad beauty happy that I do is not wash my makeup before I go to bed sometimes.
14pick my face, and i take too long to do make up in the morning.
15I'm horrible when it comes to popping pimples, I've been getting better but I think that is only because I started using a new spot treatment and its actually working really well.
16I always pick at my face and I never wash my makeup off. Well I mean like I'll wash it in the shower, but I don't have special cleaners to take it off before bed. I never have and I probably never will. I have good skin, a little on the dry side, but everytime I wash my face, that's when it goes bad. So I just don't do it anymore.
17i pick my face, bite my nails, sometimes go to bed without taking my make up off...and another bad beauty habit i have is just taking TOO long to get ready =P
18smoke only when i drink...which is of course WORSE. i suffer for it immediately, bc i develop dry spots as soon as the next day!
19i do everything but smoke. how awful?
20I do all of the above except smoke too, haha. I bite my finger nails off and on. I've been doing it for as long as I can remember and now I only do it whenever I get super stressed out, which usually happens about once every three months or so.
21i am most likely going to look so haggard when im older
22I bite my nails and pop pimples. If I see one on my daughter, I will stalk her until she lets me pop it. So gross!!!
23You are all so honest — I love it! I've been guilty of many of these vices, myself, which I hate to admit.
24I used to bit my nails, but I stopped three or four years ago, thankfully. And when I get a zit, I definitely pick at it.
25I bite my nails like non stop! It's so hard to get rid of this habit! I'm trying though...
26I ALWAYS pick at my split ends though, esp. when I'm bored in class.
I'm guilty of zit-picking. I think it's an addiction. I have scars on my shoulder blades (backne, ew) from where I just couldn't stop!
27BellaSugar--
You have no idea how comforting it is to see so many fellow pimple poppers out there. While I have always been mortified of my nasty little habit, I am so glad to know it's not just me who is super obsessive with those little bumps on my face.
28I've only recently started popping pimples... And whats even worse is my boyfriend got me into the habit cause he'd pop them since I didn't. So now I just pop them myself to keep him from picking at me... ewwww I know!!
29I constantly clip my cuticles! It is an addiction!
30I DO ALL OF THEM EXPECT SMOKE.
31Ughhh....getting too drunk on those crazy weekend nights and not washing my face. My pimples really thank me later. Ha!
32i absolutely cannot resist the temptation to squeeze a pimple - i know i should leave it alone but i always end up squeezing it anyway! the temptation is just way too strong!
33And i thought my "Not moisturizing my feet enough" habit was REALLY bad. haha!
34I have super dry skin, so my cuticles tend to peel, and when I get nervous, I pick at them, sometimes until they bleed. I've done this for so long that I've almost given up on thinking I could quit it. It drives my husband up the wall.
35I bite my chapped lips
36when I wasyounger, I'd do the pimple popping thing. but now, after all these years, I don't have that problem. however, the bad habit I have now is late night shopping on the computer trying to find the miracle in the jar. of course, spending way tooi much money. vanity and desperation!
37my worst beauty habits used to be smoking (nearly a pack a day) and not drinking ANY water. just my morning coffee and maybe a juice or ice tea with meals. but i quit smoking 9 months ago (hurray for the patch! for reals, it worked!) and i have been forcing myself to chug at least 3 bottles of water a day. i dunno if thats the recommended amount, but thats alot for me. since i started/stopped doing both, my skin looks glowy!
38I have cystic acne, the kind you're not supposed to pop EVER. But . . .I can't help it, they never go away! I've seriously had the same bumps forming a constellation on my forehead for years!
39ah i go crazy on my blackheads!
40pimple poppers unite!!
41Wow. I just sat down with a bowl of rice and beans
and completely lost my appetite after reading this.
I do admire everyone's honesty. Fortunately I do none of these things. I have a strict skin regime, do not smoke, have never bitten my nails, and don't have split ends.
Good luck!
42i'm really bad about falling asleep without washing my makeup off. i've gotten better the past year, but lately i have been really tired and lazy when i get home late!
43I'm a zit squisher. I don't touch the deep under the skin ones though, I let pimple cream sort them out.
I also fall asleep with my makeup on, I don't wear foundation (it gives me more zips to squish) so I just wake up with panda eyes.
44Occasionally I also forget to moisturise.
I said other ... I chip fingernail polish! :-X
45I love San Fran!!! Hope I win! Thanks so much!!
46Ugh! I'm terrible for picking at split ends. I started a week ago...I'm going to try to stop because it's a terrible habit.
47Also I pick at my skin sometimes. You just don't realize until you think about these things...strange!
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