The winter is here, with all itś power! But the season can also play havoc with your skin, leading to dry, flaky skin and chapped lips, if adequate care is not taken. Here are a few winter healthy skin tips that will help you keep your skin hydrated and glowing throughout the season.
Dry skin suffers more than oily skin so if you have dry skin, you should follow these tips more religiously. However, the following measures are helpful for all types of skin-
1. Watch Your Diet
Your skin texture depends not only on external treatments, but also on your food intake. A proper nutritious intake helps in rejuvenating the skin from within. Water is essential for our body and a good intake of 3-4 litres daily should be maintained by all. This helps in retaining the moisture of your skin as well as keeping skin disorder at bay. Fruits and vegetables in your daily diet release a lot of water into your system. Primrose syrup / capsules and olive oil in your diet aid in softening the skin
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2. Moisturise Daily
Cold weather and cool winds aggravate dry skin condition. Moisturisers are a must during winters. Use a Soft Natural Toner and moisture after each cleansing to preserve and replenish the moisture in your skin. Apply a daytime moisturiser serum under your face cream and at night a richer serum under your night cream.
The Morning Serum – Hydration lifting serum
Day & Night Face Creams Collection.
3. Oil Therapy
Pamper you skin with a little coconut oil/ shea butter before a bath to heal dryness and chaps. Use a creamy natural soap that renders that extra suppleness to your skin.
Wait 30 minutes after bathing, or washing your face, before going out into frigid air. Splash your face with cool water when you come back inside as it’s known that extreme temperature changes can burst capillaries near the skin’s surface.
4. Include Flax Seeds and Almonds
Although it doesn’t necessarily taste fabulous, flaxseed oil can moisturise your body from the inside. Since it is rich in vital fatty acids, it can do a lot for your overall health. It is available in oil form as well as in capsule form. Give your skin lipid support from within by including soaked and blanched almonds and soaked walnuts.
6. Lip Care
Avoid licking your lips and don’t bite the skin on the surface of your lips. The skin will never have a chance to heal if you chew on it. It will end up becoming thicker, giving you black coloured lips. This is a hard habit to break but well worth the effort.
Soften your lips wit a simple diy lip scrub (Here are you recipes), follow by a natural lip balm, to keep lips covered with a good balm applied several times during the day.
7. Busting Myths
So who said sunscreen is only for the summers? The sun is out 365 days a year and be it summer, rain or winter, you need to protect your skin from the sun. SPF is your bff, every day of the year! It is the basis of anti aging, just make sure it is a mineral one and not a chemicals loaded one…
Photo damage could result in early wrinkling, and increase in pigmentation can occur if one does not apply sunscreen during winters.
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