Winter Skin Care Tips

Skin care plan!
 
Skin care tips are important all year round. As if keeping your skin healthy day to day weren’t hard enough, Mother Nature has to throw us a couple curve balls every year – the summer season and the winter season. Just when we think we’ve got our skin figured out, the season changes and our skin doesn’t look or feel the same way, and certainly doesn’t react the same way to what we put on it. What you need to do is come up with a plan for the winter season that is different from what you do during the summer season.

Winter Skin Care Tips

Skin Care Tips

Generally, winter wrecks havoc with our skin because of low humidity. We make it worse by turning up the heat in our house and the car. If you live in an area of the country where winter humidity is low, then consider using a humidifier in your home. A humidifier puts moisture back in the air and can relieve dry itchy skin, and can also stop the “shocks” you get when you touch your light switches. You can get a humidifier that attaches to your furnace or a less expensive portable one that is freestanding.
Don’t turn your shower, bath, or tap water hotter even though it feels so good and warms you. Hot water causes your skin to dry out. Use lukewarm to wash your hands, and keep your shower at a comfortably warm, not scalding, temperature. Your skin will thank you.
Consider switching out your moisturizer if the one you are using isn’t cutting it. Try one that has oil in it, like an ointment or night cream, especially for your hands. It forms a layer that helps protect your skin. An ointment or night cream might not be right for all areas of your body though, and you’ll need to experiment.




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