Skin Care Tips During Winter

It is very important to take care of your skin as the weather changes. Since, the winter season is on its peak, you feel the dryness and patches on your skin. There are also lots of other skin issues that you face during winter season.

If you also face skin problems during winter, keep reading how you can take care of it:

1. Keep Your Skin Moisture:

You should keep your skin moisture by some oil-based creams, lotions or ointments. For winters, oils like mineral oil, almond, avocado or primrose oil are most suitable.

• Tip: you can choose glycerine as well.

2. Your Hands Must Remain Beautiful:

Skin on hands is most sensitive and, hence, much damaged part of your body during winter. To avoid itchy, dry and cracked skin, keep them moisture and wear gloves when you go out.

• Tip: wear a thin cotton glove before, if wool causes irritation.

3. Keep Your Feet Greased and Covered:

Much ignored yet very much important part of your body: feet! Keep your feet moisture with some stronger moisturizer like petroleum jelly. Apply and wear socks to keep them soft and avoid cracking of heels.

4. Be Cautious of Choosing a Peel Off Mask:

Generally, peel-off masks remove oil from the skin. If your skin is highly dry, avoid using alcohol based toners or astringents masks.

5. Stay Natural with Makeup:

It’s better to stay light on your makeup kit during winter. Keep the blush minimum as your cheeks become rosy red naturally. Using one eye shadow and a waterproof mascara will do it well.

6. Say No to Extreme Hot Bath:

Taking bath in hot water feels great and tempting in chilling weather. But skin exposure to hot shower breaks down the skin barriers which causes loss of moisture. It’s better to soak in luke-warm water.

• Tip: don’t stay in water for longer period.

7. Apply Sunscreen:

You must take care of your skin during winter as you do in summer. Sunscreen is not only for summer time. During winter your skin becomes vulnerable to sun rays and snow glow. Apply sunscreen at least thirty minutes before going out.

8. Save Money on Beauty Products:

As you need to stay very selective with your makeup, it’s better to find some money saving deals or products for your winter makeup. Such deals give you complete skin care solution as well as save you lots of money.

9. Keep Humidifiers:

Since, centrally heat systems blow dry hot air; humidifiers keep the atmosphere moisture and prevent skin from drying up.

10. Seek Professional Advice:

It’s always ‘beauty-saving’ to have advice of authentic dermatologist. If you have any skin problem, such specialists check your skin type, diagnose current skin condition and prescribe the best practices and make up products according to your skin condition.

You must look beautiful during winter and for that consider the above skin care tips.