It serves to eliminate the shed texture and helps the skin being soft and clean without being overdry. Brown sugar has many advantages: effectively removing dead skin cells due to its exfoliation properties; coconut oil is effectively nourishing the skin.
Ingredients:
– 1/2 cup brown sugar
– 1/4 cup coconut oil
1 teaspoon honey (optional: The honey gives the bread added moisture).
Instructions:
- Add all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir until they are well incorporated.
- Gently massage the scrub onto your skin in circular motions.
- Rinse off with lukewarm water and pat your skin dry.
- Follow up with your favorite moisturizer.
Nourishing Shea Butter and Jojoba Oil Moisturizer
This DIY moisturizer is ideal for keeping your skin soft and hydrated during the winter months. Shea butter is known for its moisturizing properties, while jojoba oil closely resembles the skin’s natural sebum.
Ingredients:
– 1/4 cup shea butter
– 2 tablespoons jojoba oil
– 5-10 drops of your favorite essential oil (optional, for fragrance)
Instructions:
- Melt the shea butter in a double boiler or microwave until fully melted.
- Add the jojoba oil and essential oil, and mix well.
- Let the mixture cool and solidify slightly.
- Whip the mixture with a hand mixer until it reaches a creamy consistency.
- Store the moisturizer in a clean, airtight container and use as needed.
Incorporating these natural and do it your self homemade facial treatments into your winter beauty regime, allows your skin to benefit from the simple, nourishing ingredients that prevent skin damage and maintain soft, moisturized skin during winter. Also, using your own mix of ingredients means that you can give your skin precisely what it needs during winter, since you are in control of the whole process.
Lifestyle Tips for Healthy Skin
Diet and Nutrition
Foods that Promote Skin Health
Nutrition plays a large role in how your skin looks and how healthy it is as well as what type of skin you have. A number of foods should be included during winter, these include foods with high water content, that help strengthen the skin barrier, and those that guard it against other external forces. Here are some skin-friendly foods to include in your diet:
- Fruits and Vegetables: As fresh fruits and vegetables are a good source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, they work wonders for the skin and have many other health benefits. Choose fruits , vegetables with bright colors like berries, oranges, carrots and spinach.
– Berries (blueberries, strawberries): Rich in antioxidants that play a role of combating free radicals.
– Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons): Deliver vitamin C which is needed for the synthesis of collagen.
– Leafy greens (spinach, kale): Stuffed with vitamin A, C and E – nutrients that are essential in the maintenance of good skin health.
- Healthy Fats: That is why foods with essential fatty acids such as avocado, nuts, and olive oil are important in replenishing the skins lipid layer thus making it supple.
– Avocados: Loaded with healthy fats, vitamins E and C, and biotin that help with skin problems.
– Nuts and seeds (walnuts, flaxseeds): Supply omega-3 fatty acids which have antioxidant properties that help decrease inflammation and also improve skin moisture.
– Olive oil: Has monounsaturated fats that help in protecting the cell structures of the skin and also antioxidants to feed the skin cells.
- Hydrating Foods: Integrate water soluble foods into your diet for the purpose of keeping your skin moisturized from the inside.
– Cucumbers: The skin is moisturised due to the high levels of water.
– Tomatoes: Contain Lyc open which is UV protective agent.
– Watermelon: Juicy and contains vitamin A & C.
