Dry Skin
Specialized Tips and Product Recommendations
This skin type is sensitive, and more attention needs to be paid both to the care at home and in winter when the air is very dry. Here are some tips and product recommendations to keep your dry skin healthy and hydrated:
- Use a Gentle Cleanser: Strong soaps wash off the skin natural oils thus causing dry skin to become even drier. It is best to invest in a mild cleanser that in some way preservers skin’s barrier that is responsible for moisture retention.
– Recommended Products: CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser, La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser.
- Moisturize Immediately After Cleansing: Rub an intense moisturizing lotion with oily base onto the wet skin after the bath or shower.
– Recommended Products: For skin repair, Eucerin Advanced Repair Cream and for dry skin Aveeno Skin Relief Moisturizing Lotion.
- Incorporate a Humectant Serum: Products like hyaluronic acid help to attract water to the skin and deliver intense moisture to the skin cells.
– Recommended Products: The products include: Paula’s Choice Skincare –Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, Neutrogena Hydro Boost Hydrating Serum.
- Use a Facial Oil: Oils can help to hydrate the skin and create another barrier that will prevent the skin from losing the moisture that has been applied to it.
– Recommended Products: Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil, Josie Maran 100% Pure Argon Oil.
- Avoid Long, Hot Showers: Hot water washes away the skin natural oils leaving the skin bare. Substitute with warm water and, at most, shower for 10-15 minutes.
Oily Skin
Managing Oil Production in Winter
Even to oily skin, proper hydration is recommended during winter period although this might sound crazy. Here are some tips to manage oil production while keeping your skin balanced:
- Use a Gentle Foaming Cleanser: A mild foaming cleanser should be used in an effort to wash off the excess oil without having to dry the skin.
– Recommended Products: Cetaphil Dermacontrol Oil Control Foam Wash, Neutrogena Oil- Free Acne Wash.
- Incorporate a Lightweight Moisturizer: Select a moisturizer labeled, ‘non-acnegenic’ or ‘non-comedogenic’, which means it won’t leave behind a layer of oil on your skin’s surface.
– Recommended Products: Hydro Boost Water Gel from Neutrogena, Effaclar Mat Moisturizer from La Roche-Posay.
- Use a Salicylic Acid Toner: Some of the benefits of salicylic acid include; control of pores and prevention of oil formation. A toner containing this ingredient should be used to prevent outbreaks.
– Recommended Products: Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant, The Ordinary – Salicylic Acid 2% solution.
- Apply a Clay Mask Weekly: Facial clay can also be applied to control the secretion of oil by the skin and prevent it from looking oily.
– Recommended Products: Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay, L ‘Oreal Paris – Pure-Clay Mask.
- Avoid Heavy Creams: Choose products that don’t contain heavy oils; use gels where possible, as these products do not leave the skin oily.
