Both the piercing November wind and the dry indoor air make the skin especially vulnerable. It seems as if she suffers from dryness, although in reality the problem is her dehydration. These concepts are often used synonymously, although there is a significant difference between them. Dry skin is a lack of natural fats, and dehydration is a lack of moisture.
Our skin has a lipid barrier that detains harmful substances and slows down the evaporation of water. When the lipid barrier is damaged, and this can happen due to very dry air, moisture evaporates from the skin faster, and you feel tightness. By the middle of the day, the foundation "rolls down", and the face acquires a dull color, and peeling may appear on the skin. To cope with this problem, you need to nourish the skin with moisture and help keep it in the lipid barrier. This is the main thing that you should pay attention to in the cold season, without missing other basic skin care procedures.
This is necessary in order to wash off sweat, dust, makeup residues and excess fat from the skin. Cleansing should be thorough, but gentle. Do not wash your face "to the creak": this breaks the protective barrier of the skin, and it loses moisture faster.
For cleansing, it is better to choose cosmetics with a mild non-aggressive composition, usually the words "delicate", "moisturizing", "nourishing" are used in the names. The type of product — gel, foam or milk — does not matter and depends on your preferences.
If you use decorative cosmetics, first dissolve it with a makeup remover: micellar water, hydrophilic oil, balm or milk. Products with oils in the composition cope well with dissolution and do not dry the skin. With the help of foam or gel for washing, wash off the remnants of cosmetics and means for removing it. Do not use hot water to cleanse the face, especially in the off-season: it washes away fats from the skin well and makes cleansing more aggressive.
Those who want to raise the care of the skin in the cold to a new level, it is worth looking at cleansing brushes for the skin of the face, which thoroughly, but not aggressively help to cleanse the skin and remove keratinized cells.
Irina Rogava, the host of the Lifehacker YouTube channel, tried out such a beauty assistant - the FOREO LUNA 3 brush. As it turned out, in addition to cleansing, this gadget has another important function that will help save on beauty salons. With this brush, you can massage different areas of the face, neck and decollete area. In general, the use of such gadgets contributes to a better penetration of care products. Learn about Irina's impressions of the unusual device from this video.
Using FOREO LUNA 3 is very simple: apply a mild cleanser to your face, wet the brush and turn on the cleaning mode. Move the device over your face in a circular motion for a minute. Rinse your face with water, pat it lightly with a soft towel and proceed to the next stage — moisturizing.
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This stage is necessary in order to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin. If exfoliation is skipped, then all subsequent care procedures will be useless: nutrients from cosmetics will simply be absorbed into the keratinized layer.
There are two main ways to exfoliate:
How often you need to perform the exfoliation procedure in the cold depends on your skin type. If it is fatty or combined, you can use a mild peeling with a small or medium concentration of acids almost daily. If the skin is dry, then such products should be applied no more than twice a week. In the cold season, it is better not to get carried away with means with abrasive particles. It's so easy to overdo it and break the lipid barrier of the skin.
Dehydrated skin needs to be intensively moisturized. Immediately after washing, use products with water-retaining components. Such products are usually liquid and are available in the form of a tonic, lotion, serum, toner or essence. Apply them to wet skin so that they help to retain water. And then the moisture must be "sealed" with a layer that will prevent rapid evaporation: use a moisturizer suitable for your skin type. Creams that help the natural lipid barrier to work can be recognized by the inscription barrier repair on the package.
Take care of hydration from the inside as well: keep an eye on the water-salt balance, drink enough clean water and do not suffer thirst. It is important not to overdo it: too much water at night will provoke swelling in the morning.
Help your skin by turning on the humidifier more often. Modern devices are available in different sizes. So, indoor ones will maintain the necessary humidity during the night, and compact humidifiers compensate for the dryness of office air.
Morning and evening skin care will take less time than reading this article. And the lack of moisture, discomfort and a feeling of tightness will stop bothering you, even if the weather app promises "-5, feels like an ice storm in the Arctic."
