Have you ever seen and noticed how your skin changes according to the changing seasons? If so, you would have seen that your skin often gets drier and rough in the months of winter.
Cold weather, dry heat, low humidity, and cold winter winds can all extract the moisture from your skin, which can later result in your skin looking less radiant than usual, your face, your feet, legs, hands, and other external areas.
You can take simple steps to keep your skin looking glowing, moisturised, healthy even when the season changes.
What are the indications of dry skin?
Some of the most common symptoms of dry skin are:
- Redness
- Roughness
- Itchiness
- Irritated skin
- Cracks in your skin
- Stinging and burning
How to prevent dry skin during winters?
Dry winter skin is not unavoidable. However, by making some good changes to your daily skincare routine and habits and using the perfect verified products, you can be able to keep your skin looking glowing, soft, smooth, and radiant in the winters.
Let us take a look at some of the most amazing tips that can help you boost your skin’s health during the winter season of the year:
- Moisturise right after washing your face
When you wash your face, hands, or body, your skin’s natural oils get stripped out. Since these natural oils help keep the moisture locked in the skin, replacing them is essential. That’s why it is necessary to apply a moisturiser every time you wash your skin with water, especially in winter.
Always place a moisturiser bottle near the sink and one in your bag whenever you go outside.
- Apply sunscreen daily
In the winter days, the sunlight is quite less, so it can be effortless to cut sunscreen out of your morning skincare routine, but wait! think again. Harmful ultraviolet radiations can still tense your skin’s moisture barrier, even in winters. Therefore, it is essential for maintaining the skin’s health and hydration.
Try to add a layer of sunscreen cream every morning after applying a moisturiser.
- Try using overnight treatments
Overnight treatments are a great way to strengthen and prevent dry skin. Emollients are an excellent way to moisturise. However, because they’re a heavy type of cream, it takes a long period for them to get absorbed into your skin.
By applying an emollient on your skin overnight, your skin will have the proper period needed to absorb the treatment and for the emollient to regenerate your skin with the content of moisture and oil it needs.
If you’re going to apply an ointment on your hands or feet, consider wrapping them in a bag of plastic or gloves to protect the emollient from spreading on your sheets or bed covers.
- Adjust your skincare routine
If the skin on your face gets sensitive and irritated due to the dry winter air, always keep in mind that your skin’s barrier needs to be healthy to respond well to toners, serums, and other types of beauty treatments.
Try to keep your skincare routine simple. For example, use a moisturiser and sunscreen in the morning, and apply a gentle cleanser with a moisturiser before sleeping at night.
