Winter Care – Prevent Your Skin From Getting Dry

So winter has arrived. Its well known fact that winter has most adverse effects than any other season on out skin. So lets take some care of our skin in winters.

Face:

You have to follow your daily routine of CTM( Cleansing + Toning + Moisturizing).

Get intense moisturizer if your skin is more dry and have some light cold cream too.

But if your skin is oily, stick to moisturizer only.

Home Remedies for Face(Moisturizing):

Honey is a pack which suits every one. It is best moisturizing pack (search fast facials for instructions).

If you can get some avocado take out the pulp, add some honey, it makes the excellent moisturizing pack for winters.

You can do it up to 5 times a week if your skin is too dry, otherwise 2 times a week makes skin supple and soft.

Home Remedies (Cleanser):

Raw unboiled milk works good as a cleanser for all skin types in winter.

If your skin is too dry, search out homemade cleansers (posted previously).

Use banana-cream-honey cleanser( mentioned in homemade cleansers).

Home Remedies (Toner):

Rose water is suitable for all skin types in all seasons as a toner.

Otherwise watermelon juice works great too.

For extra dry skin, just add 2 drops of honey in watermelon juice every time you use it as a toner.

Scrubbing:

In winter lot of dead cells accumulate on our skin. We need to clear them either with scrub or AHAs.

But another problem in winter is skin becomes sensitive towards scrubs and all. So idea is whenever you want to scrub or use AHA, a day before use a moisturizing pack, like honey etc. So your skin wont get rashes, and please be gentle with your skin.

In winters scrub only two times a week, not more than that. Whereas AHAs should be used once in 10 days. If you are using scrubs two times a week, use AHAs once in 15 days.

Hair:

Hairs are very badly affected in winters. Common problems are split ends, dry hair, itchiness of scalp and sometimes dandruff too.

once in a 15 days go for deep conditioning, or else do deep conditioning at home once a week.

For split ends i will post in detail.

You might need to switch your shampoos and conditioners if your hair become too dry. Go for shampoos specially made for dry/damaged hair.

If you have developed itchiness of scalp or dry dandruff, oil your hair three times a week. You can warm the oil and massage gently with your finger tips. Warm oil gets absorbed well.

For oil, you can use plain olive oil, or mixture of olive oil and almond oil.

Once in a week use a hair pack or home made conditioner.

For example use mayonnaise, or mix eggs with Olive oil in a blender and apply. Keep for 20 minutes and wash with shampoo and conditioner.

Always apply conditioner after using the shampoo.

Hands and Feet:

In winters, nails suffer from hang nails. Hang nails is the skin on sides of nails which becomes dry and start peeling off.

Apply hand and nail lotion(or a moisturizer) on your hands at least once in a day. If possible twice a day.

Massaging Mask for Hands and Feet

If your hands and feet are too rough or dry try this.

Pulp of 1/2 avocado
One Egg yolk
1 tsp Honey
Some ground rice(to make it in a paste like consistency, just grind some rice and mix).
2-3 drops of prime rose oil

Mix all above ingredients. Add rice to a quantity so the above mixture is like a paste. Now massage this on your hands and feet. Keep for 20 minutes, and wash off.

*** avocado, egg yolk and honey will provide moisture, and rice will give gentle scrubbing. Prime rose oil has very good results on skin, it will give your skin a natural glow.

****** Do not use this pack on face.

Lips:

Now this is secret, which i am unrevealing.

I tend to have dry lips in winter, even if i use lip balms, creams and all other things too. Then i found out this secret method.

Take some mild facial scrub, and gently scrub your lips with it for a minute GENTLY. Wash off with water and apply moisturizer. Wait for a minute then apply baby oil/lip balm.

This process would remove dead cells, provide moisture and then oil/lip balm would seal the moisture.

This scrubbing on lips should be done only 1-2 times a week, other days you can apply moisturizer followed with oil/lip balm.

Eyes:

Some people also develop some flakes at the base of eyelashes. It looks like dandruff but those are dry cells.
Just apply a bit of olive oil in night before going to bed, they wont occur.

Body:

Most of problematic area like hair, face, lips, hands and feet are already discussed. Rest of your body parts like back, arms, legs, stomach etc. do not have lot of problems in winter. Only problem is they become dry sometimes.

Apply intense moisturizer on your whole body every night, before going to sleep.

You can also apply cold cream on your whole body 1-2 times a week if your skin is too dry.

General Suggestions for Winter

• Wear sunscreen in winters too, though the sun light is less in winter but it still affects the skin.
• Do not take bath for long times, bathing for long times can take out all moisture from your body.
• After bathing immediately apply moisturizer on your whole body, that will seal the moisture in your body.
• Do not wash your face again and again, two times is enough even if your skin is oily not more than 2 times.
• Do not use soaps on your face if possible go for mild soap for bath too such as dove, pears etc. or get a shower gel.
• Use sponge while bathing, it would remove dry and dead cells from body.
• Drink loads of water because in winters skin needs more moisture.
• Have lots of green veggies, salads and juices.
• Never bite the dry skin around nails, rather cut them with a nail cutter.