5 Simple Steps To Keep Your Skin Healthy All Winter Long
There is so much information and tips on how to take care of your skin especially during the cold winter months. It probably makes sense that what you do and use in the winter should be different from the summer months. Below are five things you can do right now to help prevent winter dry skin.

Step 1: Avoid Hot Showers
Although hot showers can feel wonderful especially on a cold winter morning, hot showers strip the skin of its natural oils and can make common problems like eczema worse. They can also increase generalized itching even in people who don’t have skin concerns. For healthier skin, taken shorter showers and keep the temperature warm or tepid.

Step 2: Use Non-foaming Cleansing Products
The more lather a cleanser has, the more it strips your skin of its natural oils. This includes soap and anything that includes surfactants. Try to stay away from soapy and foaming cleansers as they tend to dry out your skin. Using a makeup remover/gentle cleanser works well if you wear makeup as it thoroughly removes your makeup, cleanse your skin and leaves it squeaky clean without drying it out or changing the ph balance.

Step 3: Exfoliate
With the outside cold and dry indoor heating, you skin cells dehydrate faster in the winter months. Exfoliation during the winter months is extremely important to remove dead skin cells. This will reduce itching, flaking skin and your moisturizers will work better because they will not just sit on top of dead skin cells. There are so many exfoliation products on the market. Using a natural exfoliating mitt can thoroughly remove the dead skin cells, making your skin look and feel fresh and alive even during the winter months.

Step 4: Moisturizing
After showering or bathing, moisturizing your face and body is a very important step in order to seal in moisture. Moisturizers that contain green-tea extract contain antioxidants that help keep the skin smooth, supple and fight premature aging caused by excessive exposure to UV rays.   Rose Oil is an effective anti-inflammatory ingredient which will alleviate redness and reduce inflammation.

Step 5: Run a Humidifier
Cold air saps moisture from your skin which causes all kinds of problems, including dryness, dullness, flaking and accelerated aging. A humidifier can help maintain that glowing skin in addition to being kind to your sinuses.

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