Winter skin difference

Clarins

When it comes to skin care, the fight is ongoing.
 Sure it’s different from winter to summer, but it is always there.
Dry skin can cause the ageing process to be accelerated and nothing causes dry skin more than sunny days at the beach or a winter chill.
The subtle differences between your winter and summer treatments should make you feel good about the choices you have made and will certainly make a difference in the health of your skin.
The hot summer days are going and winter is approaching.
Maintaining a glowing and healthy skin during winter may be a challenging task for everyone. As the intensity of sun’s rays decreases during winter, most women stop using moisturising creams and applying sunscreen.
They feel that during winter there is no fear of sunburn as most of our body parts are covered deep beneath the winter clothes.
Your skin is still exposed to harmful ultra-violet rays of sun during winter and an equal degree of care is needed keep your skin healthy and glowing.
Moreover a temperature difference between the outside environment and the inside of a room due to the use of heaters, your skin needs a proper care.
You should use a good quality moisturiser for during winter, so that your skin keeps glowing and doesn’t look dry.
 Due to cold weather conditions during winter a decrease in water intake per day is natural — this has adverse result on our skin.
Water in our body plays an important role in maintain healthy and pampering skin.
However, the reduced amount of water during winter makes our skin look dull. Apart from improving blood circulation of our body, water helps in keeping our skin hydrated and as a result our skin looks glowing whole the day.
Your eating habits and intake of vitamin and other nutrients also affect the look of your skin.
You should eat a balanced diet ensuring that you sufficient vitamins necessary for your skin. Vitamins like A, B complex, C and E are necessary for maintaining a healthy skin.
 So, your food must contain these vitamins. The simple way of supplying these vitamins to our body is the intake of fresh vegetables and fruits in our daily diet.
Taking a multi-vitamin supplement will also give your body the minerals and vitamins it needs. Fast food diets are not the way to go if you want to maintain a healthy and glowing skin!
When winter starts to suck all the suppleness out of our bodies, there are a few steps that can definitely make you feel like the smooth, glowing goddess you are on the inside.
1.Save energy, water and your skin!
As wonderful as a long hot shower or bath is during those seemingly endless cold, dark mornings, shorter more tepid habits will save you skin. Hot water breaks down the lipid barrier that holds moisture in, aggravating the situation…which is counter productive to feeling good. If your skin is extremely dry and itchy, add 1/3 of a cup of oatmeal to the bath water to soothe the skin.
2. Exfoliate
Once or twice a week, gently exfoliate your whole body. This will remove the build up of dry, flaking skin and help your moisturiser penetrate deeper.
Those dead skin cells do not need or deserve your beautiful moisturiser, so get rid of them! Make sure to use an effective exfoliant!
A wash cloth or shower pouf isn’t always enough. You need to use a loofah, scrub glove or exfoliating product such as Clarins Smoothing Body Scrub for a New Skin to really remove that build up. Keep in mind these recommendations are for the body, not the face.
3. Moisturise…and then moisturise some more.
This should really be done at least twice a day during the colder, drier months.
In the morning right after you get out of the shower, apply a rich moisturizer such as Clarins HydraQuench Rich Cream for Cooler Climates.
 This will seal in moisture and make skin soft and supple.
 Apply once more before bed. Each Clarins Range of moisturisers includes a product for drier skin, so you can switch within your range for a more rich cream.
Moisturise body as well your facial skin. Clarins Moisture Rich Body Lotion is the most luxurious body cream which is a MUST for everyone during the winter months.
4. Use Winter-friendly products
Shower gels are more suited to warmer months. During the winter be indulgent, reach for shower creams, thicker body, hand and foot lotions.
Be creative! Body oils are wonderful for this time of year, Clarins has absolutely beautiful ones called Relax or Tonic Body Treatment Oils, which moisturize like crazy and leave skin feeling amazing.
5. Use sunscreen
This is the Golden Rule for skincare.
Summer, fall, winter and spring. Use it. All the time.
UVA and UVB rays are magnified when bounced off of snow, add that to winds and cold air…poor face!
The least you can do is protect it the same way you would during the summer.
It’s just as important to be vigilant and adopt this practice when away from the sun in the form of a daily moisturiser, which will replenish your skin.
 It will slow down the effects of ageing, keep your skin soft and free of wrinkles.
6. Focus on hands and feet.
Use lotions formulated specifically for those areas. They’ll penetrate much better and have countless added benefits.
Hand creams can help prevent aging, hyper-pigmentation (sun spots) and will keep your hands from cracking. Clarins makes a lovely one, Hand & Nail Treatment Cream. There is no reason your feet or hands should be cracking!
Being aware of the challenges that the changing seasons can bring, is critical, once you have decided on a range of products to suit your skin care plan. Be flexible with your skin care plan, and accommodate the changing seasons. Look after your skin from those early years onwards, and you can be sure that ageing of your skin can be kept to a minimum, meaning less wrinkles.
The time you invest in looking after your skin, will always pay dividends in the end.
Your friends will be green with envy, as the results are plain to see, for everyone.
Those efforts you endured in the early days, have now flourished, and your skin looks young and beautiful.
Nothing shows your age more than you skin, and nothing minimises the effects of ageing better than a lifelong habit of skin care.
Make your choice early and stick with it. Consistency will be your biggest ally.
Get in to the habit of applying moisturiser and not only will you protect your skin during the winter months, you’ll be creating a beautifully relaxing personal ritual that will keep your skin looking younger and healthier for life.
Do you have any tricks for combating winter skin? If so we’d love to hear them!
Enjoy winter with Clarins whatever your needs are.
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