Guide to Winter Skincare
Introduction: Winter may be rough on your skin, making it dry, itchy, and irritated. But may also feel trapped: the cold, blustery weather outside can irritate your skin, while heat indoors zaps moisture from the air and your skin. 1. Dry and cracked skin: Cause: Air at 86 degrees Fahrenheit may store three tim es as much moisture as air at 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Solution: Quench your skin's thirst with a heavier cream, and then seal it all in with oil. Look for squalane and vitamin E as constituents. 2. Dullness and uneven texture: Cause: Despite appropriate exfoliation , dead skin cells accumulate on the surface of the skin, blocking pores and causing it to lose its radiance. Solution: The good physical exfoliator, such as Day Maker, will scrape away dead skin cells while also improving skin tone and texture. 3. Acne: Cause: So the skin's moisture levels are out of whack throughout the winter, oil glands will periodically go into overdrive to compensate...