In winter, your skin can use a boost. You often feel this too: your skin is tight, feels dry or itchy. This happens because your skin is exposed to different influences throughout the day. The dry air in your home or office, cold wind, friction from your scarf or even from the wrong products. What do you do to solve this? Of course; you start lubricating. But what do you lubricate and how? In this blog you can read more about taking care of your skin.
Skin types
No two skin types are the same. In fact, you have a number of skin types: dry skin, normal skin/mixed skin and oily skin.
- Normal skin; skin does not feel dry or oily, skin is supple but also smooth. Sometimes you have pimples, visible pores but not large. The skin is well hydrated and not chapped.
- Combination skin; Your skin is oily on the bridge of the nose and around the eyebrows. Your skin feels dry in some areas and soft in others.
- Dry skin; the skin feels tight and you often suffer from dry patches. After washing, the skin feels very taut. You don’t often suffer from pimples and the pores are very fine.
- Oily skin; your skin feels oily, your skin itself is a bit thicker. You may have large pores and shiny skin.
- Acne prone skin; the skin feels oily and you have a lot of pimples and blackheads. Extra care is often needed.
- Sensitive skin; your skin gets irritated easily, there are flaky patches, redness or itching.
Based on the climate you live in, your skin color and that which you eat, your skin type soon differs from someone else’s.
Lubricate in winter
So to maintain the hydration of your skin in winter, it is important to choose the right product and routine based on your skin type. So take a closer look at your skin routine in winter. When do you apply and what do you apply? Is it compatible with your current products?
How do you maintain hydration?
By smearing yourself at least twice every day. In the morning and in the evening. Of course, drinking plenty of fluids helps. It is important that you learn to recognize the signals of your skin in order to apply more oil in time. We apply oil preventively! The more often you apply oil and the longer you apply it, the faster your skin will become healthier.
To prevent dehydrated skin in winter, it is recommended not to shower too hot. Therefore, after showering, lubricate immediately, as the shea butter or other butter traps the water in your skin as it were.
To be combined with other products?
Yes, even with your current skincare routine, you can continue to apply preventive application of shea butter or other butters. Then use this as an extra layer to get you through the bleak winter months.
Tip: If you want extra hydration choose pure shea butter (link to product), for example, raw shea butter is packed with vitamins A and E, and possesses antiseptic and antibacterial properties.
