As hot coffee and warm blanket may feel cozy during winters, your skin may not be at ease with this season. Our skin becomes dry and flaky and It is important to hydrate dry skin, especially, in winters. Because winter comes with a change in our daily routine, along with the change in your hygiene and self-care routine including skincare.
Think of skincare as of the utmost importance in the winter season. Why do you ask?
The reason lies in the humidity factor in the winter season. Because of the very nature of winter season is low in humidity and moisture in the air, our skin tends to get dry easily. For this reason, an advanced step to hydrate dry skin and keeping it moisturized is required.
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So, without any further delay, let me reveal some ways to you in which you can keep your skin hydrated and moisturized in winters so that you have the soft, supple, and smooth skin throughout this cozy winter season.
1. Daily Moisturising
It is beneficial for your skin to regularly moisturize, from head to toe, after the shower. Depending on your skin type, there are various ways in which you can moisturize your skin. It is recommended to keep an oil-based moisturizer for your skincare regime during winters as it locks in the moisture and doesn’t let the skin deplete from its natural moisturizing resources.
Another way of moisturizing your skin daily is to massage your whole body with nourishing oil before going for the shower. It helps in two ways: body massage in winter that will regulate the blood circulation in the body and nourishment of the dry skin. It is a better way to hydrate dry skin.
2. Nourishing Dry Hands
To keep the hygiene in check, we often try to keep ourselves too clean and in such a process, we tend to irritate our skin natural balance. Hands are most prone to such conditions. Hence, it is essential to keep your hand’s moisturizer handy to keep them moisturized after every wash.
3. Using quality moisturizer
With the abundance of beauty and skincare products in the market, it can be really easy to get overwhelmed by such a variety of choices. Let me help you a bit.
To combat dryness, you can choose a moisturizer that has shea butter in it as it has been historically known to make your skin look supple, smooth, and hydrated. Rest you can try according to your skin type and hydrate dry skin.
4. Sunscreen always
Make sure to keep your skin protected from those harmful sun rays whether it is summer or winter. It is essential to be safe from UVA and UVB rays of the sun even in winters so that you don’t get extra dryness because of the sun exposure.
5. Hydrate yourself
You must have heard that moisturizer gives you the ultimate hydration when the skin feels dry, but the crux of it is to get the water content in your skin in balance. For this, you need water in your body. So, make sure to keep yourself hydrated by drinking at least 2 liters of water in a day. This is the minimum amount your body needs to keep your organs and skin functioning and looking healthy.
6. Don’t forget your eyes
The skin around your eyes is most delicate just like lips in winters. Wearing sunglasses is an excellent way to protect the eye from harmful sun rays. For the hydration part, choose the product with vitamin E or avocado oil in the moisturizing cream under the eyes. This will help to keep your eyes bright in the winter season as well.
7. Infuse moisturizer with a humidifier
Winters means that the air has less moisture, which makes the skin dry up really quickly. It is a good idea to invest in a good desk humidifier to keep the moisture intact in the air surrounding you, day and night. It is an easy way to hydrate dry skin and a way to enjoy the soft and supple skin every day.
8. Limit the hot and cold showers
It may be tempting to get into a hot shower when you have been working for a whole day in the cold weather but you may not realize that hot shower may be doing more harm than good to your skin. Long hot showers strip away the naturals oils of the skin leaving the skin dry and itchy. It is better to keep the hot shower short, a maximum of 15 minutes so that you get the time to relax and strip away that tension in the muscle without stripping away the natural hydration in your skin.
It is recommended that you should take a bath in winters with cold water as it is healthy for you. Read here.
So by now, you have enough to know how to hydrate dry skin, especially the delicate skin like that of under the eyes in the winter. I hope you enjoy the best of both worlds in winter, the cozy feeling in the blanket with smooth skin that you always long for.
Happy winters!
