As the weather cools, the air can hold less moisture. In the summer, we complain about the humidity, but our skin gets used to being able to soak the moisture from the air. So, what happens when that moisture is not there? Our skin begins to dry and feel a little scaly. Our elbows get rough. Our hair looks dull. We deal with dry skin and hair all over again.
Dry skin is a pain, but it is easily fixed. We just have to tweak our normal skin routines. An easy way to enhance the problem is to use products with alcohol. PCA Advanced Skin Care Systems has great cleansers and toners that are great to use, especially for sensitive skin. Also, many times we feel like we can cut out the sunscreen from our moisturizers, but it is especially important in the winter. The closer one is to the equator, winter and summer have less of a difference in the strength of the sun’s rays. Further north, sun is still an issue as the ultra-violet rays can bounce off of the white snow. Also, when it is cooler, we are more likely to spend longer amounts of time outside.
Another tip is to beef up your moisturizers. Skinceuticals carries moisturizers for both morning and evening routines. In the dry seasons, it is especially important to include a night moisturizer. Oil of Olay also has a number of moisturizers at various degrees. My advice: Whatever you use right now, go up one step for the winter. For some it may mean adding a nightly moisturizer, for others it may be moving from a dry skin moisturizer to an “extra-dry skin” moisturizer.
Also, strengthen the conditioners that you use in your hair. Just a few drops of olive oil to your normal conditioners does a lot. This is my favorite fix because I don’t have to buy a whole new bottle of conditioner. Adding a weekly oil treatment is also a great idea, and they feel great. After putting in the oil treatment in your wet hair, let it sit about a minute and then rinse, shampoo, and then rinse again. TRESemme has a great self-warming treatment that you can use straight out of box. Also, they have both a light leave-in conditioner and a heavier leave-in cream, depending on what you need. With your hair, I suggest that you intensify your conditioning one-step as we enter into the winter months.
It is very important to change your routine now. It is easier to prevent the damage that will come with the winter months than to repair it when you are already in it. Always remember though to find a balance between too much and not enough. Make small changes, because it is easier on the pocketbook to add one more item than to us a product once then leave it in your cabinet for years to come!
Dawn is a graduate of Baylor University who now works for a business service company that specializes in data processing. One of their clients, Live Divine, inspired this story on skin care products.
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