Wintertime Skincare

Interesting Fact! Demi Moore moisturizes her skin all the time. No matter how late it is, when she gets home, she takes the time to clean and moisturize her face. "I’m a big believer in that if you focus on good skin care, you really won’t need a lot of makeup."

Wintertime skincare differs from your usual routine. Skin becomes sensitive in winter – that is why dramatic drops of temperatures can be especially harmful. In winter skin requires a special care and attention. Correct and regular wintertime skin care is a guarantee of healthy and nice skin the whole year round!

Cold changes your skin type significantly. Oily skin becomes normal in wintertime; normal becomes dry; and dry skin becomes hypersensitive. You should take it into consideration when choosing wintertime cosmetics.

A sufficient number of vitamins in your food contributes to preservation of healthy skin during wintertime because without them skin becomes dry and irritated. During this time, try to normalize your nutrition and forget about bad habits. Eat more fruit and vegetables because in winter their necessity is increasing. Vitamin A is especially important for preventing dryness and peeling, vitamin E for preventing skin diseases and vitamin C for immunity improvement.

Morning Care

Forget about soap – it overdries skin. Wipe your skin with sponge damped in cleaning lotion. Don’t use cosmetics that contain alcohol. Use skin milk with mallow extract which moisturizes skin and gives it a perfect balance.

Daytime Skincare

Remember that during wintertime you should prefer nourishing cream to moisturizing one. Specialists recommend creams containing calendula, musk rose oil and vitamin E. Their complex influence fits sensitive and irritated skin. Immediate sedative effect is supplemented with restoring and regenerating influence. Vegetable mix on the basis of oils and lichen extracts favours skin cleaning and stimulation.

Cream should be applied to skin not less than 40 minutes before leaving the house.

Remember that neck and décolleté skin becomes more vulnerable to external exposure with age and requires special care and creams for aging and dehydrated skin.

Evening Skincare

Don’t neglect moisturizing cream during wintertime. In the evening wipe your face with skin milk or makeup remover and apply moisturizing cream afterwards.

And don’t forget about your body. Because of dehydration and lack of vitamins during wintertime, suffers not only skin on your face or hands. Use special after-shower moisturizing creams and gels containing musk rose oil and vitamin E that makes your skin especially gentle and elastic. Calendula extracts improves skin regeneration.

Lips require special care. Moisturizing medicated lipstick distributed evenly on lips forms mild and non-sticky layer. Besides, it has anti-aging effect and improves skin elasticity around lips. Use medicated lipstick containing vitamins A, E, castor oil and beeswax which fights with dryness and cracking and also provides moistening.

Ice is also good for skincare. You can buy cosmetic ice base in the pharmacy but it is better to make it yourself considering individual needs and features of your skin. You can use herbal decoctions and infusions, fruit juices, mineral water without gas and pour them into ice moulds. It can be stored in the freeze without loosing its useful properties for a week.

Use 1 ice cube for each procedure. Pass it over your face along the massaging lines.

Calendula Ice

Pour 1 teaspoon of calendula leaves with ½ glass of boiling water and cover it with a lid. Brew it for 30-40 minutes, then filter it and let it cool down a little. Pour the liquid into ice moulds and freeze it.

Mint Ice

Pour 1 teaspoon of mint with a glass of water and brew it for 40 minutes. Filter it and let it cool down a little. Pour the liquid into ice moulds and freeze it.

Laurel Ice

Pour one laurel leaf with 1 glass of water and boil it for 15 minutes. Then remove laurel leaf from the decoction and wait until it cools down before pouring it into the ice moulds. Laurel Ice smoothes skin and removes reddening and irritation. Besides, it nourishes skin and tightens pores.

Parsley Ice

Squeeze juice from the parsley. Fill ice moulds with parsley juice and put it into the freezer.

Simple Ice

Fill the ice moulds with still mineral water and put them into freezer. This kind of ice is very easy to make. It tightens pores, tonicizes skin and makes wrinkles less evident.

ATTENTION!!! In some cases ice massage is contra-indicated. It cannot be used if you suffer from cold, rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, etc. It is also prohibited if you have a bursted blood vessel or your vessels are to close to the surface of the skin or your skin has some injuries (wounds, furuncles, allergy).

No matter how old you are, any skin type requires your care and attention. Don’t forget that cheerful mood favours your appearance. Smile more often and you will look splendid in any time of year and any weather.