Dealing with dry skin during the winter months can be a constant battle! Your skin feels itchy, dry and just miserable. But, dry skin can look and feel moisturized and beautiful all winter long with a few basic tips and soothing gentle treatment with natural skin care products. These beauty basics restore natural moisture balance and radiance, so you can enjoy the beautiful skin you have always wanted.
Try this simple program - featuring natural botanical skin care products, for 30 days and you will be amazed at how wonderful your skin will look and feel! These natural beauty tips help to restore the radiant glow of healthy skin, and get rid of dry skin for good.
To get started:
- Cleanse skin with natural vegetable oil soaps.
These soaps provide gentle effective cleansing without drying or irritating skin and are made with pure vegetable oils including olive oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, coconut oil, and shea butter. Vegetable based soaps help skin retain moisture and are excellent for dry skin care.
- Moisturize skin with natural olive oil and shea butter skin care products.
Effective moisturizing is essential for balancing and protecting dry skin. Moisturizers that contain an abundance of pure emollient vegetable oils and butters including olive oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, shea butter and cocoa butter are excellent choices for this purpose. With consistent daily use, these natural botanical based products can keep skin looking smooth, soft and radiant. For best results, apply moisturizer while skin is still damp after bath or shower, to seal in water hydration.
- Drink water, water and more water.
Water hydrates all skin cells and is essential for moisturizing and balancing skin. Drink a minimum of 8 glasses per day. An abundance of pure water is best. Your body has to work to obtain water from all other types of liquids, including juice and tea.
- Cut back on long hot baths and showers.
Hot baths and showers feel marvelous, but they also remove natural oils from your skin. Warm water is best, and try not to bathe or shower for more than 10 minutes.
- Gently pat “blot” your skin dry with a towel after bathing or showering instead of brisk rubbing. This allows the towel to absorb excess water while leaving a small amount of moisture on the skin that can be sealed in by applying a rich body cream for longer lasting hydration.
- Exfoliate once or twice each week.
Dry skin will look radiant after treatment with an exfoliating product or tool that removes dead skin to reveal new skin cells. Moisturizers are also more effective after exfoliation. New skin cells revealed after exfoliation absorb moisturizing products more effectively, and retain moisture better. Also, exfoliation helps skin maintain optimum moisture balance by increasing circulation, which brings essential nourishment to skin cells.
Start your exfoliation regimen with natural sugar scrubs, or use a loofah or mesh sponge with a moisturizing vegetable soap, and give skin a good polish. Be careful not to use too much pressure or excessive scrubbing the first time you exfoliate, as this can irritate skin. Instead, massage gently during the first few sessions, and gradually increase the amount of pressure and duration. Skin becomes less sensitive to exfoliation over time with regular, once or twice per week sessions. Commitment to exfoliating your skin at least once per week will reward you with super smooth, radiant skin.
- Don’t scratch itchy skin.
Try misting dry skin with floral water, (hydrosol) such as rose, lavender, or orange blossom. Immediately apply a rich shea butter cream or olive body butter to the misted area and massage into skin. You will be amazed at how fast the itching stops!
- Increase the humidity in your home.
Use a humidifier or bowls filled with water, especially in your bedroom. When using bowls of water, be sure to add more water to the bowls as it evaporates, and clean and refill bowls with fresh water daily to prevent mold and bacteria growth.
These natural beauty tips really work to eliminate dry skin. Try them for 30 days to enjoy smooth, glowing skin that looks its beautiful best!
