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During winter, our skin faces the worst time. The humidity is dehydrating and the cold temperature stresses the skin and weakens the skin’s protective barrier and causes more water to evaporate. The skin reacts to this by redness irritation and hypersensitivity and chapping.
Steamy hot shower although soothing, is harsh to the skin. This washes off the natural moisture of our skin and dries it. It is only one of the problems. If you have oily skin, during winter, this may become normal. But if you have normal skin, the tendency is for it to become dry. Solutions for this are to apply milder cleansing and choose rich moisturizers.
Emollients are the most important for skin care during this season. It does not only moisturize and softens your skin but also forms a protective layer to its surface to keep the moisture locked and prevents the skin from dehydration.
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WINTER SKIN MOISTURIZER
Winter Essential Skin Care Products
Winter is fast approaching and that means our skin inevitably suffers from the harsh weather. Not to worry, my friends. Take
a peek at these 7 essential skin care products that are like medicine to our skin.
1.Clinique Exfoliating Scrub
Just as the name says, it exfoliates your skin. It’s formulated more for oily skin types, but most skin types can use it to
slough off dead skin cells. Scrub up, ladies- it’ll leave your face feeling rejuvenated and soft.
2.Lancome Renergie Morpholift Eye Cream
The part of our face we tend to neglect is our eye area. It’s very delicate and it requires some extra TLC. This eye cream
from Lancome regenerates the eye area by diminishing puffiness, dark circles, and dreaded signs of aging.
3.Philosophy hope in a jar daily moisturizer
There’s hope for great skin, gals. This facial cream is suitable for all skin types. It moisturizes dry, parched skin and
it’s non-greasy, so it won’t clog your pores. It also contains exfoliating properties for a healthier, fresh looking face.
Organic Lip SPF
Kiss My Face and Eco Lips are two brands offering organic alternatives to your regular ChapStick and Blistex. These alternatives aren’t too pricey at less under $4. Looking at their product descriptions closely, it is worth mentioning that the lip balms with sun protection are not fully organic. Kiss My Face lip balms are 72 percent organic and have SPF 15 except for the Sport variant at SPF 30, which is 52 percent organic. Eco Lips’ variants without SPF are 90 to 99 percent organic; but Eco Berry and Eco Mint which have SPF 15 are 87 percent organic; SPF 30 Sport is 81% organic.
Lip scrubs everyone loves
Just as skin needs exfoliating, so do lips. Banish dryness and cracked lips with these unanimous favorites.
Sara Happ Lip Scrubs are said to be the original lip scrubs. They come in six irresistable variants: cocoa, cinnamon sugar, brown sugar, vanilla bean, almond creme, and peppermint. You can’t go wrong with them.
Sugar-based Smashbox Emulsion Lip Exfoliant has a peppermint taste. It has shea butter, jojoba, and antioxidants to add the oomph to your smashing lips.
It takes two, according to Benefit. Lipscription paired up its exfoliator with a lip balm. A smart combination that won’t make you pout.
Finally, kiss me exfoliating lip scrub from philosophy kisses the flakiness and vertical lip lines away with this popular remedy.
Lip Balm vs. Lip Gloss
Lip gloss don’t offer protection for both sexes as they’re more categorized in the female cosmetics section. Males can find comfort in the fact that their lips can be saved from chafing by buying lip balms instead, which are less feminine.
On the other hand, females tend to shift towards lip glosses for their shiny glittery touches while offering protection as well. Unfortunately, they have to deal with it sticking to everywhere; eg. hair, other surfaces, etc.
Lip balms offer protection without turning your lips into a pair of mutated disco balls. Lip glosses are available readily and come in a variety of colors, tastes, and touches.
Lip Balm Part 3
Several people may try to avoid the less organic variety of lip balm and opt for those beeswax-based or carnauba-based lip balms. Beeswax is a form of natural wax produced by young worker bees used to build honeycombs. Carnauba is also a natural wax but produced by palms Carnauba. The wax derived from the leaves is also known as the queen of waxes and comes in hard yellow-brown flakes.
Unfortunately, there are some people who have allergic reactions to beeswax or any other products that come in touch with pollen. People should take extra precaution when handling these “natural” lip balms.
Lip Balm Part 2
Using Lip Balms has several advantages
a) Main types of lip balms that include those derived from petroleum products such as Vaseline or mineral oil are common and inexpensive.
b) Some types of lip balm contain sunscreen, good for protecting those puckers against lip cancer. (Yes, there is such a thing!)
c) They are easy to customize. Eg. For a matte lipstick, mix lip balm and eye shadow to appropriate proportions. A glossy lip tint can be achieved by mixing cherry Jell-O powder with lip balm.
d) Drawing out lines on the skin around the lips helps protect against inevitable fine lines that appear later on.
Lip Balm Part 1
Being one of the most sensitive areas of the body, the lips deserve as much attention as any other part of our body like our hair or our face. For starters, the skin on the lips is the thinnest found on the entire body. This makes them extremely prone to sun, heat, and wind exposures.
A method most commonly used by people is licking their lips to rehydrate them. Unfortunately, this only aggravates the dehydration process since saliva evaporates more quickly, leaving the lips as parched as ever. Lip balms contain ingredients that lock the natural moisture in and form a protective surface around the lips.
Lip Gloss Part 3
Several disadvantages are:
a) They rarely provide striking intense colors.
b) Shine appears immature rather than polished in the professional world.
c) Like lip sticks, they are sure to leave marks on every surface that your lip touches.
d) Be prepared to make the wind your mortal enemy as you combat flyaway hair plastering to your face every day.
e) They don’t provide precise applications and it is very easy to look like someone who just forgot to wipe their mouth after eating ice cream.
f) Avoiding these series of problems requires one to buy the higher end lip glosses.
Lip Gloss Part 2
Lip Gloss has several advantages.
a) Its subdued colors make it a suitable product for girls trying out their first make-up products.
b) They add fullness and life to limp lips.
c) They are available in a wide range of sheen, flavors, and colors.
d) They are readily available in just about any store, be they convenient stores or high-end malls.
e) Most lip glosses are sold in the affordable price range.
f) They are easy to apply and handy to carry around.
g) One can skip the ever-so-difficult to apply lip liner in favor of a more chic and easy-to-use lip cosmetic.
h) They go great in combination with lip sticks.