With winter care there are always many questions and problems. First of all, because November and December "inheritance" go "Summer" problems: Usually by the end of October, the problematic skin "blooms", the dry gives everything that is capable (peeling, itching, red - welcome!), And even normal Prevents surprises. And if at this moment you will go to a specialist, he will advise you to change almost all your care. "What it is!" - You can indignant. We understand your surprise: it would seem, just yesterday you were preparing for sunny days and conducted a revision in the cosmetic bag, throwing away from the acid and creams with a dense texture, and today everything that was ruthlessly set aside (and if you acted with all consciousness, Sent to the garbage tank), you need to return to line. With such a strategy, you can say goodbye to both a half salary! So maybe you should not chop off your shoulder?
Shock therapy
First of all, let's understand why cosmetologists are generally talking about changing products. We recognize the fact: Russia is the territory of extremes, and above all, it is about temperatures here. In the summer, the sun ship out so that it was fit to buy an umbrella, as in Japan, and in the winter you will not leave the street without a scarf, which would save our nose from frostbite. Such sharp and contrasting differences really affect our organism. Pay attention, it is on the whole body, and not only on the skin as a separate organ. The amount of ultraviolet decreases, the light day is reduced, a hormonal restructuring occurs. The cold air itself is much more dry than warm, and therefore it is very annoying the upper respiratory tract. Hence the frequent colds in the autumn-winter period: part of the moisture goes to warm our nasopharynx, and now the local immunity is reduced, and viruses are freely penetrated into the throat. What would remember about ORVI, because, despite the situation in the world, we are writing here about beauty ... But the beauty is inseparable with health, and look at all time after a week with a temperature and in snot it turns out not for everyone. To cure, the body takes the resource from the organs that can function and without it, and the first thing is the skin. The first sign that a person in front of you recently had a dull complexion, because oxygen and all nutrients were redirected to the organs that needed support.
In winter, the amount of ultraviolet is reduced, the light day is reduced, hormonal restructuring occurs, and dryness appears even among girls with oily skin
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From this follows the first conclusion: when we support, the epidermis needs additional support. If you have for power, do not forget about regular care and masks. And even if the forces are not at all, be sure to ventilate the room in which you are, as well as drink plenty of water. Yes, this is the most hunted advice that we will never stop repeating. After recovery, you can pass tests on the content of vitamins in the blood in order to fill the balance.
But the disease is still not a standard situation, and literally everyone advise us to change cosmetics for every day. Why? Imagine your usual day. Morning hot shower, jogging on the frost to the car or subway, then in a warm salon or car. Then again jogging to the office, let the minute, and nevertheless. Then again to heat, to the office. Duchot, batteries at full power, then, for example, to a meeting (again, the cold-heat-cold scheme). And even if you are working on a distance, you need to go to the store, in a pharmacy, by mail, for a walk with children or dog. That is, avoiding the temperature swings will not work anyone.
How does our skin feel? Speaking straight and simple, she is shocked. In Claus, blood circulation slows down, he accelerates in warmth again, and then also, and so in a circle, here is the whole of red, even with the owner of the normal type of epidermis. As a result, the sebaceous glands cease to work in their usual mode, and skin saline, so necessary to protect and retain the natural level of moisture in cells, it becomes less than necessary - hence dryness even among girls with oily skin. And in those who live with dry type, and intensive peeling begins. It is much worse than in the warm season, pimples and other inflammations are height, scars are much more often formed. All wines slow metabolism. Yes, yes, we all in the winter a little bears: our body partially falls into the hibernation, all his strength directing to warm up, and here it is not until the intensive regeneration of the epidermis. Who will help? Of course, the cosmetics industry.
Tangible shifts
So, we figured out that the support of the skin in the cold period is simply necessary. What exactly should it be? Our conventional products may (not always!) It is low-consists in the conditions of this Russian winter. Remember: Sebum has become less. True, this does not mean that your skin type has changed - if you were born with oily or dry skin, it's forever. Just in the frost months and the heating season the natural state of our skin is out of the balance. Obviously, our main task is to return to this balance at any cost, and here your familiar moisturizing cream may not cope.
Usually experts recommend switching to more dense and nutritious textures, but it is too general advice. The following tactic is effective: you look at your favorite jar with cream, define, for which skin it was intended, and choose something from the "neighboring row" to the side to dry type. We explain: if all your life you fought fatty glitter, in winter it makes sense to go to products for combined type. If you have a combined skin, boldly acquire a tool for normal epidermis. Of course, those who live with dryness always need to find special camps with labeling "for very and very dry and sensitive skin." Usually they are sold in pharmacies.
Support for the skin in the cold period is simply necessary
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Our classic three-step care remains such: cleansing, toning, moisturizing. It is worth saying that it is not necessary to wash hot water: it, like too cold air, and air conditioners, significantly dried with epidermis. The gels change on foam, milk or hydrophilic oil (oils generally become salvation in the snow season). Tonic, in which there is alcohol, would cost generally forbid most girls, but if for some reason they approached you in the summer, now they need to set aside.
A separate story surrounded by myths and legends is the use of a moisturizing cream. Someone cosmetologists said that it was possible to apply it for an hour before going out to the street, and better not to apply at all, because there are water. "Frozen in the skin!" (Here our editorial is skeptically nodding his head). Someone becomes hard with cream, but as a result, only dryness is obtained where there were no problems before. What is happening and who can believe? Let's deal with.
First of all, we will understand that any cream, even the most fat and nutritious, even the one on which it is written that it is created specifically for climbers, contains water. Without it, the product will be called oil. And any cream immediately adjusts to the temperature of our skin, very quickly heating up to 36 degrees. Imagine that you fell into a snow buran, and your face has cooled, let 35 or even 34 degrees. How do you think if water can freeze in such conditions? Of course not! Another thing is that all moisturizing components can be divided into two types: on those that attract moisture, and those that slow down its evaporation, creating a protective film. In the composition of the high-quality cream there are also those ingredients, but in the winter you can choose a means in which there are more components that create a film. It is glycerin, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, urea and natural oils.
This explanation "works" and in cases where you use a moisturizing cream, but he does not cope. It means that there are more of those ingredients that attract moisture from the environment. In winter, the air on the street and in the premises is very dry, and attracting the cream just nothing, because you swear on the uselessness of your favorite "summer" product.
Heat exchange
So, with basic care we figured out, proceed to special rituals. It is clear that in the autumn-winter period, nutritious and moisturizing masks are gaining greater relevance, which can be allowed almost every other day. True, check them on the absence of comedogenic components: if your skin no longer looks fat, it does not mean that its tendency to block pores is eliminated. Of course, rash may be less (due to the fact that Cebum has become less), but mineral oils are capable of provoking and the most common sulphates (those SLS), and some natural oils (for example, sweet almond oil, shea oil or oil cocoa). Make sure that these ingredients are not at all or they would stand at the end of the list of composition.
Do not neglect gloves! Even the magic cream will not save you from cracks, if you will be stubbornly walk with open hand brushes
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With the onset of cold, many refuse acid care, motivating that acids cause peeling. But this is not a completely faithful tactic, because the peeling caused by Aha- and BHA components is useful to the epidermis: they stimulate skin renewal, which is often in the "Anabiosa", help get rid of dead cells, support a healthy complexion.
Another common mistake is a complete rejection of sunscreens. Remember that the most dangerous oncogenic rays of type A "finish" to the surface of the earth, even in January, even through the dense layer of clouds. Then they are reflected from white (and even gray, as in the case of large cities) snow and affect the skin. Of course, the burn that causes the rays of the type in, you will not receive, but your dose of harmful irradiation is easily.
I remember about the face, do not forget about the hair. They are the same as the epidermis, there are additional food and protection, because in addition to the effects of dry air, our curls are subjected to constant friction: caps, hoods, capers, scarves ... requires careful care and body. If possible, it is worth cutting the number of visits to the shower. Believe me, hygiene will not suffer, if instead of two times you will take a shower once a day (less often - better). And, of course, after each water procedure, apply nutrient oil or lotion on the body.
Do not neglect gloves! Even the magic cream will not save you from cracks, if you will be stubbornly walk with open hands with open soures. As a last resort, make yourself a paraffin bath.
Winter, as they say, close, but even in the epic "game of the throne" she did not last forever. Our goal is to survive it as comfortable and calmly, protecting your body from cold stress. Take a rule to make a warm all that surrounds you. Let warm mittens, hats and scarves, warm tea visiting a friend, warm flavors, warm plaid, which warms you on weekends in a cozy chair, warm meetings with friends and relatives. In short, warm to you!