No.53 February tips to protect your skin throughout the icy cold months

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1 No.53 February tips to protect your skin throughout the icy cold months Dry skin is rough, tight, feels unpleasant, tends to flake, red and itchy. Skin in winter time Winter season can be extremely stressful to our skin due to winds and cold temperatures, outside as well as drying-low humidity resulting from heating, inside. Shifting between the inside warm and dry environment and the outside cold and wet environment creates a stressful difference to your skin. Your skin is not able to self balance itself. The result is dehydration, irritation widened capillaries and redness. These tips will help you to keep your skin beautiful and healthy during winter-time 1. Avoid long hot showers and hot baths Hot water and harsh soap

2 strip the natural protective oils from your skin and dehydrate it. Use lukewarm water, limit your bathing time and use mild, gentle cleansing products. Aloe Vera Cleansing Bar, Gentle Baby Wash, Coco Bath Gel, Fig Hand Wash, Aloe Vera Soap, Dead Sea Minerals and Grapes Soap. 2. Use proper moisturizers Moisturize your skin generously and regularly. you allow the moisturizer to be absorbed by your skin. Look in your moisturizer's list of ingredients, for ingredients such as: Mineral Oil, Petrolatum, Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Olive Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Shea Butter, Dead Sea Minerals, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin B5. Aloe Vera All Purpose Creams, Seven Herbs Butter Cream. Seven Herbs Body Lotion, Dead Sea Spa Body Lotion. Spa Pleasures Butter Cream. Re apply the moisturizer whenever your skin feels dry. Keep the moisturizer handy. Choose a rich and heavier moisturizer. Applying the moisturizer after shower/bath on damp skin will help to lock the moisture in your skin. Apply the moisturizer at least 30 minutes before you go outside this way 3. Take extra care of your hands

3 Hands suffer most during the winter time. Hands are frequently exposed to big amounts of soaps, winds, cold, water and various chemicals found in household products. Wear gloves and take special care of your hands. Apply hand cream when you wake up, before you go to bed and any time your hand feel dry throughout the day. Keep your hand cream handy. Aloe Vera Hand Cream, Seven Herbs Hand Cream, Dead Sea Spa Hand Cream, Fig Hand Moisturizing Lotion 4. Take extra care of your cracked heels Dry skin causes painful cracked heels. This may lead to an infection. Avoid cracked heels by proper feet treatment. Put on a pair of socks overnight. Emolliency Skin Softener, Foot Care Herbal Foot Cream, Seven Herbs Foot Cream, Foot Care Aloe Vera Gel. 5. Do not forget to use sun protection products Sun protection prevents UV damage and photo aging. Remember, snow reflects sun rays. It bounces 80% of sun rays back to us. Before going outside in winter, apply a heavy layer of sun protecting products to your face, hands and any other part that may be exposed. Reapply at least every two hours if you are outside. Aloe Vera Sun Protecting Waterproof Lotions SPF 8, 15, 25.

4 6. Protect your lips Lips get sore and chapped during winter. Avoid being in the sun and in the wind too much. Do not lick your lips, it only makes chapped lips worse. Protect your lips by using lip balms. Aloe Vera Lip Balm, Seven Herbs Lip Balm. 7. Wear cotton clothes under your woolen clothes Cotton clothes do not rub skin, avoid allergy and sweat. exfoliating products in order to avoid irritation. Glycolact day and night creams. Spa Pleasures Exfoliating Cleansing Gel. Spa Pleasures Herbal and Mineral Body Scrubs. Black Mud Exfoliating Body Scrub. 9. Avoid alcohol containing facial toners Alcohol dissolves skin natural oils and removes them. It contributes to skin dryness and increased sensitivity. If you use an alcohol containing skin toner daily, it is better to replace it with a non alcoholic facial toner. Seven Herbs Facial Toner. 8. Do and do not regarding the use of exfoliating products Use mild exfoliating products to clear away dead skin cells in order to get the most out of your moisturizer. On the other hand, do not use harsh

5 10. Be alert to frostnip and frostbite Frostnip tends to affect nose, fingers, toes, cheeks and earlobes. Skin becomes pale and numb. Frostnip is a mild form of frostbite freezing of deeper tissues causing skin to become hard, pale and cold. Warm dressing will avoid frostnip Hat, gloves and ear muffs. 11. Use a humidifier The heating of home and office environments, dries the air and increases skin dryness. A humidifier will raise indoors humidity and help you to overcome this problem 12. Dandruff, Eczema and Psoriasis Wintertime is a bad time for people who has these problems. Extra care should be taken regarding the treatment of these skin disorders. Hair Essential Dead Sea Antidandruff Mask, Seven Herbs Antidandruff Shampoo, Dead Sea Spa Antidandruff Shampoo, Panakosin, Skin Support Line.