Winter Skin Conditions & How to Treat Them

Many moisturizers in the market can combat dry skin. But most of them are expensive. Natural home solutions and remedies are not only cheap but also quite effective in hydrating dry skin back to a healthy state. Let's take a look at some!

Milk Cream for Skin Dryness

Milk cream contains lactic acid which helps improve skin health. It exfoliates the dead surface of your skin surface and speeds up the production of collagen too. Milk also contains something called caprylic acid which is a solution that helps keep the proper pH balance for our skin. Milk cream can also moisturize dry skin well.

Ingredients

2-3 drops of Lemon Juice

1 tbsp of Milk

2 tbsp of Milk Cream

All you should do is combine the lemon juice and the milk cream. Rub the paste-like substance on your face, hands and legs. Leave it on for at least 15 minutes and then wash off with warm water. Do this once daily.

Use Sunscreen

Choose a safe sunscreen, apply broad-spectrum sunscreen to the face hands and other exposed parts while doing outdoor activities each day. Because it is winter use a light sunscreen, a light 40 SPF product gets most people through the brightest parts of a winter day.

Enhance Internal Protection

Eat healthily during winter; that is fruits and vegetables with high antioxidants which help fight free radicals and sun damage. Eat healthily to enhance your health and give the body a stronghold when dealing with winter conditions.

READ Winter Superfoods For Boosting Your Immunity

Dress Heavily

 Keeping warm is the most basic form of body protection during winter. Have gloves, scarves, and hats on even when it is not windy. These clothes protect you from cold, dry air as well as the wind and the sun.

Treating a Winter Rash

Use moisturizers because they are the first defense against winter rush because they help by locking moisture into your skin. Apply moisturizer several times a day especially after bathing.

Petroleum jelly helps trap moisture on the skin because it acts as a barrier. The whole idea is to me sure you prevent moisture loss.

Using oatmeal soap may help sooth your skin. You may purchase soap made of oatmeal grain or grind it and add it to a warm bath.

Treating Skin Paleness

Always strive to hydrate your skin. Use a night cream that with help keep your skin nourished.

Make sure you keep warm all day and avoid outdoor activities that will expose your body too cold.

Add bronze and illuminators to your makeup routine this will help add a little extra glow to the pale skin during the day. You can use a spray tan until the warm weather returns.

READ Running During the Winter Months

Treating Winter Acne

Clean your face regularly with lukewarm water. The air is full of dirt particles that clog your pores resulting in acne. Use moisturizers to keep you hydrated all day.

Use exfoliators but don't go overboard. You can scrub your face once a week.

Consume a lot of water to keep your internal body hydrated.

Treating Cracked Lips

Choose lip balms with special moisturizing agents; it should be having a long lasting effect. They help you keep your lips moisturized longer.

Honey does a good job in moisturizing your lips, use it at night before going to bed. Honey provides one of the best natural ways to keep your lips clean. It also cures darkened lips caused by exposure to the sun.