Introduction
Keep your skin smooth and hydrated all seasons. As the mercury dips and we welcome this season of warmth and cosiness, our skin most often bears the brunt of the dry, freezing air of the season. Most of us experience our otherwise soft, glowing skin going all rough, dry or even flaky. That is why skin polishing brings a much-needed glow to your face and helps restore that old smoothness and radiance in the skin. However, to get that hydrated winter glow, it requires a little trick and techniques. So, let's dive into why skin polishing is beneficial during the winter and learn a few of the must-known tips that help you look beautiful all winter long.
What is Skin Polishing, and Why is it Useful in Winter?
Skin polishing is a gentle exfoliation process to remove dead epidermis cells which are at the top of an older but fresher layer. Unlike exfoliation in itself, skin polishing most of the time is made up of several techniques put together; for example, the addition of some mild acids with the help of some gentle scrubs and moisturizing to continue with the removal of dead layers of the skin without causing irritation.
Intake of cold air, especially through the usage of outdoor and indoor heating systems, is a cause of winter dehydration. This makes the skin very fast to become sensitive and dry, thus making it dull as well as collecting dead skin cells that make it appear rougher. A skin polish will make your skin look healthy and smoother. Therefore, you will end up with an optimal surface for absorption.
Tips on Winter Skin Polish
Smooth Hydration 1. Begin with a mild cleanser
Begin with a hydrating cleanser to prepare your skin to tolerate the exfoliating process. Example: in winter you will not use a cleanser that sucks away all your natural oils. Be careful about sulfates present in a cleanser at this time of year. Use a creamy or hydrating formula which supports retaining your moisture barrier. Finally, lukewarm cleansing instead of hot to help retain moisture loss.
Pro Tip: When to look for a moisturizing formula: Check those products containing glycerin, hyaluronic acid, or aloe vera.
2. Exfoliating Scrub End
To exfoliate your skin during winter: Use a mild exfoliating scrub, not to over dry and irritate your skin. Fine-particled scrubs are great, like walnut powder, as scrubs with high jagged grain content can cause micro tears especially at this delicate time of year. Some good but gentle scrub contents are things like jojoba beads, rice powder, or ground oatmeal.
Application: Rub in circular motions softly. You do not want to rub it too harsh on the area, it would be red. Polishing off dead skin cells could be too much exfoliating, so let go at two minutes
3. Good polish with chemical exfoliants
If you're a kind of person who likes a chemical exfoliant, try to introduce one during winter for maximum polishing. Alpha-hydroxy acids allow the chemicals to reach deeper into the skin to break down cells that result in cell turn-over, and also help draw moisture, which is pretty much needed during the coldness of winter because of dryness during that time.
Frequency: Use AHA only or twice a week in winters. Applying polish overworks the drying out skin
Important note: After AHAs do not forget sunscreen since the skin enhances UV sensitivity
4. Hydrating Mask after Polish
Lost moisture also needs to be replenished which can be done because with hydrating mask. Nourishment and soothing irritation that can be done can do by hydrating masks so prefer hydrating mask as such but soothing and moisturising and not clay-based in character where all the oils found in nature used to stripped off on the skin, so avoid clay based.
Recommended Schedule: You can apply hydrating mask one or two times a week after polishing the skin. Keep it for 10-15 minutes and then wash it with lukewarm water in order to get a smoothened and dewy finish.
5. Don't Neglect the Toner
Toners also restore the skin's pH balance and second-level hydration. Hydrating, non-alcohol toner will not tighten up in winter. Be on the lookout for products that have rose water, chamomile, and hyaluronic acid among the ingredients.
Apply toner by dabbing it on to your skin, with your fingers patting it into your skin. This is not rubbed over to the skin using cotton pads. Moisturizing occurs immediately after polish.
Lock in the glow of polish and toner with an amazing moisturizer. Winter months bring you dry skin. Skin needs thicker creams full of emollients; some key ones are shea butter, ceramides, or squalane among many which might just prove helpful to lock its hydrating agents inside pores. Emollients that are well balanced with hyaluronic acid and glycerin, not forgetting a few occlusives to lock in that hydration, it is a winner.
Use- Massage this moisturizer in gently into your skin, working in an upward direction. Moisturizing directly after exfoliating helps seal everything into the skin, leaving you with that smooth, plump glow.
7. Protect with Sunscreen-Yes, Even in Winter!
Sunscreen never waits for sunny days. UV Rays might just damage your skin during the winter just because you're exposing them to areas with snow; it just bounces off of more light. Other necessities for winters are: one polish, which should be applied at night combined with AHA/BHA Serum as that is exfoliated skin and thus has a potential for increased vulnerability to irritations of light.
AHAs or BHAs in serum can be used at night for softer polishing. This will help break down old dead cells more softly because you're probably going to dilute the polish, given the fact that you're not scrubbing away dead skin on your face. That's very much especially good for dry or sensitive skin, which could have been worse off with all that friction and lack of control.
Application: Use this once or twice a week at night. Do not use it in combination with other exfoliants. Use other alternatives inside your skin to hydrate your skin.
9. Inside Hydration
It may seem minor as to the amount applied topically; it's a little-known fact that this skincare topically can, from the inside, equal the goodness of water from the outside. Hydration keeps your skin soft, and, from the inside out, your winter polishing may be that much more effective. Also, food with a good quantity of omega-3 fatty acids such as salmon, flaxseeds, and walnuts gives you the right kind of oils to hydrate from the outside.
Extra Tip: Use a humidifier in your bedroom or workspace to maintain moisture in the air. That could help combat dry skin caused by indoor heating.
10. Tailor your regimen according to different areas
Hands, feet, and elbows are the driest areas of your body, which are likely to need specific care at any time during the winters. That thickest cream or body butter you apply on all those parts will eventually become a bit tough as well as hard in skin texture over times. You seal them only with the thickest application of cream or body butter on them. Though moisturized, cotton gloves for the hands and socks on your toes won't be missed with those creams just absorbed on both.
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Exfoliating Winter Skin
Over Exfoliation: Over exfoliating removes the layer from your skin, making it vulnerable to dryness and sensitivity. One should exfoliate at the most once or twice in a week during the winter.
Using Harsh Scrubs: Scrubs having hard particles may rub on your sensitive skin due to the cold weather in winters. Always look out for a gentle formula.
It never applies the moisturizer right after polishing. Polishing causes the skin to get dry and if you are not able to apply a moisturizer, it negates all the good it did.
Don't Forget the Sunscreen: If during winter it is a cloudly day UV rays still finds their way into your skin hence causing damage so don't forget applying some sunscreen too.
Conclusion: Enjoy smooth hydrated skin this winter.
Winter skin polishing is probably the best way for anyone to maintain smooth, hydrated, and glowing skin as a result of the colder months, but using gentle products alongside some added steps towards techniques will surely give the individual polished look without stripping skin of moisture. Thus, in the following tips, experience the face of smoothened up skins ready for winter seasons alongside lovely and healthy-looking skin which actually feels beautiful to view.
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