How should you take care of your skin in winter?

Cold wind, frequent rainfall, dry air in rooms and cars and low air humidity - all this means that the skin needs special treatment in autumn and winter. Ensuring its optimal level of hydration requires the use of different cosmetics and treatments than in spring and summer. That's right – treatments! This is the perfect time to take care of your skin in a beauty salon.

The cream is the basis of care (right after thorough cleansing of the face). It is good if it contains ingredients that make it easier to retain water in the skin and prevent dryness: hyaluronic acid, ceramides, fatty acids, as well as antioxidants and soothing substances that have a soothing effect on irritations that may occur in winter. These are, for example, aloe and allantoin. In spring and winter, when many days are cloudy, it is easy to forget to include sunscreen in your skin care cream. This is a mistake - UVA rays penetrate the clouds and affect (negatively) the skin. We wrote more about creams with filters here.

Good care is crucial to maintain the proper condition of the skin, but in winter it is better to replace the face gel with a milk or foam that is gentler. They will not dry out the skin and will prepare it for the application of the cream. If it's a windy day, it's worth using oily cosmetics with a more condensed consistency, which will provide better skin protection.

The delicate skin of the lips also requires special care, as they are also susceptible to dryness. This is because the skin on the lips does not have sebaceous glands. It is worth purchasing a lip scrub and a moisturizing protective lipstick, which can also be used as a base for colorful lipsticks and lip glosses. It is important that the protective lipstick contains natural ingredients that do not irritate. Also in the case of lip cosmetics, remember that they contain sun filters.

In winter, let's take care of our entire body: also hands and feet, which we often forget about outside the summer season. In the case of hands, oily creams will work well as they will protect your hands against the negative effects of cold, dry air on the skin of your hands. Drugstores also offer special hand masks - often combined with peelings - which are worth using once or twice a week. The same applies to the skin on the feet, which may even crack in winter. Peels and creams containing urea will work well, as they prevent keratinization and cracking of the skin.

Autumn and winter are a great time to take care of your skin in a beauty salon. Exfoliation treatments using acids, laser and mechanical treatments, such as microdermabrasion, are particularly popular. Hydrogen cleansing is also very popular among clients as it cleanses the skin, improves its firmness and elasticity, and helps restore its radiance.