Vitamin E | Beauté Claire

Fall is here and winter is coming. It’s that time of year where most of us get dry skin. Dry skin is due to low humidity at low temperature. To keep your skin soft and supple, you need to moisturize your skin and keep it in. Here are some tips that will help you keep your skin moisturized throughout this cold weather. I’ll mainly focus on products and DIY recipes that will help increase and lock in your skin’s moisture for the winter.

Minimize Hot Showers
I know it’s so tempting to take a long hot shower, especially during cold weathers, but hot water robs the skin of moisture causing dry skin. You should keep your hot showers short, approximately 15 minutes, and try to limit it to one shower per day.

Moisturize After Showering
Most people tend to forget to moisturize after they shower. However, in the fall and winter, this step is a MUST! I recommend using an oil moisturizer. Personally, I love True Blue Spa Moisturizing Oil Spray. For a cheaper alternative, Johnson’s Baby Oil works great too. The reason why I recommend oil is because it will lock in moisture 10 times more than regular body lotion and more readily absorbed into your pores than regular body lotion. True Blue Spa Putting’ On The Spritz Moisturizing Oil contains orange peel and aloe extracts that will soothe and moisturize your skin and the vitamin C & E will help prevent free radical damage. Johnson’s Baby Oil’s main ingredients are aloe vera and vitamin E, which will help moisturize your skin and prevent future skin damage. The additional bonus of using oil over lotion for this fall and winter seasons is that your skin will look super silky and toned—light will reflect off your oiled skin enhancing your features.

However, if you do not have any body oil, my next recommendation would be body cream. Creams for the body tend to be a better moisturizer and are better tolerated by the skin. Most are non-greasy which works well with most skin types and helps the skin maintain moisture. Body creams are particularly useful during the cold because it is easily absorbed by the skin. Body lotion, on the other hand, is generally used for mild cases of dry skin and when moisture is more available like in the summer and spring. I recommend using True Blue Spa Lay It On Thick Intense Moisture Body Cream With Shea Butter. I love this product because the cream makes my skin feel instantly moisturized and it keeps my skin moisturized for a few hours. A cheaper alternative would be any Bath and Body Works Signature Body Cream. My favorite is their Moonlight Path Body Cream, which instantly softens my skin for longer periods of time because the product contains Avocado and Almond oils.

Moisturize Your Hands Throughout The Day
My hands get extremely dry throughout the day. This is because the hands are the most exposed body part and the most susceptible to weather. I recommend The Body Shop Hand Cream in Wild Rose. This hand cream not only even outs your skin tone but it hydrates your hands too. Another hand cream I love using during the cold is L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream that only needs a small application to work wonders on your skin and it’s not greasy.

Stay Hydrated
The weather will externally dry your skin and dehydration will internally dry your skin. Dehydration will make your skin look dull and dry, so drink at least 9 glasses of water per day.

Aloe Vera Mask
Keeping your face hydrated is very important during the summer because your face is the first thing people see. Not to mention, it’s very hard to evenly apply foundation with dry cracked in. Aloe vera is one of the key ingredients in most body oils and creams. The main reason is because aloe vera is extremely moisturizing! Just rub some of the aloe vera gels on your face and neck and wait for it to dry before washing it off with lukewarm water. For super dry skin, add an egg yolk and olive oil to the aloe vera gel, which will instantly rejuvenate dry wrinkled skin.

There is much to be said about skin care vitamins that can help one keep their skin looking and feeling young. Just think of the types of foods that we eat every day and how beneficial the food that we eat be to our overall health. For example, if you eat lots of vegetables and fruits you will notice that you feel great and generally get less sick than most other people. However if we eat a lot of fast food, and fatty foods you’ll notice that you are lethargic and generally do not feel very well. It’s a well-known fact that fruits and vegetables have a lot of great vitamins in them and that is the reason why they are great for your skin as well.

There are many women, and of course, who try to hide their wrinkles and aging skin by putting makeup on. But this is not a good use of money or even your time because hiding wrinkles does not work for the long-term. The best thing to do is to eat properly and use supplemental products that can add vitamins back to your skin. One of the greatest vitamins out there for reducing wrinkles is a vitamin A. It has been shown that vitamin A can improve the condition of your skin by making it less scaly and overall making it more flexible.

Vitamin B helps your body will retain a really nice glow to your skin. One of the types of vitamin B is known as niacin. What it does is allows your skin to retain its moisture so that when you’re out in the sun it will help your skin retain water and thus reduce the aging process. Vitamin B is also great for those who have very sensitive skin.

Another great vitamin, besides the vitamins C and E is vitamin K. Many people have dark circles under their eyes. One of the reasons they might start getting these circles is because they’re not getting a good nights sleep every night. By using vitamin K on the skin and can defend your body or your skin. Against this type of discoloration. It’s often used by individuals as well to reduce the effect of spiders veins. Vitamin K has been known to help clot the blood, which reduces the circles as well as the spider veins.

As you can see there are great skin care vitamins, which if used on a regular basis will help significantly reduce the effects of aging.

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