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Dry Skin Care is Vital to Skin Health

by Aileen Fitzharris

If you've ever had dry skin, then you know how much it can itch and feel irritated. Climate changes can affect your skin condition, whether the climate your living is cold or humid, these conditions affect dry skin. In order to alleviate your dry face and skin, you need to make sure that you are following the proper dry skin care routine.

If you thought dry skin care was just about moisturizing, you could be mistaken. Dry skin has a lot to do with adopting habits that can help maintain your skin hydrated. Here are a few things you should do to soothe your skin.

Choosing the Right Type of Product

The type of products you should use if you have regular dry skin or really dry skin are very different. If you have the first type of skin, you can use a creamy moisturizer on a daily basis. However, if you have extremely dry skin, try mineral oil or even an edible, non-comedogenic oil (e.g. olive oil).

Modifying your Daily Cleansing Routine

If you don't have the right dry skin care routine, you may notice that your skin feels tight and itchy no matter how much you moisturize it. As with any type of skin, you will need to cleanse, tone, exfoliate, and moisturize. Before purchasing your skin care products, make sure that they are both alcohol and fragrance free.

Cleanse your face with a cream or oil product, and avoid using a soapy cleanser. Cleansing your skin with soap and water will dry it out and irritate your skin. However, if you use a cream cleanser you can clean your skin without stripping away its natural oils.

After having cleansed, exfoliate your skin with a gentle product. Try making your own exfoliant by mixing oatmeal and honey or grapefruit juice. The oatmeal will soothe your skin while the honey or juice will help slough off dead skin cells.

The last step of this skin care routine involves applying the appropriate moisturizer for your degree of dry skin. If, during the day, your skin begins to feel tight or itchy during you can reapply your moisturizer as needed.

Daily Skin Care Habits

If you still feel that your moisturizer is not relieving the dryness of your skin, maybe there are some daily habits you should modify. Let's take a look at what may be aggravating your dry skin.

Long showers are a very common problem for people with dry skin. Hot water strips your skin of natural oils. Therefore, take shorter showers with warm water.

Moisturize as soon as you get out of the shower to lock moisture to your skin. If this is not possible, dry off as much as possible. When water evaporates from your skin, some of your skin's natural moisture also goes with it.

BIOBALM is an excellent natural dry skin cream that contains snail serum and other valuable ingredients. This wonderful mix of natural ingredients can help soothe and moisturize dry skin. Skin care lotions that contain this perfect mix of natural ingredient are so gentle that they can be used on any skin type and not cause bothersome side effects.

Published January 22nd, 2010

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