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The sudden drop in temperatures can be harmful to the skin, which then becomes drier, more sensitive, less elastic, and prone to more itching. It is then necessary to adopt a specific, and if possible natural, beauty routine to maintain soft, firm, and perfectly hydrated skin. Here are three natural ingredients to integrate into your daily routine to help you face winter without experiencing the slightest inconvenience.
The cold can have harmful consequences for health, but not only that. In winter, the skin also suffers from long exposure to freezing temperatures, or even temperature variations between indoors and outdoors – and vice versa. As a result, it dries out, becomes more sensitive, and can easily be irritated and vulnerable to external aggressions. An observation which is reminiscent of the importance of adopting a suitable beauty routine, while maintaining a healthy lifestyle (physical activity, balanced diet, water consumption), to shine from the inside as well as from the inside out. ‘outside. These three natural ingredients could help protect your skin from the harmful effects of the cold.
Avocado for deep nourishment
As we have seen, the cold can cause the skin to dry out and cause redness and a feeling of tightness. To prevent these inconveniences, it is important to turn to ingredients with powerful moisturizing powers (if possible natural). While there are a host of vegetable oils that can boast of deeply nourishing the skin, avocado oil is undoubtedly one of the most nourishing, preferably used at night to also benefit from its properties. regenerating and antioxidant. Not only does it hydrate the skin and protect it from external aggressions, but it also makes it softer, more elastic, soothes it lastingly, and is also beneficial for the hair.
If your skin is already starting to feel tight, shea olein oil, or more simply shea butter, can hydrate it sufficiently to avoid the ‘crocodile skin’ effect. Here again, regardless of the format chosen, shea offers the skin the ability to protect itself and fight against external aggressions while calming irritations. It also has restorative properties, and helps prevent certain signs of skin aging.
Olive, grandmother’s remedy
It’s a grandmother’s secret that has never been very well kept, but which today delights younger generations on social networks. In search of ever more natural skin care, they are (re)discovering the thousand and one virtues of olive oil, an ingredient as important in the kitchen as in the bathroom, and accessible to boot. Olive vegetable oil is the perfect ingredient to combat dryness in the hands, often affected in winter, thanks to its nourishing properties.
Not content with deeply hydrating the skin, olive vegetable oil also helps put an end to redness and other sensitivities due to its soothing properties. And to make matters worse, it is as effective on the hands as on the rest of the body, and even certain areas of the face, and can serve as a basis for slightly more elaborate treatments.
Calendula for hydrated lips
When the skin of the face, body and hands is victim to negative temperatures, there is a good chance that chapped skin will appear on your lips. An inconvenience that we could do without at this time of year. Fortunately, calendula flowers are ideal for relieving chapped lips and restoring a soft, rosy mouth.
Calendula oil, which you will also find under the name ‘calendula oil macerate’, has all the properties necessary to achieve this. If people with sensitive skin or prone to itching are used to using this oil to soothe their skin, few know that it is also very effective in combating chapped lips thanks to its soothing, anti-inflammatory, and regenerating. Applying a drop to the lips will be enough to protect them from the cold.
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