The cold winter is coming, and our skin is changing with it. The skin has changed from being easily oily and wet to being much drier, and it can even be said that it has a slight dryness. Some people's skincare practices also change in the fall and winter, and it's easy to see two "extremes": cumbersome and simple.
In the face of multiple layers of skin care products or only a cream thing, these two skin care states, for autumn and winter skin are lacking, today we will talk about: how to skin care in winter? Master these 5 skin care rules, your skin will get better and better!
Principle 1: Avoid hot water to wash your face
Winter temperatures are low, and we are very comfortable in cold weather environments, taking a bath with hot water, washing our face, and brushing our teeth. However, for the skin of the face, it is not good for the skin to wash the face with too hot water.
Excessive hot water temperature, on the one hand, will briefly accelerate the dilation of facial capillaries, and there will be obvious symptoms of red face and red blood after washing the face. On the other hand, excessive water temperature will cause the face's own sebaceous film to be more easily washed off by the facial cleanser, resulting in the problem of excessive dissolution of facial oil.
After we wash our face with hot water, we may feel comfortable during the rinse. However, after washing, the skin will feel tight and wrinkled very quickly, and the face is very likely to have dry red symptoms. These are actually manifestations of skin discomfort and damage to the sebaceous membrane. So in winter to wash your face, we control the water temperature, close to the human body temperature, or feel cooler, after washing the skin feels more gentle.
Principle two: need to do sun protection
Winter sun exposure is weakened, the intensity is significantly reduced, and it is easy to ignore sunscreen skin care. The reality is that although the visible light weakens in winter, the UV light that causes the skin to darken and age still exists, and the UV light is not visible to the naked eye.
There are also some people who are exposed to the sun without sun protection. Especially in the afternoon, when the sun is strong, the sun is warm, the face also feels hot, and it is likely that there is a burning sensation. The body is protected by thick clothing and rarely shows signs of damage. But "naked face" in bright light for 2-3 hours, the skin is very prone to tanning. If you do this for a long time, you will find that the facial complexion is dull, the sun spots are exposed, and the fine lines on the face will increase significantly.
So winter sun protection is equally important. If you want to go out for a long time, the protection of the face cannot be ignored. People who are often indoors can take the protective way of hiding.
Principle 3: Oily skin also needs to be moisturized
Winter is probably the favorite season for oily skin, the amount of oil produced by the facial skin has finally dropped significantly, and the oil problem on the face has been significantly alleviated. Moisturizing skin care products that may aggravate the oily feeling on the surface of the skin are naturally not valued.
However, for our skin, the winter skin is very easy to feel dry and tight, the secretion of oil is reduced, the skin barrier structure will also be affected, and it is very easy to have subtle skin damage problems. Coupled with the cleaning habits unique to oily skin, many times it will cause damage to the sebaceous membrane on the surface of the skin.
Over time, it will not only lead to skin prone to acne, but also may lead to adverse manifestations of external oil and internal dryness. Therefore, for oily skin, moisturizing care in winter is also done. Choose from a more refreshing lotion or a cream with a cream that feels matte after the skin. Oily skin texture is moderately moisturizing, and many subtle oily sensitivities will be improved.
Principle 4: Avoid over-stacking skincare products
The characteristics of dry and tight skin in winter will cause many of us to use a variety of skin care products in stacking when skin care, mistakenly believing that the absorption efficiency of the skin at this stage is higher.
In fact, the metabolism of the skin in winter will also be reduced, and too many skin care products will be applied, but the burden on the skin will be increased, and it is easy to rub mud and dull skin tone. Winter skincare, the skin's sense of self-experience is key. After applying skin care products, it will not feel stuffy, and the skin will not feel sticky and uncomfortable; after the completion of skin care, the skin is soft and the epidermis is not dry and wrinkled, which is a relatively suitable way of skin care.
Principle five: Avoid frequent cleaning
Winter cleansing and skin care, whether it is the usual face washing, or deep cleaning, needs to be reduced in frequency. Oily skin can use cleansing products every night, dry skin depending on the environment on the day, whether makeup or other factors, you can choose to use a cleanser every 1-2 days.
Like other cleansing skincare, once a week or once every two weeks. At this stage, the corneum of the skin is metabolized, the production of sebaceous membrane is relatively slow, and if you continue to carry out intensive and frequent cleaning, it will be very easy to cause damage to the skin barrier. In fact, our faces are not so dirty, and the pursuit of too clean skin experience still causes damage to the skin.
In fact, winter is the golden age of our skin's self-cultivation. What we need to do is to provide a safe repair environment for the skin, protect it from damage and irritation, and slowly maintain it to a good skin condition.