If you are like me, you are not alone when it comes to horrible, irritatingly dry skin during the winter months. Here are a couple of tips to keep your skin soft and comfortable through the cold.
-Although you should drink water all of the time, in winter it helps to keep your skin plump and hydrated. Drink at least 8-10 glasses of fresh water a day. Try not to drink too much caffeine or alcohol as it is drying to the skin.
-Hot baths and showers are also drying to the skin. Try to limit your time in a hot bath or shower. After your bath, blot your skin with a towel, don't rub or remove all the moisture from your body. Leaving your skin a little damp helps keep moisture on your skin as you apply your lotion or body oil.
-Remember to do a periodic body scrub to remove dead skin cells. How often you use your salt or sugar scrub is up to you. Some use a scrub once a week, others use a scrub every day(although I don't really recommend that. Once or twice a week with a day or two in between sessions is more than enough in my opinion). Once your body scrub is done, treat your renewed skin with your favorite lotion, cream or body oil or body butter. For a nice skin treat use lotion in the daytime and body butter at night for deep moisturizing.
-Feet are my worst enemy in the winter. Dry, cracked feet that snag everything from your stockings to your blankets. Once a week pamper those tootsies with a nice pedicure session. Start with a foot soak, followed by a scrubbing with a pumice stone, pumice scrub or sugar scrub and finishing with a rinse and a generous application of cream or body butter. Put on cotton socks, climb into bed and let that cream do its work!
Written by: Patricia Bowe
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