With cold weather on its way, dry skin is right around the corner with the snow flakes and holidays. Up to 30% of the water in your skin can be lost from environmental and physical conditions, so it’s important to use the best your skin care. To help you keep you soft and moisturized this season, there are some skin care recipes that you can recreate right at home with someeasy to access ingredients. Althoughmost moisturizers that are offered in stores are made from a complicated process, using artificial chemicals, oils, and lubricants, the concept is the same for when making your own moisturizer: avoiding dry, rough skin by increasing its water content.
The best time to naturally moisturize yourself, without using any lotions, is right after you shower. When scrubbing your skin, you’re actually cleaning out and clearing out your pores, leaving them fully exposed. After you dry off, applying moisturizer then takes full advantage of your open pores and better guarantees your skin staying soft.
Now why should you consider making your own lotions? One main reason is all of the unnecessary elements that go into a store bought moisturizer. By adding vitamins, nutritive and protein agents, companies are trying to convince their market that these are important to having healthy skin. However, there is insubstantial evidence that adding all of these actually has an effect, whether good or bad on your skin. In fact, many of the plant extracts, chemicals and various other components used can cause a mild to severe allergic reaction. And because so much goes into making these moisturizers, they become more and more expensive. So why bother using moisturizers filled with things that don’t do anything for you, when you can make your own affordable lotion that uses only the essentials to keep your skin soft.
If you’re willing to try something unique and save some money, then making your own lotions is for you. All of the ingredients are easy to obtain and afford. The major elements are plant oils (such as olive, almond, and avocado), pure essential oils, borage (or starflower) or coconut oils, cocoa butter, beeswax and vitamins A, C, and E. If you want to treat for a specific skin type, other components are needed, such as sesame oil for dry skin and grapeseed for oily skin.
There are various methods to apply these ingredients, from mixing together into a cream-like substance, applying the oils directly to the skin, etc. But with research, it’s very easy to discover what your skin type is and what oils are best to keep your skin healthy and moisturized through the winter.
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