No Worry Ways to Banish Dry Skin

Dry skin can make you look older and feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, there are easy and inexpensive ways to keep your skin supple and smooth year round. With a few simple lifestyle changes, you'll be on your way to softer and healthier skin.

Change the Way You Wash

1. Select mild cleansers. Harsh soaps and hand sanitizers can make your skin feel drier. Deodorant soaps and cleansers with fragrance or alcohol strip away your skin's natural oils. Look for moisturizing bars and soap free cleansers instead.

2. Use a gentle touch. Massage your skin and scalp lightly rather than using vigorous scrubbing motions. Minimize your use of bath sponges, loofahs, and brushes that could also irritate your skin. Use a towel to pat yourself dry instead of rubbing.

3. Limit your time in the shower. Those long, hot showers you love may be stripping away your skin's oily layer. Keep showers and baths to 10 minutes or less. Also, lukewarm water will protect those natural oils better than hotter temperatures.

Make the Most of Your Moisturizer

1. Apply moisturizer immediately after washing. Lather on the moisturizer while your skin is still damp from the shower or from washing your face.

* Oily products are especially effective in preventing the evaporation of water from your skin. You'll be sealing in the moisture and softness.

2. Select the right moisturizer for your skin. Reach for intensive products if you already have red scaly patches. Greasy formulas like petroleum jelly and oils will give you maximum hydration. Moisturizers with more water feel lighter, and are usually adequate for normal or oily skin.

3. Update your skin care routine for seasonal needs. You may need more moisturizer in the winter to counter the effects of cold, dry air and indoor heating. Summertime may come with its own special needs too if you spend a lot of time swimming.

Develop These Easy, Healthy Habits for Your Skin:

1. Avoid scratching. Moisturizers and cold packs will soothe itchy skin better. You'll also lower your risk of infection.

2. Use fragrance-free laundry products. Look for alternatives to commercial fabric softeners that contain chemicals that are toxic to your skin and the environment.

* Your clothes will come out softer if you remove them from the dryer while they're still slightly damp or add some vinegar in the wash cycle.

3. Avoid fabrics that irritate your skin. You may be sensitive to wools or certain synthetics. Shop for clothing you can wear comfortably.

4. Get a humidifier. Combat dry air with a humidifier. You can get a portable model or one that attaches to your furnace. Just keep it clean to protect yourself from bacteria.

5. Turn down the heat. Central heating, fireplaces, and space heaters all reduce humidity. Try turning down the thermostat and dressing more warmly.

6. Protect your skin from too much sun exposure. Although sunshine is an important source of Vitamin D and helps strengthen your immune system, natural heat also dries the skin. Usually, 15 minutes of sun each day is enough to soak up a good store of Vitamin D.

* Skin gets dryer as you age, but you can slow down those effects by using a full spectrum sunscreen when you're not replenishing your Vitamin D.

7. Eat foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids. These essential acids have many benefits, including keeping your skin healthy. Indulge in fish, nuts, and olive oil.

8. Engage in regular exercise. An active lifestyle is good for your skin as well as your overall well being. Aerobic activities and drinking plenty of water will improve your circulation and complexion.

9. See a doctor. If home remedies fail to work or you have sores that could get infected, get a physical examination. Your doctor can check for underlying conditions or refer you to a dermatologist for specialized treatments.

Get rid of dry skin by changing the way you wash and adopting a healthy lifestyle. You'll love your new complexion and feel smooth all over.

Give Your Skin a Lasting Glow With These Healthy Food Choices

It's so easy to forget that what you put into your body plays a huge part in how your body feels and how well it performs!

When you get caught up in day-to-day happenings, you're likely to lose sight of the importance of watching what you eat. You start to focus on eating to sustain you throughout the day instead of eating to keep your body healthy.

Eventually, you'll start to feel tired and worn out, and also look pale and undernourished. If you're at that stage right now, it's important to make a conscious effort to assess what you're feeding your body. This is the first step for reviving your appearance and overall health.

In getting started, look at what you can include as well as what you can eliminate from your diet to help you get and maintain glowing, healthy skin. A glowing exterior reflects a healthy interior!

These food-related decisions will help you achieve and maintain a healthy glow:

1. Drink lots of water. Water has several benefits to the body, but specifically related to that glow you want is its ability to flush toxins from your system and keep you hydrated.

* Drinking 6-8 glasses of water each day will result in healthier, cleaner skin and a timeless natural glow.

2. Eat berries. Berries like raspberries, blueberries and blackberries are rich in vitamin C and antioxidants. Antioxidants play a huge part in helping to eliminate toxins from the body. As you may know, toxins are dangerous and contribute to all sorts of negative symptoms, including tiredness, weakened immune system, and even tainted blood.

* All of the above symptoms can manifest themselves very easily. You'll be able to look in the mirror and know something's wrong.

3. Avoid processed foods. In lots of cases, processed foods contain ingredients that the human body just doesn't know what to do with. When you eat them, the body just holds on to what it can't process. In such cases, you really don't know what kind of impact those ingredients are having on your system.

* Play it safe by avoiding processed foods as much as possible. They may very well be contributing to the missing glow.

* Shop at the whole foods stores in your area and have organic foods where possible.

4. Include fiber each day. Fibrous foods are effective at aiding digestion and allowing the body to get rid of free radicals that can wreak havoc on your system.

* When you eat foods high in fiber, like grains and green vegetables, your strengthened health is reflected in your skin, too.

* Whole grains can be found in some breakfast cereals, but be sure to check the sugar content so you're not diminishing the value of the grains.

* Broccoli is a particularly effective fibrous vegetable.

As you can see, it's really not that difficult to treat your body right. By making just a few changes to what you eat, you'll enable your body to function well and your skin to maintain a healthy glow.

When changing your diet, it's easier if you implement just one change at a time. Once that change becomes a habit, you can make another change. Your skin will show the results in no time!

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