Rough skin, dead skin cells, disheveled hair with static…… In addition to cold and dry air, all kinds of heating devices dehydrate water in your body over the winter. As a result, you must pay extra attention to moisturizing in the winter. There’s no exception for anyone. Let’s check out how to spend a moisturized day without your skin feeling itchy or stuffy.
If you’ve been washing your face with soap in the morning to ensure a crisp feel, try washing with only water in the winter. The oil from your body creates a protective barrier on your skin, so if you excessively wash with soap, it may damage the skin in dry weather. But if you have oily skin and you really can’t be satisfied by just washing with water, use a mild cleanser and quickly wash your face.
After washing, you must apply a moisturizing product as soon as you dry with a towel. The ‘three-second moisturizing tip’ that is well-known for being actresses’ secret to rejuvenation captures the ‘natural moisturizing factor’ that sustains moisture in the skin, thereby increasing the skin moisture content.
If your makeup flakes off or your skin has many dead skin cells in the winter, ‘oil’ is the miracle cure for you after taking a shower or washing your face. Use face oil that doesn’t block the pores on your face. For your body, apply oil before you dry yourself off with a towel, and then only wipe off the remaining moisture on your body.
Your hair also needs hydration, because the dry air and huge temperature difference between indoors and outdoors may easily damage your hair. Don’t forget to use treatment after shampoo, and evenly apply hair essence after drying with not overly hot temperature.
You know that the car heater is the main cause for skin dehydration, but you still can’t help but turn on the heater once you get into the freezing car. Here are some tips to protect your skin at a minimum.
First, keep a facial mist in your car. Spray the mist sufficiently onto your face whenever feels dry, and tap lightly to absorb. Also, adjust the direction of the heater to blow below your face, and turn it off immediately once the car is warm enough. Overly hot or stuffy air may tend to make you drowsy.
Drinking a lot of water is a really good habit for moisturizing as well as for preventing all kinds of diseases by filling up the mucous membrane of your body with moisture. Be sure to drink a lot of water at work, but reduce consumption of coffee or black tea in the winter, as the caffeine induces diuretic action and dispels moisture. In addition, keep other moisturizing items like hand cream, artificial tears and mist by your side, and use immediately after washing hands or whenever your eyes feel dry.
The optimum indoor temperature is to have it set below 68℉ and the humidity about 40%. Avoid excessive heating, and if there’s not enough humidity, install a humidifier in your office or keep flower pots around your seat to maintain indoor humidity.
You crave for a spa to dip your body into hot water during such a cold winter, but if you stay too long, you may lose the ‘natural moisturizing factor’ that is water soluble. In particular, too much scrubbing or rubbing removes even the good horny layer that protects the skin, so you must be careful.
Moisturizing is the key to your beautiful skin as well as health in the winter! These tips are easy to follow for anyone, but they’re often overlooked because it’s too inconvenience.
Have a pleasant and healthy winter this year with these daily habits for ideal hydration!^^ 
