With age, the secretion of skin fat decreases, cell regeneration processes slow down. Because of this, even in normal and combination skin there is a tendency to dryness. Therefore, 70% of the women of the planet over the age of 35 are the owners of dry skin.
Dry skin is very thin. Due to lack of sebum without proper care, it quickly becomes problematic sensitive. Accelerated aging begins, there is a constant feeling of tightness. Dry skin is prone to acute reactions to unfavorable conditions: frost, wind, sun, heating. On the skin there are reddening, microtrauma. Very often dry skin shows couperose - a vascular setochka. And this is also the result of insufficient or improper care for dry skin.
In order to avoid such problems or reduce their impact, you need to know what means to care for dry skin.
The ideal solution is a cosmetic line from one manufacturer, including the means for all stages of care. At a minimum, you must follow the rule of duality: one cosmetic line should be a pair of cleansing + tonic and day cream + night cream. Each cosmetic product contains many ingredients. The funds of one line are based on the same active components. The combination of different agents with different compositions can give unpredictable results and cause allergic reactions on dry skin.
Cleansing
Never wash with soap. Even the softer soap dries the skin, destroys an already fragile protective film. Use soft water and special cleansers. Most often it is milk or lotions. Some cleansers, designed for dry skin, do not even require flushing.
Using a cotton swab, lightly massage the lines, wipe the face with cleansing milk, removing makeup and accumulated dirt. Be extremely gentle with your skin, because it is so easily stretched and injured!
In the morning, it is enough to wash with purified water. A good effect is the spraying of the face with mineral or thermal water from the spray gun.
Toning
This stage of care is very important for dry skin. Especially in the event that you use a cleanser that does not require flushing. Then the tonic removes all its remains from the face. Take care that no alcohol enters the tonic. This component drains the skin and promotes its rapid aging. In addition, alcohol-containing cosmetics provoke increased photosensitivity and the appearance of pigmentation on the skin.
Apply the tonic to the cotton pad and with the same gentle movements wipe the face and neck. Then pour a small amount of money on the palm of your hand and wash your face. You immediately feel a feeling of freshness and lightness.
Protection and nutrition
Dry skin is vital both day and night care. In the daytime, you need to use a sufficiently greasy cream with a high level of sun protection. Always a good result gives cosmetics with hyaluronic acid, with collagen.
At night, use nutrients and moisturizers that enhance cell regeneration. Very good for night care cream containing large amounts of vitamin A. Perhaps, retinol (a stable form of vitamin A, used in cosmetics) is one of the most effective components for skin regeneration.
Gel remedies and emulsions are suitable for dry skin only in the summer. Or as an additional care for the base cream. In this case, the gel, serum or emulsion is applied to the skin, waiting for complete absorption (15-20 minutes), and then the main agent is applied.
Modern cosmetology offers many means of long-term exposure. In such products, active components enter the skin gradually, protecting or feeding it for several hours. This effect is usually reported on the label.
Additional care
For dry skin, above all, you need nutritional and moisturizing masks. Instead of scrubs with abrasive it is better to use masks with fruit acids. They destroy the adhesions between the keratinized cells, providing peeling, but do not injure the skin by mechanical action. Masks of deep cleansing (with clay) can be used only in the summer and not more than once in 2 weeks. Avoid using a mask-film: removing it, you injure the skin.
Home-made masks from cottage cheese, cucumber, strawberries are good for variety, but do not replace professional cosmetic products. Such masks do not penetrate deeply into the skin, having only a short-term effect.
Be careful when choosing makeup. Knowing how to take care of dry skin, you will help her for many years to remain young and radiant.