Proper care for dry skin begins with an analysis of the internal causes of its dryness. These include: a violation of the function of the gastrointestinal tract, namely, poor absorption of food, a lack of vitamins in the body, nervous overstrain, a malfunction in the activity of endocrine glands.
Dry skin can significantly increase under the influence of the environment: too bright sun, cold wind, sea water. To the skin does not dry out even more, you should know the basic rules of hygienic care for it.
Dry skin does not tolerate alcohol-containing cosmetics, to cleanse dry skin is best to use soft milk, which moisturizes and protects it when washing with hard water. after washing, dry skin needs toning and good moisturizing and nourishment.
It is interesting to know that more than half of all women have dry skin. At a young age, the problems of dry skin are not pronounced. It looks elastic, well stretched, matte. The pores of dry skin are closed, there are no black dots on it. Nevertheless, if you leave a dry skin in your youth without proper attention and proper care, then soon signs of premature aging may appear on it. Especially dryness is manifested on the cheeks and temples. It often happens that the skin on the cheeks and temples is dry, and the forehead, nose and cheeks, on the contrary, are fatty. Such facial skin is considered combined, or mixed and requires special care. The earlier you start to care for combination and dry skin, the longer it will retain its youth and beauty.
Of course, in order to have a complete and correct idea of what care is right for your skin, you should seek advice and recommendations from a cosmetologist who will tell you how to take care of dry skin and what means to use it best. You can properly take care of dry skin and yourself, following some rules and recommendations.
Dry skin should be cleaned daily only with soft water at room temperature (not hot and not cold). Cold water will burn to provoke flabbiness and dry skin, cause premature aging. And hot water dilates the vessels on the face skin, it can also provoke unpleasant consequences. Dry skin should be protected from strong sunlight, so to care for it should get a day cream with UV filters. Toning for dry skin should be on a creamy basis, so as not to overdry it even more.
Also, like any other, dry skin needs to be toned after washing. You can prepare at home beautiful tonic for dry skin. The effect from them will be noticeable in a few days after use. Made on the basis of natural ingredients, homemade tonics will revitalize the dry skin of the face, make it fresh and radiant, relieve it of excessive dryness.
Strawberry tonic.
Take 1 tbsp. berries of strawberries and rastolkite it to the formation of gruel. Mix the gruel with a glass of cold boiled water, strain, add a teaspoon of glycerin. Tonic will additionally clean the skin of the dirt and moisturize it.
Brown tonic.
Take a handful of dried elderberry flowers, brew them 1 st. boiling water, let it brew for 10 minutes, then strain and cool.
Instead of elderberry flowers, this lotion can be prepared using camomile flowers, lime-colored flowers. These tonics remove irritation from dry skin, clean and tone it.
Poppy tonic.
Take 10 petals of poppies or 2st. l. grains, pour a glass of boiling water, let it brew for an hour, strain. This decoction can rinse your face instead of the usual washing or after it.
Flower tonic.
Take 2 tbsp. the following mixture: the petals of poppy, rose, jasmine, chamomile, linden. Pour the mixture with a glass of boiling water, let it brew for an hour, then strain. This tonic perfectly refreshes the dry skin of the face.