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Tips for skin and hair care during cold season

Although winter tends to bring dull, rainy, snowy and cold days, your skin and hair shouldn’t suffer. Your beauty care routine should change because both your hair and skin get dryer and more sensitive. We bring you fabulous tips and advice on hair and skin care during winter.

Skin
Your skin is going to dry up from heating and become flaky. Buy a new, more powerful moisturising cream, and use a special, hydration renewal night cream. Don’t forget your eye area, it deserves to have its own cream too.

Always wear sunscreen on your face, especially if the snow has fallen. Be persistent with your face care routine, which means cleanse, exfoliate, tone and moisturise. Apply lipbalm rather than licking your lips.

Cold weather reduces your skin’s blood circulation, so try to massage your face when applying moisturiser. Do this in small circular moves, gently pressing your face with fingertips. Start on your cheeks, and then move to forehead and chin.

The rest of your body deserves special care too. For feet care during winter, check this pedicure post out. On the rest of your body, wash and moisturise daily, use a peeling weekly. Don’t bathe or shower in too hot water, it will, in fact, sap moisture from your skin.

Hair
Wash hair no more than twice a week, in order to keep the natural oils our scalp produces, which protect our hair. Use deep moisturising hair masks. Excerpt from our hair trouble post: …You can use any deep conditioner you like, or you can simply put some olive oil on your hair and leave it for 20 minutes. The important thing is to cover your head in plastic cap after you apply the conditioner and put on it a warm towel (soaked in hot water for example)…

Brush your hair with natural bristle brushes; this will enhance shine since they distribute natural scalp oils.

Leave in conditioners can be hair lifesavers when the weather gets really cold. Use one in spray, for maximum convenience. Do this before blow-drying or when you are going out. It also makes your hair more manageable.

And if you’re constantly cold, read this get warm post!