moisturize on the inside and out. if your winter skin is sending you out to dry then take care to hydrate with water and oils topically as well as nutritionally. to soothe winter skin before it becomes a problem, drink your weight-equivalent water intake, cut down the dehydrating coffee and cola drinks and enrich your skin with oils from salmon, cod liver or vegetarian Udo’s oil. Fat soluble vitamins found in fish, roe, eggs and fatty vegetables, namely A, D and E help moisturize, heal, decrease itch and inflammation and strengthen the cell membrane. when drying the body avoid rubbing skin too briskly but before a shower apply a gentle circular exfoliation to your 2000 parts using a natural dry brush or sponge to help slough off dead skin cells to reveal the healthy new skin underneath. avoid overly hot baths and chlorinated pools, but do indulge in steams and showers followed by an application of avocado or egg yolk mask to the face and emu oil, cocoa and shea butters applied the body of recently moist skin helps seal in the moisture. spa city.
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