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Providing your skin with the hydration and protection it needs is the most effective way to maintain glowing, young looking skin.
Balancing Moisture Levels in the Skin
Our skin needs both moisture (water) and oils to stay soft and smooth. Sometimes skin dryness is caused by a lack of moisture, or hydration, other times because of a lack of oils and sometimes because of a lack of both.
As a rule of thumb dryness in younger skins is because of a lack of hydration and dryness in more mature skin because of a lack of oil or both.
 If your skin lacks moisture / hydration....
How to spot it:
Skin looks shrivelled and parched when dry
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Go for a gel based organic moisturiser formula with moisture rich aloe vera or a light cream.
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Even better is an organic moisturiser with hyaluronic acid, nature’s water binding nutrient that locks moisture into the skin. Hyaluronic Acid also supports collagen renewal so is an excellent anti aging skincare ingredient that helps your skin maintain its firmness.
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In summer an organic hydrosol (flower water) spritzed onto the skin is a great way to keep skin hydrated throughout the day and will also help keep it cleansed and help prevent outbreaks.
If your skin lacks oil....
How to spot it:
Skin can look flaky and feel rough when dry
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An organic facial oil is the purest and most effective way to introduce easily absorbable and natural oils into your skin. Choose a richer plant oil like rosehip for very dry skin or lighter formulations with hazelnut, almond or jojoba for more normal skin types.
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During the day you can apply a light day cream over the top of a facial oil to help lock in the oil and provide a layer that protects your skin from environmental damage.
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An essential fatty acid supplement will help to improve the natural oils in your skin and its softness.
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If you prefer to use a cream moisturiser choose one that contains plenty of plant oils such as rosehip, shea, jojoba, olive or almond.
If your skin lacks oils and moisture....
How to spot it:
Skin looks both shrivelled and flaky when dry
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A combined hydrator and oil facial system (see Kimia below) is an ideal way to re-introduce oils and moisture to your skin.
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Use richer facial creams that combine hydrating ingredients such as aloe, flower waters or hyaluronic acid with plant oils or for an extra treat for dry skin or in winter apply a cream over a rich moisturising facial oil which contains ingredients such as rosehip, pomegranate or carrot.
Day & Night....
Day
Throughout the day our skin is exposed to a whole host of challenges: sun, wind, cold temperatures, central heating, city pollutants, grime etc. The challenge of a day time moisturiser is to create the perfect base for makeup so your skin looks great throughout the day and to protect it from its environment
Night
Opinion is divided about whether it’s necessary to moisturise the skin at night. However most people find that if they don’t wear any product on their skin at night their skin can start to become a little dry.
Night time is when the skin repairs itself and it has an opportunity to take in specialist nutrients to support the renewal process. Choose moisturisers, serums or facial oils that provide your skin what it needs to stay in great condition.
Tip: Don’t go overboard on rich night time treatments if you have open pores or are prone to outbreaks...you could just end up over loading your skin. Choose either a light serum (we love John Masters Organics Anti Aging Vitamin C Serum £32 | 1fl oz) or apply a richer treatment sparingly every other night.
Combination Skin....
In a perfect world we’d neatly fit into a skin type category. In the real world it doesn’t often work like that. Many of us have combination skin and will find that the skin in our t-zone has different needs than on the rest of our face and decollete.
There are formulations designed to be worn by combination skins. Dr Alkaitis Organic Skincare is a range that truly suits all skin types. Its adaptogenic formulations help to balance the skin making it a particularly ideal skincare range for combination skin types.
Sometimes the most successful approach may be to use different products in the different zones, for example a rich cream on dryer areas with a lighter gel or lotion on oily patches and open pores. It can take a little patience but once your skin starts to rebalance your efforts will be rewarded.
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LoveLula.com is an online natural and organic skin care specialist. Our mission is to bring you quality and effective natural skin care and beauty products that love your skin and the planet and transform your beauty routines into rituals. That's why all our organic skincare products are free of ingredients such as parabens, artificial fragrance, sls and phthalates and they're cruelty free.
Our range includes organic makeup and cosmetics from Lavera, suki color, Elysambre & Nvey Eco, mineral makeup from Bare Escentuals i.d. bareMinerals, natural and paraben free foundations and lipsticks, organic skin care and facial care from brands including Dr Alkaitis, suki, bod, Kimia, Kaeline, Akin, Madara, Apples & Pears, Antipodes, Kimberly Sayer, Pai, ila, Trilogy, Spiezia, Weleda, Balm Balm and bod, natural haircare from John Masters Organics, Headonism, Lavera, A kin, Giovanni and Urtekram, organic and natural bath and bodycare from Alqvimia, Primavera, ila, Dr Bronner's, Green People and Badger Balms, organic pampering products for pregnancy including natural anti stretch mark lotions and potions, organic babycare from Erbaviva, Weleda, bod for bubs and Beaming Baby, 100% natural skin care supplements from Viridian, organic skin care and ointments for eczema and acne, mineral oil free natural wax treatment candles from Natural Magic with organic essential oils and a range of organic skin care and organic grooming products for men. |
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