For The Best Skin, Follow These Tips
Your skin is responsible for so many functions, many of which you wouldn’t even consider. It helps control temperature, get rid of toxins and protect organs among many other things. It is so important to have good skin care so that it maintains its functioning well, but also so that it looks its best. Here are the best tips for skincare that you need to be doing to keep your skin youthful.
1.) Protect your skin from the sun. Nothing else ages the skin and causes blemishes like the sun, so you need to shelter it from the damaging rays. Don’t let your skin burn at all in the sun’s rays and avoid the hottest times between 11am and 1pm. Always wear sunscreen, even if you are not going out in the sun as it is very moisturising and will protect against the constant low level U.V rays that silently damage over time.
2.) Keep your skin moisturised. Your skin, like every other part of your body needs moisture to work properly so make sure it is always moisturised and supple. This is not to say you should apply moisturiser all over the body all the time as this can suffocate the skin, but instead treat it when it is dry with qaulity skin and hand care products. After swimming, showering and being in the cold for a long time are common occasions when you need to top up your skin’s moisture.
3.) Don’t smoke. Cigarette smoke contains so many poisons and toxins that are completely counterproductive to its functioning. They dehydrate skin, mutate cell, restrict blood supply and block pores. You only have to look at a chronic smoker’s skin to realise this is a given, so stay away from them.
4.) Reduce Stress. This is hard one but very important for complexion. Teenagers as we know commonly suffer from skin problems and the is a result of increased hormone levels during puberty resulting in elevated sebum levels. Stress hormones cause the same thing to happen and so it is important to try and keep levels down by saving some time each day for yourself.
5.) Keep make-up to a minimum. Light or high qaulity make-ups are not so bad but when you begin layering or using thick make-ups the skin simply cannot breathe and pores become infected and inflamed. All make-up should be removed before you go to bed also. This is because the skin cleanses its self to some degree when you are sleep and this process is restricted when there are anything preventing air getting to it.
Follow these few key tips and your skin will thank you for it by looking better than ever.
