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Hydrating Face Masks – The Ultimate Skin Care Cream

  • Posted on January 27, 2010 at 12:48 pm

Winter really takes it’s toll on your skin, what with freezing cold temperatures, icy winds and then dry central heating all stealing valuable moisture from your skins surface. No matter how much rich cream you apply to your face throughout the winter, it seems there are always patches of dry or chapped skin that surface, leaving winter skin seeming pretty undesirable. Another reason our skin gets so dry throughout winter is that we are all guilty of not drinking enough water, after all, when it is cold and wintry outside, water comes a poor second to a lovely creamy hot chocolate.

With spring just around the corner, getting your skin back to it’s glowing glory is much easier, and with summer holidays following shortly after the arrival of spring, it is all about getting your skin back into shape, along with all those wobbly bits that seemed to appear over the festive season! A great way to start getting your skin ready for spring is to invest in a hydrating face mask, which will give your skin a much needed moisturising drink. There are some fantastic masks available, some of which smell good enough to eat!

Elemis Exotic Cream Moisturising Mask
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This mask is one of the ones that smells good enough to eat. It’s rich creamy texture makes it a pleasure to apply, and it feels amazing as it sits on your skin, in fact you can almost feel it feeding your skin with it’s creamy goodness.  It almost seems a shame to have to remove this divine smelling mask, and it’s smell is guaranteed to have you coming back for more on a regular basis. It’s results are noticeable instantly, with skin left feeling soft and silky for days afterwards.

Origins Make a Difference Sheet Mask

originsOrigins Make a Difference Sheet Mask is a hydrating mask with a difference. Their ingenious design takes all the mess out of applying a face mask, and all you have to do is lay one of the gorgeous smelling pre-soaked cloths over your face and lie back and relax. They leave your skin feeling refreshed and revived the next day, and you won’t have any stray bits of face mask that you missed when you washed it off, lurking in your hair.


Trilogy Ultra Hydrating Masque

trilogyThis mask is packed with things for organic product lovers. It is cooling and soothing the moment it is applied, and smells lovely and fresh. With a lovely blend of natural ingredients, it makes you feel like you are giving your skin the treat it deserves after the long cold winter, and you can almost feel your skin taking a long,  hard-earned drink from this refreshing mask.

All of these masks promise to make your skin look and feel fresher and softer, and while the results differ slightly between them, they all live up to their claims. While the results may not last for longer than a week, they are a great way to start repairing and replenishing your skin after the long cold winter. Using a hydrating face mask once a week, or once a fortnight, depending on your skin type, will go a long way to helping bring back the natural balance of your skins moisture levels. Of course, you will need to combine this with a good skincare regime, using your regular skin care cream to keep your skin looking and feeling healthy all day long.

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Skin care for dry and dehydrated skin

  • Posted on October 2, 2009 at 4:25 pm

When choosing a skin care cream it is important to choose the right cream for your skin type. Many people turn to face creams when they feel they are suffering from dry or dehydrated skin. Understanding what causes your skin to feel dry and how best to treat it is the first step in getting the right skin care cream for your needs.

Dry skin and dehydrated skin are actually two very different things. Dry skin results from external factors such as sun exposure, pollution or wind chaffing. Dehydrated skin is a result of an internal factor, and that is dehydration. It is so important to make sure you are consuming enough fluids throughout the day, not only to keep your body functioning well, but also to make sure your skin stays soft, supple and youthful looking. No amount of cream will be able to remedy skin that is actually being dehydrated from the outside, it will simply improve the surface appearance of your skin for a while as it is unable to give your skin cells the water they so desperately need on the inside.

Dry skin however, can really benefit from a lovely rich moisturiser, preferably one that will soothe your skin as it moisturises. Depending on just how dry your skin is there are varying levels of cream that will be able to help bring your skin back to it’s full glory. If you are experiencing dry skin as a result in the change of seasons, when summer ends and central heating comes on, leaving your skin feeling dry and sore, then you want to start using a slightly richer moisturiser on a daily basis in order to restore your skins moisture and protect it from the elements. It is best not to switch straight from a summer moisturiser to a winter one as it may well be too heavy for your skin and block pore, resulting in spots which isn’t the idea! Instead opt for a mid-level moisturiser, if in doubt opt for something that states it is suitable for normal to dry skin, so you can give your skin an extra boost without overloading it.

Another great skin care cream to help you get dry skin re-moisturised is night cream. Night creams are traditionally much heavier than day creams as they are designed to be applied after cleansing and left on overnight, when no make-up need to be applied over them. Night creams are very rich, but can work wonders on dry skin, giving you noticeably softer skin the first morning after use.

If you feel your skin needs more than just a moisturiser, then there are some wonderful blended skin oils designed for facial skincare. Many people believe that oils are far too rich to be used on their faces, but in fact there are many oils that are perfect to rehydrate and condition tired, dry facial skin without causing oily looking skin or blocked pores. You may have to use a little bit of trial and error when finding the right skin care cream for your winter skin care regime, but remember that it can take around 4-6 weeks for your skin to adjust to a new product so don’t be too quick to dismiss something you feel isn’t working.

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