Posts Tagged ‘dry skin’

It’s that time again; time for most of us to slather on the body oils, lip balms, and deep conditioners or face the flaky, itchy, dry skin that cold weather and dry indoor heat can cause.  We’ve picked out our favorite, most protective, deeply hydrating products to help you stay soft and supple all winter!

Besides a balanced diet, preventing dry skin starts by not stripping it in the shower.  Most organic body cleansers are less likely to strip the skin of its natural oils than chemical or petroleum based ones but of the many choices we offer, we found skinnyskinny’s organic bar soaps to leave our skin the most balanced.  Remember, squeaky-clean is too clean.  It just means that you’ve broken down and washed away your skins protective lipids.  Think you want more of a slick-clean than squeaky and with skinnyskinny’s base of evoo, coconut, palm, avocado and jojoba oils, your skin will be left hydrated and clean.

The best way to keep skin hydrated for the longest amount of time is to apply moisturizers directly out of the shower while your pores are “open” and quenched.  This is when a body oil will work best by being absorbed most.  Our body oils range from very light to deeply hydrating.  If you are looking for quick absorption, especially for use before a body lotion, try Organic Apoteke Body Hydrate Oil.  For drier skin Patyka’s Rosewood Body Oil is luscious and leaves the skin lightly scented.  Our favorite for the driest skin is ila Body Oil.  It is the richest in ingredients that actively heal dry skin like wild-grown Argan oil and rosehip seed oil.  While it is a little heavier, it seems to keep the skin deeply hydrated longer than any other oils.

If body oil isn’t for you – or you’re like me and need body oil and body lotion, hands down, our favorite body lotion is Jurlique’s Rose Body Care Lotion. It smells beautiful and although it’s very light, a little goes a very long way.  Also, winter might be a good time to go a little heavier with a body cream.  Body creams have less water content than body lotions and can really be slathered on.  The most fun and protective one we’ve found is Sweet Beauty’s Pot de Creme.  We found it to be easily absorbed but also form a bit of a skin barrier (probably due to it’s vegetable wax content).  Unlike petroleum barriers that are often used in dry skin protection products, vegetable emulsifying wax can ward off the environmental damage to your skin without doing damage to the environment!

Now that we’ve got your body juiced up, we’ve got to protect that pretty face!

Just like with your body, dryness prevention starts with your cleanser.  We offer many dry skin cleansers but the question I get most often is whether or not you can use them without breaking out if you are acne-prone or sensitive.  Some cleansers designed for oily, sensitive or combination skin may not be hydrating enough in drier climates but cleansers for dry skin may not prevent acne.  There is nothing worse than having oily-dry skin.  Yes, it’s possible!  One of our favorites just for this issue is Jurlique Daily Exfoliating Cream. The perfect combination of oil absorbing almond meal and oat bran meet light, moisture balancing seasame seed oil and leave all types of skin magically balanced.

There are too many moisturizers for too many different skin types to reccomend just one for winter but if you happen to get stuck undecided, we would love to help.  Feel free to post a comment, LIVE CHAT with us  or email us and we will try to help you find one formulated just for you!  Our Veep, Mariah J. loves Patyka Face Cream with tea tree and spearmint for her combination skin and Spirit loves the glow you get from ila face oil.

One of winter’s most common annoyances is dry, dry lips and lip balms that don’t last more than 15 minutes.  Our favorite lip treat has to be the  All the Better to Kiss You With 3-pack.  One for the purse, one for home and one for work with the fun of getting to try all three flavors!  Lips love the hydrating organic oils and protective beeswax and we love not having to reapply all day.