If you haven't already..it's time to make some 'tweeks' to your skincare routine!
As the summer sun is slowly leaving us, so too is all that UVB light.
Nights are a little colder and for the first time....on comes the central heating.
Skin often becomes dry or dehydrated, skin turnover slows down and the skin can appear dull, oily and even become prone to a little breakout as the backlog of congestion builds up.
This is a good time to book in for a skin check-up to make the right individual changes for your skin...however, here are a few general suggestions which will suit most skin types.- Increase your oral Omega 3 intake to help support the fatty bi-layers within the skin...Fatty acid deficient skins will often be very dry.
- If you are not on Environ active vitamin A, then make sure your moisturiser is a little richer than your summer lotion.
- Use an AHA product to help facilitate hydration in the skin and improve cell turnover.
- Book in for a skin peel..this is the best time of year to do it. It will remove dead, dull skin cells, improve texture and tone, help with summer sun damage you may have accumulated and remove any waxy, oily plugs which may have built up from your sunblock over the summer months!
- Environ users may want to drop a level in their Vitamin A routine. SO if you are on AVST 4, come down to AVST 3 until January. This is because, your natural vitamin A stores increase within the skin in the winter months (because there is no UVB rays destroying it) and so it is simply not needed..proceeding on a level too high over winter could result in sensitivity.
- Add C-Boost hydrater to repair any pigmentation, lighten and brighten the skin
- Add the hydrating oil capsules. This is my favorite thing. Protects against harsh winter weather and conditions and replenishes the skin. There are 30 silky smooth capsules per jar..great to take on long journeys, or use the day after 'The night before'
- OMNILUX red light photo therapy...wonderful all year round to gently rejuvenate the skin..but very popular this time of year as red light is well known for its 'MOOD LIFTING' benefits, used for those who suffer from S.A.D
- You still need plenty of antioxidant rich, broad spectrum sun protection in the winter.....although the SPF does not need to be as high SPF 15 is enough for the British winter.WHY do we need any SPF in the winter? Well, SPF refers to the protection against UVB, which is low in the winter months...so we can drop the SPF, however, there is still plenty of UVA rays around which damage your skin and 'broad spectrum' refers to the protection against UVA rays.
For more individual one to one adjustments, come for a free skin check-up info@cherrywoodsclinic.com
