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With fall signaling the onset of cooler temperatures and stronger winds, it’s not long before many start to experience seasonal skin dryness and flakiness. Not only does the cold and wind steal moisture from the skin, but they also break down the lipids that keep the skin barrier intact.
Although this may be the norm for you each year, this doesn’t need to be the case anymore. Read on as VouPre shares some fall skincare fixes that will get you through the season with a dewy complexion and a radiant glow!
Use a Richer Moisturizer on Windy Days
It’s usually advisable to switch to a richer moisturizer in the winter. With the skin producing less oil while also taking a battering from the harsh weather, a moisturizer not only provides a layer of hydration, but also locks that moisture in to prevent it, as well as your skin’s existing moisture reserves, from evaporating.
With fall being a transitional season, you may not need a rich moisturizer on those warmer days that are reminiscent of summer. However, on days when the weather feels more autumnal, switch over to a thicker cream. This will help to prevent the appearance of skin dryness and the subsequent flaking.
The Aqua Nano Cream from the VouPre Aqua Collection is perfect for windy fall days. It’s infused with a selection of plant oils, including avocado and coconut, yet it doesn’t feel heavy on the skin. Thanks to the likes of collagen, seaweed extract, peptides, and sodium hyaluronate, it will keep your skin barrier feeling deeply supported.
Add an Extra Hydrating Serum to Your Fall Skincare Routine
Moisture loss is one of the most common skin concerns around once fall arrives. It’s why so many people experience skin dryness, flaking, roughness, dullness, and more. Moisture is essential for every single process that occurs within the skin. If your skin is lacking even a small amount of it, this has a knock-on effect on everything else.
Hopefully, your skincare routine already contains a hydrating serum. Moisture is something that your skin needs year-round. However, to counter those seasonal fall skin woes, consider adding an extra hydrating serum to your fall skincare routine, so that you’re layering one over the other.
We have a few super-hydrating face serums available at VouPre. The Cannabis Facial Serum from our Cannabis Collection is one. This one brings together several humectants – ingredients that bind moisture to the skin to instantly quench. The best part is that it also contains lactic acid. Not only does this alpha-hydroxy acid act as a hydrating humectant, but it also has a mild exfoliating effect on the skin. It’s perfect for getting rid of those small flakes that are commonly associated with skin dryness.
Cut Back on How Often You Exfoliate
Exfoliation is an important part of skincare. It clears away the dead cells that build up on the skin, revealing the fresh and radiant skin cells beneath.
Once the fall weather starts to turn your skin dry and flaky, it can be tempting to start exfoliating more often. After all, exfoliation quickly clears those flakes away, leaving the skin feeling so much softer.
However, if you want to overcome your skin dryness, you should instead be doing the opposite: cutting back on how often you exfoliate. Why? Because the wind and colder temperatures will weaken your skin barrier, and exfoliation will only exacerbate this. Once fall makes an appearance, you should only be exfoliating once or possibly twice a week.
It goes without saying that you should also be using an exfoliator that’s suitable for dry, flaky skin. The VouPre Deep Renewal Facial Peel, for example, effectively exfoliates without making dryness worse in the way that many other exfoliators can.
Be Gentle When Cleansing
Just like when it comes to exfoliating, you’ll need to go easy on your cleansing efforts too once the weather begins to turn chilly. With the wind and cold interfering with skin barrier function, your skin barrier will need all of the help that it can get. Aggressively removing its structural components with a harsh cleanser is only going to make matters worse.
This means, firstly, using a cleanser that doesn’t contain harsh surfactants. While foaming cleansers may have been necessary to tackle all of the excess oil and sweat that coat the skin in the summer, moisturizing cleansers, like the VouPre Radiance Facial Cleanser, are always better when dealing with seasonal skin dryness.
Be gentle when it comes to your cleansing technique, too. Don’t scrub or rub at your face when you’re cleansing. Take it easy and allow your cleanser to do its job, without additional pressure from you
Learn How to Soothe the Feeling of Irritation Caused by Wind
Another way in which the wind and the cold irritate the skin is by causing irritation and inflammation. When this happens quite severely, it’s referred to as windburn. Either way, the result is skin dryness, flaking, redness, and discomfort.
The good news? There are plenty of skincare ingredients out there that are superstars at calming the complexion. Aloe vera is a classic. It has been used for centuries for this very purpose, with the added benefit of being exceptionally hydrating too. That’s why it’s one of the main ingredients in our Hydrating Toner. It’s joined by chamomile and cucumber extracts, both of which are also known for soothing the feeling of inflammation. Splash this toner onto clean skin, and your skin will immediately feel calmer and happier.
Seek Out Plant Oils
One way to replenish the feeling of dry and rough skin is to turn to plant oils. They pretty much do it all – they hydrate, with some functioning as humectants, they moisturize, and they also provide an array of antioxidants and other beneficial compounds.
Even better, plant oils are widely available in skincare products. So, pick and choose formulas containing oils that are particularly beneficial for skin dryness. Sweet almond oil, for example, has been proven to reduce the feeling of both dryness and inflammation in the skin. You’ll find it in the Cool and Calming Cream from the VouPre BioCool Collection. It’s joined by coffee seed oil, which is incredibly rich in antioxidants, and safflower seed oil, which is extremely moisturizing.
Give Slugging a Try
Not familiar with slugging? This skincare trend began in Korea but quickly made its way around the world. It involves applying hydrating products to your skin before coating your skin in a layer of petroleum jelly. It leaves the skin looking slimy and shiny, just like it would if a slug had crawled all over it!
While the name may not be very appealing, the way in which slugging helps with moisture retention is. It’s also a go-to technique if your skin barrier needs some TLC. With the layer of petroleum jelly providing a physical barrier over your skin’s own, your skin’s natural barrier can focus on repair and replenishment.
Slugging is usually done overnight, with the skin washed the next morning. For the best results, make sure that you apply an ultra-hydrating serum before you slug. The Perfecting Facial Serum from our Thermal Collection would be perfect for this. With sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, a trio of peptides, and a few hydrating plant extracts, it will quickly saturate your skin with moisture.
Make Time for Masks
If you’re battling skin dryness and a flaky-looking complexion, it’s well worth setting aside some time once or twice a week for a face mask. While many view these products as an unnecessary indulgence, they’re actually a great way to hone in on any skin concerns you may be having. Use this as an opportunity to give your dry, flaky skin an intense moisture boost.
This is exactly what the VouPre Hydra-Glow Revitalizing Facial Mask has been designed to do. It’s a hydrogel sheet mask that locks moisture into the skin while providing 15-20 minutes of pure bliss.
Our Facial Anti-Aging Firming System is also great for anyone dealing with skin dryness. With sodium hyaluronate, peptides, niacinamide, hydrolyzed collagen, and more, this mix-it-yourself mask will leave your skin feeling soft and silky-smooth.
Nothing Beats Physical Protection
Prevention is always better than cure, and this should apply to your skincare approach too. When it comes to preventing the damage that the wind and cold can cause, prevention involves physically blocking those elements from harming your skin.
While this may be easy enough when it comes to the skin on the body, there’s no denying that it’s more of a challenge with the face! However, hats and scarves, when worn strategically, can cover almost the entirety of the face. Sure, this ‘look’ may not work for you all of the time, but, for the sake of your skin, it’s worth turning to when the weather is particularly bitter.
Take Your Efforts High Tech
Although LED light therapy isn’t usually the first thing that comes to mind when dealing with skin dryness, this technology can really help. Red light therapy in particular strengthens the feel of the skin barrier. This allows it to better retain moisture, which can counter the look of dryness and flaking.
While the early days of LED light therapy, along with the high cost and limited availability of this tech, hindered its progression into the mainstream market, things have now changed. At-home devices, like the VouPre L’Rae Beam, are an effective way to bring this tech into your skincare routine. With regular use, these devices can help with the appearance of a wide range of skin concerns.
Preparing Your Skin for Fall
Skin dryness is a common issue in the fall, but there are plenty of other skin woes that are often experienced during this transitional season, too. The key to keeping your skin feeling healthy is to adjust your skincare routine as needed, before the weather really takes a toll, so that you can be one step ahead of your skin’s needs.
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