It’s important to keep your skin healthy and protected all year long. Rather than buying high-cost skincare products, it’s much more significant to lead a healthy, balanced lifestyle and understand how to care for your skin type.
With a few small changes on your lifestyle and daily routine, it’s easy to make sure you’re looking after your skin in the best possible way and keeping it beautiful all year-round.
Here are 10 natural ways to maintain glowing skin:
1. Stay hydrated
Drinking enough water is essential to keep all of your organs hydrated as well as improving overall skin health. Maintaining and adequate hydration keeps your skin moisturized, healthy, and glowing.
Just like the other cells in the body, skin cells are made up of water and need plenty of hydration to function at their best. If water supply is insufficient, your skin will turn dry and flaky.
It’s best to drink approximately half of your body weight in ounces throughout the day as it will help keep your skin hydrated. Therefore, try carrying a reusable water bottle with you to keep track of your water intake.
2. Treat your skin gently
Daily cleansing and shaving can negatively affect your skin. Therefore:
- Shave carefully
– protect and lubricate your skin
– apply shaving cream, lotion or gel before shaving
– use a clean, sharp razor
– shave in the direction where the hair grows not against it - Moisturize your skin daily
– use a moisturizer that fits your skin type, consider using a moisturizer that contains SPF
– apply in an upward circular motion
– choose a moisturizer classified non-comedogenic which doesn’t clog pores
– use night cream containing humectants, vitamin c and retinols to decrease strains and wrinkles - Wash your face morning and night
– use a purifier appropriate for your skin type
– after cleaning, use a toner to eliminate lingering dust and close your pore
– avoid washing your face greater than two times every day except when you get really dirty due to certain activities
– too much cleaning results in dryness and sensitivity - Pat dry you skin with towel after washing or bathing so that some moisture still remain on your skin
- Limit bath time as long hot showers remove oils from the skin. Instead use warm water when taking baths.
- Avoid strong soaps as it can strip oil from your skin. Rather, choose mild cleansers.
3. Protect yourself from the sun
It’s quite simple to assume that if the weather is cold or cloudy, you won’t be at risk of sun damage, however, protecting your skin from sunlight on all seasons is the key to keeping it beautiful.
Constant exposure to the sun can cause wrinkles, age spots and other skin problems as well as an increase risk of developing skin cancer. For protecting yourself from the sun:
- Wear protective clothing such as tightly woven long-sleeved shirts, long pants and wide-brimmed hats.
- Avoid sun exposure between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. when the sun’s rays are strongest.
- Use sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15. Apply generously, and reapply every two hours, or more often if you’re swimming or perspiring.
4. Eat a healthy diet
A healthy diet can help you look and feel your best so eating well is very important. It can be achieved by eating:
- plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins
- healthy fats found in oily nuts, flaxseed, avocados and fish
- antioxidants found in dark leafy greens and berries
- vitamin C found in citric fruits
- a diet rich in fish oil or fish oil supplements
- brazil nuts which are rich in selenium, thus decreases skin cancer and increases skin electricity
- walnuts which are loaded with omega-3- to press the brake on breakouts
- macadamia nuts filled with high-quality oils and fatty acids that aid in skin repair
- less unhealthy fats and refined and processed foods
- less sugar because consuming too much sugar can cause an increase in cortisol levels by undergoing a process called ‘glycosylation’ where sugar essentially stick to collagen, a chemical responsible for youthful elasticity, and weaken it.
These are the key to making sure your skin receives the right nutrients and thereby nourishing and giving it a desirable glow.
5. Get enough sleep
Each person have different body clocke so hours of sleep differ from each person. However, one research study has shown that poor sleep quality can contribute to increased signs of skin aging such as fine lines and wrinkles and compromised skin barrier function. So, people who sleep less than 6 hours tend to have more fine lines and drier skin as well.
Additionally, another study shows that lack of sleep can cause hyperpigmentation like those dark puffy bags under your eyes that never seem to shift. Therefore, getting enough beauty sleep allows our skin to repair itself so aim to get 7 to 9 hours of each night.
6. Learn how to manage stress
Uncontrolled stress can make your skin more sensitive and trigger acne breakouts and other skin problems including eczema and psoriasis. To encourage healthy skin as well as a healthy state of mind take these steps to help manage stress:
- Breathe. Take a deep breath by inhaling when you count to seven and exhaling when you count to eleven.
- Relax. Relaxing is one of the greatest things you can do for your body.
- Stay calm and level-headed by avoiding physical stress resulting to a reduction in cortisol and collagen production.
- Unwind. Find activities such as meditation or yoga that help you relax and try to maintain a balance between your work and personal life.
7. Quit smoking
It is known that smoking causes a huge variety of health issues and numerous skin problems too, because smoking:
- makes your skin look older
- narrows tiny blood vessels in the outermost layers of skin which decreases blood flow and makes skin paler
- depletes oxygen causing the buildup of free radicals that damages collagen and elastin, which are the fibers that give your skin strength and elasticity
- the repetitive facial expressions you make when smoking such as pursing your lips when inhaling and squinting your eyes to exhale the smoke can contribute to wrinkles
- increases risk of squamous cell skin cancer
Quitting smoking will be beneficial for your health in the long run. It is also great when controlling blood pressure and maintaining an ideal blood sugar level.
8. Exercise regularly
Exercise increases blood flow throughout the body which nourish skin cells and keep them vital leading to a brighter, better-looking skin. It also helps carry waste products, including free radicals, away from working cells.
Running, jogging and yoga all give your body the circulation it needs therefore, aiming for a minimum of three hours of exercise a week will help keep your complexion clear and luscious.
9. Use a humidifier
This is very useful providing a great amount of support for your skin especially during winter. Turn on one of these before going to bed and see how less itchy and dry your skin will be. Aside from that, you’ll be able to breathe the moist air more easily.
10. Take good care of your facial skin
Skin in the face is one of the most sensitive part of our skin. Therefore, practicing some habits in order to keep it nourished includes:
- Using ice. After shower, get an ice cube, put it in a paper towel and when it starts to melt, rub it to your face. It tightens pores, reduces puffiness, controls blemishes and even works as a makeup primer.
- Exfoliating. At least once a week, scrub off dead skin cells using an exfoliator that suits you depending on your skin sensitivity. It causes you to have smoother skin, helps prevent breakouts, and it allows your skin care products to work better. However, don’t over-exfoliate because that can cause dry or irritated skin.
- Pampering on a face mask. If you don’t want to bother going to a salon and spending a lot of money on a facial treatments, then face masks are great idea for you! There’s a variety of selection you can find online or in Amazon. You may also add some slices of cucumber, not only is it good for your skin, but also it’s really relaxing and is a great way to enjoy some me-time. To maximize glow, opt for hydrating face mask with ingredients like hyaluronic acid, sodium hyaluronate, and vitamin E.
- Avoiding popping up your pimples. Don’t pop any zits that come up as it can lead to permanent scarring. Instead, use acne medications and over the counter creams to reduce acne as they come.
- Not picking your face. Once your products are applied, keep your hands off of your face it can just cause worsening of a particular skin problem and ultimately leading to infection and scars.
- Keeping your makeup and makeup tools clean. They are basically breeding grounds for bacterial growth. Those dead skin cells, oil, and grime can seriously hinder your goal for a bright glowing skin. So, keep them sanitary by cleaning them regularly, ideally every other week.
- Sanitizing your phone. Our phone is one of the largest germ carriers we carry with ourselves all the time. The number of times we touch our phones and holding it up to our faces is countless unknowingly infecting our faces with bacteria from everything else we’ve touched. Therefore, sanitizing it will be very helpful in keeping our skin from breakouts.
- Practicing facial massage. It can lessen tension and increase blood circulation, thereby maintaining skin cells healthy and aiding in lymphatic drainage. Use a jade roller or do a daily facial gua sha routine which will only take a few minutes a day. The post-facial massage glow will be so worth it!
Conclusion
There are numerous beauty tips to keep your skin glowing all year round. Spending lots of money on costly facial products and treatments won’t guarantee a 100% beautiful skin. Rather, sticking to a healthy lifestyle and caring for your own skin conscientiously is what will make a huge difference.
It is time-consuming in the beginning, it doesn’t work for each person too. Nevertheless, trying few of these tips and seeing what works best for you, you might get surprised on your skin improvements. Thank us later. 🙂
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awesome tips! each is something we should keep in mind and follow. I like that you don’t ask for too much
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