Like many consumers, you’ve probably discovered that what works well for one person’s skin isn’t guaranteed to work well for your own. Different skin types and skin needs make it difficult to find general tips and recommendations that will leave your skin looking and feeling as good as you hope. Surprisingly, however, three skincare strategies work just as well for oily and combination skin as they do for dry, sensitive, and normal skin types.
1. The Cold Water Shock
One of the best ways to give both your skin and hair a healthy glow is by standing under a cold shower. Crisp, cold water delivers an instant shock to the treated area that causes the blood vessels to constrict at the skin’s surface. This forces increased blood flow down to the dermis’s deepest layers, where improved oxygen and nutrient delivery will have the most significant benefits.
Regularly exposing your facial skin to cold water is believed to have a remarkable anti-aging effect. Using cold water for your final rinse when washing your face closes and tightens the pores. As a result, dirt and other matter are less likely to get trapped in these openings, and superficial blemishes such as blackheads and whiteheads become less likely to form. If you wear makeup regularly, having tighter, smaller pores will make your makeup applications both smoother and longer-lasting.
2. Colloidal Oatmeal Masks
Red, itchy, irritated, and puffy skin areas can get instant relief from a simple colloidal oatmeal mask. Colloidal oatmeal’s soothing properties have made it a go-to home remedy for numerous skin issues for centuries. When finely ground and still containing the original bran, oatmeal has long-chain sugars, hydrocolloids, and unique fibers that create a formidable barrier against outside irritants. Moreover, this barrier keeps irritants out, but it also seals moisture in to promote optimum skin hydration. As a natural emollient, it’s great for eczema suffers, those with oily skin, and for areas with red, raised blemishes. Its natural calming abilities make it perfect for addressing a wide variety of common skin ailments.
Colloidal oatmeal can be purchased specifically for skincare. If you can’t find any or don’t want to make a special trip to the store, you can create a suitable replacement by grinding up steel-cut oats in your food processor or placing rolled oats in your blender. However, before grinding up your breakfast grains to make an oatmeal poultice at home, you should always first consult with an online rash symptom checker. This will help you determine whether you’ll benefit best from a topical application of oatmeal or a relaxing oatmeal bath.
3. Regular And Gentle Exfoliation
Everyone can benefit from regular and gentle exfoliation. This is one of the fastest, cheapest, and easiest ways to promote good skin health. Although the skin isn’t the body’s primary avenue of detoxification, it is used to regularly rid the body of small amounts of toxins. In a remarkable display of efficiency, the human body deposits break down toxins into the skin’s topmost layers just as these are ready to naturally slough off. As old skin cells are shed, unwanted materials are lost, and new skin cells are revealed.
Exfoliation both supports and expedites this natural and ongoing process. It can be performed with a soft facial or body brush, a body pouf, topical applications that have micro-fine abrasives, sea salt, sugar scrubs, and by many other means. If you have excessively dry or overly sensitive skin, you’ll want to make sure that your exfoliation efforts are extra gentle.
Establish an exfoliation system and schedule that works well for you by experimenting with different tools and different exfoliation times. Exfoliating just enough will leave your skin looking brighter and more vibrant and feeling more supple and elastic all-around. Conversely, if you exfoliate too often or too aggressively, you may be left with skin that’s tight, dry, overly red, and sore.
Every skin care treatment should be streamlined to suit the needs of the individual. Follow all the steps provided and keep in mind that it is an investment process that takes some time and dedication. Although these three skincare methods work well for all skin types, how they’re performed will ultimately determine how well they work for you. By understanding your skin type and catering to it, you’ll find it much easier to maintain a brilliant complexion and optimum skin health.
Stephanie Caroline Snyder graduated from The University of Florida in 2018; she majored in Communications with a minor in mass media. Currently, she is an Author and a Freelance Internet Writer, and a Blogger. She was born and raised in Panama City, Florida, where her family still lives. The oldest of four children moved out to Utah to pursue her professional interests in early 2019 and worked on content creation, blogging, and internet articles since then. She enjoys storytelling, painting, dancing, and swimming with her fiancé Marcus and their beloved dog Pluto.
