My Winter Beauty Tips - How to Get Rid of Dry Skin
I've been talking to several clients lately who are experiencing severely dry and flakey skin. So, I wanted to offer some tips for skin hydration, especially during this cold and dry time of year.
Here are my top tips for soft skin and staying warm this winter:
INTERNAL CARE
Stay Hydrated Internally
The root of skin dehydration is usually a lack of internal hydration. It's extremely important to stay hydrated all of the time, especially during the winter when there is less of a desire for water and when skin tends to dry out. Drink fluids throughout the day - half your weight in ounces of spring water. If room temperature water is too cool for you, heat it up. Add a squeezed wedge of lemon. Lemon is also great for alkanizing the body and cleansing the liver. I drink hot herbal teas all day long. Try more moisturizing herbs in your teas like Irish Moss, Red Clover Blossom, Marshmallow Root, and Fennel Seed. For hydration - to only drink herbal teas, and stay away from caffeine. Caffeine will cause more dehydration Also, try adding raw ginger or a dash of cayenne to drinks or dishes to boost blood circulation and immune function.
Eat more Healthy Fats and Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids
Eating more healthy fats beautifies, plumps, and moisturizes your skin. It also warms your body from the inside out:
The best fat sources:
Grass-fed butter or ghee
Tallow
Fat from meat
Here are the best sources of plant-based fats:
Raw Virgin Coconut oil
Raw Oils like Pumpkin Seed, Camelina, Black Cumin Seed, Chia, FRESH - Hemp or Flax
for women: Evening Primrose, Borage
Raw Seeds like Hemp Seeds, Chia Seeds, Flax seeds, Pumpkin, and Sunflower seeds
Raw Nuts, especially brazil nuts, almonds, walnuts, and macadamia nuts
Olives and Extra Virgin Olive oil
Avocado
Get your Vitamin D
If you are not getting sun on your skin daily for at least 30 minutes, take at least 4000 IU or more per day. I needed to 10,000 IU when I lived in Seattle. If you are getting sun, still take 2000 IU per day.
Eat warming foods
True and lasting bodily warmth comes from eating the right balance of roots, herbs, and spices for your body.
In general, foods that take longer to grow are generally more warming than foods that grow quickly.
Some foods and spices that are warming include: squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, yams, rutabagas, turnips, garlic, leeks, onions, cardamon, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cayenne, black or hot pepper.
In particular, focus on eating and drinking as tea:
ROOTS like Ginger Root, Astragalus Root, Burdock Root, Nettle Root, Marshmallow Root, Yacon Root, Dandelion Root, Carrot, Rhubarb Root, and many more.
BARKS like Cinnamon bark, Pau d' Arco, Slippery Elm Bark, and White Oak Bark.
SPICES like Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, and Anise (These support both intestinal and respiratory function). Also great are Chili Powder, Paprika, Cayenne, Turmeric, and Cumin.
SKIN CARE
Cleanse with care
Be very cautious not to cleanse skin too often or use a harsh cleanser. elaa cleansers are gentle and nourishing. During the winter, try cleansing no more than once per day. You can also try a mask or spray with a toner and wipe with a cotton pad instead.
A joyous, ambrosial, enzyme-rich cream to gently, yet effectively cleanse skin and remove makeup. This happy-making lemon meringue cream respects your sweet skin with its soft, non-stripping caress. It leaves skin fresh, clean, nourished, and supple. Golden Sunrise Cleansing Cream is ideal for all skin types. It is a combination of a pre-cleanse oil and a clarifying cleanser in one product. No need for two products to cleanse! It effectively removes dirt, excess oil, and face and eye makeup. It is infused with purifying, nourishing flowers, herbs, and rich with minerals, vitamins, and enzymes, for a decadent and restoring cleanse. With Organic Pineapple, Plant-Derived MSM, Vitamin C, Organic Fennel Seed, Organic Nettle Leaf, Organic Chamomile, Organic Papaya, Organic Turmeric, and more, it’s refreshing, and cleansing, yet moisturizing.
Pairs with our Radiant River - Botanical Cleansing Oil.
Moonlight and stars, celestial dreams. Moonlight Mist is an active hydrosol blend made from the life-force of the rare and precious blue lotus flower, rose petals, moonstone crystal, and a selection of other treasured florals and herbs. This dreamy, aphrodisiac organic facial toner transports actives deep within your skin. Moonlight Mist provides cellular hydration and moisture and prepares the skin for oils or creams. It balances, soothes, heals, restores skin’s proper pH balance, enhances penetration of your other Elaa products, and refreshes body and hair after a long day.
Each batch is infused with Moonstone Crystals and each bottle also includes a few tiny pieces of Moonstone Crystal, which are activated and infused into Moonlight Mist.
Rehydrate throughout the day
Rehydrate skin frequently throughout the day with a hydrating mist, which will work even over makeup. I also reapply my favorite moisturizer, like Bee Beauty or Superfood Dream Cream several times per day.
This beautiful facial oil moisturizer with Royal Jelly is made for a queen. Bee Beauty contains large concentrations of Bee Mana - 3x Concentrated Organic Raw Royal Jelly. Royal Jelly is the food that bees produce when the hive needs a new queen. Royal jelly creates amazing youth and longevity - queen bees can live 40 times longer than the worker bees. This super nutrient-dense food that transforms a bee into a queen bee has extraordinary and incredibly unique anti-aging qualities for skin. It contains many nutrients found in no other substance on Earth, including a huge array of vitamins like B-5, B-12, folic acid, minerals, protein, amino acids (including one only found in royal jelly, called royalsin), and antioxidants - all nutrients that greatly benefit skin and body and create lasting beauty. Bee Beauty is also rich with the most queenly superfoods, herbs, teas, flowers, and finest oils for their powerful antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, micronutrients, and phytochemicals for true transformation.
Give your skin a drink of moisture infused with the most nutrient-dense and powerful superfoods like Goji Berry, Cacao, Chaga, Reishi, Spirulina, Acai, Mangosteen, Baobab, Butterfly Blue Pea Flower, and Camu Camu. This cream is an ultra-nutritious smoothie for your skin. Each superfood brings unique antioxidant, vitamin, mineral, polyphenol, anthocyanin, and phytosterol power, all in a non-greasy facial cream with a fresh, neutral scent. A dream for skin moisturizing, protection and repair.
Bathe with a beautiful bath soak
Luxuriate in mystical, deep blue bliss. Calm your nervous system, as you detoxify and nourish in aromatherapeutic cerulean waters. Blue Dream soothes your system and seduces your senses with pleasure and relaxation. A sensual experience of sapphire serenity with CBD, antioxidant-rich superfoods, flowers, fruits, essential oils, fine oils, coconut milk, and a of variety therapeutic salts. Soaking in this blue dream helps to detoxify and restore balance to the body, reduce pain and inflammation, restore hydration and health to skin, and encourage cellular renewal.
Moisturize after bathing
Beach Sunrise Natural Body Oil will leave your skin scintillatingly soft, smelling edible, and glowing with youthful radiance. With a dreamy, creamy tropical aroma, this oil is a beautiful multi-purpose body oil. Coconut and ginger indulge your senses, increase circulation and digestion, while rich oils nourish and hydrate, and amethyst and rose quartz crystals repair and restore. Each bottle also includes a few tiny pieces Amethyst and Rose Quartz Crystal, which are activated and infused into the oil. Perfect for daily hydration, dry skin, post bath, and pre or post sun.
Make sure to apply nourishing moisture throughout the day, and especially after bathing when your pores are open and most receptive to moisture.
If you implement these nutritional and skin care practices into your daily life, you should see a reversal of your dry skin in no time. And you'll stay nice and toasty this winter. . .
