Natural Skin Care for Dry Skin

Dry skin is typically dull, can be flaky and rough to touch. Dry skin can feel tight, tough and even itchy at times and prone to showing visible lines and wrinkling with no enlarged pores. Not to be mistaken with dehydrated skin (which lacks moisture), dry skin lacks oil due to the skin not producing enough oil naturally. Dry skin can come with age as hormones change particularly as woman transcend peri-menopause. Using natural skin care for dry skin will help restore balance and support a healthy and well-functioning skin barrier.

Best Natural Ingredients in Skin Care for Dry Skin When it comes to natural skin care for dry skin opt…

Best Natural Ingredients in Skin Care for Dry Skin

When it comes to natural skin care for dry skin opt for formulations with nourishing ingredients including glycerin, squalane, and fatty acids to restore and maintain your skin barrier. Vitamin-rich plant oils like Chia Seed, Cacay and Jojoba oil blended with protective butters such as Cocoa and Cupuacu Butters are ideal as occlusive and rich natural moisturisers.

Never underestimate the powder of Vitamins in skincare for dry skin, Vitamin E is the dry skin saviour. Typically, the body produces vitamin E through sebum and in the right balance, sebum helps keep the skin conditioned and prevents dryness. If your skin is particularly dry skin, a topical application of vitamin E will counteract a lack of sebum while addressing inflammation and redness.

We often hear that those with dry skin do all they can to avoid exfoliation. But it’s actually a practice that will help dry skin when done with the right natural ingredients. When it comes to dry skin care exfoliating, select a gentle chemical exfoliant such as Lactic Acid. It’s a great gentle exfoliator while working to improve the skin’s moisture levels in dry skin. It works wonders to soothe the skin barrier, which is vital to locking in hydration and minimising transepidermal water loss. By choosing the right natural skin care for dry skin the benefits of using a face exfoliant include revitalising the look of skin dullness and dryness while locking moisture in.

Guide to Caring for Dry Skin

When it comes to skin care for dry skin, creamy, balm and milk cleansers are ideal for both morning and evening followed by a rich natural moisturiser or balm. The texture for a day cream should be a rich occlusive cream brimming in Vitamin F, a rich source of omega-6 fatty acids that helps repair, replenish and fortify the essential ceramides in skin’s protective lipid matrix. Ceramides are the fatty acids found in our skin and they work to protect and prevent it from dryness.

Skin care for dry skin in the evening should include a multi-tasking overnight sleep balm. One that contains Bee Propolis will work overtime to transform even the driest skin types while calming and firming the face and neck. Dry skin will greatly benefit from a waterless natural face oil. Your face oil need not be complex, it can be 100% pure Australian Jojoba or a potent handcrafted blend of macerated plant oils like that from Flora Mirabilis. A beautifully formulated face oil contains those moisturising fatty acids that help lock hydration into the skin while soothing inflammation along with improving the skin feel. They leave the skin silky and smooth.

TNC TIP: add a drop of face oil to your moisturiser each morning and apply your face oil over your moisturiser at night