Dry Skin Tips
Don’t use a foaming cleanser. At all! It’s super drying.
Drink heaps of water!
Look for the products that are called “gentle” and for “sensitive” skin.
CeraVe and La Roche-Posay are excellent brands to check out. Especially CeraVe. I cannot speak highly enough.
Don’t use products with the following in the top 5 ingredients: ethanol, denatured alcohol (alcohol denat), ethyl alcohol, methanol, benzyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, SD alcohol. Not all alcohol is bad, though: cetyl, stearyl, and cetearyl alcohols are all fine.
Use AHAs to exfoliate (glycolic, lactic, fruit acids, etc). You probably don’t need salicylic acid. Don’t use scrubs, they’re bad for your skin.
Korean skincare is amazing for dry skin, check it out. Especially for toners.
DIY skincare ingredients you can use: honey, yogurt, milk, berries, turmeric, olive oil, banana, oatmeal, aloe vera, egg yolk, avocado, basically anything soothing or moisturising
DIY skincare ingredients you can’t use: apple cider vinegar, essential oils of any sort, lemon or any citrus, cinnamon and any spices, anything astringent or drying to irritating.
Use a thick moisturiser as the last step of your routine, or a hydrating sleeping mask at night.
If you have dry, flaky patches, there is nothing wrong with using baby oil or Vaseline on them, as long as you don’t put it all over your skin. Anhydrous lanolin is also good for this.
Use jojoba oil, which is very similar to the skin’s natural sebum and is amazing for your skin. Mix some with rosehip oil for an amazing face oil.
Use oil or an oil cleanser to take off makeup/SPF at the end of the day, then follow with a normal gentle cleanser.
An eye cream is always good if you’re interested in anti-aging, or you could use rosehip oil.
You probably don’t need clay masks very often, if at all. Look into moisturising, soothing, and sheet masks.
