Ten Skin Care Tips

Ten Skin Care Tips

Maintaining healthy skin begins from within. Before you can have healthy looking skin, you have to be healthy on the inside too. Diet, rest and exercise are all very important to your overall health and well being. This article is designed to bring the ten best skin care tips to you. There are many ways you can maintain healthy skin, but here are ten basic skin care tips to do now.

This list of skin care tips has been restricted to ten because anything more that that would be difficult to remember.

• Drink a lot of water. We have all heard this said for many reasons. This is the number one skin care tip for maintaining healthy skin. The most expensive product on the market is not going to be as good as a few glasses of water a day.

• Knowing your skin type is one of the most important skin care tips. This is important because not every skin care product suits everyone. You may have dry, oily or combination skin. Young or mature skin is also in a different class.

• Cleanse your skin regularly, morning and night. Cleansing is especially important when you have been out in the elements, as your skin is exposed to dust and pollutants. This skin care tip also advocates the use of luke warm water for cleansing. Water that is too hot or cold can damage your skin, especially if your skin is sensitive, or prone to little surface capillaries.

• Be gentle on your skin, it is very delicate, don’t pull and rub your skin too hard. The skin on your face is far more delicate than other areas of your body, so just pay gentle attention to your facial area. Don’t exfoliate too hard or too often. Be careful what exfoliate or scrub you use, as some contain very harsh ingredients which actually scratch the surface of the skin. You would be amazed at the damage you can do, if you could look under a microscope. Similarly, don’t apply too much or too many skin care products. This is an important skin care tip.

• Keep your skin moist at all times, don’t let your skin dry out. Dryness causes the outer layer of your skin to break, leading to a rough and unattractive appearance. Moisturizing your skin feels wonderful, so do it because it feels good, and is good!

• Avoid the use of soap on your face. Soap should only be used from below the neck. A small but important skin care tip. The reason is because usually the soap upsets your skin’s PH balance. (I’ll cover that another time!)

• Use sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful rays. You can use daytime moisturisers that have sunscreen built into them. Use them even when it’s cloudy. UV radiations are known to cause skin cancer, so follow this skin care tip without fail. (If you do nothing else, drink water and use a sunscreen.)

• A bit of exercise and good sleep are essential too, not just for skin care but for your health as a whole. Lack of sleep can lead to formation of wrinkles below your eyes and lack of exercise can cause your skin to slack. Moreover, exercise and sleep also help in beating stress. So besides being a skin care tip, this is also a health care tip.

• Treat skin dilemmas with care. Consult your dermatologist if you have a concern.

• Relax! Stress is a common word nowadays, and unfortunately used all to often, however, sometimes stating the obvious is essential. Look at yourself in the mirror when you are happy, and look when you feel stressed. Your skin certainly doesn’t look its best when stressed. So relax, take time out, get plenty of rest and be happy!