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Isabelle Vitalis
Isabelle Vitalis
Cosmetic specialist
Summary

Winter is approaching and outside temperatures are dropping. At MCF, Ingrid our super naturo tells you everything to fight against skin dryness related to the cold. From natural beauty tips to dietary advice, the whole family will have beautiful skin this winter. Goodbye dull complexion, tightness, itching, cracking and unsightly redness!

 

Soft and supple skin thanks to natural cosmetics

By dint of going from cold to interiors that are often too hot and too dry, your skin becomes dehydrated and dry. One watchword: PRO-TEC-TION !

How ? By strengthening our skin barrier. Let's go for our "Beautiful skin in winter" routine:

CLEANING : Whether for the body or the face, use a superfatted soap with shea butter, honey, calendula macerate or even donkey or oat milk.

HYDRATION : Did you know that most moisturizers are mostly water? They do not protect against the cold, quite the contrary! Prefer balms, composed of vegetable oils that create a barrier between the skin and the outside to keep the hydration of your skin from the inside

For the body : Body balms based on shea, beeswax, calendula, borage… are to be applied once or twice a day. Avoid synthetic and too tight clothes that cause a lot of friction and irritation. Natural fabrics like cotton, silk or wool are great for your skin.

For the face : Morning and evening, after misting your face and décolleté with floral water, apply a vegetable oil-based serum (argan, borage, evening primrose, avocado). If you have mature skin (well basically, you're over 40 J), take them with immortelle or rosewood essential oils (⚠️ contraindicated in pregnant women, breastfeeding women and children) . That of The essentials is very suitable!

Then you can use your day cream. Or for very dehydrated skin, a regenerating and protective face balm like  the chamomile face balm from Plantes des Cévennes.

For the lips : Fat, fat and more fat! It is the most fragile part of our body because it does not have sebaceous glands. Feed them with our cocoa and shea butter balm or our propolis stick regenerating Propolia.



For hands : Same treatment as for the lips, you can use Shea Butter, or Atelier Sainte Victoire hand cream.

THE SCRUB : Even if your skin is drier, it continues to renew itself. Dead skin can clog your pores and prevent sebum from doing its protective job. So who says dead skin, says exfoliation (except for children). Perform a very light exfoliation, once a week maximum. And complete with a good nourishing mask just after.

 

Nourish and preserve your skin from the inside with naturopathy

Here are some simple hygiene rules to face the cold and keep skin supple and well hydrated.

First of all, avoid anything that can disrupt your skin's balance and its natural regeneration:         

  • NO SMOKING
  • Avoid overeating, processed foods, acidifying foods and dairy products (apart from butter, and yes…surprise!)
  • Upstream, avoid grilling in the sun all summer ;)

Then take care of:

  • Drink enough water (use and abuse herbal teas!)
  • Practice regular physical activity (at least 20 minutes of daily walking) to allow good tissue oxygenation and good sebum production
  • Get enough sleep for optimal skin repair
  • Eat lots of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Hippocrates said even then: "Let your food be your medicine." »

And finally, we will favor the superfoods of our skin thanks to their content in:

  • Omega 3: Oily fish such as salmon, mackerel, sardines; Rapeseed, linseed, walnut oils; Crustaceans, seaweed, nuts, hemp and flax seeds…
  • Zinc: Legumes such as lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans…
  • Selenium: Monkfish, hake, mackerel, rabbit; brewer's yeast, wholemeal pasta 
  • Vitamin A: Cod liver oil, borage, butter; veal, cod and poultry liver, raw red tuna; sweet potato, raw carrot, pumpkin, dandelion, parsley
  • Vitamin B: Whole grains, brewer's yeast, egg
  • Vitamin C: Black currant, acerola, rose hip, parsley, red and green pepper, kiwi, lemon, cabbage
  • Vitamin E: Borage, evening primrose, rapeseed, olive, wheat germ oil, butter; almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, avocados; mussels, salmon, egg yolk, oily fish…

 

And if despite all these good resolutions, you still suffer from the inconvenience of the cold, you can opt for food supplements based on borage or evening primrose oil, omega 3, B vitamins and zinc.

Good pampering!

 

Find all of Ingrid's advice and her Naturopathy consultations on her website www.pimpyourhealth.fr/ and his Insta @pimp_ta_sante

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