‘Tis the season to be beautiful, fa la la la la, la la la la.  The days are getting shorter, the scent of spiced apples with cinnamon and pumpkin linger in the air.  Yes, cool temperatures are inching their way in on a daily basis but you don’t have to panic.

Prepare Your Skin for Cooler Temps!

Cold temperatures, low humidity and windy weather have a way of making it more difficult for your skin to retain its moisture during the colder months. This can take a toll on healthy skin, imagine challenged skin.

The one product you’ll want to have plenty of as part of your skin care regimen is a good moisturizer for black skin.    But before you get to the moisturizing phase, you’ll need a good cleanser that’s creamy so that it will begin your moisturizing phase.  Harsh soaps that contain irritating chemicals and synthetic fragrances will strip your skin of its natural oils.

Not only will your face need the tender loving care of a moisturizer but so will your entire body.  Pay particular attention to your hands.  You wash them constantly, so a hand moisturizer will become an essential component of your makeup bag. And although there will be less sun, you’ll still need a sunscreen.

Here Are A Few of Your Favorite Ingredients To Look For In Your Black Skin Care Products

Vegetable Glycerin also called glycerine or glycerol is a humectant.  A humectant is an ingredient that actively draws moisture from the air and then binds it to your skin.

Hyaluronic Acid is found naturally in your skin and the synovial fluid that surrounds your joints. It plumps your skin and is capable of holding up to 1000 times its own weight in water. As you mature, the moisture in your skin declines so topical products with this ingredient has a great effect on your skin.

Shea Butter is naturally rich in vitamin A, E and F.  It moisturizes, revitalizes and softens your beautiful black skin.

New or Worsening Black Skin Care Challenges

Many of your winter skin challenges are the result of skin irritations from the weather and can be solved with proper hydration and protection.  Some challenges might need special attention by a professional.

Here are three you might want to be mindful of:

Eczema is when your skin is cracked, crusted, dry, flaking, itchy, red, and/or scaly skin.  Eczema is actually a chronic skin inflammation problem and is worsened by cold dry weather.

Psoriasis is when there’s an over production of skin cells.  They form scaly patches and cracked skin.

Seborrheic Dermatitis is itchy, flaky, peeling skin and often severe dandruff.  It gets worse in low humidity of winter.  It has a cumulative effect where as it creates more water loss as the shedding of skin cells increase.

Remember …

There’s a natural tendency this time of the year to reflect on your past year.  Let this be the beginning of a new year of black skin care.  When you use the colder months to care for and pamper your skin, you’ll blossom into spring like the flower that you are.

Dedicated To Your Beauty,

Juliette Samuel

Esthetician/Author/Publisher
Nyraju Skin Care