Festive times have started and there is a need to up your skincare habits. The last three months of the year are always hectic in India with lots of shopping sprees, parties, card sessions. That means a lot of eating out, being out in the sun more often, social obligations, balancing work, home and festivities. It can be quite a strain albeit fun times.
What Festive Season Can Do To Your Skin?
Your balanced eating routine can go for a toss. Festive food preparations means a lot of sugar, salt, fried and processed eats. Your insides get confused. Your gut feels stressed too.
You may step out without a sunscreen in a hurry, exposing your skin to the harsh rays of the sun. You may skip your daily regimen of cleansing and moisturising. You are likely to wear makeup more often and for long periods. Shopping sprees and outings can make your skin vulnerable to the dust and grime in the environment around you.
All of the above may be unavoidable as it is the season to make merry. But what is avoidable is giving your skincare a miss. Breakouts, pigmentation, dull and dry skin are a common problem at such times. Allow us to help you take better care of your skin and look gorgeous this festive season. The hand made natural skin care way.
How To Take Care Of Your Skin During Festive Season ?
Food
Eat festive food in moderation and try to eat home cooked meals as much as possible. Restaurants tend to reuse oils in their cooking and that’s sure to upset your stomach and increase free radicals in your body. A lot of processed ingredients go into such preparations. Balance festive meals with simple meals full of fresh fruits and vegetables. Drink a glass of water every hour. Don’t skip breakfast. Eat more leafy green vegetables. Eat clean eat healthy.
Exercise
Exercise daily of course. But if you do miss out on it some days, grab a quick 10-20 min cardio activity to keep your metabolism in place. Avoid sitting for long periods, instead get up and move around as often as possible. Take the stairs whenever possible. Walk across for minor shopping around your home/office. You need to burn all the extra calories you add from festive eating. And keep your skin free of toxins.
Skincare
Cleanse:Remember to cleanse your skin once in the morning and at bedtime. Sebum production is a continuous process in the skin. Sebum can attract dirt, grime and bacteria. When skin remains uncleansed, pores get clogged, leading to breakouts and pimples. Deep cleanse your skin with gentle oil cleansers. Oil cleansers are very potent in drawing out all the impurities, including makeup and external pollutants. We have oil cleansers and foam cleansers for every type of skin and they will leave your skin nourished and soft.
Exfoliate:
The stratum corneum of the skin sheds its cells everyday. While some cells fall off on their own, some others need to be sloughed away gently. Use our Glow Facial Scrub Gentle Cleansing Grains to reveal fresh, bright skin. The grains remove the dead skin cells, bringing forth new skin cells, thereby imparting a radiant glow to the face. Do you know why skin looks clearer and brighter when you use this product ? Because new skin cells reflect light.
You can use this product everyday. It is a must when you need an instant glow boost to your face. Keep it handy for that face wash just before you begin your makeup, or when you just want to begin your day looking fresh and bright.
Moisturise:
Moisturising is key to a radiant, glowing face. Your skin gets stripped of natural oils when you wash the face, but not if you use gentle oil cleansers like ours. The harsh sun and air-conditioning can dry up your skin too. Smoking and alcohol dehydrate the skin. Festive sweets and drinks are delectable no doubt, but they aren’t good for your waistline or skin. Fried foods fall in the same band.
They trigger free radicals and increase inflammation. Dry skin can be a fallout of all of the above. But, no worries. Enjoy the festivities, but do remember to keep your skin hydrated from within and moisturised on the outside.
Morning Mist can be used as your daily moisturiser for a soft dewy glow. It works beautifully as a base cream for makeup. Try it. Suitable for normal, dry and combination skin types. Dab a little on your under eye area to keep it moisturised.
Even Tone Vita Gel is specially formulated and is the best moisturiser for oily and acne prone skin.
Sparkling Eyes under eye cream is another daily must before you go to bed. Hectic festive times easily show up in your under eye area. You need all the care and pampering for that delicate skin.
Forever Young is a night cream that can be applied after your deep cleansing. It works while you rest, rejuvenating and nourishing tired skin. You will wake up to plump, fresh skin.
Face masks are an instant glow booster any time of the day. If you have to step out for a party but have no time to visit the salon, no sweat ! Apply one of our face masks on a thoroughly cleansed face, leave it on for 15 minutes and there you go ! All set to luxuriously radiate and glow. Face masks are actually multi taskers – they add an extra layer to cleansing while simultaneously nourishing and brightening.
Next, moisturise, use a scunscreen and the rest of your makeup. Finish the look with our face mist, the Youth Elixir and see your skin sparkle ! This face mist is a must in your handbag. Use it on flights or if you are going to be in air-conditioned spaces for long periods to retain a fresh look.
If you want a natural makeover for a family visit or a simple lunch, here is what we suggest. You can choose suitable products from our website.
Moisturise (Use your sunscreen)
Crème Blush
Lip Balm
Lip Tint.
Your friends and family will wonder where you got the glow from.
How To Take Care Of Your Lips
Lips need care too every day, but specially during festive seasons. Very few women step out without a paint of lip colour. Reapplying lip colours is common since we all want to look our best at family and social events. Lips tend to get dry due to all the chemicals in the colours and chap easily.
But there is help at hand. We suggest you use a lip scrub to remove dry and dead skin cells. In fact you can use our lip scrubs to wash away the lip colours. Gently scrub all over your lips and watch the colour coming away. Apply a lip balm to soothe and smoothen the lip skin. Choose from our range of lip balms.
Body Care Tips
The rest of your body needs care too during these times. Beauty is a sum total of feeling wonderful all over. Here is what you should do to achieve that. Our body care range are gentle on your skin and will leave you refreshed and skin feeling soft.
Body scrubs to exfoliate
Body Wash
Body Yogurt for light moisturisation on the go
Body Butter for deeper moisturisation at night
Keep these natural skincare goodies handy. Make a kit out of them and use them to give yourself a relaxing facial at home.