Invest in a humidifier

• Not only is our skin getting exposed to low humidity from cold air outdoors, but it is getting exposed from our furnace use indoors.
• The use of a humidifier can help prevent your skin from drying out by adding much needed moisture in the air.

Hydrate

• If you are dehydrated, your skin will be too!
• Try to consume 2 L of water per day-that equals out to 8 cups of water.
• Coffee, black tea and green tea count as a minus one!
• Motivate yourself by infusing your water with something tasty & nutritious like cucumber, mint and lemon/lime.

Eat Omega’s

• Essential fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 play an important role in building healthy cell membranes including our skins outer lipid layer.
• They are called essential because it is essential we get them from our diet, we cannot make them ourselves.
• Increase your consumption of the following foods for softer, smoother skin: fish, chia, flax, hemp, oats, avocado, nuts, olive oil, coconut oil, sunflower seeds, spirulina.

Read your labels

• Avoid the following drying/ irritating agents in your skin care products: alcohol, sodium lauryl sulfate, triclosan, lye, synthetic dyes & fragrance.
• Look for skin care products with the following hydrating/ healing agents: aloe, tocopherols (vitamin E), chamomile, calendula, rose hip oil, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, zinc.

Exfoliate and Moisturize

• Often times, you can use what you have around the house!
• Exfoliate and moisturize at the same time with a combination of sugar, olive oil and ground oats or ground coffee beans and coconut oil.
• Sugar and ground coffee beans are too harsh for the face-instead, make a DIY face mask using coconut oil, honey & ground oats.