The winter can be brutal on your skin. Dry heat from radiators zaps moisture, and strong winter winds can lead to increased irritation and redness. Tight dry skin and chapped lips don’t have to be a way of life during the colder months though. Here are some tips to get that glow in your skin even this winter;

1. Use a face scrub ones  a  week  as it is  winter and  it may  peel off your skin

2. Avoid heavy moisturizing creams or oily foundations and cream-based color makeup. Use a light mousse or a matte compact or simply a few drops of calamine lotion as a makeup base.

3. A face wash containing fruit extracts such as Strawberry Orange Face Wash helps to freshen the skin.Use it daily to keep extra moisture & oil out of the skin.

4.Always apply  a  sunscreen  every  day  after your bath,apply to the  sun  exposed  place s of  your  body.

5.Ensure your apply it  half an hour  before  you   step  out.

6. Use Almond oil or Olive  oil alternatively days. take 3-5 drops  of  it  apply it on your  face  and  neck, ,massage  it  clock  wise  and anti  clock  wise and apply it till the oil  spreads  evenly and place a cotton ball on the eyes which are  dipped in cucumber juice and rosewater and relax for-15-20 min.

7.Unlike the other moisturizer for a longer resistant moisturizer,take a normal  glycerine, take a small bowl 1/2 tsp of  glysrine add 1/2 tsp olive oil and 3tsp of water mix  them well apply to your hands and  legs massage it well, its not very greesey nor keeps yoy  body  dry.

8.Use a skin brightening toner each time you wash your face to close the pores and restore your skin's pH balance.

Home made fruit mask used  in  winter

Papaya - Half cup

Pineapple - Half cup

Avocado - Half cup

Honey 4 tablespoons

Bran 1 cup

Procedure - Make a paste out of the above ingredients and apply till elbows for hands and ankles for feet. Wash after it gets dried up. This helps to get soft and supple skin.

Bottom  line for all the  skin  freaks,its  good  to try new  products that come in the market but ensure to stick for any given product over a period of time,as this will help you  to maintain healthy  skin conditions.