You Sweat All the Time
Yes, that’s right. You sweat! And that’s not just at the gym, but almost all the time, everyday. We sweat even when we sleep! That’s just part of your body’s way of cooling you off. Even if you’re not sweating at the beach, you still need to cleanse that skin morning and evening to remove dirt, oils, and makeup.
Sweating is normal, and can be a result of needing to cool down your body, or as a result of hormonal changes or even stress. Too much caffeine or even a good spicy meal can trigger sweating. Pregnancy can also make your body sweat more, so it’s important to replenish your fluids throughout the day to hydrate your body, inside and out.
Pro Tip: MUTHA Deodorant is a natural underarm treatment that nourishes the skin, keeps you feeling fresh, and shows your sweat some respect.
Cold Air Can Irritate Your Skin
That cool breeze can actually chap and irritate your skin, causing dryness and redness. That’s not to say that autumn breezes are harmful, but any sun and wind exposure could lead to irritation. Dry air without humidity can mean chapped, red skin any time of year, in fact.
Dry air inside your home can mean an increase in skin issues, including eczema or atopic dermatitis, or even nosebleeds and dehydration. Take care of your skin by hydrating it with plenty of quality moisturizers — try an evening ritual using MUTHA™ Cream Extreme with glutathione, bioplasma, circadian dermablend, bakuchiol and collagen aquaporin to moisturize your skin. Follow it up with MUTHA™ Face Oil to soothe your skin. You can also add hydrating, healthy foods and plenty of water to your diet.
Hot Water Can Dry You Out
You may be tempted to take an extra long, extra hot shower when it’s chilly outside, but it’s more skin smart to keep your water on the mellow side. Hot water can feel great to loosen up tight or sore muscles deep below the skin, but on top of your skin, too much heat can strip away precious oils, making your skin feel even worse. If you must take a hot bath or shower, make sure to moisturize all over afterwards to lock in all that great glow on your skin.
After a good restorative night’s sleep, start your day by washing in lukewarm water and cleanse away that overnight accumulation of dead skin cells (perhaps mixed with a little sweat) from your body’s restorative downtime. But don’t scrub too hard! You’re not attacking a whole day’s accumulation of makeup, environmental pollutants, and oils first thing in the morning, so save that extra attention for your bedtime routine. Instead, every morning is a great chance to cleanse, moisturize, and protect your face, neck, and all over your body (even if you’re covering up more of it as it gets cooler out). At night, do a double cleanse to do away what you put on, and use nighttime moisturizers and restorative products — like MUTHA™ Cream Extreme — that your body can utilize while you get that all important beauty rest.
Sunscreen Isn’t Just for Summer!
Did you know that you can get sunburned even on cloudy days? What’s more, you can get skin damage from all those screens and blue lights coming at our faces all day. It’s important to add sunscreen to your face and neck regimens, but also to exposed skin including arms, hands, and even your feet. What’s even better than preventing wrinkles and sun damage, is also using sunscreen every day to look younger and help prevent skin cancer. Remember, you don’t have to get a sunburn to get sun damage.
The Skin Cancer Foundation points out that if you’re hitting the slopes or even just taking a walk this winter, you should make sure to include sunscreen and sun protection for your skin. “Snow reflects up to 80 percent of the sun’s UV light, so the rays hit you twice, further increasing your risk of skin cancer and premature aging,” they note.
Vitamin C makes sunscreen even more effective and the MUTHA™ No. 1 Serum is great for dry skin since it brings along stabilized vitamin C (THD), four types of hyaluronic acid, ferulic acid, niacinamide and vitamin E.
Include eye protection for that delicate skin around your peepers, with some UVA and UVB-blocking sunglasses, even when you’re not on the beach.
“Even when it’s cold or overcast, UV rays that cause skin aging and skin cancer are reaching your skin,” notes Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, who is Skin Cancer Foundation president. “In the right winter weather conditions, you can sustain sun damage just as easily as during the summer.”
Hope Smith on Cleansing and Protecting Your Skin
As Hope points out in her “AM Beauty Routine” video, “Sometimes in the morning, I’ll use, like, a milky cleanser…to give me a clean base to use my skin care products on so they really absorb and can go so much deeper.” After cleansing, she adds a new MUTHA™ product (coming out in fall 2021) as well as MUTHA™ No. 1 Serum with Vitamin C as well as the MUTHA™ Up All Night Eye Cream to fight fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles and puffiness. On top she puts the MUTHA™ Cream for daytime extra moisturizing to make her skin soft. She also ends with Supergoop Glowscreen with SPF 40, even when she’s not wearing makeup, for a beautiful glowing face, but also protection from sun and screens.