Winter Is Coming, Prepare Your Skin

Bella Breakdown Winter weather may be fun for sports, snow angels, cuddling up by the fire, and getting into the holiday spirit, but it’s not fun for your skin. The dropping temperatures, harsh winds, and drying air is a one-way ticket to cracked and dry skin. From your cuticles to your heels, your entire body feels the harsh effects of winter’s anti-hydrating antics. Estheticians will preach pricey facials and multiple spa visits to fully take care of your skin, but who has time for that? To prepare for the season at home and hopefully prevent your skin from looking...

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Cold Weather Skin Care Musts

Bella Breakdown As much as some of us may be ready for the winter months to come to an end, in many places in the United States it seems like we might be in for cold weather for a while longer. If you live in a chilly place, then taking care of your skin throughout the winter season is absolutely essential. Cold weather is especially harsh on the skin, and it can make it raw, itchy, irritated, or dry. Frigid temps can even lead to people’s skin aging more quickly. Follow these precautionary actions to protect your skin no...

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Dealing With Your Winter Skin

Bella Breakdown Winter is coming, and so is your chapped skin. The winter months bring out dry, cold weather and can leave you feeling dry, parched, flaky, and itchy. So what can you do to heal your winter skin? 1. Stay away from hot baths and hot showers. The warm water and steam is a direct way to dry up your skin. Obviously you don’t want to take freezing showers in the winter, but make sure the water isn’t boiling hot… you know, just like you like it. 2. Lightly exfoliating really helps to alleviate your dead skin. Be...

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Use This Instead Of Lotion After You Shower

Bella Breakdown Moisturizing your skin after you take a shower is in most people’s everyday routine. But are you moisturizing with the right product? The American Academy of Dermatology stresses that people should be using an ointment or cream rather than a lotion. Ointments have the best effect for smoothing skin and increasing moisture. While a cream is still better than a lotion, it still falls behind ointments in terms of moisturizing benefits. There are still benefits to cream, though. Cream is good for making dry or irritated skin feel light and cool. The least effective is of course...

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DIY Spring Lotion Bars

Bella Breakdown Moisturize your skin and take in the sweet scent of spring with this DIY lotion bar! In a pot, melt 2 ounces of beeswax, 1 cup of coconut oil 1/2 cup shea butter, and a few drops of rose oil. Mix well. Pour the mixture into a cup and refrigerate for 10 minutes. To moisturize your skin, rub the bar onto your skin as you would a soap. Coconut oil helps to moisturize dry skin, shea butter has anti-inflammatory properties and helps heal irritated skin, beeswax has high antioxidant properties and acts as a skin rejuvenator, and...

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