Hydrate Your Skin

Moisturize Your Skin

Dehydrated skin causes many skin problems and worsens any existing skin condition, for all skin types. Desert earth is so dry, it can absorb very little water, so the rain can cause flooding. The rain rolls across the desert and falls into the cracks. Dehydrated skin — or water-dry skin — acts like the desert; such skin simply can’t absorb products. 

Hydrators are water-based gels you should use twice daily to combat dehydration — the most common skin problem. Just as every body needs water to function healthily, every person needs a Hydrator Gel for healthy, attractive skin. Dehydrated skin appears dry, scaly, and flaky. It feels tight and may “crinkle” when gently pulled. A person with oily skin may think she has dry skin, but the skin is actually dehydrated. Unfortunately, using products meant for dry skin will only create bigger problems.

When skin becomes dehydrated, the surface cells harden, forming a thin covering over the skin. This dehydrated covering behaves like Saran Wrap on the skin: None of the wonderful ingredients from essential products get it, and none of the skin’s natural oil secretions get out. This entrapment of oils under the skin’s surface is particularly detrimental for anyone suffering from acne. Additionally, dehydrated skin is always more sensitive, because just as the dry desert earth has cracks, dehydrated skin has tiny, invisible fissures, or cracks, that allow products to seep in and cause irritation.

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To maintain healthy, happy skin, you must seal in your hydrating gel with a moisturizer every night and a moisturizer and/or sunscreen during the day. This technique works much like a greenhouse: after watering plants, one covers them with plastic to prevent the water from evaporating. Similarly, without preventative action, water can and will evaporate through the skin. This problem is called transepidermal water loss or "TEWL." Moisturizers help prevent TEWL. 

The skin loses a lot of its natural moisture through evaporation and is particularly affected by extreme temperatures, sun exposure, wind exposure, and drying (low humidity) conditions found in buildings with central heating and in airplanes. Using harsh soaps, astringents, or medications also affects the skin’s moisture. To counteract these factors, the skin needs a moisturizer with the correct proportions of water and oil to form a suitable barrier. 

For best results, you should apply moisturizers to skin that’s still damp from cleansing or toning. Applying moisturizers to damp skin ensures the skin can hold more water; this temporarily plumps up fine, parched lines. Moisturizers also protect your skin against environmental pollution and free radical attack, which leads to aging. You may require different moisturizers for day use and night use or for different times of the year.

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