Top 10 Tips for a Healthy Glowing Skin
Mental and Physical well-being is top of mind when it comes to health. When it comes to your skin, what do you do to keep healthy? Remember, your skin takes you everywhere and represents you wherever you find yourself.
Dehydration, age, poor diet, lack of sleep, and even what you put on your skin can rob the skin of its radiance. Major visible evidence of healthy skin is a natural radiant glow.
Consider these ten (10) tips to incorporate into your lifestyle that target the health and beauty of your skin.
1. Drink Water
Your body requires proper hydration to carry out key functions that support healthy skin. When hydrated, it can move along beneficial fluids more effectively and flush unwanted toxins, helping to minimize inflammation and support your skin’s moisture barrier.
Water is also essential to produce structural proteins like collagen and elastin that keep your skin strong, plump, and elastic. So, while eight glasses of water a day may not be the miracle cure, it does help you maintain a healthy, youthful-looking complexion.
There are several ways to ensure your body is getting the hydration it needs. In addition to drinking water, you can incorporate water-rich foods into your daily diet. Foods like cucumber, tomatoes, watermelon, and strawberries are more than 90% water, making them excellent sources of hydration.
2. Cleanse twice daily
Thoroughly removing debris like dirt, oil, and pollution particles that can clog pores and cause dullness. Wash your face morning and night by massaging in a small dollop of face cleanser lightly with fingers in circular motions, working from the inside of the face out for full coverage. If you wear makeup, first remove it with a makeup remover and then cleanse
Use Skinlyn Foaming Facial cleanser for a gentle cleanse. And it’s perfect for sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin due to its ability to prevent the spread of acne-causing bacteria.
3. Exfoliate
One of the best ways to brighten skin and boost its glow immediately and long term is by exfoliating. Removes dead skin cells from the outer layer of the skin to make its surface smooth and bright. It allows easy absorption of skincare products to work effectively, unclog pores, and remove impurities. Evens out skin tone and boost blood circulation and lymphatic drainage.
Apply a physical exfoliant, like a face and body scrub two to three times per week and not more than twice a week if you have sensitive skin
Try Skinlyn Coffee Exfoliating scrub for a smoother, soft, clearer, and even skin tone with a Healthy Glow. Skinlyn Exfoliating Facial Cleanser is another excellent option as it doubles up as a cleanser.
4. Hydrate
Using hydrating serums and toners or face mists is a great way to awaken dull skin. Face mists are for specific purposes, helps soothe skin, set makeup, tighten pores, nourish skin, and give you a healthy look. A face mist is the second step in your skincare ritual to never go wrong with, using Skinlyn Rosewater Mist.
Serums are composed of a higher concentration of actives designed to sit atop fresh skin, and in some cases penetrate the stratum corneum. Using serums with humectants like hyaluronic acid and glycerin attracts and holds water in the skin, helping it stay supple throughout the day. Skinlyn Hyaluronic Acid is your go-to hydrating serums
5. Limit Sun Exposure and Protect
One of the greatest threats to healthy skin is sun exposure. It contributes to premature skin aging. UVA rays destroy collagen, contribute to a lack of elasticity and tone and cause thicker looking skin.” Sun damage can cause the skin to take on a leathery appearance, punctuated by the appearance of deep lines and wrinkles. Over time, age and liver spots also emerge due to sun damage that has accumulated over many years of exposure.
The course of action to minimize these risks is to protect yourself from exposure to UV rays: Seek shade, apply SPF, and wear protection.
And be sure to shield skin with a broad-spectrum SPF 30+ or day cream. Over-exfoliating makes it more prone to sun damage.
6. Limit stress
Signs of stress are evident on your skin.
When you feel stressed, your sympathetic nervous system releases stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline into your body. High cortisol levels accelerate the aging process by breaking down collagen and elastin; they also signal your skin to produce more oil, contributing to the development of acne.
A great way to deal with stress is to breathe deeper, take time to notice your breath, increase the length of the inhale and exhale and watch how your body relaxes. Meditation also reduces stress by helping you stay grounded.
7. Get Enough Sleep
During your sleep, hormones and neurotransmitters are produced which create optimal health, fight off disease, and work on epidermal tissue, muscles, and joints.
A study in Experimental Dermatology shows that people who slept seven to nine hours a night had skin that was more moisturized and could protect and heal itself better after being exposed to ultraviolet light compared to those who slept five hours or less. Your skin goes through much of its restoration while you sleep. If you cut back on sleep, you reduce the time the skin has to repair. Getting enough sleep gives your body enough time to perform the functions that keep your skin healthy because all repair processes occur when your body rests.
Lack of sleep causes wrinkles, swollen eyes and dark circles, fine lines, uneven skin tone, and less elasticity.
8. Eat Healthy Foods
Yes, what you eat affects your skin health and glow.
It’s no secret that anti-oxidant is the real deal in skincare. They are naturally occurring vitamins and minerals that fight free radicals by donating an electron, thereby reducing their reactivity and protecting the skin from damage. Your body produces antioxidants naturally, but you can also find them in everyday foods like berries and leafy greens, coffee, and popcorn. Here are some common antioxidants that are beneficial for your skin and the foods they can be found in;
Vitamin C: Most fruits and vegetables, especially berries, oranges, and bell peppers. Vitamin A: Milk, butter, and eggs. Vitamin E: Nuts, seeds, and leafy greens. Beta-carotene: Brightly colored fruits and vegetables like carrots, mangoes, and spinach. Lycopene: Red and pink fruits and vegetables like watermelon and tomatoes. Lutein: Leafy greens, corn, papaya, and oranges. Anthocyanin: Purple-colored foods like blueberries, pomegranates, and beets. Catechins: Green tea, dark chocolate, berries.
Antioxidants neutralize and protect the body from free radicals. Free radicals are unstable and highly reactive molecules that come from a variety of sources, including air pollutants, chemicals, UV rays, and cigarette smoke. These atoms are missing an electron and, to stabilize, seek out other molecules to bind. If this continues to happen, it triggers oxidative stress that plays a role in the premature aging of the skin.
Also, embrace healthy fats like omega-3 (linolenic acid) and omega-6 (linoleic acid). These healthy fats serve as building blocks of healthy cell membranes and are an integral component of the skin moisture barrier. In addition to helping the skin retain moisture and absorb beneficial vitamins and minerals, a healthy lipid barrier keeps out irritants that cause dryness and inflammation. Some sources are; Omega-3: Salmon, mackerel, sardines, flaxseeds, chia seeds, walnuts, eggs. Omega-6: Soybean oil, walnuts, sunflower seeds, almonds, cashews. omega-9: Include extra virgin olive oil, rosehip oil, avocados, nuts, and sesame oil.
9. Moisturize Skin Regularly
Do not apply moisturizers once in a while or when your skin feels dry, moisturizers are best applied on damp skin right after a shower. Lack of hydration makes your complexion dull and even accentuates wrinkles. Apply topical moisturizer morning and evening to replenish hydration.
Lotions and creams are emulsions (blends of oil and water components) that carry hydrating ingredients into the top layers of the skin, helping it hold moisture. To rehydrate the skin and ensure healthy radiant skin, try Skinlyn Luminous Body Milk.
10. Use skincare products that work well with your skin
The best thing you can do for your skin is incorporate natural & Organic ingredients and products into your skincare routine. Choosing natural & Organic skincare ensures that you are not exposing your skin to harsh chemicals that can disrupt its moisture barrier and cause irritation, dryness, wrinkles, skin cancer, etc. In addition, natural, organic, and biodynamic ingredients packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants improve your skin health over time.
Here at Skinlyn Gh, sourcing organic ingredients ensure that our products are rich in essential vitamins, nutrients and free of harmful chemicals, as our goal is to build and maintain healthy skin.
