What's really fun about winter, is your nose resembles Rudolph. Cold temps and winds constrict blood vessels to conserve energy, making your nose white. When you come inside and warm up, extra blood rushes to your cheeks and nose, inducing redness, dryness, and increased sensitivity.
So what the heck do ya do about it?
First, wear a stylish scarf bundled around your face when you're outdoors. Soothe weather-beaten skin with a mild cleanser morning and night.
To camouflage a scarlet schnoz: Smooth on a green-tinted powder (to neutralize redness), followed by a concealer that matches your skin tone.
If your nose remains red for more than a week to 10 days, see your dermatologist to make sure you're not suffering from a more severe skin condition.
What about a flaky face? Soak a washcloth in ice-cold whole milk, and lay it across your face for 10 minutes. The natural lipids in the milk will plump up and rehydrate your skin, while the cool temp and lactic acid will tone down redness and remove flakes.
Cracked red hands! The combo of freezing winds outside and desert like heat indoors weakens the surface of hands and nails. Coat on a thick hand cream enriched with moisturizing botanicals or ceramides (lipids that penetrate in between your cells and enhance your skin’s barrier function). Make sure you thoroughly rub it into your cuticles, since the fragile skin there gets particularly raw and ragged.
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