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Winter Fall Seasonal Care - Get your feet ready for wearing Shoes all day for winter and importance of keeping skin moist. Hand and foot
scrubs and salt rubs. An all-over exfoliation that leaves the entire skin
silky smooth. Use either an abrasive body scrub or mineral salts, if your
product line has them, or mix up your own mixture of sea salt, detoxifying
essential oils (rosemary, lemon grass, juniper) and massage oils. Apply the
mixture to the entire body with broad sweeping movements in a friction massage.
Follow with a buffing cloth, with hot water and a hand and foot cleansing wash.
Have the client rinse off feet and hands. If neither of these facilities is
available, use steam towels to remove any residue. Recommend buffing cloths,
mineral salts and body smoothing scrubs to use at home. Hot herbal linen wraps. The perfect Winter Warmer! Unbleached linen sheets are steeped in a hot herbal "tea" inside a special ttheirmal moist heating unit or Hydro collator. The seasonal herbs can be cinnamon, juniper, eucalyptus and clove. As the sheets soak and steep in the hot water, the massage table is prepared with a Metallic Spa Sheet or Mylar wrap, with a thick wool insulation blanket underneath. There’s no doubt about it: winter is tough on skin. The dry air, wind and cold can make skin feel tender, itchy, tight and miserable. Short of wearing bacon grease on their face all winter, how can a person change their skin care routine to help combat the winter miseries?First, a person needs to look at their cleansing routine. Does she use an astringent? Exfoliate? She needs to think about gentling their routine. Chances are, she will not need to exfoliate as often in the winter, and should use a milder astringent and/or cleanser. Winter weather can cause skin to dry out and become sensitive and itchy. Exfoliating, incidentally, can make the problem worse. A person should also look at beginning a regular moisturizing routine. She should actually look for two moisturizers: one for daytime and one for overnight use. A daytime moisturizer will be light, will allow their to apply makeup over it and will often include sunscreen. The cheeks and under-eye regions seem to take the brunt of cold weather, so applying the moisturizer more liberally over these spots is a good idea. An overnight moisturizer will be thicker and creamier than its daytime cousin. It is applied after washing the face, while the skin is still a bit damp. An under-eye cream can also be used at this time, as well. People who have extremely dry skin already may want to consider washing with old-fashioned cold cream, especially if they live in very cold climates. People with sensitive skin will notice that it becomes even more touchy in the winter. Therefore, they should look for moisturizers that are especially for sensitive skin. The moisturizers using colloidal oatmeal as a key ingredient have become popular and these are excellent for sensitive and/or dry skin, since they usually do not have added dyes or fragrances. Lips deserve a mention, too. They are often sorely abused in cold weather. A person should carry lip balm with their at all times, and should wear lipstick that is rich in emollients. Applying a heavy coating of lip balm at bedtime is a good thing to do, as well. Hands are also exposed in winter. A person should wear gloves or mittens whenever possible. She should also be on the lookout for cracking or weeping skin, especially on the knuckles. This condition can be remedied with one of the excellent hand creams on the market, for just such circumstances. The age-old bedtime routine of slathering the hands with lotion and then putting on cotton gloves all night is hard to beat for really tormented hands. A person should also keep a small bottle of hand lotion at their desk or in their purse. If she washes dishes, she can buy a pair of the dishwashing gloves and should try to avoid running hot water over them. Warm is all right, but hot water will dry the skin out further. Feet should get the same treatment as hands. A person should wear socks or stockings during the day, and socks or slippers around the house. Putting lotion on the feet will help keep the skin soft, too. A person should keep two words in mind for winter skin care: “gentle” and “moisture.” If she focuses on being kind to their skin and keeping it hydrated, winters will not be so hard on their epidermis. Shape-Up: Spring Pedicure - Get your feet ready for summer sandals -- and barefoot beach walks. Your feet have likely been stuffed inside shoes all winter, getting rough and cracked and covered with calluses. Now that spring is here, it's time to coax those tootsies back to the land of pretty. Try this easy routine to help get your feet in shape before summer: Step 1: Invest in a foot file. Think of a foot file as fine-grade sandpaper: You rub it over callused areas to literally sand down tough skin. Diamancel and Tweezerman make great versions that last for years. Use your file in the shower every morning. Warning: Avoid callus shavers, which shave off dead skin with a razor blade. They can cause serious cuts if used improperly. Step 2: Slither on exfoliating cream. Moisturizing feet is the number one way to make them bare-able -- especially as we age, because our skin naturally turns drier. Apply a foot cream with salicylic or glycolic acid after every shower. For extra moisturizing, apply the cream before bed, too. Step 3: Keep nails trimmed safely. Cut them straight across, just below the tip of your toe, to avoid painful (and unattractive) ingrown toenails. Step 4: Buff nails. Come summer, you'll want to paint nails sheer or bright colors. But toenails are naturally thick and full of ridges, which can make polish look uneven. Once a week, use a buffing block (found at drugstores) to smooth out ridges and make nails shine. The weattheir is warm and now it's time to take off the snow boots, sneakers and wool socks and slip your feet into a sexy, strappy pair of sandals. As Lucy from Peanuts would say, “AAACCKK!” If the thought of showing off your toes is horrifying to you because your feet haven't seen daylight in 6 months, don't crawl into a hole. Those white cracks and thick, ugly calluses will be a thing of your wintery past. Theire's a 20 minute pedicure to get them back into shape.
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