Festive Season Self-Care: 7 Tips To Keep Your Skin Hydrated And Glowing

The festive season is an exciting blend of parties, glamorous looks, night-time meetings, and sumptuous food. But with all the makeup, irregular sleep timings, and varying temperatures, there isn’t much time left for proper skincare, and it tends to get dehydrated, exhausted, and lacklustre. Keeping your skin glowing and healthy needs to be made a priority during such a tumultuous time, and that too without wasting too many hours on your skincare regime. Here are some self-care tips for keeping your skin well hydrated and glowing.

7 Tips To Keep Your Skin Hydrated And Glowing

Here are some tips for skincare that you must follow this festive season for glowing and hydrated skin.

1. Double Cleanse Every Night

The trio of festive make-up, sweating, and pollution can effectively block the pores and strip away the natural oils of the skin if left on overnight. Double cleansing should be practised where one first uses an oil-based cleanser or micellar water to remove any stubborn make-up, and then follows up with a foaming or creamy cleanser.

2. Layer Hydration with Hyaluronic Acid

When there isn’t enough hydration in your skin, the first effect is the loss of all bounce and glow in your skin. Hydrating your skin through the use of hyaluronic acid serum on your moist skin right after cleansing ensures that your skin absorbs water.

3. Switch to a Rich, Barrier-Repair Moisturiser

Not sleeping and alcohol consumption both negatively affect the moisture barrier of your skin. Change your usual moisturiser to one that has ceramides, niacinamide, or squalane. That way, you can restore your skin barrier and hydrate it.

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4. Don't Skip Sunscreen Under Festive Lighting

Exposure to UV rays and indoor lighting, which includes the use of photo flashes and warm lighting used for decoration, causes oxidative stress and premature ageing. Use of a broad-spectrum, hydrating sunscreen daily in the morning is recommended.

5. Treat Your Skin to Hydrating Sheet Masks

For an instant skincare routine before heading out for a party, think about applying sheet masks that provide hydration, or sleeping masks that function overnight. Some of the ingredients which can help decrease skin inflammation include aloe vera, green tea, centella asiatica, and vitamin C.

6. Drink Plenty of Water and Water-Rich Foods

External skin care products can't make a difference when the body is dehydrated from within. To balance your indulgences of sweet and salty foods at this time of year, ensure that you drink no less than 2.5 litres to 3 litres of water each day. 

7. Get Enough Sleep

That is why it is said to be ‘beauty sleep’ because that is the time when skin repairs and collagen regeneration takes place. One needs to ensure at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep. 

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Conclusion

Glowing skin during the holiday season does not mean following a complex 10-step skincare routine. All you have to do is concentrate on hydration, feeding the skin barrier, and making out some time from the day for self-care internally. 

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