Dry skin is very often sensitive too, which just makes it more difficult to deal with. Dry sensitive skin feels tight because of the lack of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will evolve into wrinkles. Moreover, this kind of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries rupturing and sudden flushes. Therefore, the taking care of dry sensitive skin proves quite a challenge at times. It is worth mentioning the fact that it afflicts people regardless of age, colour or gender.
You have to follow rigorous steps in your choice of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products when you have dry sensitive skin to take care of. First of all, you need to reduce the amount of products you put on your skin. The fact is, the more chemicals you come into contact with, the bigger the chance of getting rashes. The products ought to be perfume-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don’t develop red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation can present some problems for dry sensitive skin.
Try not to use too much make-up in order to permit your skin to breathe properly. When you are shopping for make up, other than looking for the hypo-allergenic label, you should also try to ensure that they are oil-free. Furthermore, foundation and blusher should be water-based because they don’t clog your pores. Moreover, oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your epidermis even drier.
It is also not recommended that you use exfoliants or astringent products on dry sensitive skin because they could irritate the thin epidermis. The same thing must be said in relation to cleansing: over-washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that oil the skin, which will result in an increased dryness.
Furthermore, your day-time moisturiser should have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 built-in. However, however much you may like sunbathing, dry sensitive skin does not really permit you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching pleasures.
If you have dry sensitive skin, don’t expose it to the sun in order to tan it, because you will only achieve early ageing and possibly even quite serious health problems. And last but not least, a warning must be signalled that you should change some of your cosmetic products for other ones along the lines mentioned previously.
If you decide that you should to switch to another skincare brand, it is very important that you test the product on a small piece of skin in order to test whether it provokes any negative manifestations.
