6 Tips to De-Stress Your Skin

Try to Keep Your Lifestyle as Healthy as Possible

This tip may seem like a no-brainer, but it is still worth mentioning. Eating a healthy diet, getting enough sleep, staying active, and getting rid of bad habits (or at least reducing your alcohol consumption and cutting back on smoking) will do wonders to your skin. While we realize that it is near impossible for your lifestyle to be 100% healthy at all times, you should at least try.

Check this out: 5 Tips for Improving Your Beauty Sleep

Stick to Your Skincare Routine

There are several reasons why following your skincare routine is important for de-stressing your skin. First of all, consistency is key when it comes to skincare, because many products have a cumulative effect and require continuous use. Second, sticking to a skincare regimen is good for de-stressing in general because practicing self-care is important for reducing stress levels.

Check this out: 7 Basic Steps of a Proper Skincare Routine

Keep Your Skin Hydrated

Stress hormones weaken your skin’s natural protective barrier, which makes the skin lose moisture and become defenseless against the environment. To keep your skin hydrated and protected, you need to use moisturizers that contain three types of active ingredients: humectants, emollients, and occlusives. Humectants draw moisture to the skin, emollients lubricate it and boost natural protection, and occlusives create an additional protective barrier.

Check this out: What Is the Difference Between Emollients, Humectants and Occlusives?

Invest in Skincare Products with Antioxidants

Our bodies produce free radicals that contribute to skin aging. Normally, free radical levels are regulated naturally, but stress affects the body’s ability to counteract the negative effects of free radicals, which may result in oxidative damage to the skin.

Skincare products with antioxidants are specifically designed to protect your skin from free radicals and prevent its premature aging. The most popular antioxidants found in skincare products include vitamin A (retinol), vitamin B3 (niacinamide), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E (tocopherol), resveratrol, coenzyme Q10, and polyphenols.

Check this out: 5 Benefits of Antioxidants for Your Skin

Try Face Massage

When you’re stressed, you might tighten your facial muscles, which can result in premature wrinkles. Facial massage helps relax facial muscles, improves blood circulation and lymphatic drainage, promotes healthy skin, and increases the absorption of skincare products. You can invest in a jade roller or simply massage your face with your fingertips. Don’t forget to use a face serum or a lightweight oil during massage!

Check this out: How to Choose the Right Oil for Your Skin Type

Pamper Yourself Every Now and Then

Giving your skin a full spa treatment can be a game changer, but even small things like steaming your face, applying a sheet mask or trying out a DIY face pack can make a difference and help reduce your stress levels.

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