How To Nourish Dry Skin with Holistic Skincare

Dry skin isn’t just a surface level issue

Dry skin can feel tight, irritated, or even a little disconnected from the rest of you. As a holistic skin therapist, I often notice that dryness shows up when clients are energetically depleted. Your skin may just be asking for a little more nourishing, and maybe, so are you. Read on to find out exactly how to get started restoring your skins micro biome for dry skin types.

The Reason You Might Have Dry Skin

Dry skin lacks both oil and water, and often needs a layered approach to restore balance to your skins micro biome. From a holistic perspective, you should start by looking at how much water you are consuming throughout your day. From a licensed estheticians perspective, look for water based ingredients like hyaluronic acid and niacinamide and oil based ingredients like squalane and apricot kernel oil. Adding these ingredients into your daily routine will have your skin hydrated in no time.

Your Aligned Dry Skincare Routine

Caring and protecting your dry skin doesn’t have to be all consuming. The best advice is to keep it simple and don’t forget your water intake. Here is a breakdown of a nourishing and hydrating dry skincare routine for every morning and evening.

AM: cool water cleanse – hydrating mist – hyaluronic acid – moisturizer – spf

PM: oil double cleanse – light exfoliant (1-2x weekly) – squalane oil – moisturizer

You can easily maintain your skin at home with healthy living practices and proper skincare routines. Some other tips to help hydrate dry skin at home is to limit showers to under 10 minutes, use warm – cool water instead of hot, and don’t use harsh fragrant products in your routines.

Holistic Energy Meets Skin

Whether you’re navigating seasonal dryness or looking to reconnect with your skin, this routine can be a gentle starting point. Remember to hydrate throughout the day by drinking half of your body weight in ounces of water and eating water-rich foods like cucumbers and celery. Although consuming water itself wont necessarily affect your surface level skin, it will help cleanse and balance your body.

If you’re craving a more personalized approach to your dry skincare routine, a local licensed estheticians perspective from the treatment room is a safe space to come back to yourself, skin, soul, and all. Real change takes time, the skin goes through a 28 day regeneration cycle, on a good month, and it wont happen if you don’t help yourself, be patient with your progress.

Energy that’s in motion stays in motion, so make sure to put some pure intentions behind your skincare routine at home to help regulate your nervous system and create a more whimsical and soft life from the inside out.