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Intake of adequate fluids become very important as the dehydrating effect of heating needs to be over come and excessive loss of moisture needs to be replaced.

Simple daily routines, such as bathing and towel drying, may actually promote dry skin. You may wish to modify your bathing routine to help preserve your skin's loss of moisture. Bathing provides the skin temporary moisture, but it removes the skin's ‘Acid Mantel’ and in the long run causes more moisture loss than gain, particularly if you use commercially manufactured soap, which by nature has a drying effect on the skin.

The correct skin care regime to counteract dry skin is crucial and the following steps are suggested:

1. Do not wash, using soap, as it dries out your skin! – Instead, use an exfoliant, such as the ‘Skin Renewal Gel’ from Wildcrafted Herbal Products, followed by a cleanser (Wildcrafted’s Hydrating Cleanser is ideal) to keep your skin from drying out unnecessarily.


2. Apply a toner to prevent loss of moisture from your skin – This step is often neglected by many, yet it is a very important step, especially if you have dry skin. Toning lotions, for example Wildcrafted’s ‘Milk of Roses Toner’ provides essential oils and herbal extract that help to close the opened pores and prevents loss of moisture.
   



3. Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise. – This cannot be stressed strongly enough. Moisturising will not only nourish your skin, but it will help to reduce loss of moisture even further, thus preventing dry skin, as well as repair damaged skin. Wildcrafted’s Papaya Day Crème, for example is a good illustration of using essential oils and herbal extracts to re-hydrate the depleted skin and nourish it to help protect is from loss of moisture.

Dry skin can also be itchy and become very sensitive, resulting in eczema and dermatitis. The prevention of excessive loss of moisture to prevent dry skin is important to prevent further complication of dry skin.

Your Skin Has Seven Layers - Ayurveda Skin Care Tips for Better Skin

Ayurveda describes seven separate layers of the skin Each layer has its own structure and function. The layers are designed so that each layer provides support to the layers above it.

The skin as a whole is able to perform its overall functions effectively when all seven layers are healthy.

Factors which determine skin health and youthfulness include:

1. proper moisture balance

2. effective functioning of the metabolic mechanisms that coordinate all the various chemical and hormonal reactions of the skin

3. efficient circulation of blood and nutrients to the different layers of the skin.

Layer 1, the outermost layer, is the source of complexion and reflects the quality of the nutrient fluid and whether the physiology as a whole is balanced or imbalanced. Layer 1 indicates whether there is inner health or some disorder.

Layer 2 indicates the quality of the blood. Impurities) in the blood accentuates sensitivity to the sun.

Layer 3 provides balance to skin colour, lightening the darker colours of the inner layers.

Layer 4 nurtures the upper layers of the skin. It supports the immune system and helps the skin perform its function of being a barrier. Skin infections reflect an imbalance in this layer.