Bathing To Help Your Skin

We all have different skin types. Dry Skin, Problem Skin, Sensitive Skin, and if you are lucky Normal Skin. But we all feel sometimes it would be lovely to just soak away the problem.
Well there are some bathing remedies to help most skin types. Even if it's just to relieve sun burnt skin, which I gave you a remedy for in post "Another Bathing Remedy". So this time we'll start with Dry Skin.

Dry Skin
Which is probably the most common, as when I was a hairdresser dry hair would have been the most asked for advise.
Dry skin is usually caused by yes the plain old climate. And with all the air conditioners/heaters around today we can't just blame the weather. Also stress and our diet add to the problem.
So what relief can we get from a bath, well lots if you work at it a bit.

First run a nice warm bath, not a boiling hot one that a lot of us like to have, as that will just make your skin to sensitive. When using oils in the bath , you must remember never to just pure heaps of natural oils into a bath. They can be very Strong and do more harm to your skin than good. Also if you are pregnant always read the labels on bottles first.

Get your nice smoothing music ready, close the door to keep all the lovely aromas in and get ready to relax and hydrate your skin at the same time.

Mix together two drops of Sandalwood and two drops of Rose Oil, add this to the bath. You can also add, (and this is not as bad as it sounds) Vegetable oil, 2 teaspoons is enough. Or Sweet Almond Oil or Jojoba will help to boost up the hydrating process.

Relax in bath, and using you hand rest it on the surface of the water, you'll notice some of the oil will be settled there. Use your hand as you would a sponge and gently smooth the oil over your skin. Sometimes we have only one area of our body that is really dry, well work on that area the most.
Don't let bath water get to cool, top it up to keep at an even temperature.
Once had enough just blot dry your skin with a soft cotton towel, sometimes just using your hands as a towel works wonders to. You will notice skin doesn't need a lot of drying as oils have locked in the moisture.
As we all know after soaking in a bath it's advisable to drink a good amount of water. Taking a Evening Primrose vitamin tablet helps Dry Skin hugely too.

Something I used to do when hairdressing, as you can imagine hairdressers hands would have to be the driest out there. I would use a teaspoon of vegetable oil or really my favourite Sweet Almond oil, mainly because of it's beautiful aroma. OK oil plus lots of Sugar. Really rub it all into your hands, adding more oil or sugar as needed. It is so wonderful for lifting dry skin and leaving them feeling so soft. Just run hands under cool water to get rid of any excess sugar once you feel your hands have had enough, rub hands together to dry them. Really this can be used on your feet or any other part of your body that is really dry too.
And why not give a friend in need a hand massage, that way your hands get worked on at the same time.

Please remember these are just my own bathing remedies and tips. They are not meant for any special medical conditions.

Enjoy :-)