In the chilly season, cold air can cause dry, itchy, red and inflamed skin. Even if you keep using lotion, it only works briefly, and after a while, your skin will become dry again. To really tackle dry skin in winter, you have to first recognise these 6 mistakes that will make your skin worse.

#1Moisturising without nourishing your skin

When skin becomes dry and cracked, many people rush to use expensive skincare products, but the results are unsatisfactory. That’s because you neglect to hydrate or nourish your skin first, it won't work, even if you want to moisturise to relieve dryness. If lotion alone doesn't help, you should use a special nourishing skin care product first. Common ingredients include hyaluronic acid, vitamins B3 and B5, glycerin and aloe vera extract, all of which are effective winter moisturisers. Daily use slowly improves moisture loss, restoring plumpness and lustre to the skin before other skincare products can be used.

#2Skincare products do not follow suit seasonally

In summer, your face is often oily, so you use strong cleansing products to cleanse your face and refresh it. However, if used in winter, it will dry out your face and make it more susceptible to allergies, such as redness, peeling and itching. When you notice that the condition of your skin starts to change significantly, such as when it was oily but has become less oily, it's time to make a seasonal change to your skincare regime. In autumn and winter, you should use moisturising and hydrating skincare products, including plant-derived products that protect the sebum film, strengthen the epidermis, and provide anti-inflammatory and antioxidant relief.

#3Thick dead skin

When the skin is too dehydrated and not exfoliated regularly, the skin layer becomes thicker, making it more difficult for care products to penetrate into the skin. Therefore, if you want to improve your skin's conditions, it is advisable to use moisturisers after washing your face or taking a shower, while your skin is still hydrated and your dead skin cells are softening and shedding, so that the moisturisers can penetrate into your skin more easily. Alternatively, you can use an exfoliator, but not too often - once a week is fine, otherwise the skin layer will become thin and vulnerable.

#4Hot bathing water

Although it's cosy to wash in hot water in this chilly season, it will dry out your skin! Hot water opens up the pores of the skin and causes the skin to lose moisture fast. So adjust the bathing water temperature to the right temperature, don't take too long in the bath or shower and apply moisturiser as soon as possible after drying your body.

#5No sun protection in winter

Many people have the misconception that they don't need sunscreen because there is no UV light on winter’s cloudy days. Whether it is cloudy or winter, UV rays are still present and sun protection is still needed. Pregnant women are also affected by hormones and are more likely to develop dark spots when exposed to UV rays, so you should never skip sun protection.

#6Underestimating the problem of dry skin

People generally think that there are only three types of skin types: oily, normal and dry. In addition to dryness, there is extremely dry skin. If your skin feels tight and dry, separates with cosmetics and flakes easily and moisturisers don't help, you may have extremely dry skin. As well as choosing products for dry skin, you need to increase the frequency of use and replenish the moisturiser on your skin regularly. After moisturising and replenishing the skin, it is crucial to use a lotion that locks in the moisture and contains oil on the outer skin layer to keep the water in.

Swissline’s Argan Facial Treatment

Known as "liquid gold", Argan Oil is prized for its excellent anti-ageing effects on dry and damaged skin, and has been a beauty secret of local Moroccan women for millennia! Argan oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids (Omega-6 and Omega-9) and phytosterols, and is particularly suitable for dry skin in winter, as it locks in moisture and provides all-day nourishing.

Swissline’s Argan Facial Treatment makes use of this "liquid gold", which is packed with natural nutrients to improve redness, enlarged pores, sagging, dullness and roughness of the skin, as well as to improve its own moisturizing and hydrating capacity, and to soften the dead skin cells and increase the strength of the skin barrier. Combined with Swissline's exclusive Cell Shock Age Intelligence Youth Booster, Crystal Complex Lifting Mask and other precious ingredients, this product rejuvenates your skin, reduces fine lines and firms the skin, restoring a soft, white and smooth complexion.

#1 想滋潤卻沒先補水

當皮膚乾裂時，有很多人會急於使用貴價護膚品保養，但效果只有事倍功半。因為你忽略了皮膚要先保濕「補水」的做法，所以，就算你多麼想滋潤去解除肌膚乾裂也不成。如果光擦乳液也不一定有用，你應該要先使用專門保濕的護膚品，常見成分有透明質酸、維他命B3及B5、甘油、蘆薈萃取物等，都是冬天有效的保濕品。每天使用可慢慢地改善皮膚水分流失，令皮膚恢復飽滿和光澤，這時候才可以使用其他護膚品。

#2 保養品沒跟著換季

夏天臉部多數油光滿面，因此會使用強力清潔產品洗臉，為求臉部清爽，但如果在冬天使用，就會讓臉越洗越乾，而且更容易引起敏感症狀，如泛紅、脫皮、瘙癢等。當你發現膚質狀況開始變化比較大的時候，例如本來很油的，但卻變成不太出油等情況時，就應該是時候為保養品轉季，秋冬季應以使用保濕補水修護的護膚產品為主，可以多使用一些保護皮脂膜、強化表皮層修護、抗炎舒緩抗氧化的植物萃取產品。

#3 角質層太厚

當皮膚太過缺水、未有定期去角質，就會使皮膚角質層比較厚，令保養品比較難滲透進皮膚內。因此你也要改善皮膚角質厚問題，建議洗完臉、洗完澡以後，在皮膚還透著水氣，角質細胞會變軟、變薄的時候，趕快使用保濕品，讓保濕成分更容易滲透進入到皮膚。另外，也可以使用去角質產品，不過別太過頻繁，一星期一次便可，否則會讓角質層變得越來越薄。

#4 洗澡水太熱

雖然冬天洗熱水很舒服，但是會令你的皮膚更乾燥！熱水會使肌膚毛細孔張開，使肌膚裡的水分流失。因此調整洗澡水溫至適中，且洗澡時間不宜過久，擦乾身體後也要盡快塗上保濕乳。

#5 冬天不用防曬

許多人常有錯誤觀念，認為陰天沒有紫外線，不需要防曬。無論是陰天或冬季，皆仍有紫外線，仍然需要防曬。而且孕婦受到荷爾蒙的影響，接觸紫外線較易產生黑斑，所以仍應防曬。

#6 看輕了皮膚乾的程度

一般人都以為膚質只有油性、中性和乾性三種，其實這只是大致上的分類，乾性以外，還可能有極乾性膚質。如果你很容易覺得皮膚緊繃、易脫妝、乾燥、容易產生皮屑、擦了保濕品也沒有用，你或者就是極乾性膚質。你除了要選擇乾性膚質適用的保養品外，也要增加使用的次數，經常補充保濕品，做完保濕、補充皮膚的水分後，還要用含有可以鎖住水分、含油脂的保養品擦在外層，才能把補進去的水鎖住不流失。

Swissline 摩洛哥堅果面部護理療程

有「液態黃金」美名的摩洛哥堅果油(Argan Oil)，以修護乾燥及受損肌膚的卓越抗老功效而聞名，是摩洛哥當地女性千年以來的美麗秘密！當中蘊含豐富的不飽和脂肪酸(Omega-6及Omega-9)、植物固醇，藉由其優異水和保濕功效，層層鎖住肌膚水分達到全天候保濕潤澤，特別適合冬季的乾燥肌膚。

Swissline摩洛哥堅果面部護理療程就運用這款「液態黃金」，以豐富天然營養去為你改善乾燥泛紅、毛孔粗大、下垂鬆弛、膚色暗啞、膚質粗糙，提昇自身保濕及鎖水能力，更可軟化角質層及增加肌膚屏障強度。再加上Swissline獨有的Cell Shock活細胞智慧型專效活力混合精華、水晶之淚緊緻面膜等珍貴成分產品，能夠為你激活皮膚再生，減淡細紋及緊緻肌膚，重塑幼嫩白滑的肌膚。

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