Total Skin Solutions

As the leaves fall, ice melts and temperatures boil, our skin also begins to change, requiring different products for every season. This doesn’t mean you need to alter your entire routine, but you might need to change out a few items. For instance, when winter arrives, your once normal to oily complexion can become drier. Come the summer, however, and you’re constantly running out of blotting papers.

To save dry skin during wintertime, invest in an oil-based moisturizer; and during the summer, for skin that tends to be oily, follow your soap-free cleanser with an alcohol-free toner. Several anti-aging products have the properties you need for perfect skin – no matter the weather.

Do you often wake up to raccoon eyes and yesterday’s makeup? From now on, make your #1 skincare priority a commitment to cleanse the face each night before bed — no matter how tired you are.

Start with a gentle, non-irritating eye makeup remover. To thoroughly cleanse the eye area, soak a cotton-pad with a small amount of eye makeup remover, and then hold it gently over the closed eyelid and lashes to loosen eye shadow and mascara. To completely remove mascara, soak one end of a cotton-swab in the product and gently rub the lash line to eliminate any leftover pigment.

Next, wash the rest of the face with a cleanser specifically tailored to your skin type. Got oily skin? Try a formula designed to help normalize the skin and reduce shine.

Massage a small amount of skin cleansing product between wet hands until foamy and then rub the cleanser carefully onto the skin, avoiding the eye area. Rinse well with warm water, pat dry and follow with appropriate skincare treatments and moisturizer.

When the heat is on, maintaining a regular makeup routine, in addition to using skin care products, gets frustrating, so streamline your beauty regimen. If your skin tends to turn into an oil-slick by the middle of the day, begin with a product to keep shine at bay.

Next, whether your skin is oily or bone-dry, follow with a light-weight moisturizer that contains SPF and is designed for your skin type.

Finally, skip the foundation and simply dot a long-lasting concealer over any problem areas and finish with a light powder to absorb shine.

Heat rash is a common condition that occurs when the body becomes overheated, causing the skin to become red and inflammed with dozens of tiny bumps. Heat rash is also sometimes referred to as prickly heat or miliaria because the skin may feel hot to the touch during an outbreak. Once the skin has broken out with a heat rash, it generally feels itchy, tingly, or prickly and bumps typically appear on areas of the skin that are covered by clothing, such as upper body, arms or even the head. Scratching will cause the bumps to swell and possibly lead to infection so monitor excess scratching, particularly in children as this will only increase the sensitivity of the skin.

Although it usually goes away on its own, heat rash should be watched carefully as it can interfere with the body’s heat regulation mechanism by blocking the sweat ducts, and can lead to heat exhaustion. Heat rash can also lead to secondary skin infections, especially if the bumps are scratched or abraded. Symptoms to watch for include fever or chills, swollen glands, pus, and increased swelling. Using a lotion that uses calamine or having an upkeep of natural skin care products may clear or bypass this. If the rash doesn’t clear with a few days without treatment, call a doctor for further treatment.