Most of the friends attach more importance to facial care and do not care much about body care. In fact, body care is also very important, especially in autumn and winter, the climate is dry and cold, and the wind is relatively strong in many areas in the north, so the body's skin is prone to dryness, skin and itching. Just because it is covered by clothes, the needs of the body's skin are often ignored.
In autumn and winter, three steps should be done for body care; 1. Gentle cleansing; 2. Moderate exfoliation; 3. Moisturize and moisturizing . Doing these three steps can meet the basic needs of the skin and will no longer dry, peel, or itch, making the body's skin moist, delicate and smooth. Consumers who have the needs of whitening and anti-aging for their body skin, and write an article to talk about it separately. Here we focus on these three basic care steps.
Gentle Cleaning
Mainstream bathing products used by consumers at home are soap and shower gel . The soap has strong cleaning power and is clean. After washing, the skin is refreshing and transparent, but it is very irritating and can easily irritate the skin. There are fewer and fewer consumers who are still taking baths with soap. There is also a "amino acid soap" on the market, which uses amino acid surfactant , which does not contain soap-based , and has relatively mild properties. But this kind of soap is relatively expensive and belongs to the niche market.
shower gel has become the mainstream product for bathing. The cleaning power and gentleness of shower gel mainly depends on the characteristics and compound ingredients contained in the cleaning ingredients (surfactant). The amount of shower gel is usually used is large, so it is all packed, which is much lower than that of cleansing products. The cost of cleaning ingredients (surfactants) that are too expensive is "unstop".
SLES is moderately priced and has strong cleaning power. It is better to have skin irritation than soap base and SLS. The skin feels a little smooth after cleaning. These features of SLES make it the core cleaning ingredient of most shower gels. This body wash can be used as long as it is not sensitive or fragile skin.
Hypersensitious and fragile skin can choose shower gels with amino acid surfactants as the main cleaning ingredient. This type of shower gel is moderately cleansing and gentle, and is suitable for sensitive skin. The disadvantage is that it is expensive. However, with the large-scale production of domestic amino acid surfactants, the price has been reduced a lot. This makes amino acid shower gel less expensive, and many relatively affordable amino acid shower gels have appeared. If there are many interested friends, you can write a separate article to evaluate shower gel.
Moderate exfoliation
The body's cuticle layer is much thicker than the facial skin. It is popular in some areas in the north to scrub. The "mud" that is rubbed is partly a mixture of dirt, sebum, and sweat attached to the skin, and partly aging keratin. Some keratin cannot fall off normally, making the skin rough and skin peeling. Therefore, moderate exfoliation can maintain normal metabolism of the body's skin and make the skin smooth and delicate. Exfoliate the body and keep it at a frequency every 2 weeks. Don't exfoliate frequently, too much exfoliation is not right.
Exfoliating ingredients are mainly three types: physical exfoliating, chemical exfoliating, and biological exfoliating . Physical exfoliation achieves the exfoliation effect through friction between matte particles and skin. The main physical exfoliating ingredients are: elastic silicon, hydrated silica, walnut shell, alumina powder, etc.
The body exfoliation scrub on the market is basically exfoliated with physical exfoliation ingredients. Body scrub is easy to use. Just massage gently when taking a shower and rinse it with water. The body has a thick cuticle layer. As long as it is not used frequently, it can withstand the friction of physical exfoliating ingredients. Body scrubs have become the mainstream body exfoliating product.
Chemical exfoliating component : Removed by acid and surfactant. The main components are glycolic acid (AHA), salicylic acid (BHA) and some cationic surfactants. This exfoliating gel has a good effect and has a certain whitening effect. However, the amount of fruit acid added is large and it will be irritating. There are fewer such exfoliating products on the market.
Bioexfoliation: mainly relies on "enzyme" to dissolve keratin to achieve the purpose of exfoliation.Commonly used ingredients are: papain , yeast extract. Bio-exfoliating products are mild in nature and do not irritate the skin, but they are relatively expensive and are not used in body exfoliating products, and are niche products.
Moisturizing and moisturizing
Most friends do not have the habit of using body lotion . In autumn and winter, body lotions are very important for skin care. Choosing a body lotion that suits your skin can effectively improve symptoms such as dryness, skin peeling, and itchy skin, making the skin moist, delicate and smooth.
Zhen Yao once analyzed 20 body lotions in the article "20 popular "body lotions" in " in . Friends who are interested in body lotions can find them out and take a look. However, the article was written in 2018 and some popular new products were not included. There are many interested friends, so you can write another article.
Some friends have "chicken skin", and their symptoms may worsen in autumn and winter. Zhen Yao said in "How to improve "chicken skin"? 》 This article has a detailed analysis. If you are interested, you can read it out and take a look.
In summary, the skin of the body has a slightly thicker stratum corneum and strong tolerance, but the care of the body's skin cannot be ignored, especially in autumn and winter, which requires careful haha. Gently clean, moderate exfoliation, moisturize and moisturize these three basic care steps, and you can say goodbye to dryness, skin, itching and other problems, so that your skin can be moist, delicate and smooth.
