Dry skin is quite frequently sensitive too, which just makes it more difficult to deal with. Dry sensitive skin feels taut because of the deficiency of natural oils and has a tendency to develop small expression lines that will eventually become wrinkles. Moreover, this kind of skin makes one more exposed to allergic reactions, rashes, capillaries rupturing and sudden flushes. Therefore, taking care of dry sensitive skin is a real challenge sometimes. It is worth saying that it affects people of all ages, colours and genders.
You have to follow rigorous rules in your choice of cleansing, moisturising and make-up products if you have dry sensitive skin to take care of. Firstly, you have to reduce the amount of products you put on your skin. The fact is, the more chemicals you come into contact with, the bigger the chance of getting rashes. The products have to be fragrance-free and hypo-allergenic so that you don’t get red, irritation blotches. Blusher and foundation can present some problems for dry sensitive skin.
Try not to put on too much make-up in order to permit your skin to breathe properly. When you are shopping for make up, other than looking for the hypo-allergenic label, you should also try to make sure that they are oil-free. Foundation and blusher should be water-based because they don’t clog your pores. Furthermore, oil-absorbing foundations are not recommended for dry sensitive skin, because they will make your skin even drier.
It is also not to be recommended that you use exfoliants or astringent products on dry sensitive skin because they can irritate the thin upper layers of skin. The same thing must be said in relation to cleansing - too frequent washing of the face means eliminating the natural oils that lubricate the skin, which will result in an accelerated dryness.
Furthermore, your day-time moisturiser should have a sun-protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 built-in. However, although you may enjoy sunbathing, dry sensitive skin does not really permit you to enjoy such outdoor, skin-parching pleasures.
If you have dry sensitive skin, don’t expose it to the sun in order to tan it, because you will only achieve early ageing and possibly even quite serious health issues. And last but not least, a warning must be signalled that you should change some of your cosmetic products for other ones along the lines mentioned above.
If you decide that you should to switch to a different skincare brand, it is very important that you test the product on a small patch of skin in order to check whether it triggers any negative manifestations.