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Daily shower - what could be more common and simple? But if you wash yourself incorrectly, you subject your skin to real torture.
Analyze the time you spend in the bathroom and be horrified at how wasteful you are of natural resources and how useless and even destructive it is to your skin and hair. Shall we learn how to take a shower properly?
Habits in the soul that you should part with immediately
Love for very hot water
Yes, it is nice to stand for 15-20 minutes under the burning jets after returning from the cold street. But high-temperature water dries the skin, literally expelling all the moisture from the pores. This is especially dangerous if you get out of a hot bath so relaxed that you ignore moisturizing milk or cream. Our first advice is to lower the temperature by a few degrees (the norm is 35-37 degrees).
Too long in the shower
When you stand under the shower for half an hour, it is, firstly, not economical, and secondly, it is harmful to the skin (even if the water is not hot, but pleasantly warm). We can see how excess moisture affects the skin when we wash dishes or wash clothes without protective gloves: on the tips of the fingers, it wrinkle like an old man. Believe me, the skin on the face or body suffers no less due to prolonged contact with water. Reduce your shower time to, for example, 5 minutes (if you don't need to wash your hair).
Lots of foam
The way to minimize costs — both temporal and financial — is to use less of the tool than you're used to. Most personal care products contain sodium lauryl sulfate (or its more benign variant, sodium laureth sulfate). These are quite hard COOPLEs responsible for the formation of the beloved fluffy foam, which are very drying to the skin, because they wash off not only dirt from it, but also its own protective hydro-lipid film (and also have a good ability to soothe its sensitivity and irritability). A smaller amount of product will allow you to stay clean, but will reduce the risk of not washing off the shower gel or shampoo completely. There is also a great option that will especially appeal to practical men — to use two-in-one head and body care: fewer products mean fewer problems.
Do not wash off for a long time
On the contrary, do it faster! Do not leave the cleansing gel on the skin or the shampoo on the hair for too long. A couple of minutes is quite enough for the product to "work" and cope with dirt and then, but at the same time, it did not have a harmful effect related to dehydration or irritation.
Forget about sponges and washcloths
If you love to enjoy not only showering, but also scrubs or peelings at this time, thoroughly wash and dry the tools at hand. Dirty particles left on them can become a source of microbes. The ideal option is a massage glove. Make a stock of several such copies and send each used one to the wash (necessarily at high temperature!) after using exfoliants.
Wash often
Are you sure that a daily shower twice a day is what you need? Think about where you got that idea from. Strict adherence to this rule is only necessary if you start every day with a trip to the fitness club, where you desperately sweat on the exercise machines or the treadmill. If not, then excessive diligence is not so necessary. Believe me, it is quite reasonable to visit the shower once a day - before going to bed. But if the shower is the only thing that can wake you up in the morning, wash for health, not forgetting points 1 and 2.
Wash your hair every day
The same is true for hair: who said you have to wash it every day? Even if you have oily hair, cut back: maybe washing every two or three days is what your scalp needs to slow down the rate of oil production. Curly hair, very dry and brittle, try to wash it once a week - frequent contact with water and drying with hot air are very unfavorable for it.
Comb your hair before washing to remove dead hairs and prevent further frizz (and clogging up the bathroom drain).
Wipe dry
There is no need to subject the skin to torture called "energetic rubbing with a towel". With strong friction, you can not only cause irritation and injure her, but also create the prerequisites for dehydration by wiping away drops of moisture. Touch the towel to the body gently and carefully, soaking up the remaining water. To wipe your back (if there is no one to help you), wrap yourself in it for a few minutes - and for this reason it is better to have a fairly large bath towel.
Pull with moisturizing
After getting out of the shower, the skin is saturated with moisture for a few minutes. To prevent the precious drops from evaporating and, as a result, play with the dryness of the skin ahead of time, apply a moisturizer to slightly damp skin. It is optimal to do this directly in the bathroom: it will help to maximally saturate it with moisturizing agents and maintain the level of hydration after the procedure.
