5 TIPS TO TREAT YOUR DRY SKIN

5 tips to treat your dry skin and regain hydrated and elastic skin.

01. Regularly take regenerating treatments

How ?

Apply an ultra-nourishing mask EVERY evening for 1 week (or every 2 days for 10-14 days). Apply to the entire face, avoiding the eye area. Leave on for 15 minutes then remove excess product with a cotton pad or lukewarm water. This treatment will transform your skin: it will be much more supple, plump and soothed.

If your skin is very dry, you can also apply it in a thin layer and keep it on overnight for deep nourishment and visibly plumped skin when you wake up.

How to choose my nourishing mask?

The most nourishing and hydrating masks are those that have the ability to:

1. To improve the quality of the intercellular cement (role of vegetable oils): the water content of the epidermal cells depends on this quality, because if the cement is not sufficiently rich in complex lipids, the water contained in the cells becomes will evaporate too quickly.
2. To retain water on the surface (role of glycerin for example, which is a reference humectant agent, with hygroscopic capacities)

Find all these characteristics in our ULTRA COMFORTING ORGANIC MASK.

02. Take care of the eye area

The eye area is a very thin and fragile area, with few sebaceous glands which normally ensure good hydration of the skin. This area is even more at risk in dry skin. Result ? Critical drying of the eye contour in dry skin and consequently an area more quickly affected by skin aging (with more pronounced wrinkles and fine lines than in other skin types).

How to take care of this fragile area?

• Remove make-up gently (without rubbing) with a gentle make-up remover oil that respects the hydrolipidic film (so as not to further dry out this area) such as our ORGANIC MAKE-UP REMOVER OIL .
• Apply an eye contour treatment with moisturizing and protective active ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, ceramides and broccoli oil present in our ORGANIC EYE CARE , a unique 100% natural and certified organic formula.

03. Escape hard water

Hard water is water rich in calcium and magnesium. Without health risk, hard water is not appreciated by the skin. For what ? It alters the hydrolipidic film. Results ? All skin reacts in different ways but most often it causes or accentuates the drying of the skin, resulting in tightness, itching or even spots...

So, how can you combat dryness linked to hard water?

In our protocols, we systematically recommend applying floral water or thermal mist after the cleaning stage to eliminate limescale residue.

In the long term, go directly to the source of the problem by installing a softener or filter to eliminate limescale crystals.

04. Don't use just any moisturizer.

Choose a cream formulated specifically for dry skin, 100% natural and certified organic. A cream for dry skin must contain lipid-replenishing active ingredients, moisturizing active ingredients, anti-inflammatory active ingredients and soothing active ingredients. At Apicia, in addition to all these active ingredients, our ORGANIC DRY AND SENSITIVE SKIN CARE contains glycans, complex sugars whose action on the skin's biological messages represents one of the latest discoveries in dermatology. Glycans make it possible to restart biological messages and thus regulate various processes such as inflammation, dehydration and cell renewal.

Find all these active ingredients in our ORGANIC DRY AND SENSITIVE SKIN CARE

The little extra that will make all the difference?

Before applying your moisturizer, apply a serum with hyaluronic acid (like our ORGANIC REGENERATING SERUM ) - an essential active ingredient for dry and dehydrated skin (be careful to choose a serum containing the 3 molecular weights of hyaluronic acid) .

05. Use the layering technique also for the body.

Dry skin needs both hydration and nutrition. If the skin on your body is particularly dry, one of the most effective techniques is to first apply a moisturizing treatment (like our ORGANIC FIRMING BODY TREATMENT ) then a nourishing treatment (like our ORGANIC DRY OIL ).

The firming body treatment provides hydration and light nutrition. Its little extra? It also stimulates the synthesis of cellular tissues and prevents the degradation of elastin for visibly firmer skin thanks to the presence of brown algae extracts and caffeine.

The dry oil literally nourishes the skin by filling it with essential fatty acids (omega 3, 6, 9), antioxidants and vitamins A, D, E and strengthens the hydrolipidic film by acting as a shield to prevent evaporation of water.