3. Give your skin a little winter rest - invest in a minimalist routine!
To achieve healthy skin this winter season, you may need to review your skin care routine – and shorten it. Healthy skin does not mean several hours in the bathroom every day with lots of different creams, serums and cleansers. On the contrary, using too many skin care products can have the opposite effect. Johanna strongly believes in "less is more" when it comes to skin care. Certain ingredients can irritate the skin, such as perfumes and preservatives, and the more skin care products you use, the more of these less-than-good substances you apply to your skin. Long skin care routines can simply have the opposite effect on your skin, it can irritate instead of care. With a long routine of around 10 products, it is not unusual for the skin to come into contact with 500 substances per day, many of which are not there for the sake of the skin, but to give the product a long shelf life and good fragrance.
So go through your skin care routine and think about which products you really need and which ingredients you want in your skin care products.
The Skinome routine is simple: Apply your choice of moisturizer (Rich Emulsion, Derma Emulsion, Intense Emulsion or Light Emulsion) in the morning. Feel free to clean your face, but only in the evening, with one of our cleansers (Mineral Cleanser or Sensitive Cleanser). Then you can combine and mix your moisturizer with your choice of active concentrate for extra effect (Probiotic Concentrate, Azelaic Concentrate, Night Active Retinol or Night Active Control).
A little extra information about how the skin works
In addition to the above tips and if you are really interested in learning more about your skin, there are some terms that are good to know to understand how the skin works and what will affect it during the winter months:
THE BARRIER FUNCTION
The outermost layer of the skin is covered by a film, a membrane, which retains moisture - the hydrolipidic film. The film consists of sebum, water and moisture-binding substances, which are substances that retain moisture. This combination of substances acts as a barrier to the outside world and a healthy barrier is the key to healthy skin.
WATER EVAPORATION - TEWL
The evaporation of moisture from the skin is known as transepidermal water loss - TEWL. Moisture evaporates more slowly from young, healthy skin and more quickly from older or dry skin. Applying skin cream prevents evaporation in two ways: humectants in the cream help to retain moisture, and the oil in the cream ensures that the skin retains moisture by occlusion, i.e. it locks it into the skin.
THE SKIN MICROBIOME
The skin's microbiome also helps moisturize the skin in addition to having an anti-inflammatory function. An imbalance in the microbiome has been linked to skin diseases such as acne, psoriasis, eczema and rosacea, but also to dry and sensitive skin. So a balanced microbiome is of great importance for healthy skin.