Why does your skin feel dry but look oily later in the day?
Why do you have open pores and dull looking skin?
Why do you have underlying skin congestion?
Why are your fine lines suddenly more noticeable?
The answer to these questions is skin dehydration…
Dehydration is a condition of your skin, it’s not your genetic skin type
It may happen if your protective skin barrier is compromised, allowing precious moisture (water) loss. Damage to your skin barrier may be caused by using harsh products or by following a poor skincare regime. A compromised barrier presents as a shine to your skin later in the day (often mistaken for oily skin). Or with ongoing lack of care, it’s likely to present as red, sore looking skin.
Other reasons your skin becomes dehydrated
Your lifestyle affects hydration levels in your skin. Caffeine, alcohol, central heating, air conditioning, lack of sleep and medication all take their toll. So does climate, which is why skin dehydration is prolific during the warmest months of the year.
How to recognise signs of skin dehydration
Does every product you apply, cleanser, exfoliator and moisturiser disappear on contact with your skin? This is a sign that your skin is dehydrated, literally lapping up moisture from your products.
Hydrating your skin from the inside out
Your 8 glasses of water a day will benefit greatly. Worth noting: your body will serve this water to your vital, internal organs, before serving it to your skin. Keep drinking plenty, every drop will help all your organs, including your skin.
Hydrating your skin from the outside in
It’s also time to treat your dehydrated skin from the outside. It’s time to introduce rehydrating products to your regime.
Recognising skin dehydration
Your skin feels dry but looks oily later in the day?
Dehydrated skin is often confused with dry and oily combination skin because of the ‘midday shine.’ Usually it’s not the case. The dryness of your cheeks is likely to be your genetic skin type and the shine you see on your centre panel later in the day is likely to be your skin condition, which is dehydration.
Let me explain more…
If your skin feels dry but looks oily later in the day, ask yourself this. Is the ‘secretion’ a light fluid or a thick waxy oil? If it is a light fluid then you have dehydrated skin. You must rehydrate and get your skin barrier in good shape.
You have open pores and your skin looks dull?
Your skin secretes the mix of oil and water through the open pores. Dehydrated pores are grey at the base.
Underlying skin congestion
Are linked to stagnant toxins trapped within your cells. Without sufficient fluids to self-flush and clean. Your cells are more like a dehydrated raisin than a plump juicy grape! The trapped toxins present as underlying congestion. The spots of congestion may develop into raised spots, if not treated correctly.
Remember dehydrated skin is often mistaken for oily skin, leading to the use of harsh, stripping products. This damages your skin barrier more and quickly worsens the problem.
As a guide compare grey at the base open pores with these true plug blackheads
If you squeeze an open pore, nothing will come out of it. If you squeeze a blackhead , a plug of compact oily and sebaceous filament can be removed.
Open pores on mature skin: Open pores are one of the signs of skin ageing. When your skin is in good condition you should not see the grey colour in the pore.
Fine lines and lines of dehydration
Your skin holds moisture through every layer. Skin dehydration leaves your water reserves depleted. Because of this, you’ll find that lines and wrinkles look deeper. This is the look of a parched, depleted skin.
If you don’t usually see lines on your skin but have noticed fine lines forming horizontally, don’t panic these aren’t wrinkles. These are lines of dehydration and will easily be erased by rehydrating your skin.
Introducing our power couple!
Get your skin barrier intact and tackle dehydrated skin quickly, with our Rehydrating Concentrate and Rehydrating Cream.
Rehydrating Concentrate
For intense hydration and a pollution shield for dehydrated skin. It has a unique way of working.
A weightless complex - it sinks into your parched skin without stickiness. It forms an invisible protective layer, like a fine gauze placed over your skin's surface. It will oxygenate and firm your skin and give you a serious hit of hydration. It repairs your skin barrier and prevents precious moisture loss. It forms the shield to protect your skin from pollution particles.
Fortified with our moisturising complex, much like your skin’s own Amino Acid Complex. Your skin recognises it and knows what to do with it, to give an immediate hit of moisture. And then drip feeds your skin for the next 8-12 hours, for an immediate and long-term skin transformation. Find out more here.
Rehydrating Cream
Leaves a comfortable but matte finish on your dehydrated skin.
Thanks to our hyper effective age defence formulation, we’re able to repair your skin's barrier to maintain hydration levels and deliver a serious hit of hydration to replace your skin's lost moisture. It works on underlying congestion, to flush out toxins from your stagnant dehydrated cells. Thanks to our rapid hydration and oxygenation delivery system.
Your skin will become smooth, translucent, plump and radiant. Dull skin and underlying congestion flushed away, your skin will now be able to function youthfully. Find out more here.
Still not sure what your skin needs?
If you need help knowing which products you need to give you 'Better Skin for Life' we can help you at our Virtual Skin Bar. A 1-2-1 consultation with our Co-founder Donna Tait. Donna has over 40 years of professional skincare expertise under her belt!
Your session will be an education. There’s no telling off! It will help you once and for all to understand your skin type, your skin condition and how to get results you never thought possible. Donna will help you with a bespoke skincare prescription and a bespoke skincare regime, which we promise will fit your lifestyle.
All you need is 20 minutes, a phone, tablet or computer.
You can book your appointment here.
