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Why Your Skin Deserves a Mid-Day Hydration Boost
Does your skin often start to look dull and drab long before the day is up? This is a sign that your skin hydration levels are waning. Giving your skin a midday moisture boost will quickly revive your complexion, leaving your skin looking fresh and revitalized.
How do you go about doing that? Here are some top tips from OROGOLD!
Why is it Important to Keep Skin Hydration Levels Consistent?
Did you know that around 64% of your skin consists of water? Moisture is required for every single process carried out by your skin, meaning that a lack of moisture will quickly interfere with how your skin cells function.
Keep your skin consistently hydrated throughout the day and you’ll notice the following:
- Your skin will feel plumper, fuller, and more elastic.
- Fine lines and wrinkles will look less noticeable.
- Skin barrier function will improve. This will also help with any sensitivities you’re suffering from.
- Oil production becomes better regulated. Hydrated skin doesn’t produce as much excess oil, which can reduce the appearance of clogged pores and breakouts.
- Your skin will feel smooth rather than rough.
- Your skin won’t feel quite so flaky and itchy.
When it comes down to it, the more hydrated your skin is, the healthier it will feel. For many people, a hydrating morning skincare routine is enough to give their skin cells long-lasting moisture, taking them through the day until it’s time to carry out their evening skincare routine. However, for others, dehydration occurs at a much faster rate, meaning that skin cells can often end up parched by mid-day.
What Causes Skin Hydration Levels to Drop?
Unfortunately, there are a number of factors out there that can contribute to depleting skin hydration levels, such as:
- Dry environmental conditions, whether this is due to the natural lack of humidity in the winter or dryness caused by air conditioning/indoor heating. Either way, when there isn’t much moisture in the air, your skin’s moisture reserves evaporate away at a much faster rate.
- Sun exposure. UV rays damage the skin’s natural protective barrier, preventing it from effectively retaining moisture.
- Harsh skincare products or incorrect skincare techniques can also damage the skin barrier and interfere with moisture retention.
- Aging. The skin’s ability to hold onto moisture declines with age.
- Certain lifestyle choices can have a dehydrating effect on the body, as well as the skin. Smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and not drinking enough water are among the most common causes.
- Some underlying health conditions, as well as medications, can exacerbate dehydration in the skin.
- Stress has been found to impact skin barrier function, leading to increased moisture loss.
How to Give Your Skin a Mid-Day Hydration Boost
As you can see, your skin has a lot to contend with when it comes to the many different factors that increase moisture loss. It’s hardly surprising that so many people struggle to maintain their skin hydration levels.
This is why giving your skin a mid-day hydration boost can be so beneficial. By keeping skin hydration topped up, you’re far less likely to end up dealing with any of the problems that we discussed above.
Here are a few ways to do just that:
Spritz on a Hydrating Toner or Face Mist
One way to instantly refresh and rehydrate your skin is by spritzing on a hydrating toner or face mist. This will immediately saturate your skin’s surface with moisture, some of which will sink into your skin to quench your thirsty cells.
Ideally, pick a product that brings together a few different hydrating ingredients, like the Collagen Plumping Mist from OROGOLD’s Collagen Cooling Set Limited Edition. With sodium hyaluronate, niacinamide, collagen, and vitamin E, it will quickly bind moisture to your skin, leaving it feeling more comfortable while sporting an illuminated glow.
The OROGOLD 24K Purifying Toner also works well as a mid-day face mist. Thanks to a blend of aloe vera, cucumber, allantoin, and chamomile, it not only hydrates the skin but will also soothe the feeling of any midday inflammation.
Re-Moisturize
While a facial mist is a great way to instantly hydrate your skin, the only problem with relying on this method is that the hydration that a face mist provides won’t last for very long. If you’ve used a face mist before, you’ll be aware of how quickly the mist dries on your skin. While this is a sign that some of it has been absorbed, the majority of that mist, especially its hydrating ingredients, will have evaporated away. The only way to prevent this is by locking that moisture in with a cream.
This is why re-moisturizing midday can be helpful, especially when combined with a face mist. With that said, choosing the right moisturizer is essential. Unless you’re going to be cleansing your skin first, you’ll need to stick with a very lightweight formula to save clogging your pores.
One way to hydrate your skin while also giving it some protection from the sun is by applying the OROGOLD 24K Skin Tone SPF 30. This advanced, non-greasy formula boasts a mixture of hydrating ingredients and antioxidants, along with SPF agents. With UV rays known for causing dehydration, this cream is capable of providing long-lasting moisture. Apply it as part of your morning skincare routine, top it up midday, and your skin will feel plump and protected for hours.
Cleanse and Mask
If you happen to have the time to give your skin a quick midday cleanse, following this up with a face mask can significantly boost skin hydration levels. Face masks are known for being quite intense in nature. Choose a hydrating formula and your skin cells will happily drink it up!
The OROGOLD 24K Skin Balancing Mask Stick is great for on-the-go use. Its stick format makes it easy and non-messy to apply. Meanwhile, it hydrates with the likes of mango seed butter, argan oil, squalane, and papaya seed oil. At the same time, its numerous antioxidants will help to keep your skin feeling safe from environmental damage.
If you’d prefer a mask that doesn’t need to be removed after 15 minutes, a leave-on mask would be a good option. The OROGOLD 24K Rose Gold Hydro Mask features a long list of hydrating ingredients. From sodium hyaluronate and seaweed extract to rosehip seed oil and avocado oil, a midday application of this mask will immediately send your skin hydration levels soaring.
Drink Extra Water
While topical hydration is the best way to quickly reach your thirsty skin cells, ensuring that your body is sufficiently hydrated will give your skin cells some moisture from within. By midday, hydration levels can start to dwindle in the body, making it important to top this up by drinking plenty of water.
By midday, you should have already consumed around four or five cups of water. This is what your body needs to stay sufficiently hydrated. If you haven’t been drinking enough, make an effort to catch up in the middle of the day.
Remember – you don’t need to limit yourself to plain water. Infused waters, herbal teas, and other healthy beverages that don’t contain sugar can all be good alternatives that provide additional benefits.
Eat More Water-Rich Foods for Lunch
Drinking water is important, but another way to boost skin hydration levels is to eat more water too! There are several foods out there that are known for having a very high water content. Make an effort to eat more of these for lunch and you’ll be giving your body and skin some extra moisture, as well as nutrition.
Some of the best water-rich foods to add to your lunches include:
- Cucumber
- Melons
- Tomato
- Lettuce
- Celery
- Berries
- Bell pepper
Whether you add some of those vegetables to your lunchtime sandwiches or prep snack boxes containing bite-sized cubes of those water-rich foods, eating more water will complement the water that you drink, along with the moisture that you apply topically.
Adjusting Your Morning Skincare Routine Can Help Too
While a midday hydration boost can be beneficial for your skin, it can also help to adjust your morning skincare routine if you’ve noticed that it doesn’t seem to be seeing your skin through the day. Incorporating more hydrating products and ingredients, along with learning how to properly sandwich that hydration in, could mean that your skin will no longer require extra moisture midday.
To ensure that your morning skincare routine is up to scratch, start by using a hydrating cleanser. The OROGOLD 24K Mousse Cleanser boasts a selection of hydrating ingredients. It’s also a gentle formula, meaning that it won’t damage your skin barrier and interfere with natural moisture retention.
The next step would be to apply a couple of hydrating serums, followed by a hydrating face cream. This is known as moisture sandwiching. Each additional layer of hydration will push the moisture from the previous layer deeper into the skin. This leaves the skin feeling intensely quenched.
The 24K Termica Activation Serum would be a great one to start with. With sodium hyaluronate, seaweed extract, peptides, and more, it provides several sources of hydration. Follow this up with the 24K Nano Ultra Silk Serum. It’s a slightly richer formula because, in addition to containing hydrating humectants, like kelp and seaweed extracts, it has also been formulated with a few hydrating plant oils. These will lock the lighter ingredients into your skin. Apply a hydrating moisturizer over the top, like the OROGOLD 24K Rose Gold Advanced Cream, and your skin should feel deeply hydrated all day long.
Summary
If you want your skin to look and feel its best, keeping an eye on skin hydration is essential. The more moisture your skin has access to, the healthier it will feel, which is why a midday hydration boost can be such a game-changer for those who are struggling with a dehydrated complexion. Bump up your skin’s moisture levels and keep that consistent – you’ll soon notice that your skin takes on a newfound glow!
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