Skin

My skin still feels dry and so parched in the morn­ing when I wake up, even with the Spring weather.   It is cold out­side and the indoor heat really wrecks havoc on my skin, caus­ing  win­ter like dry skin.   Sometimes the result from dry skin is flak­ing, crack­ing, even eczema.  So I asked Becky what to do about my win­ter dry skin, my mois­tur­iz­ers need that extra kick to soothe, hydrate and nour­ish my skin.  I use a oil based mois­tur­izer but I still feel my skin needs more mois­ture.  (Most night creams are oil based.)

Becky Watkins, edu­ca­tor for Christian Dior sug­gested to put essen­tial oils into your mois­tur­izer to help com­bat dry win­ter skin or as a dry skin treat­ment.   It was dif­fi­cult for me to find essen­tial oils that I trusted to put on my face.  I use essen­tial nat­ural oils such as coconut but­ter, almond oil and grape­fruit essen­tial oils on my body and hair but I am not ready to apply those oils on my face.  I do have com­bi­na­tion skin so I am not sure how this would work on oily skin but it can be used on face, body and even hair.

Not all oils are appro­pri­ate to apply on your face since many clog pores or just sit on top of my skin as a layer of grease.    Essential oils which do not clog your pores are avo­cado oil, min­eral oil, pri­mose oil, or almond oil.

I found a win­ter and spring dry skin treat­ment: Dr. Alkaitis Organic Nourishing Treatment Oil.  I guess so did model Alana Zimmer (right) because she lists it as “her favorite flaw­less skin secrets”.

All Dr. Alkaitis skin care prod­ucts are cre­ated only from organ­i­cally grown or wild-crafted plants with­out the use of syn­thet­ics and are aloe– rather than water-based.  This nour­ish­ing oil has a base of vir­gin cold pressed organic oils of organic Jojoba, St. John’s wort and Andean Mountain Rose Hip Seed oil.  In this base, the fol­low­ing organic and wild-crafted herbs are added: Indian Madder, Country Sarsaparilla, Amazon Root, Liquorice, Country Mallow, Tumeric, China Root, Costus, White Sandalwood, Cuscus Grass, Olive, Eagle Wood, Nut Grass, Bermuda Grass and Ashwagandha.   Also added are a full spec­trum of Vitamin E com­plex and a blend of 100% pure essen­tial oils.

Tip For Acne and Oily Skin: Due to the high qual­ity and nat­ural oils in Dr. Alkaitis oils, it actu­ally helps to bal­ance oily and acne prone skin.  Massage a few drops of the Dr. Alkaitis Nourishing Treatment Oil on your cleansed skin and over time, this also will help with acne scars.  It is anti bac­te­r­ial and does NOT clog pores.This is a great prod­uct to help those on accu­tane, which really dries out your skin.

Pros:

• It is mag­i­cally absorbed into my skin leav­ing it soft, treated and sup­ple in the morning
• It smells won­der­ful, rich but nat­ural and not artificial
• It is an oil so the tex­ture feels like an oil so not a lot has to be used, it comes in a 4 fl oz bot­tle for $60 sold at Dr. Alkaitis. I have used it all win­ter on my face and barely used 15% of the bot­tle.  If you use it for your hair or body, it is sup­posed to last two months
• This Treatment Oil is per­fect for preg­nant women in help­ing to pre­vent stretch marks
• This prod­uct is nat­ural and organic, chem­i­cal free so it can be used on preg­nant women or any­one who does not want addi­tional chem­i­cals in their skin or hair

Cons

• It is not a drug store item or for those an a very tight budget
• The effects are more nat­ural, not harsh or drastic