美過一冬天:冬季皮膚護理6大溫馨小貼士
If you live in a place where the mercury has dropped enough for snow to start falling, chances are you’re also starting to deal with “winter skin” right about now: cheeks are getting rough and dry, lips are chapping… and depending on the severity of the weather outside, skin can even flake, crack, or erupt into hives or eczema. This just isn’t a season that’s kind to skin at all. Fortunately, there are ways to combat the damage caused by freezing winds, snow, and hail, and a few of these handy techniques are listed below.
如果你生活的地方寒冷到會下雪，好好處理冬日肌膚問題的時刻來到了：面頰變得粗糙乾燥，嘴脣開裂...而外面的嚴寒甚至會讓皮膚成片脫落開裂，甚至引發蕁麻疹和溼疹，冬季對皮膚可是個考驗不少。好在我們有方法去對付由寒風、雪以及冰雹對皮膚造成的傷害，下面是幾個簡單的方法。
1. Change Your Moisturizer
1. 換保溼霜
The lightweight moisturizer you use in summertime isn’t going to cut it during the winter. To fend off cold damage to your skin in winter, opt for creams that have a heavier oil content, as the oils will create a protective layer on the skin’s surface. If you’re prone to breakouts, talk to an aesthetician or dermatologist who can recommend a cream that’s right for your skin type.
夏季使用的保溼霜比較輕薄，不足以對抗冬天的寒冷。要想抵抗住冬天對皮膚的襲擊，需要選擇含油量多的乳液，這樣油會在皮膚表面形成一個保護層。如果你是偏油性皮膚，那就諮詢一下美容顧問或者皮膚科醫生，他們會根據你的膚質，推薦合適的乳液。
Don’t forget that the skin on your entire body needs special care at this time of year: though you’ll see and feel the damage cold weather can cause to hands and feet (roughness, cracking around knuckles and cuticles, etc.) you might not notice dry patches on your legs or arms until they start to itch or flake. This is where the cocoa and shea butters come in: a good body lotion will replenish the moisture in your limbs as well as your cheeks, leaving you soft and supple all over.
可別忘了你全身的皮膚都需要在冬天進行特別護理哦！雖然你能看到寒冬對手腳帶來的傷害（皮膚變粗糙了，指甲底部開裂等），但直到腿和胳膊發癢或有皮屑，你有可能纔會注意到它們其實也乾燥了。現在恆星油和乳木果油該上場了，好的身體乳液能像面頰保溼那樣給身體四肢保持水分，讓你全身都柔軟細膩。
2. Sunscreen
2. 防曬霜
If you spend a lot of time outside, don’t forget to wear sunscreen! Your skin can be subjected to just as much UV damage in wintertime as in summer, so don’t hesitate to put on a layer of SPF 15 before putting on your makeup.
如果要花大量時間在戶外活動，別忘了塗點防曬霜！皮膚在冬天受到的紫外線可不亞於夏天哦，所以化妝之前別忘了抹上SPF15的防曬霜。
3. Exfoliate
3. 去角質
Gentle exfoliation once a week will help to remove dry, dead skin from your cheeks and forehead, but don’t go overboard with it! Your skin takes a lot of damage from the weather outside, and scouring it too much will actually increase wear and tear, and will do more harm than good.
每週做一次溫和的去角質，能有效將面頰和額頭的乾燥死皮去除，但千萬別做過頭了！外界的天氣已經給你的皮膚帶來了足夠多的傷害，再要死命揉搓的話，損傷可就會更大了，只會是弊大於利。
For the rest of your body, a homemade exfoliant such as a salt or sugar scrub can do wonders to slough off dead skin cells and leave you soft and smooth all over.
至於身體的其他部分，用鹽或糖自制的去角質霜對去除死皮有着神奇功效，讓全身皮膚變得柔滑。4. Wear Lip Balm
4. 塗上潤脣膏
The skin on your lips is the thinnest and most sensitive on your entire body, so be sure to take proper care of them by protecting them from cold damage—that means you too, guys. It’s not a lot of fun to kiss someone whose lips are flaking apart like a dry old phone book. Aim for unflavoured lip balms with a carnauba or beeswax base and apply it regularly.
嘴脣是全身最脆弱和敏感的皮膚，所以要保證在寒冬給予他們足夠的防護，男生們也需要哦。如果嘴脣乾裂的像一本舊電話本，親吻起來可不是什麼美好的感受。使用不含香料的脣膏，其基本原料是巴西棕櫚蠟或蜜蠟，可以經常使用。
It’s best to avoid using petroleum jelly as a lip balm, though; you really don’t want an oil industry by-product on your face, do you? Besides, petroleum jelly isn’t absorbed by the skin: it just sits on top of it, and can clog up pores rather thoroughly. Skin can’t absorb any moisture if it’s congested with oil slurry gel.
千萬不要把凡士林當脣膏使用，你也不願意把石油產業的副產品抹在臉上吧？另外，皮膚無法吸收凡士林，所以它只會呆在皮膚表面，完全堵塞毛孔。一旦毛孔被油膩膩的東西堵塞住，那麼再也無法吸收其他的保溼品了。
5. Shorten Your Bath Time
5. 縮短洗澡時間
Have you ever gotten out of a hot bath after soaking for a while and realised that you were desperately thirsty? It’s likely because immersing yourself in hot water for long periods of time can actually deplete your body of moisture. Soaking in a hot bath can be absolutely blissful in this weather, but either try to keep your wallowing time to a minimum, or don’t make the water too hot. Scalding showers can also suck a fair bit of moisture out of you, so try to keep them short as well.
你有沒有過洗完澡之後覺得自己超級渴的感受？這是因爲長時間泡在熱水中會帶走身體裏的水分。這個季節泡個熱水澡的確十分愜意，但記住要麼不要泡太久，要麼水溫不要太熱。過燙的熱水也會帶走身上的水分，所以儘量縮短洗澡時間吧。
6. Stay Hydrated
6. 多喝水
Even though drinking water doesn’t moisturize your skin directly, it keeps your cells in top working order, which reflects in every area of your life—skin cells included. Flushing toxins out of your body with plenty of fluids will often keep you from breaking out as well.
儘管飲水不會直接保溼皮膚，但可以讓你的細胞保持正常的工作狀態，這就體現在你生活的方方面面，皮膚細胞也不例外啦。大量的液體可排出體內毒素，還可以讓你時刻保持充沛的體力。
Taking just a couple of these precautions should make a significant difference in the health of your skin in winter. Eating properly and getting regular sleep will improve your overall well-being—which will be reflected in the state of your skin—and wearing proper outerwear such as gloves and scarves when traipsing about in the snow will help protect your skin from nose to toes.
只需要做到簡簡單單的這幾步，你的皮膚在冬季繼續保持健康。健康飲食，規律作息可以全面改善你的健康度，這當然也會反映在皮膚上。雪中漫步時，記得配好諸如手套和口罩這樣的裝備，將你的皮膚從頭保護到腳。
