Get Help for your Winter Skin

What do you think about when you think of winter? Snow, cold, long dark days, risky driving conditions, etc.. right? Sure, there’s also lots of fun stuff like playing in the snow, skiing, nice walks in the woods, sleigh rides, skating, ice fishing, and my favourite playing broomball! There’s also my very least favourite; winter skin.

Every year winter’s dry months cause dry skin. My skin gets particularly dry, so much so that my doctor recommends that I only shower every second day. (No judging please. haha) With the dry air draining my skin’s moisture, showering every day washes away the good skin oils that are left. However, even though I follow his recommendations, I still have four problem areas.

During the winter I have four especially dry areas on my skin. The most affected area are my hands, especially the areas between my fingers. I’m a frequent hand washer and my hands get so dry that they even hurt to wash. I also get very dry feet, my face gets flaky, and the fourth area is around my hairline.

You can just guess how excited I was when I saw that Shoppers Drug Mart has in-store complimentary skin care consultations through their beautyRx tool. That means I can consult them for all my winter skin problems! The beautyRx tool has a Skin Analysis which measures your skins moisture levels through the Moisture Checker and also magnifies your skin’s surface by 30 times to diagnose your skin type using a Video Microscope. Once the analysis is finished, the Beauty Expert will recommend the appropriate skin care products for you!

I usually use Vichy Aqualia Thermal Light on my face, I just noticed that Shoppers Drug Mart carries the Vichy Aqualia Thermal Rich!! I bet I should be using Rich and not Light during the winter. I’ll ask one of the Beauty Experts when I go for my Skin Analysis. I can’t forget to pick up another bottle of my family’s favourite: Vaseline Total Moisture™ Dry Skin Lotion. What household doesn’t have Vaseline moisturizing lotion?! My grand-mother always has a bottle next to her kitchen sink, and same thing at my parents’ home.

Shoppers Drug Mart has a wide variety of new skin care products perfect for your family’s winter skin. PLUS you can earn Shoppers Optimum Points on participating skin care products. Make sure to visit your local Shoppers Drug Mart to receive a complimentary beautyRx Skin Analysis.

Have a GREAT winter and don’t forget that you don’t have to have dry winter skin this year!

Disclosure: Although this post has been generously sponsored by Shoppers Drug Mart, the opinions and language are my own, and in no way do they reflect Shoppers Drug Mart.