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7 Ways to Take Care of Your Skin During Travel

Ways to Take Care of Your Skin During Travel

By JamesMichealPublished 7 months ago 3 min read
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Don’t make your skincare less taken road during your travel. When you can create a quick and easy-to-follow routine for your skincare that helps you to encounter factors like bright sunlight, harsh wind, water & climate change that take your body on a toll. Sticking to a few simple tips can make your life easy on the move.

Here are the best ways to take care of your skin during travel that assist to keep your skin healthy and hydrated.

1. Drinking Plenty of Water

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The best way to become immune to harsh environmental conditions is by drinking water. It helps us to keep our skin hydrated and stop it from dryness, dullness, and aging.

As Water is the essential element of our body that keeps it running optimally and transfers nutrients to our skin through the proper bloodstream.

2. Use a Moisturizer with SPF to Protect Your Skin

When you have a plan to visit the beach and spend a whole day there in the crystal clear water of the lake or sea, take your sun protector with you.

It will help you to avoid the harmful UV rays absorbing in your skin and the moisturizing effect will take the dryness out of the equation.

3. Cleanse Your Skin Regularly, Especially After Long Flights or Train Rides

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During long flights and train rides, you may have the urge to touch your face due to deep lines, flushed cheeks, or a grey complexion.

The best way to pamper your skin in this situation is to use light facial mist or floral water with light lymphatic drainage.

4. Pack Travel-Sized Skincare Products to Maintain Your Routine on the Go

It does not matter, what sort of skin you have like normal, dry combination and oil, it’s better to carry your travel-sized skincare products with you.

The travel size kit usually consists of a cleanser, makeup remover, moisturizer, and eye cream for hydrating skin that will never cost you a lot as you can buy it from Amazon for $20 to $25.

5. Avoid Touching Your Face with Unwashed Hands to Prevent Breakouts

If you’re a bonafide picker of acne or allergic to dust, you need to keep your hand away from your nose, mouth, and eyes in particular. It will also help you to spread things like cold and flu viruses.

Use hand sanitizers or a soap for rinsing your hand thoroughly, will remove the allergens and pathogens from your skin surface.

6. Use a Facial Mist or Hydrating Spray to Refresh and Rejuvenate Your Skin Throughout the Day

During traveling abroad, try to use a facial mist must be an invaluable part of your skincare routine. When you spray after cleaning your face, it will assist in maintaining the PH of your skin between 5.4 to 5.9. On the other hand, you will never have an issue keeping your skin radiant looking and healthy.

7. Get Enough Sleep and Rest to Allow Your Skin to Recover from Travel Stress

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Sleeping has a profound effect on the freshness and health of your skin. It will reduce the level of stress hormone cortisol which is the main cause of creating free radical damage on the skin.

On the other hand, you will also be in a good condition to induce collagen production in your skin through healthy sleep that will save you from sagging skin and wrinkles.

Conclusion

Traveling is important for keep collecting new memories and enriching your experiences. It doesn’t mean, you need to do that at the expense of your skin.

You can take care of your skin by using basic skin care products that are not very expensive to carry with you. Additionally, get a good sleep to reduce the stress-producing hormone in your body that has the potential to damage your skin too.

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About the Creator

JamesMicheal

James is a co-author with one his friends at Travelistia. He loves to write adventure stories and explore adventure filled destinations. You can also submit your travel guest post by contacting us at [email protected]

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