Even mild dehydration can leave skin looking dry and lacklustre, energy levels depleted and our mood low. Luckily, it’s easy to boost your hydration levels with these quick fixes
Along with temperatures sneaking to frosty lows and an optimistic to-do list for the months ahead, January tends to arrive with a clutch of familiar niggles; dull, dehydrated skin, sporadic breakouts and flaky patches, not to mention a general lethargy that can seep from the brain to the body. Sound familiar?
Since our bodies are made up of around 60% water, it’ll come as no surprise that boosting your overall hydration can be key to nipping myriad niggles in the bud. “Cold weather, indoor heating and hot showers can all wreak havoc on our skin and cause it to lose moisture and become dry and flaky,” says dermatology registrar Dr Cristina Psomadakis. “It is really important to be proactive and try to protect our skin before it suffers from seasonal assaults. This usually means swapping to a richer moisturiser (or using more moisturiser).”
The first port of call in the face of such moisture-sapping conditions is, of course, slathering on products that are packed with moisture-boosting ingredients, such as the Vichy Minéral 89 range, which boasts the powerhouse molecule hyaluronic acid, plus 89% mineralising water, and helps keep skin hydrated, plump and radiant.