Winterizing your face and lips with Sunsessions

You may think your skin is safe from the elements once swimsuit season is over and the air gets cold. Unfortunately that's not the case. Most people know that the sun can still harm your skin in the winter, but there's another environmental factor to watch for, that's the wind.

Your skin has an outer layer of molecules called lipids: these keep your skin moisturized and protect it from the sun and wind. when the air is cold, however, your skin contains less moisture. As a result the elements can break down these lipids and harm your skin more easily. The combination of wind friction on exposed areas of the skin and ultraviolet (UV) ray exposure - which can occur even on cloudy days - can cause redness and skin irritation commonly known as windburn.

Although windburn most frequently targets the face, it can affect any exposed area of the skin. The stronger and colder the winds, the more susceptible skin becomes to windburn. Windburn is especially common among people involved in winter sports like skiing, skating, sailing.. the increased movement and possible glare from the sun causes more wind friction and sun exposure, which can lead to uncomfortable chafing. 

A windburn may feel like a sunburn and because sunburns are still possible in winter the two irritations may coincide.. luckily the long term effects of windburn are much less severe than those of sunburn.

Be prepared for the winter seasons with our SunSessions Natural Zinc Paste and Lip Butter!