Today – Dove Pure and Sensitive Soap review plus top tips for dealing with dry and sensitive skin – dove beauty bar
Protecting and nurturing your skin is essential, especially for those with sensitive skin. Treatment options can be difficult to find when there isn’t a specific cause of irritation, and it can be frustrating. Factors such as pollution, air conditioning, and stress can build up and contribute to dry, flushed skin. This is particularly challenging for office workers in cities. It’s important to be diligent about removing makeup and avoiding touching the face too much, as this can lead to breakouts.
Dove Pure and Sensitive Soap has partnered with the National Eczema Society to mark National Eczema Week. Today we’re sharing some advice on caring for dry sensitive skin like mine.
Avoid all soap based cleansers to help keep your skin barrier intact.
Shower or bathe in warm water, not hot, and pat skin dry instead of rubbing.
Moisurise routinely and well. Use cream and ointment based moisurisers after bathing or showering and consider keeping moisturiser with you to top up during the day.
Change your routine as the weather changes, using heavier moisturiser more frequently during the winter.
Try to keep an even temperature, not going from hot to cold and vice versa. Layer your clothes and avoid sitting by radiators and fires.
UV light damages skin so avoid sunbeds at all costs. Avoid the sun between 11am and 3pm and use sunscreen all year round.
Avoid fragranced and perfumed products and be careful what washing powders you use. Try adding an extra rinse cycle at the end of the wash.
Do a self patch test on any new product. Just dab a little bit on an area of skin that is not currently sensitive and wait 24 hours to spot any reaction before using it properly.
Be careful what you wear. Soft cottons or silks won’t irritate like wool or make you over heat like manmade fibres.
Avoid stress as anxiety and worry can also affect your skin.
Dove Bar Review
Dove have also sent me some of their Pure & Sensitive Dove Beauty Bar to review. It looks like a bar of soap but is actually a mild moisurising cleanser. It’s designed to preserve your skin’s proteins and lipids to prevent irritation. It is also fragrance free, preservative free, pH neutral and hypoallergenic helping to leave skin soft and smooth. You can also consult dermatologists from The Dermatology and Laser Group to find the cause, and treatment suitable for your skin. Such experienced dermatologists can even remove dimples without scars or lumps and find the right solution based on your needs.
I try to pretty much leave my skin alone as much as possible. I was a bit worried introducing a new product was as likely to make any irritation worse as better. Actually I’m really happy with the results.
I’ve been using the Dove Pure and Sensitive Soap for a couple of weeks now. It has definitely made my skin less dry and ‘flaky’ looking. While it is still a bit flushed I think that has diminished slightly too. It’s also a bit of a bargain. With an RRP of £1.67 for two bars (which seem to last forever) it’s certainly more cost effective than expensive cleansers and even popular face wipes. I’m definitely going to keep using it and if you have similar issues I’d say it’s well worth a try. For that price you really have nothing to lose.
[Note: I was sent this dove beauty bar for the purpose of review and was compensated for my time. All thoughts are my own.]
Some great tips, both myself and my children suffer with dry itchy skin and I find that Dove is the only thing that does not irritate my skin.