How does air conditioning affect your skin?
In a nutshell, air conditioning pumps dry, cold air into a room to cool it down, reducing the humidity levels in the process. A good level of humidity indoors should be around 30-50% to keep sinuses feeling healthy, and your skin feeling plump, hydrated and happy. When humidity is low, your skin loses moisture to the air, leaving it feeling dehydrated, dull, and generally lacking in radiance. Another thing to think about? If you sit with a fan or airflow directly on your skin, although it might feel great, it can also cause moisture to evaporate from your skin.
How to combat the effects of air conditioning
While you can’t avoid moving between hot and cold air, you can make sure your skin is protected from the dehydrating effects. Our advice? Keep skin well moisturised from the get-go, and pop on a hydrating serum booster from time to time to pep up hydration levels in your skin. And, often our lips, they can be the first to feel the effects so a moisturising balm is always good to have on hand.