Dry skin due to cold weather
October is truly pumpkin month! Halloween, but also at the greengrocer you see them in all shapes and sizes. Not only tasty and very healthy to eat, but did you know that your skin can also really benefit from it?
Now that the heating is turned on (probably a few degrees lower), the weather is suddenly a lot cooler and we are outside less, you may notice that your skin reacts differently: perhaps a little redder in the cold, drier after a day of working from home and perhaps also a little blotchy. That is in itself a very normal reaction of the skin to the changed external circumstances. Your skin reacts to this and indicates what it needs: mild care that counteracts dryness and protects you from external influences.
Dry skin in autumn
Your skin is a living organ, a natural organ and it is therefore actually very logical that it moves with the Dutch seasons. If you look at nature, the season also gives your body what you need in that season, isn't that beautiful?
Pumpkin for your skin
Pumpkin is an age-old medicine and care product. The oldest pumpkin seeds probably come from Mexico. There are many stories in history about the use of pumpkin for healing the skin in Ayurvedic medicine and Chinese medicine. It was often used as a painkiller and to fight infections, because pumpkin naturally contains bacteria-inhibiting components.
Vitamins in pumpkin
Pumpkin seed oil is used in many cosmetic products. It is a vegetable oil that is full of skin care ingredients, such as:
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Beta-carotene – a precursor of vitamin A, for firm skin
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Vitamin B2 & B3 – softens the skin and improves skin tone
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Potassium – helps retain moisture in the skin
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Magnesium – an essential mineral for healthy skin
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Zinc, which helps with cell renewal and the production of the skin's own collagen
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Omegas 3, 6 and 9. These 3 essential fatty acids are important for a healthy skin barrier and a soft skin with a healthy color.
Pumpkin seeds for your skin
Pumpkin seed oil is made from the seeds of the pumpkin, which contain the DNA of the pumpkin. It takes 3 kilos of pumpkin seeds to obtain 1 liter of oil. When the pumpkins are harvested, the seeds are removed and cleaned. After drying, they are cold-pressed.
Prevent dry skin
To give your skin an extra boost during the cold months, you can use the Food for Skin Pumpkin Serum . This consists of over 50% pumpkin seed oil. This rich pumpkin seed oil:
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Restores dry and blemished skin
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Which makes lines less harsh
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Prevents cracks in the skin (including stretch marks)
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Helps against inflammation
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Helps renew the skin
The serum is supplemented with other beautiful natural oils such as:
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Cucumber seed extract - has a moisture-regulating effect
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Chia seed oil - has a soothing effect
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Broccoli seed oil - is protective
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Candeia tree extract - has healing properties
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Sea buckthorn oil - is protective
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Sunflower oil - as a carrier oil
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Rosemary extract - antioxidant and shelf life
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Q10 - for a full, firm and smooth skin
The Pumpkin Serum contains no synthetic substances, no perfume, no alcohol and deliberately contains no essential oil, so that it can also be used around the eye without any problems. The serum is dark orange and is quickly absorbed by the skin. The scent is 100% natural and smells nutty. All in all a beautiful serum with only beautiful ingredients from nature!
In addition to good skin care and a powerful serum, we have a number of great tips to keep your skin strong after the summer. You can read them here .
InsideOut Pumpkin Seeds
At Food for Skin we go beyond just clean products. We try to get as many ingredients as possible from residual flows. And if that doesn't exist, we'll look for it ourselves! For example, we are working on a subsidy trajectory to make pumpkin seed oil from Dutch pumpkins. BinnensteBuiten paid attention to this process. Angela and Cathy Ursem - circular beauty entrepreneurs - were interviewed by Marieke Eyskoot. Want to watch it again? You can do that here !
