Tips to Prevent Winter Skin

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From Healthline.com:

Cold and dry winters may cause your skin to flake and show other signs of dryness. If you notice this, include moisturizing skin care ingredients, such as emollients and occlusives, in your routine and skip other ingredients. Cold air, dry indoor heat, low humidity levels, and harsh winter wind can all zap your skin of its moisture. This may leave the skin on your face, hands, feet, and other areas exposed to the elements looking a lot less radiant. You can, however, take steps to help keep your skin looking healthy, even when temperatures dip and there’s no escape from winter’s dry, cold air.

How to Prevent Winter Skin

By making some changes to your skin care regimen and habits and using the right products, you may be able to keep your skin looking soft, smooth, and vibrant all winter long.

Moisturize right after washing

Washing your face, hands, or body strips your skin of its natural oils. Since these oils help lock in moisture, it’s important to replace them. That’s why you should try to use a moisturizer after you wash your skin every time, especially in the winter. As a helpful reminder, try stocking a bottle of moisturizer next to your sink and keep a travel-size moisturizer with you when you’re on the go.

Look for moisturizers:

with:

ceramides

hyaluronic acid (and other humectants)

glycerin

urea

without:

fragrance

dyes

alcohol and denatured alcohol

Apply sunscreen daily

Given the shorter winter days and less sunlight, it can be tempting to cut sunscreen from your morning routine. But even in the winter, harmful UV light can still stress your skin’s moisture barrier, which is necessary for maintaining skin health and hydration. Try adding a layer of broad spectrum sunscreen with at least SPF 30 each morning on top of your moisturizer. You can also opt for a moisturizing sunscreen.

Use overnight treatments

Overnight treatments are an excellent way to revitalize or prevent dry skin. Emollients are great for moisturizing and are commonly added to moisturizers. However, because they’re a heavier type of cream, it can take longer for your skin to absorb them. By applying an emollient to your skin overnight, your skin will have the time it needs to absorb the treatment and for the emollient to replenish your skin with the moisture and oils it needs.  If you’re applying an ointment to your hands or feet, consider wearing gloves or socks to prevent spreading the emollient on your sheets or bed covers.

Adjust your skin care routine

If the skin on your face seems to be especially sensitive or irritated due to the dry winter air, you may want to consider simplifying your skin care routine for the time being.  Keep in mind that your skin’s moisture barrier needs to be healthy for it to respond well to serums, toners, and other treatments. Irritated skin might be more sensitive to ingredients like fragrance and alcohol. Consider using just a gentle moisturizer and sunscreen in the morning, and a gentle cleanser and a thicker cream or moisturizer at night. Once you feel confident that your skin’s moisture barrier has healed, you can slowly incorporate other treatments back into your routine.

Use a humidifier

Humidifiers add moisture back into the air, which can be especially helpful in the cold and dry winter months. A more humid environment may be naturally moisturizing, which may help prevent and relieve skin dryness.

Dial down the temperature

A hot shower or bath at the end of a cold winter’s day may feel especially soothing. But, to keep your skin nourished, you may want to keep the water temperature closer to warm than scalding. Hot water strips away your skin’s natural oils faster than lukewarm water (which is typically around 98.6°F [37°C]), and may damage your skin barrier.

Go easy on exfoliants, scrubbing, and rubbing

Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells from the surface of your skin and may result in smooth and vibrant skin. But it’s possible to overexfoliate your skin if you do it too often or use the wrong products. Harsher scrubs with large particles may be more likely to break down your skin’s moisture barrier and cause damage. If your skin looks dry or flaky, you may want to opt for a gentler chemical exfoliant, such as AHAs or BHAs, rather than a physical scrub.

But even these may still be too strong for severely dry skin. If this is the case, or if your skin is cracked, raw, or irritated, it may be best to avoid exfoliation altogether until your skin has healed. After bathing or showering (in warm water, remember), carefully pat your skin dry instead of vigorously rubbing. This may allow some of the moisture to hydrate the top layer of your skin and cause less irritation.

Add occlusives to your routine

Earlier, we mentioned using emollients to help soothe and repair your skin barrier. But if you find that emollient ingredients alone aren’t doing enough to heal your dry skin, you may want to consider incorporating occlusive ingredients into your skin care routine. Occlusive ingredients provide a physical barrier to lock moisture into your skin. Examples of occlusive ingredients include:

petroleum jelly-based products like Vaseline and Aquaphor

shea butter

rosehip oil

jojoba oil

cocoa butter

The best way to work these products into your routine is to apply them once or twice per day after moisturizing.

Hydrate from the inside

Make sure you’re staying properly hydrated throughout the day. Not taking in enough fluid may affect the appearance of your skin and make it more susceptible to drying out, but scientific evidence to support this is lacking. You may also want to focus on eating foods that are high in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids. These nutrients may help protect your cells from environmental damage and help your body make healthy cells, including skin cells.

Opt for nonirritating fabrics and detergents

A good rule of thumb when facing any skin problem, including dry skin, is to try to avoid wearing or sleeping on harsh or abrasive materials. Though limited scientific evidence supports that they’ll help with dry skin. If your body’s skin is extra dry, try wearing loose, comfortable, natural fabrics, like cotton, to reduce the risk of extra physical irritation. Try to avoid washing your clothes in regular detergents. Instead, look for detergents formulated specifically for sensitive skin, which will likely be free of harsh chemicals and fragrances.

Wear gloves

Gloves are the ultimate physical barrier against environmental agents that can dry out the skin on your hands. To protect your hands, try wearing insulated gloves when stepping out into the cold and using silicone gloves when washing dishes. Limiting the dry air and hot water that touches your skin can help keep your hands smooth and well hydrated.

SOURCE: HEALTHLINE.COM

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    1. Good morning, Pat! I woke up to about 1/2″ – 3/4″ of snow on the ground, temp @ 20 and cloudy skies. Wheezer ate some dry food during the night, eating around the frozen tuna! LOL

      Just The News: “A federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday blocked the Department of Homeland Security from arresting or detaining refugees while the department reviews their cases, claiming the migrants had “followed the rules” in seeking asylum. 

      The department announced earlier this month that it was reviewing the cases of 5,600 refugees in Minnesota who had not formally received a green card as a part of its crackdown on fraud in immigrant communities.

      U.S. District Judge John Tunheim told the Trump administration that the arrests did not make sense because none of them were charged with grounds for removal. He ordered the immediate release of the detained and arrested refugees.

      “These refugees have undergone rigorous background checks and vetting, been approved by multiple federal agencies for entry, been given permission to work, received support from the government, and been resettled in the United States,” he wrote, according to the Washington Times. “None have been deemed a danger to the community or a flight risk.” Tunheim also barred the administration from arresting or detaining future refugees.

      The department has defended its policy by referencing immigration law that says a year after a refugee has been admitted, they are to undergo a second round of vetting. However, some of the refugees had already been in the country past the one-year mark and the judge noted that the policy was to wait to arrest the person until it had decided to remove them.”

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  3. Republican Senator Reveals Over A DOZEN US Senators Illegally STOLE Their Seats Through Fraud, ‘Billions and Billions’:

    SEN. TUBERVILLE: “We probably have a dozen or so people up here in the House and the Senate that were elected illegally. They shouldn’t be here because things were crooked in the elections.”

    “I’ll go back to the money that is being stolen. The Democrats had the majority, House, Senate, and White House, and they did this first. CARES Act, you know, ‘We need money for COVID,’ $2 trillion. What’d they do with that money? They sent it to all the blue states to pay off their debts because they had stolen so much money they could not function, and we’re talking about 30, 40 billion for California, 30, 40 billion for New York. Same thing for Chicago.”

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  5. Tucker Carlson reveals the Offer the Trump Administration made to Minnesota Officials that hasn’t been made public yet — MN Officials said no

    1. Local Police have to answer 911 calls from federal agents

    —— as of now, if an agent is in danger and requests assistance, they don’t get it.

    2. Local Police has to work to protect Federal law enforcement from being killed when they’re off duty

    3. The jails have to tell the federal government where the pedophiles and rapist[s] are, and hand them over

    4. If officials do that, the vast majority of Federal law enforcement will be pulled from Minnesota, but remain to protect Federal assets

    The response from Minnesota officials was “NO, we’re not doing that.”

    This is proof that what you’re witnessing in Minnesota is the beginning of a Color Revolution.

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  9. no details on how big “huge” is.

    Eric Daugherty
    @EricLDaugh
    🚨 BREAKING: A HUGE group of GOP lawmakers is pushing legislation that would have President Trump FREEZE ALL foreign aid to any country that refuses to assist in returning fraudulently stolen tax dollars

    It would also REQUIRE SNAP data be turned over to USDA to detect fraud 🔥

    GET THIS DONE!

    The Republican Study Committee and Rep. August Pfluger have just endorsed legislation from Minnesota Rep. Brad Finstad — the Fraud Accountability and Recovery Act, and SNAP Data Transparency and Oversight Act, per Washington Reporter

    I support this 100%!

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  11. Monica Yatooma
    @MonicaYatooma
    🚨 MAJOR RED FLAG 🚨

    Michigan’s Bureau of Elections says it does NOT have the source data used to create its own absentee ballot reports.

    Think about that.

    They publish statewide numbers…
    But claim they don’t have the records behind them.

    How is that possible?

    In any serious system — banking, business, or government — you must be able to show the data that backs up your reports. If you can’t, that’s a transparency problem.

    Instead of providing the records, Jocelyn Benson’s office is trying to dismiss a lawsuit asking for them.

    So voters are told:
    “Trust our numbers… but you’re not allowed to see how we got them.”

    That is NOT transparency.
    That is NOT accountability.
    That is NOT acceptable in a democracy.

    Every Michigan voter deserves to know:
    ✔️ Where the numbers come from
    ✔️ Who verified them
    ✔️ How they were calculated

    If there’s nothing to hide, why hide the data?

    We need clean voter rolls.
    We need secure absentee ballots.
    We need real oversight.

    And we need a Secretary of State who works for voters — not against them.

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  17. Jake

    January 29, 2026 7:51 am

    Reply to  Charlotte99

    Who was the mayor the last time NY city didn’t have a budget deficit?
    Rudy Giuliani was the mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994, to December 31, 2001, and he is credited with turning a budget deficit into a surplus during his time in office.

    Who was the last republican mayor of NY city?
    The last Republican mayor of New York City was Rudy Giuliani

    How many democratic mayor has NY city had since Giuliani?
    Since Rudy Giuliani, New York City has had three Democratic mayors.

    What is NY city’s current deficit?
    New York City currently faces a budget deficit of over $12 billion. This includes a projected $2.2 billion deficit for the fiscal year 2026 and an estimated $10.4 billion gap for fiscal year 2027.

    There are two problems. No. 1 is the Democrats. No. 2 you can see by the increase from 2026 to 2027 it Mamdani’s policies.

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  20. Just The News: “Law enforcement officials in Minneapolis determined Wednesday that the substance sprayed on Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall Tuesday night is likely apple cider vinegar, according to CNN.

    The incident occurred while Omar was speaking behind a podium, and after she called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign. Officials have identified the man who attacked the lawmaker as 55-year-old Anthony J. Kazmierczak, who was booked on third-degree assault charges at Hennepin County Jail, according to Forbes. 

    “During her town hall, an agitator tried to attack the Congresswoman by spraying an unknown substance with a syringe,” Omar’s office said in a statement Tuesday night. “Security and the Minneapolis Police Department quickly apprehended the individual. He is now in custody. The Congresswoman is okay. She continued with her town hall because she doesn’t let bullies win.”

    United States Capitol Police said it is working with federal authorities to charge Kazmierczak, who has a criminal record for driving while intoxicated, with “the most serious charges possible,” for assaulting a member of Congress.”

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  21. Just The News: “President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was nominating federal prosecutor Colin McDonald to serve as the nation’s first assistant attorney general for the new National Fraud Enforcement division of the Justice Department.

    The creation of the division and the new post come in the wake of federal fraud investigations into California and Minnesota. The Minnesota fraud scandal has received national attention due to the extent of fraud in the state social services programs. 

    Trump has not released a lot of information on the fraud allegations in California, but he said that overall people have stolen “hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars.” 

    “I am pleased to nominate Colin McDonald to serve as the first ever Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement, a new division at the Department of Justice, which I created to catch and stop fraudsters that have been stealing from the American People,” Trump posted to Truth Social. 

    “Colin McDonald is a very smart, tough, and highly respected America First federal prosecutor who has successfully delivered justice in some of the most difficult and high stakes cases our country has ever seen,” he continued. “Together, we will end the fraud, and restore integrity to our federal programs. Congratulations Colin — STOP THE SCAMS!”

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  22. Just The News: “(The Center Square) – Several blue states appear set to lose electoral college votes while red states will make sweeping gains, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau suggests. On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau announced a significant decrease in U.S. population growth, largely due to less international immigration. However, analysis of the census data revealed several noteworthy takeaways in domestic migration trends that could affect electoral college and congressional makeup.

    Electoral votes are allocated to states based on the Census. Each state is allocated a number of electoral votes based on the number of U.S. Senators and Representatives in that state.

    The District of Columbia is allocated three electors in the Electoral College.

    The American Redistricting Project estimated Texas would gain four seats in 2030 based on recent Census data and Florida would gain two seats. On the other end, California is projected to lose 4 seats.

    North Carolina, Georgia, Idaho, Utah and Arizona would gain one additional seat, respectively. However, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Oregon would lose one seat, respectively.

    Democrat leaders expressed concern over these new projections and criticized mid-decade redistricting efforts across the country. John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, called on Democrats to respond to redistricting efforts. “Republicans have enacted mid-decade gerrymanders in states like Texas and North Carolina by drawing maps that aim to further silence the very communities driving the most population growth,” Bisognano said.

    Jonathan Cervas, a redistricting forecaster at Carnegie Mellon University, shared similar predictions as the American Redistricting Project. However, Cervas predicted Florida would gain four seats instead of two and New York would lose two seats instead of one.

    David Hogg, a former leader of the Democratic National Committee, called on Democrats to build support in the South to counter reapportionment. “If we don’t start building infrastructure in the South and start winning states like Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida, we can kiss goodbye any chance of winning the White House in the 2030s,” Hogg said.”

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  23. ROFL – nailed it!

    “Actor Ethan Hawke says he doesn’t feel free to speak freely anymore. He made the comment while, in fact, speaking freely… 

    I am past my limit on the give-a-fuck meter with these Tinseltown Twinkies. What is it about them that makes them think we could possibly give a fuck about what they have to say about anything??? 

    Dude – you make an extremely substantial living pretending to be other people. Please – all of you – please just shut the fuck up. Here’s a thought – if you ever have a chance to run into any of the people who report on this shit – for any outlet – please do us all a favor and beat the fuckin’ snot out of them, wudja? Thanks…”

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  25. “A Florida driver captured a rare and elusive wildlife moment when a Florida panther was seen peeking cautiously through dense bushes, with only its eyes and part of its face visible. Florida panthers are highly secretive and mostly nocturnal, making sightings extremely rare, especially in areas where human development overlaps with their natural habitats.

    These apex predators play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of Florida’s ecosystems by controlling populations of smaller animals. Wildlife experts recommend observing panthers from a safe distance, never attempting to approach or interact, and remaining inside vehicles when spotted. This encounter highlights the secretive nature of Florida panthers and the incredible opportunities for rare wildlife observation when driving through the state’s forested areas.”

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      1. That’s what I wondered! Clearly, they had to leave a door open somewhere…..either that, or this is staged! Not to mention…..who leaves water in a bathtub if they’re not intending to take a bath? Maybe that bathroom has an exterior door?

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  26. “Wild American flamingos are being seen again in Florida’s Everglades and Florida Bay, in numbers that have people doing double takes. A century ago, flamingos all but vanished from Florida after heavy hunting in the feather trade. Now sightings are rising, and some birds are sticking around instead of flying back out.

    After Hurricane Idalia in 2023, researchers and birders reported a wave of flamingos across Florida and beyond. A statewide count in early 2024 logged more than 100 wild flamingos in Florida, including big groups in Florida Bay. Then in July 2025, one researcher photographed a flock of about 125 flamingos in Florida Bay, one of the biggest groups seen in years.

    That kind of return is making scientists ask the big question: will flamingos try nesting in Florida again? A confirmed nest would be a huge moment, because nesting on Florida soil has not been verified in about a century. Experts think cleaner water, healthier wetlands, and years of Everglades restoration may be making the area feel livable again. But flamingos are picky about where they raise chicks, and they need quiet places with the right water levels and food.

    If you see one, give it space and let it feed, rest, and recover. And if the trend keeps going, Florida might finally get the real thing back, not just the lawn ornaments.”

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        1. Hell, I got slapped for sighing too deeply! No way I would EVER swear in front of my parents! I walked a tightrope…..until I got married in order to get away from them!

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  28. “Possible snow this weekend here in Florida? No problem. Courses still open. Carts still rolling. When tires feel unnecessary, the golf cart quietly upgrades to tank tracks and carries on like nothing happened.

    You think you’re safe because it’s “too cold to golf.” Meanwhile, a foursome is cruising through the neighborhood, emergency traction sand loaded, weather app open, and full confidence engaged. 

    Shorts? Maybe. Hoodie? Definitely. Complaints? Loud. Cancellation? Never. Cold snap, frost warning, end-of-the-world forecast – it doesn’t matter. 

    If there’s golf to be played in Florida, they’re showing up. By pavement, by grass, or by whatever surface Florida weather throws at them next. Snow may be coming. Tee times are not going anywhere.” 

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  29. “The name on the card might belong to a young Irish immigrant traveling third class in search of opportunity, or a first-class passenger accustomed to comfort and certainty, or even a small child who could not possibly understand the magnitude of what awaited them. For the next two hours, you move through the museum carrying that identity with you as a quiet reminder that history is made of individuals, not abstractions.

     The Grand Staircase rises before you in polished wood and warm light, recreated exactly as it appeared in 1912, and it is impossible not to imagine the thousands of people who once walked these same steps with confidence and excitement. You pass through first-class staterooms filled with elegance and space, then into third-class quarters where entire families shared narrow bunks and packed their hopes into small suitcases, believing that America would offer what their homelands could not.

    You enter the wireless room where distress calls were transmitted into the dark Atlantic night, and you stand on a deck angled to replicate the ship’s final moments, feeling your body lean forward instinctively as gravity pulls you in the same direction it once pulled them. One of the most jarring moments comes when you touch an ice wall chilled to the same temperature as the North Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912. The cold becomes painful within seconds, and when you pull your hand away, the realization settles in that those who entered the water had no such escape.

    Throughout the museum, authentic artifacts appear not as curiosities but as remnants of interrupted lives. Letters written in neat handwriting that were never mailed, personal items packed for arrival in New York, a pocket watch frozen at the exact moment the ship disappeared beneath the surface, and children’s belongings that never fulfilled their purpose. 

    At the end of the experience, you enter a memorial room lined with the names of every passenger and crew member who boarded the Titanic, arranged by class and fate. You search for the name on your boarding pass, and in that moment, history becomes intensely personal. Some visitors discover that their passenger survived, while many others learn that the person whose name they carried was lost at sea. Sometimes that name belongs to a child.

    Up until the pandemic shut Belfast down, my Brother TJ was a host/guide at the museum. When he passed away three years ago, they shut the museum down so that all of the employees could attend his funeral mass. That’s some legacy he had…”

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  36. when the gov’t shuts down, so should their cushy paychecks AND bennies!

    https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2016924404450558224

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    1. It finally quit snowing here, thankfully we didn’t get much – maybe an inch or so; almost saw some sunshine for a few minutes earlier; temp is up to 35.

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  46. Mike Robinson

    January 29, 2026 3:27 pm

    Poor Mamdani … he has so much to learn how “power,” and the Office of the Mayor, actually works.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/mamdanis-nyc-socialist-experiment-ended-before-it-began/

    Mamdani’s movement ended before it began. He legally cannot raise taxes because only the state can and Hochul refuses. He does not control the buses because the MTA does and they oppose free fares. He inherited a $12.6 billion deficit over two years. The City Council will resist city-owned grocery stores. Hochul is co-opting his agenda by implementing scaled-down versions on her terms without raising taxes. NYC mayors govern at the pleasure of Albany, and Albany said “no.”

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          1. Yep – that it does! Same thing happens on boards in stalls and fence boards – horses can really get seriously hurt! They love to rub on the wooden walls of the stall.

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