About The Elements

Our skin works hard to protect our bodies from environmental stressors such as irritants, regulates temperature, keeps allergens and microbes calm. There are many factors that affect skin condition and influence how it looks and feels, some are internal and some are external. Some factors we cannot influence, but many we can. A healthy skincare regimen can protect skin and keep it looking younger for longer. Our skin regenerates its self approximately every 27 days, and it needs nourishment for a healthy and beneficial process to occur. When we are engaged in our outdoor activities, it can take a tool on our skins health The Snow, Sun, Wind, and Water all have unique ways of putting our skin under stress and we will walk through the ways it does this and how to fight the damage!

Sun

The sun and the effects it has on our skin, both positive and negative, are vast! It allows the much needed process of photosynthesis to occur, feeding many of the organisms living on earth include us! The sun has positive effects on our emotional wellbeing increasing the amount of dopamine released in the body, while strengthening our bones from the vitamin D that is absorbed from the suns ray. But there’s two sides to every coin…

Wind

Wind is an elegant element that has helped given rise to the aviation industry and has aided animal flight for a lot longer! Wind has filled the sails of ships for centuries, and more recently has advanced the green movements a great source of renewable energy that we are able to convert at a very low pollution cost. But as it fills the sails of boats and moves the blades of wind turbines, it plays a factor in your skins health…

water

One of the reasons that we as humans have been able to thrive on this planet is because of water. 72% of our planet is made up of water. It nourishes plants that absorb CO2 and emit oxygen, helping us take the breath we so desperately need. With out water our planet would look more like mars that it would the earth we know today. Salt water is where some of these benefits can turn into irritants for your skin.