Winter Dry Skin

For Dry Skin - A few Home Remedies

The low humidity and harsh winter conditions can do a number on your skin, leaving the skin flaky, and itchy.

Here are a few precautionary measures:

• Choose a lotion brand that has petroleum jelly or lanolin high on the ingredients list.
• Try adding lemon juice or vinegar to bathwater. With soap, being highly alkaline, may make your skin feel itchy.
• As soon as you get out of the shower or tub, while your skin is till damp, generously
  
  add on the moisturizing lotion.
• Avoid steaming hot water or lengthy immersions, which will strip your skin of its natural oils.
• Lastly, don’t go outside in any season without using SPF of at least 30 on your face and hands. 

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2019 January   21st Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King was an important civil rights activist. He was a leader in the movement to end racial segregation in the United States. His most famous address was the "I Have A Dream" speech. He was an advocate of non-violent protest and became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was assassinated in 1968. In 1968, shortly after Martin Luther King died, a campaign was started for his birthday to become a holiday to honor him.

Is observed annually on the third Monday in January and is an American federal holiday. 

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