Knees are another one of those needy, high-maintenance areas that require special attention. Your knees can get dark and rough because of a buildup of dead skin cells, and while drowning them in a bottle of lotion may be your first course of action, it's just a Band-Aid solution.
Instead, try a scrub like Bliss Hot Salt Scrub. You can use it all over, but focus on your knees. This self-heating gel warms up as you massage it in, and the combo of heated glycerin and sea salt grains work to slough off dead skin, leaving your knees supple and soft.
Also, you've probably heard your mom say a million times as a kid, "Don't sit on your knees," but it's actually good advice. Being mindful of when you're sitting on your knees will keep them smooth and softer longer.
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Underneath Your Wedding Ring
You may not think about it, but the skin underneath your wedding ring (or any ring you wear every single day) is highly susceptible to getting dry, rough, and itchy. Every time you wash your hands with your ring on, water can get trapped underneath, causing irritation.
Apply an emollient cream like Avene Trixera Emollient Balm to your ring finger, and it'll clear up the redness in a day. You can avoid having to treat this area at all by remembering to take off your rings every time you wash your hands.
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Behind Your Ears
Alright, so you probably don't spend a lot of time worrying about the skin behind your ears. But it's a sensitive, thin-skinned area that can easily get dry and cracked, especially because you forget about it. And then it goes untreated.
An easy way to remember this forgotten area? Swipe a moisturizing face wipe, like
Lotion Lab Intensive Lotion Wipes, behind your ears after you wash your face every night. These lotion wipes work all over, so you can give your neck and collarbone a quick swipe while you're at it.
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You've probably heard that (kinda hackneyed) phrase: "Life's a bumpy ride." But that saying is meant to be taken figuratively, not literally. As hard as you try to keep your skin velvety smooth, it's pretty much a given that somewhere along the road you're going hit a rough patch.
Sure, maybe your arms are baby soft, but what about your heels? Guessing those might be in desperate need of a pumice stone rub. Or your knees? Are they mini-skirt ready? And then there are areas you didn't even know needed extra attention ... like behind your ears. Yup, that often forgotten area is a prime zone for dry, cracked skin.
But before you start feeling more reptile than human, we've gathered the best tips and tricks for warding off those annoying rough patches that keep you from having the smoothest skin of your life.
So instead of forgoing sandals because you're embarrassed by your cracked heels or just accepting that your elbows will always be Sahara desert dry, keep clicking for the cures.
