30 Ways to Stay Warm This Winter

The extra layers will help insulate you and keep you warm, but too many layers of socks will affect your movement. If your feet can’t move they lose blood flow and get colder!

The flannel material traps in body heat while still allowing your skin to breathe. Flannel sheets also wick away moisture to keep you warm without making you sweat.

Insulated curtains use a layer of acrylic foam between layers of thick fabric to provide insulation. These curtains are ideal for the winter months and drafty windows to keep in heat and block out cold, light, and sound. 

Your ceiling fan has an option to change the direction it spins. By having your fan turn clockwise, it pulls cold air to the ceiling and pushes warm air to you, keeping you cozy.

It’s always good to change things up a little and this is an easy way to keep warm. Move your bed and couches away from exterior walls and windows where cold air likes to linger. 

Many people falsely think that alcohol warms you up. It makes you feel warmer but it doesn’t prevent hypothermia or actually keep you warm. Alcohol actually lowers your core temperature, making your body colder.

Other than making you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, cuddling up with someone is the best way to get warm fast. Skin-to-skin contact is the fastest and most efficient way to bring up your skin temperature. 

HotHands use air-activated heat in single-use packets that you can stick in your pocket to keep your hands warm. These packets offer a quick and easy way to keep your hands warm. 

HotHands offers a variety of sizes and shapes so you can put them in your shoes or pockets. 

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A good pair of thermal gloves can make all the difference on a cold winter day. Make sure to look for a pair with layers of insulation and a harder outer lair to protect you from the elements. 

If you’re stuck inside on a cold winter day, a good way to warm yourself (and the house) up is to fry up some food. The heat from the stove and oil will warm up your house and the food will warm up your insides.

Exercise will help keep you warm, but yoga has specific moves to warm you up. Sun Salutations is a circuit of different poses to keep you in constant, flowing motion so you work up a sweat. 

Physical activity gets your blood pumping, raises your core temperature, and makes you sweat. If you’re sitting there shivering, get up and dance to warm yourself up. 

Wool can keep you warm in the winter, but no one likes how itchy it can be. Merino Wool uses thinner wool fibers to stop the itch, trap in heat, and release moisture. 

This type of wool keeps you warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and releases odor and moisture, making it the best wool on the market.

Now you have a great excuse to stay home and bake all day: leaving the oven door open after you use it releases the heat into your house. This way you get tasty treats and a burst of warm air into your home!

Humid air feels warmer than dry air, and the dry air can cause throat and sinus irritation as well as dry out your skin. Getting a humidifier is an easy to fix to all these problems so you can live and breathe better. 

Set your humidifier to 40% humidity to avoid mold. 

Humid air feels warmer than dry air and if you don’t want to get a humidifier, this is a good way to get the same results. Just turn off the vent in your bathroom so the steam can move through your house.

A lot of heat is lost to poorly sealed doors and windows. An easy way to seal up a draft coming from under a door is to roll up a towel and put it in front of the drafty door. 

You can also cut a pool noodle to the size of your door, cut it lengthwise, and put it under the door to stop the draft.

It’s a myth that the majority of your body heat is lost through your head, but any part of your body that’s not covered is losing heat. Wearing a hat, even inside, helps lock in the heat and keep you warm. 

There are even heated hats and hats with bluetooth headphones built in!

When you compost, the breakdown of the organic material causes a small amount of heat. Many people compost in their greenhouse for additional heat, but you can do it in your kitchen or bathroom for a boost of warmth.

When you're cuddling up under blankets at night, fluffy blankets should be closest to your body so they can retain the heat. The thick, dense blankets at the top will trap the heat in so you stay warm and toasty.

If you’re in an office building with a locked thermostat, you’re not able to adjust the temperature to make yourself comfortable. If you put ice near the thermostat, it will sense the cold and kick the heat up a little, giving you a boost of warmth.

We all know how cozy clothes are fresh out of the dryer. You can use this trick every day by throwing your clothes in the dryer for five to 10 minutes before you leave. 

This way, you're already wrapped in warmth before you leave the house!

There’s nothing more relaxing than taking a hot bath on a cold day. Just jump in your tub to soak up the warmth in your body and let the humidity from the steam warm up your house.

Caffeine is a diuretic that also constricts your blood vessels. The decreased blood flow and loss of fluids just makes you colder than if you had skipped the coffee to begin with.

Try a nice, hot cup of hot chocolate instead.

Staying hydrated is obviously important, but water also helps you stay warm by regulating your body temperature. It can also give your immune system a boost to keep you from getting sick in the cold winter months.

For the places you don’t want to take a blanket, like the office, you can bring a heating pad to sit against to warm up your core. There are heating pads that plug into a USB port so you can use your office computer to power your heating pad!

Heated blankets provide instant, satisfying relief to the winter cold. Thankfully, there are heated blankets for your car now, too. These blankets plug into your car charger so you can have warmth no matter where you go.

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If you don’t want extra accessories like a heated blanket for your car, a simple tip is to turn your car on a few minutes before you’re ready to leave. This time allows your car to warm up, defrost, and be toasty for when you’re ready to go. 

Driving with cold, numb hands can be uncomfortable and even dangerous if you lose your grip. Steering wheel warmers provide your hands with direct warmth so you don’t have to suffer through freezing hands anymore.

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Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. When you’re home on a cold winter night, a hot meal and drink is comforting. Eating and drinking hot things will warm your body up from the inside.

The breakdown of the calories from the food and drink also give your body energy and heat.