Cooler temperatures and cold wind doesn’t have to mean dry sullen skin. Enhance your beauty routine this winter with these tips to keep you glowing and gorgeous even in the most frigid environment.
1. Take time to Rejuvenate
Just because it is cool out doesn’t mean grime and sweat doesn’t build up on your skin. Eliminate the pore-clogging oils with a daily treatment to regenerate your skin’s appearance. Try Olay Regenerist Daily Regenerating Serum.
2. Infuse your Skin with Extra Moisture
The more you can moisturize the better! The long, steamy showers warm you up on a cold day but the hot water also strips your skin of its natural oils. Swap your cleansers to ones with extra moisturizing ingredients and put your lotion on when your skin is slightly damp to lock in hydration. Try Kiehl’s Superbly Restorative Argan Body Cleansing Oil.
3. Moisturize while you Snooze
Use a night cream that will repair and hydrate your winter skin while you sleep so you have firm, fresh skin when your alarm goes off. Try Olay Total Effects Night Firming Cream.
4. Keep Wearing Sunscreen
The days might be cooler and darker, but you still need UV protection to ward off wrinkles, premature aging and the threat of skin cancer. Use an SPF product that is part of your makeup so you won’t have to put on an additional layer. Try Covergirl Advanced Radiance Age-Defying Liquid Makeup with SPF.
5. Avoid the Red Nose
Even when you are bundled up beyond recognition to protect yourself from the cold, your nose is still sticking out the elements. Unfortunately, a face mask doesn’t go with many outfits. Combat dry, flaky skin moisturize your dry patches like usual and then apply a second layer of foundation or tinted moisturizer to your nose to help neutralize any pink or redness. Try Kimiko Lifting Pressed Powder.
6. Humidify Even When you are not Sick
If your skin feels tight and dry when you are at home, turn on the humidifier. Keeping moisture in the air will work wonders on your winter skin.
What is your favorite winter beauty product? Do you change your beauty routine for the seasons?
Oh man, I visited Chicago and St. Louis over Thanksgiving and was reminded of another reason I love living in LA-all that cold air dried me out! I got Rudolph nose too, and it wasnt just all the Thanksgiving wine;)
I definitely think moisture is the key to good winter skin, even on the west coast where it is a wee bit warmer!
You probably are a sunscreen fanatic there too which some less sunny states may not think to do 🙂
Yep, and pale as I am I could single-handedly keep the sunscreen industry afloat:)
Moisturizing is key all year round for happy skin:-) My favorite winter product is cocoa butter:-)
Ah yes! It is a great base to all lotiony products. Thanks for reading Dana!