Blustery winds, plummeting temperatures and heated rooms can lead to a dull and flaky complexion. It’s time to change your winter skin care regime! Here’s how you can keep your skin glowing and gorgeous through the cold months.
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Your lips are the first part of your face to suffer from dryness. Keep them soft and protected with a lip balm applied throughout the day. Get into the habit of putting it on before you go to bed, to help heal your lips while you sleep.
TRY: Avène Cold Cream Lip Balm, $27, or Burt’s Bees Vanilla Bean Moisturising Lip Balm, $8.95.
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Show your complexion some extra TLC from now until spring by adding nourishing products to your routine. Instead of a foaming cleanser, which can strip your skin’s natural defence barrier, try massaging your face with a cleansing oil or balm to melt away make-up and impurities and boost circulation.
TRY: Natio Argan & Almond Facial Cleansing Balm, $19.50, or Shiseido Perfect Cleansing Oil, $70.
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After cleansing, layer a facial oil packed full of botanical lipids underneath your moisturiser, to keep your face feeling soft and supple. Your skin will love it!
TRY: Clinique Turnaround Revitalising Treatment Oil, $59, or L’Orèal Paris Age Perfect Extraordinary Facial Oil, $39.99.
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Swap your lightweight, daily moisturising lotion for a thick, creamy formula to help lock in moisture and combat dry skin.
TRY: Garnier Moisture Match Ultra-Hydrating Rich Cream, $9.99, or Estée Lauder Crescent White Full Cycle Brightening Moisture Crème, $124.
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While we are resting, our skin begins an important period of renewal. Dr. Hauschka’s new night serum gives skin an optimal boost and supports its nightly regenerative processes. The delicate oil-free serum lets it breathe freely, whilst maintaining the skin’s moisture levels and leaving it smooth.
TRY: Dr. Hauschka’s Night Serum, $75
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Balms are brilliant for smoothing on to form a protective shield over sensitive areas, such as around your nose and over your cheeks. If you’re out in the elements, try layering one under your moisturiser to form a barrier. Or in the evening, apply one generously as a mask to soothe and repair.
TRY: Dr LeWinn’s Multi-Moisture Balm, $34.99, or Dermalogica Barrier Repair, $77.
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Exfoliating refines your skin texture and detaches dead skin cells that dull your complexion. It also makes your moisturiser penetrate better. Try introducing one to your regime once a week. Physical exfoliants scrub your skin with tiny granules.
TRY: Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Line Smoothing Exfoliator, $65.
Chemical exfoliants dissolve dead skin with enzymes or lactic and glycolic acids.
TRY: Nimue Exfoliating Enzyme, $93.
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As tempting as they are, hot showers will lead to scaly shins and itchy, irritated skin. Love your limbs by keeping the water tepid and lavishing them with a hydrating body cream afterwards.
TRY: Trilogy Ultra Hydrating Body Cream, $29.99, or Dove Body Silky Nourishment Body Cream, $10.50.
