Switching to a Winter Skincare Routine
Simple skincare tips can help guide the transition from a fall to winter skincare routine, nurturing the evolving needs of the skin as the seasons shift from warmer, humid days to the cooler, drier colder months. This change is an opportunity to align with nature’s rhythm, using nourishing formulas that protect, hydrate and restore, offering extra care to support a supple, luminous complexion.
Common Winter Skin Challenges
Skin experiences seasonal challenges, adjusting to the chill in the air, the warmth indoors, and the drop in moisture in the air. Here’s a little guide to what your skin might be feeling in the colder months:
Dehydration and Dry Skin: With cold air at this time of year, it is more of a challenge for skin to retain hydration which can lead to a tight, flaky, and uncomfortable complexion.
Weakened Skin Barrier: Winter’s brisk winds and the dry warmth indoors can damage your skin barrier, making it harder for skin to hold onto precious moisture and shield itself from the elements.
Increased Sensitivity and Redness: Cold weather can leave skin feeling more reactive, especially around delicate areas like the nose and cheeks. For some, the skin becomes more vulnerable to irritation and dryness.
Dullness and Loss of Radiance: Skin may appear fatigued and uneven as it adjusts to the cooler, drier air. The lack of humidity combined with harsh weather can leave the complexion lacking its usual vitality.
More Pronounced Fine Lines: Hydration plays a key role in keeping the skin smooth and resilient. Dehydrated winter skin can lose its natural plumpness and elasticity, and fine lines can appear more prominent.
Winter: How to Transition Your Skincare Routine
Let’s explore seasonal skincare tips to maintain a healthy complexion and keep skin hydrated throughout winter.
1. Choose a Gentle Cleanser
A gentle cleanser helps preserve the skin barrier supporting its resilience and helping to maintain healthy moisture levels.
Guidance: Cleansing Milk offers the perfect balance, gently lifting away impurities while protecting the skin’s natural hydration barrier. This creamy, nurturing formula ensures the skin feels soft, refreshed and cared for throughout the season. Thoughtfully crafted to suit all skin types, it cleanses without over-stripping, helping to maintain the skin’s moisture and its protective layer.
Infused with Lavender, known for its calming and harmonizing properties, Cleansing Milk helps soothe irritation and reduce redness, comforting winter-sensitive skin. Fo-Ti, a revered herb in traditional remedies, provides gentle detoxification, clearing impurities while preserving hydration. Rich in antioxidants, it supports a radiant, resilient complexion.
To use, massage a small amount into the skin using gentle circular motions. Glide from the brow to the temples, under the cheekbones, and along the jawline to encourage circulation. Remove with a warm, damp cloth, leaving skin smooth, balanced, and perfectly prepared for the next step in your routine.
2. Incorporate Hydrating Tonics and Mists
Winter’s dry air can leave the skin feeling stressed, and a hydrating floral tonic becomes an essential step to restore balance and provide soothing or rejuvenating care. These formulations offer more than hydration—they bring comfort and renewal to winter-worn skin.
Guidance: Bulgarian Rose Water reawakens the complexion with pure rejuvenation. The exquisite essence of pure Rose helps hydrate, balance, and revitalize the complexion, leaving the skin feeling refreshed and radiant, and uplifting the heart with its aroma.
For sensitive or redness-prone skin, Roman Chamomile Tonic offers soothing comfort. Known for its calming and anti-inflammatory properties, this ancient herbal remedy gently alleviates irritation, reduces redness, and nurtures a sense of tranquillity, making it ideal for skin that feels stressed or reactive in the colder months.
To use, apply liberally to a cotton pad and sweep over the face and neck after cleansing, preparing the skin for the next step in your routine.
3. Layer in a Nourishing Serum
A lightweight serum might be perfect for summer months, but winter calls for something richer, providing a deeply nourishing layer to support the skin’s resilience and lock in moisture.
Guidance: Quintessential Serum meets winter’s demands with a potent blend of nature’s most protective and rejuvenating oils and essences. Frankincense, cherished for its ability to strengthen and revitalize, helps strengthen skin while Rose imparts luxurious hydration, and replenishes the skin with vitamins A and C and essential fatty acids. Supporting oils like Avocado, Olive, and Jojoba enhance balance and deliver further nourishment, keeping skin supple and protected against winter’s harshness. Warm a few drops between the fingertips, pressing gently into the skin to allow its deeply nurturing benefits to penetrate fully.
4. Switch to a Richer Moisturizer
Winter calls for a richer, more protective moisturizerto lock in hydration, help skin retain moisture and create a barrier against the elements. Choosing a formulation suited to your skin’s needs helps ensure comfort and resilience throughout the season.
Guidance: Spontaneous Recovery Crème brings together powerfully restorative botanicals, from Buriti Fruit to Iris Root to nourish skin deeply and reinforce the skin’s natural barrier. Buriti’s beta-carotene helps shield the skin, while Avocado imparts fatty acids and enhances elasticity, leaving the complexion supple and radiant.
For intense hydration and restorative repair Celestial Rose Crème and Intensive Repair Balm offer luxuriously rich care. Helichrysum, found in Intensive Repair Balm, supports renewal and smooths fine lines, while White Lily calms sensitivity. Celestial Rose Crème, enriched with Rose and Manuka Honey, delivers lasting hydration and an uplifting, restorative experience.
Each formulation offers comforting nourishment, ensuring the skin remains soft, dewy, and balanced all winter long.
5. Introduce a Weekly Exfoliating Ritual
During winter, skin’s natural renewal slows, and a gentle exfoliating treatment helps reveal a fresh, radiant complexion. By removing dead skin cells, moisturizers and serums are absorbed more effectively.
Guidance: Our award-winning micro-exfoliating mask and peel, Epi-Peel is ideal for all skin types, including sensitive skin. Marine Silica, a delicate, natural exfoliant, gently buffs away dull surface cells, refining the skin’s texture and unveiling a radiant glow while respecting its natural harmony. Kaolin Clay, known for its soothing and detoxifying properties, works to draw out impurities and absorb excess oil, purifying deeply to leave the skin smooth, balanced and refreshed. Rich in detoxifying nutrients, Great Burdock is a traditional herbal remedy that supports the skin’s natural cleansing processes, helping to restore clarity and promote a revitalized complexion.
To use, massage Epi-Peel onto cleansed skin, and either allow it to set for 10 minutes, removing with a warm cloth, or use as a simple facial scrub, rinsing after cleansing the skin.
6. Add a Balancing or Soothing Mask
Winter’s challenges can leave skin feeling stressed, making a weekly mask a wonderful way to restore balance and vitality. Tailored to different skin needs, these masks provide hydration, detoxification, or soothing care, offering a deeply nourishing ritual.
Guidance:
For oily or blemish-prone skin, the Purifying Luculent Masque offers a refreshing and clarifying treatment. Mineral-rich Illite Clay, helps absorb impurities and excess oil, while its naturally cooling and tightening effects leave the skin feeling refreshed and balanced.
Fo-Ti Root, a cherished herbal remedy, promotes balance and detoxification, supporting a harmonious complexion for blemish-prone skin. Great Burdock, known for its purifying and calming properties, aids in natural cleansing, helping to nurture clear, calm skin. Smooth onto cleansed skin, leave to set for 10–15 minutes, and remove with a warm, damp cloth.
For dry, mature or sensitive skin, the Restorative Radiance Masque delivers profound hydration and renewal. A sumptuous blend of Rose and Jasmine soothes and deeply hydrates, restoring a soft, supple texture. Kaolin Clay gently purifies while supporting the skin’s natural moisture barrier, leaving it smooth and luminous. Enhanced with Lotus and Baobab extracts, this mask nourishes deeply, promoting elasticity and rejuvenation from within. Massage gently onto cleansed skin, allow to set for 10–15 minutes, and remove with a warm, damp cloth.
By gently transitioning to these richer, more nourishing skincare products, you create a seasonal routine that helps skin comfortably adjust to winter’s demands–skin stays hydrated, balanced, and resilient throughout the cooler months.
