6 Tips for Your Winter Skin Care Routine
Winter can be tough on your skin. Why? Lower temperatures mean less moisture in the air. So, it’s no surprise that winter weather pulls moisture from your skin, leaving it rough, dry, and dull. And the overheated rooms in most homes this time of year offer no relief from the drying effects of the season. Winter should be about enjoying the snow and spending time with the ones we love cozied up by the fireplace, not worrying about dry skin. Below are some of our top tips to keep your skin well-cleansed and moisturized all season long:
Start with clean skin
Use a gentle, natural ingredient-based cleanser free of artificial fragrances or questionable chemicals like our YOUTH® Luminous Gel Oil Cleanser. After using a cleanser, follow with a toner, like our YOUTH® Perfecting Skin Toner, to deep clean your pores, hydrate, exfoliate, nourish, and remove any last traces of grime.
Use a hydrating serum
Serums should used all year round but especially in the extra-drying winter months. Serums are designed to be light in texture, fast-absorbing, and highly concentrated so they can deliver more nutrients to your skin. Try layering our YOUTH Moisture Activating Serum underneath your regular moisturizer for ultimate protection against the weather outside.
Avoid super hot showers
Let’s face it, hot showers in the winter are one of the best feelings we can have after a chilly day outside. Super hot showers can be harmful to our skin, though, especially when skin is already dry or irritated. So, this season, keep your showers at a tolerable temperature and be sure to apply a moisture-rich face cream like YOUTH Moisture Lock Day Cream and a body lotion like Nourish Body Lotion when you’re done to lock in hydration.
Embrace night time
If you’re not using your beauty sleep to nourish your skin, then you’re officially behind on the latest winter skin care routine! Ensuring you get eight or more hours of sleep is vital to healthy skin—especially in the colder months. Take advantage of downtime by slathering on a night cream—such as our YOUTH Advanced Renewal Night Cream —for a dreamy, hydrating slumber.
BONUS TIP: If you’re looking for extra hydration in the morning or evening, try adding a few drops of PomiferaRose Anti-Aging Serum and Complete Moisturizer to your YOUTH products. One or two drops in your Moisture Lock Day Cream, Advanced Renewal Night Cream or even your Youth Activating BB Cream can help these products skink into your skin quicker.
Always use lip balm
There are so many lip balms on the market that work during the warmer months but can’t meet the challenges of winter. Many lip balms just sit on top of your skin rather than penetrating deeper for better protection against chapped lips. Try nurturing your lips with our age-defying, hydrating and plumping lip treatment, Renew Lip Serum. This lip balm is formulated with a laboratory-tested, age-defying blend of botanical oils and extracts plus a natural peptide to help support healthy collagen and plump, hydrate, and soften for fuller, more youthful-looking lips.¹
Perfect your skin with BB cream
And here’s the cherry on top: enhance your glowing skin this winter to achieve a flawless look. You can achieve this with a BB cream that doubles as a moisturizer and a subtle foundation to even out your skin. YOUTH Activating BB Cream offers SPF protection as well, so you can perfect, nourish, AND protect your skin.
1. Robert Holtz (2022) AGE Prevention and Reduction: Collagen, Report 22-0062, 2022 Dec 5
