5 Tips For Glowing Skin This Winter

Winter brings along a new set of challenges when it comes to treating our skin. Here are my tips and must-have products for glowing skin this winter.

Your skin acts as the body’s first line of defence and is vital to your overall health and wellbeing. As the temperature drops, there is less moisture (and often more wind) in the environment. When water is lost from your skin cells, you can experience dryness, redness and even wrinkles. As the winter months impact enormously on your skin, it’s crucial that you keep your skin hydrated. Make sure you’re drinking the recommended two litres of water a day (as the minimum) and using the correct treatment cream (moisturiser) to hydrate your skin from the top down.
To hydrate dry winter skin, the Perfect Forms Deep Nutrition Nourishing Body Cream works wonders. It’s super hydrating, luxurious and works immediately to hydrate and protect arms, legs and all over the body. For the face, my favourite winter go-to for hydration is our Hydracure Intense Comforting Mask, which uses high molecular weight Hyalruonic Acid, an ingredient that provides intense and lasting hydration.

Don’t forget your eyes. If you’re noticing lines around the eyes appearing more evident in winter, it’s because this part of the skin doesn’t have oil glands and is naturally drier than the rest of your face. Even more reason to keep it hydrated with a suitable eye cream, like the Duo Eye Contour.
A common mistake that’s often made during winter is layering thick heavy moisturiser, thinking it’ll combat the dryness. It doesn’t matter how thick the moisturiser is, it won’t work until the skin is properly hydrated (see point #1). Once hydration is under control, it’s crucial that you get the right moisturiser for your skin type.
For those with extremely dry skin (with no oil), the Hydractive Cream for Very Dry Skin works immediately relieving the tautness associated with very dry skin. Alternatively our best-selling cream for mature skin is our Timexpert Rides Xcel which is packed full of nutrients and anti-wrinkle plant stem cells extracts.

Serums are perfect for boosting your skins health. Every single drop contains highly concentrated and active ingredients that boost the effectiveness of the moisturiser that is used over them and works deeper in the skin. My go-to serum is the Timexpert SRNS. Used in the evening, it’s a potent cocktail of collagen, hyaluronic acid and vitamins A,B,C,E that treats the signs of ageing. If you have oily dry skin, I would recommend using a ‘rescue’ oil on top of your serum like our Rose Hip Oil — it’s ideal for hydrating and nourishing the skin.

Some cleansers can strip your skin of natural oils, dry it out, and over time, lead to more visible lines and wrinkles. Providing a deep clean to remove impurities without drying the skin, our Comfort and Youthfulness Cleansing Milk hydrates, protects and improves overall skin health. The trick for a great cleanse: apply to dry skin, don’t rub, instead use soft, circular motions and remove it with a really wet face washer. This will remove impurities much better and without stripping the skin.

Even though the UV light will be lower in the winter months, it’s still present and can cause irreversible damage if you don’t protect your skin against it. Our Golden Caresse Anti-Ageing CC Cream SPF50 provides high protection against UVA and UVB, all with its tinted texture providing a nude effect on the skin for a more luminous appearance.
