Blustery winds, chilly blasts, cold dry air and central heating all take their toll on our skins in winter. Our skin becomes dry, parched and dehydrated from the face to the tip of our toes.
So now that Spring is just around the corner it’s time to do some serious restore and repair work to our winter stressed skin before we start to step out in the sunshine and shed our winter woollies.
Even if you regularly use a good moisturiser now is the time to look closely at your skin and step up your skincare regime by adding products for a richer routine. Try using a serum, hydrating product, a night cream or an oil – you will be glad you did!
To make things a little easier we’ve put together a selection of products that really will Save Our Skins.
Clarins Double Serum is a complete age defying concentrate with a double formula. There is doube power in every drop. It decodes the signs of natural ageing and those linked to lifestyle and environmental factors. The skins vitality is improved, skin looks plumper and more radiant in fact all the things you need to get your skin ready for those sunny days ahead.
Liz Earle’s Superskin Advanced Firming Serum in Moisturiser SPF 20 does two jobs in one product. It uses plant-based alternatives to collagen and naturally active ingredients such as acacia tree extract, rosehip oil and linseed extract. Not only does it boost skin’s firmness but provides long lasting hydration and gives broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection. Also new to the range is Superskin Advanced Lift and Define Serum great for collagen depleted skin as it leaves it looking renewed and supple
Lips get dry and flaky in winter but Estee Lauder have come up with the new futurist Hydraplump Lip Balm. It gives the ultimate moisture makeover for your lips acting like skincare for the lips. Delivering moisture immediately it helps stop moisture loss and strengthens the lip barrier. Makes lips really kissable
From Green People there’s a whole range of organic alcohol free skin savers with formulas that focus on hydration, barrier repairs and ideal to reset your skin after the winter. There’s moisturisers, cleansers, serums and suncreams plus products in the Age Defy+ range. We love the Foaming Face Wash with Prebiotics and Green Tea great for sensitive skin whilst the Vita Min Fix 24 hour moisturiser absorbs easily, is non greasy and boasts and hydrates the skin. All available from www.greenpeople.co.uk
Whilst you sleep let Estee Lauders Advanced Night Repair Overnight Treatment restore the skins visible energy, moisture and barrier. It’s a leave on overnight treatment with a ground breaking formula which activates moisture recovery, barrier strength and visible energy. Go on try it for yourself.
Nourish and uplift skin with Shiseido Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Advanced Cream Enriched. This wonder product hydrates dry skin while delivering an uplifted appearance for a more youthful complexion. Incorporates into your daily skincare routine and helps skin regenerate itself. So it doesn’t take long before you will see your skin hydrated and looking good. Team this with the Night Concentrate and the results will be more than amazing.
Its not only the face that suffers from wintery weather and those cold chills blasts – these effect your skin from top to toe. One of the best ways to get skin in good condition is by using lashings of body products from oils, bath oils, lotions and body creams and butters not just now and again but daily.
From L’Occitane comes the new Karite Confort Collection that leaves dry to very dry skin comfortable and protected. The range ,has a delicate fragrance and absorbs beautifully and includes Body Lotions, Body Oils, Body Butter, A Shea Butter, Soaps and Hand and Various Foot Cream products. Plus a gift box of must have skincare products – an ideal gift for Mothers Day. (SEE OUR MAIN IMAGE)
Those lovely people at Lush have a range of skin saving body butters that titles and fragrances that make them so appealing.
Lime Bounty Body Butter is a real bounty of luscious oils and dreamy lime that gives a wonderful softness and moisture to the skin. But you may be tempted by the Coconut Body Butter. It’s rich, thick and full of it.This is a supremely creamy butter, made with over 10% coconut ingredients that your skin will lap up.
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