Winter Skin Care Tips
Winter Skin Care: The Season’s Impact On Your Skin
It happens every year - winter descends and your skin recoils by turning dry, raw and dull. For several reasons, the cold season is often the worst time of year for your complexion. First, brutal winter weather whips around your skin, with chilling winds drawing moisture straight out. Second, we compensate for lower temperatures by cranking up the thermostat, which further strips moisture from your skin. Under dual attack, it’s no wonder your skin suffers during wintertime.
The end result of winter conditions? Dull, dry skin. Without moisture, your skin may be more sensitive and reactive than normal. Even oilier skin types experience uncharacteristic dryness and flaking. To soothe your complexion, here are our suggestions for an Eminence Organics winter skin care routine.
How To Protect Your Skin During Winter
1. Use A Humidifier
Forced-air heaters blast away moisture during wintertime, stripping away important oils and leading to itchy skin. Try counteracting these drying effects by blowing a warm- or cool-mist humidifier instead. Re-introducing moisture into the air helps soothe and calm irritated skin.
2. Hot Showers And Baths Dry Out Your Skin
Hot baths and showers may warm you up during cold winter days, but hot water - especially on your face - will only dry out your skin. Extreme temperatures damage your skin's moisture barrier, preventing it from locking in the moisture it needs to remain soft and smooth.
3. Fight Dry Skin Symptoms From The Inside
Who would have thought that you can tackle dry skin from the inside as well as out? WebMD states that food rich in healthy fats improves your skin's moisture levels. After all, fatty acids like omega-3s help replenish your skin’s lipid barrier and protect against moisture loss. Chow down on fat-rich foods like flax, avocado, safflower oil and nuts, as well as fish like salmon and sardines.
A 6 Step Winter Skin Care Routine For Hydration
To tackle dull, winter skin, we’ve created a routine for all skin types that addresses wintertime issues. Follow these steps to return a radiant glow to your complexion:
1. Cleanse
With winter draining the moisture from your complexion, try adding an oil-based cleanser like our Stone Crop Cleansing Oil to your winter skin care routine. This type of cleanser is beneficial for all skin types (even oily!) due to its ability to draw out oil-based impurities like stubborn makeup. This cleanser also replenishes the skin with moisturizing ingredients like sunflower oil and jojoba oil. Use it alone or pair it with your favorite gel or cream-based cleanser in a double cleanse.
Gently remove impurities and restore the look of balance with this non-greasy cleansing oil. Infused with moisturizing sunflower and jojoba oils, brightening stone crop and supercharged microgreens, this light and luxurious formula gently removes makeup and deeply cleanses to deliver dewier, softer looking skin after every use.
Retail Size: 5 oz / 150 ml
Winner of Soaps and Suds: 10 Natural Cleansers, The Beauty 100, Insider's Guide to Spas, 2017
A revitalizing and healing toner for all skin types, particularly uneven skin types. For use with Sun Defense Minerals to increase your skin’s hydration level and to leave it looking smooth and moisturized. Cruelty-free and formulated without parabens, sodium lauryl sulfates, animal by-products, synthetic dyes, petrochemicals, phthalates, GMOs and triclosan.
Retail Size: 4.2 oz / 125 ml
Winner of Best Men's Line, Best Product Awards, LNE & Spa's, 2019
Winner of Best Toner, Associated Skin Care Professionals’ & Skin Deep Readers’ Choice Awards, 2017
2. Tone
Another easy way to keep your skin hydrated during the winter months is to use a toner. You can think of a toner as the conditioner to your cleanse. It adds a base layer of hydration that keeps your skin soft and moisturized. Try our Stone Crop Hydrating Mist, featuring the unique qualities of the stone crop plant to hydrate, soothe and heal dry skin.
3. Apply Essence
One of the best ways to replenish dry winter skin is to add an essence to your skin care routine. A facial essence is a lightweight fluid that is often described as a cross between a toner and a serum. Our Birch Water Purifying Essence deeply hydrates the skin and preps it to absorb the benefits of the skin care products that follow.
Replenish skin with a lightweight essence that restores moisture levels. Birch water purifies the skin while botanical collagen increases elasticity and improves barrier function. An essential step that helps the skin better absorb and retain the benefits of subsequent products.
Retail Size: 4 oz / 118 ml
Winner of Editor's Choice - Beauty, The Beauty Shortlist Awards, 2020
A gentle exfoliating peel solution with cotton round pads for sensitive skin types. Renew sensitive skin without irritation with lactic and mandelic acids. Chamomile refreshes, calendula moisturizes and soothes the look of redness, and the arnica flower reduces the appearance of inflammation. Reveal a calm, balanced and more luminous complexion with this peel solution that is mild enough to use on sensitive skin two to three times a week.
Retail Size: 1.7 oz / 50 ml
Honorable Mention of ASCP Readers' Choice Awards: Favorite Sensitive Skin Line, ASCP Skin Deep, 2019
Winner of Best Organic Facial, Harper's Bazaar Malaysia Spa Awards, 2017
Winner of Best Organic Beauty, New You 2015 Beaty Award Winner, 2015
4. Exfoliate
Exfoliation is the best way to revive dull winter skin. However, it’s important to keep in mind that frigid temperatures and harsh winds can also make your skin more reactive. Fab Fit Fun recommends Calm Skin Chamomile Exfoliating Peel: “Thanks to Eminence‘s line of at-home exfoliating peels, your skin will look awesome. We love the Chamomile version, which soothes and renews even the most sensitive skin sans irritation and redness ... And unlike some harsh formulas on the market, you can use this gentle one up to three times a week.”
5. Treat
Eminence Organics facial masks and facial oils are the perfect way to deliver an intense dose of nutrients and moisture to the skin. We recommend Rosehip Triple C+E Firming Oil, a facial treatment that blends results-oriented actives and ingredients for intense hydration and protection. It can be used morning and night, and is suitable for all skin types.
The Rosehip Triple C+E Firming Oil is an effective facial treatment comprised of a blend of results-oriented actives and ingredients that provide intense hydration and protection. Designed as a complementary product to the Citrus & Kale Potent C+E Serum, this facial oil fights the signs of aging, smooths wrinkles and hydrates deeply. For use with all skin types.
Retail Size: 1 oz / 30 ml
Highly Commended Facial Oil, Natural Health International Beauty Awards, 2019
Winner of Best Facial Oil, Best Product Awards, LNE & Spa's, 2019
Winner of Best Treatment Facial Oil, Spa & Wellness Mexicaribe Product Awards, 2018
Winner of Silver Medal for Oils & Serums, Free From Awards, UK 2018
Winner of Best Firming Oil, Earth Day Beauty Awards, Healing Lifestyles, 2018
Winner of Best New Skincare Launch of 2016, Beauty Shortlist Awards, UK
With each application of our Coconut Age Corrective Moisturizer, you’ll feel your skin instantly tighten and lift. Coconut, shea butter and grape seed oil combine with green apple stem cell technology that offers lasting age correction.
Retail Size: 2 oz / 60 ml
Winner of Best Anti-Aging Range, Natural Health International Beauty Awards, 2019
Winner of Best Anti-Aging Collection, ASCP Skin Deep Readers’ Choice Awards, 2018
Winner of Best Moisturizer, ASCP Skin Deep Readers’ Choice Awards, 2018
Winner of Youth-Boosting Moisturizer, NewBeauty’s Best Products In The World, New Beauty Magazine, 2018
Winner of Best Face Moisturizer, Professional Choice Awards, DaySpa, 2018
Winner of Best Natural Moisturizer, 1st Place - Aesthetician's Choice Awards, Dermascope, 2017
6. Moisturize
And last, but definitely not least, moisturize. Even though the sun isn’t as strong during the colder months, sun damage can still occur. Our Coconut Age Corrective Moisturizer includes deeply moisturizing coconut oil, shea butter and grape seed oil combined with Green Apple Stem Cell Technology that offers lasting age correction.