6 Winter Season Skincare Essentials for When It’s F-F-Freezing 

Tired of having tired-looking skin? If you don’t feel like your best, most-dewy self RN, you can blame winter for that. Whether you’re braving the minus temps outside (seriously brave) or hibernating inside until they pass (us), your skin is being stripped of moisture and radiance. You’re either going to face cold temps and high winds or central heating that dries the air, and as a result, your skin. It’s kinda a lose-lose situation. But there is a way you can stick it to winter and come out as a winner. 6 ways, actually. Below are 6 skincare essentials that’ll give your skin the TLC it needs to get you back in the game this winter season. B-b-beautiful skin we’re coming for you!

1. ETUDE HOUSE Soon Jung 2x Barrier Intensive Cream (60ml) - £19.95

One of our non-negotiable winter skincare essentials? ETUDE HOUSE Soon Jung 2x Barrier Intensive Cream. Fortifying the skin’s barrier will better shield you from dry skin caused by harsh weather and our frenemy, central heating. The best-selling hypoallergenic cream is formulated with 93% naturally derived ingredients free from irritants - ideal for winter months - to repair, hydrate, soothe, and balance the skin. Panthenol, aka vitamin B5, moisturises, heals, and calms inflammation, while green tea leaf extract and sunflower seed oil provide free radical protection, unclog pores, and even out skin tone.

2. AXIS-Y Artichoke Intensive Skin Barrier Ampoule (30ml) - £22.00 

For when your skin is acting out, try AXIS-Y Artichoke Intensive Skin Barrier Ampoule. Responding to your SOS (save our skin) alert stat with a supercharged formula loaded with antioxidants and nutrients which penetrate the deeper layers of skin to restore the skin’s barrier health. It also works as a preventative treatment with phytonutrients that help to block bacteria and external irritants from entering the skin’s barrier and causing future breakouts and inflammation.

3.DR CEURACLE Vegan Kombucha Coffee Bean Body Scrub (200ml) - £26.00 

Struggling to get out of bed on cold, dark winter mornings? DR CEURACLE Vegan Kombucha Coffee Bean Body Scrub will have you racing to the shower. A real keen bean (no pun intended, but it’s nice when things work out). Revitalise your skin with recycled coffee seed powder from Kombucha to remove dead skin cells and unclog pores, while the delicious scent of fresh coffee awakens your senses and energises your mind. Combined with camellia sinensis leaf extract, sunflower seed oil, and glycerin, it’ll leave your skin smoother, brighter, and more hydrated whilst reducing redness and/or irritation.

4.DR JART+ Dermask Water Jet Soothing Hydra Solution (25g) - £4.95

The ultimate winter skincare routine has lots and lots (and lots) of hydration. Cue your latest addition: DR JART+ Dermask Water Jet Soothing Hydra Solution. The sheet mask works by topping up moisture levels in the skin whilst repairing and strengthening the skin’s barrier to prevent it from evaporating. Plant-derived aquaxyl, xylitol, aloe vera, and bamboo and green tea extracts provide instant relief to dry patches, redness, and irritation that we know all too well in colder months.

5.COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence (100ml) - £19.95

Slay winter skin with snail mucin. Formulated with 96% snail mucin, this lightweight, yet powerhouse essence plumps the skin to soften fine lines and wrinkles, improves elasticity, deeply hydrates for a glass skin glow, and strengthens the skin’s barrier. It’s also water-based, so you can still experience snail mucin in all its glory if you have oily or combination skin. In a generous 100ml bottle, it’s guaranteed to last the entire winter season and then some.

6.AROMATICA Organic Neroli Brightening Facial Oil (30ml) - £27.00

If you aren’t already using a facial oil all year round, rookie mistake. But if you aren’t using it in your winter skincare routine, HUGE mistake. AROMATICA Organic Neroli Brightening Facial Oil quite literally seals in moisture as the last step, whilst naturally brightening the skin with neroli essential oil by suppressing the production of melanin to lighten hyperpigmentation and dark spots. It also stimulates skin cell renewal to replace sad-looking skin cells for a radiant complexion all. Winter. Long.