Best winter skincare tips

    10 winter skincare tips

Find out how to bring dull, dry and weather beaten winter skin back to its best...

Use a gentle cleanser
Ultrabland cream cleanser removes all dirt and make-up without stripping away your skin’s natural oils or leaving it feeling tight and uncomfortable. This rich cream is made with almond oil, rose water, beeswax and honey, and can be removed with a warm damp cloth or cotton wool. It’s particularly kind to dry and sensitive skin, and is a good alternative to foaming cleansers during the winter months. 

Scrub up nicely
Regular exfoliation helps to slough away dead skin cells, smoothing dry, flaky areas and leaving skin soft and glowing. Movis facial soap uses wholemeal bread to exfoliate the skin every time you wash — or you can simply buff your skin with a damp flannel when you remove your regular cleanser. For a more intensive treatment, Ocean Salt face and body scrub contains mineral-rich sea salt. Apply to damp skin for a gentle treatment or to dry skin for a more thorough scrub. 

Pay lip service 
Popcorn lip scrub contains sugar, sea salt and polenta to gently smooth and soften dry, chapped and cracked lips. Follow up with a balm like Lip Service, which seals in moisture and protects lips from the elements. 

Help your hands
The skin on the backs of our our hands is very thin, and cold winter weather, combined with the effects of central heating, can leave them dry and sore. Helping Hands hand cream contains almond oil, cocoa butter and chamomile to bring relief to chapped hands and minimise cracking. Use daily to keep hands soft and comfortable — or apply a layer before bed and slip on some cotton gloves for a more intensive treatment. 

Lock moisture in
Honey is a natural humectant, which means that it attracts and retains moisture — and it also has antibacterial and antiseptic properties. Honey I Washed The Kids is a gentle caramel-scented soap that contains honey, glycerine and aloe vera extract. It’s soothing and softening, so it’s great for chapped winter skin — and it’s suitable for delicate young skins, too. 

Always use protection
It might be cold outside, but it’s still important to protect your skin from the sun’s rays. If you’re heading for the sun or the snow, remember to use a sun are product with an appropriate SPF, such as The Sunblock or Sesame Suntan Lotion. But even if you’re enduring grey winter weather, it’s wise to wear a daily SPF to protect your face. Million Dollar Moisturiser SPF30 is an everyday moisturiser that contains evening primrose oil, shea butter, jojoba and lavender oil, to nourish and protect the skin. 

Feed your face
Winter weather can leave skin dull, dry, and grey, but a weekly face mask like Oatifix will help you get your glow back. It’s made with moisturising fresh bananas and illipe butter, combined with exfoliating almonds and kaolin - so it works to gently remove dead skin, leaving irritable, dry skin smooth and hydrated. 

Calm the itch
Many eczema suffers find that their symptoms get worse in the winter, and most of us notice that our skin dries out when the heating is turned on. Dream Cream hand and body lotion is made with soothing and cooling ingredients including oat milk, rose water, and chamomile blue oil to calm itchy skin and relieve that tight and uncomfortable feeling. 

Take a dip
Avocados are packed with unsaturated oil that rehydrates and soothes the skin — as well as vitamins A, B, C and E. Avobath bath bomb is made with fresh avocado and olive oil, so it’s perfect for dry or older skin types as it conditions the skin while you soak, leaving parched winter skin soft and smooth. Add to a nice warm bath — not too hot, as very hot water strips away the skin’s natural oils. 

Butter yourself up
Cold temperatures and central heating can leave nails brittle and cuticles jagged and sore. Keep a pot of Lemony Flutter cuticle butter to hand, and apply daily to keep your nails in tip-top condition.