Winterize Your Skin

It’s that time of year again! People rushing around with a crazed look in their eye trying to get a moisturizer that will help them brave the approaching cold weather. So who needs what and how much of it?

People with dry skin have it hard, but OILY SKIN types have trouble too during the winter. The problem for oily skin is if you don’t moisturize well enough then you may over dry your skin. And in a cruel stroke of fate for oily skin types this will cause the skin to go into panic mode and produce more oil to compensate and to protect the skin. Thus you will be oily-ER then before. So gel-cream’s with a humectant is a good idea, something that is oil free.

Of course DRY SKIN types are the ones who panic the most during this season, because some will be in actual pain from the tightness of dry skin. These types need shea and cocoa butters, jojoba and avocado oils to nourish. Beeswax will protect you from wind burn.

COMBO SKIN can switch to a cream that has some ingredients that increase radiance to combat dull winter blah skin. I love anything with vitamins and minerals, or plant extracts like Lycopene that lights up the skin from with in.

I feel for the ones with SENSITIVE SKIN. I wouldn’t change things up too much because change is usually a problem for sensitive skin. But I would invest in a balaclava or large scarf to brave the winter cold and wind. Sure it’s not the height of fashion, but neither is red inflamed skin... so make your choice.
Try one of these, they’ll keep you warm and I swear to god I saw it on an actual cool person so it can't be all that bad:
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Any skin type can benefit from good internal health. Are you eating a well balanced diet, or are you finding that you could build a small house out of pizza boxes in your recycling bin? Try foods that have vitamin C, A, E and Omega’s to aid in lipid growth and make your skin glow. If you have difficulties because of time, money or sheer lack of cooking expertise (I’ve been there, I understand). Then talk to a pharmacists or herbalist about what supplements you can take to get your skin ready to battle the elements.

As always I say find a good trust worthy cosmetician, beautician, skin specialist, esthetician, or dermatologist who can assist you in finding the best product to winterize your skin.
But here are my favorites.

Sensitive Skin
Eau Thermal Avene: Skin Recovery Cream.
This is a light, yet emollient rich cream that will soothe and protect skin. For sensitive skin this is recommended for all year long.

Oily Skin
Kiehl’s: Sodium PCA.
This is perfect for someone with an oil issue because this formulation is a gel-cream that is oil free using a humectant to bind moisture from the air to the skin.

Combo
100% Pure: Tomato Lycopene Face Cream.
This light cream has the power to give dull skin a healthy glow, with a completely natural formulation to boot. This one does have a tomato smell, it takes some getting used to but it’s totally worth it. This Rogue Beauty loves this cream for night time, I wake up to radiant skin.

Dry
Clarins: Energizing Morning Cream.
Love, Love Love this formulation. It’s a comforting soufflé of whipped heaven chock full of vitamins, and minerals to treat dry skin and make it full of life in the coldest of winters. Best used in the morning for it’s great citrus scent, but frankly if you wanted to drench your self morning, noon and night I would not blame you in the least.

Dryer than a desert
La Roche-Posay: Nutritic
This formulation relies on fatty oils and shea butters to condition dry chapped skin. In fact this product was tested in northern Canada and passed with flying colour’s. Please note thought that this product contains a hypo-allergenic fragrance but could still irritate reactive skin. This product is for extra dry skin, not for extra sensitive skin.
Nutritic comes in a 2.5% and 5% biolipid format and to be honest the 2.5% may just be enough to quell the dryness. But if your a spazz or think you need that extra layer of moisture then try the 5%.