Winter Skin Savers: How to Optimise Your Skincare This Winter

Winter Skin care doesn’t just mean lathering on moisture. In Australia, the colder winter season provides an opportunity when the UV is at its lowest to up your actives. Here’s our round up for the top skin care products for protection and renewal this winter.

Bring Your A-Game:

Vitamin A, or retinol, is one of the most clinically proven and effective treatments for anti-aging. It decreases the depth of fine lines and wrinkles whilst targeting pigmentation – one of summer’s unwanted gifts. Vitamin A works by speeding up the skin’s process of renewal, so its advisable to avoid sun exposure while you are using Vitamin A and always wear SPF50 during the day. Winter is the perfect time to introduce a stronger Vitamin A or retinol treatment to your regime.

Medik8 have recently introduced this super-potent serum to their retinol line. Combining their classic retinol formula with climbazole (a booster compound that increases retinol’s efficacy without causing irritation) and squalene, a super hydrating bio-identical natural emolient. The serum packs a serious anti-aging punch without compromising on hydration. Perfect for winter.

An multi-tasking solution for the area that needs it most! This Dennis Gross serum is super light weight and contains antioxidant ferulic acid and retinol with caffeine and licorice root extract for brightening benefits. Apply this under the eyes and kiss crows feet and darkness goodbye.

Nourish and Replenish:

It’s crucial to make sure your balancing powerhouse actives with nourishing and emollient ingredients during the harsh winter months. Personally, this beauty writer opts for a one night on, one night off routine. On my skin’s night off I cocoon my complexion in rich creams and oils layered over plumping serums.  Here are some current favorites that will serve you well.

It may fee like hyaluronic acid serums are everywhere, but they are not all created equal. Luckily the competition means formulations are only getting more sophisticated. This beauty contains multiple weights of hyaluronic acid, so you know its penetrating all layers of the skin. It combines this sophisticated delivery system with a buffet of skin hydrators like lactic acid, creatine, urea and 16 different amino acids and powerhouse antioxidant saskatoon berry to heal and prevent further breakdown of hyaluronidase in the skin. Prevention and cure.

Natural beauty queen Tammy Fender has truly delivered with this super luxurious hydrating oil-serum. Thicker than a typical facial oil thanks to ingredients like squalene this plant-based wonder also contains high grade rose extracts, avocado and gamma-linoleic oils to protect and nourish your complexion. A shield that will nourish and restore the most weatherbeaten complexions.

You’ve been giving your under eyes an anti-aging workout – make sure you are nourishing them too! The La Mer Eye Concentrate is a cult favourite for a reason. Rich in the brands patented “miracle broth” (sounds like wizardry but is actually a potent sea kelp infusion rich in antioxidants) the eye concentrate also contains hematite – a magnetically charged mineral that increases circulation and decreases the appearance of dark circles, fine lines and wrinkles. Intensely hydrating this beauty even comes with a stainless steel tipped applicator to increase circulation and decrease puffiness – magic.