It has not escaped anyone’s attention: it is cold, and sometimes it is even very cold.
So to be warm you do not go out without your coat.
But did you think about your skin?
Do not neglect this natural protection because in winter, your skin suffers.
So as soon as the temperature drops, trade your classic cream for a winter cream, a real source of comfort and softness for your skin.
Temperatures are at their lowest and the skin starts to feel tight. So, if you do not want to start a cold war with your skin, it's time to pamper it with some adapted creams.
My moisturizer switches to winter time
For normal and combination skin, the drop in temperatures is the first indicator that informs us of the need to use a richer cream for our skin.
For dry skins the climate is also an indicator. But more fragile, they feel directly the change.
To help you decide which winter moisturizer is right for you, here is a selection of the 10 best on the market.
#1 Fresh rose deep hydration face cream
Rose Deep Hydration Face Cream intensively moisturizes for 24 hours normal to dry skin. Time release technology promotes an ideal level of hydration by capturing and maintaining hydration throughout the day.
#2 Forest Essentials Night Treatment Cream
Rose Deep Hydration Face Cream intensively moisturizes all skin types, including the driest ones. Composed of a combination of hyaluronic acids that help attract water, hydro patches that form a protective veil on the skin and rose oil that nourishes the skin, this treatment promotes an optimal level of hydration throughout the day. Its pleasant natural fragrance with rose provides a unique sensory pleasure.
#3 VLCC Liquorice Cold Cream
An absolute winter companion for dry and normal skin. It has also anti-inflammatory powers. This dual-action moisturizing cream is enriched with rose petals and liquorice extracts which, help heal and soften the rough and dry skin. SPF 10
#4 SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore
Triple Lipid Restore 2: 4: 2 is an anti-aging cream formulated with a maximized concentration of lipids: 2% pure ceramides, 4% natural cholesterol and 2% fatty acids. This unique anti-aging lipid correction cream includes the first 2: 4: 2 ratio where cholesterol is dominant, to allow the skin's outer barrier to restore and stimulate natural self-regeneration of the skin, while nourishing deeply mature skin to reduce the visible signs of accelerated aging.
#5 POND'S Moisturing Cold Cream
With vital beauty oils and ten skin nutrients, this moisturizing cream prevents dry skin by leaving it soft and supple. It Contains 10 essential Skin Nutrients and moisturizers.
Suitable for all skin types.
#6 Aya Natural Face Moisturizer Anti Aging Cream
Daily Moisturizing Cream for face and neck, designed to nourish and moisturize skin due to high concentrations of naturally sourced vitamins, essential fatty acids, antioxidants and minerals. Based on high quality Galilean Virgin Olive Oil and rose essence, providing natural skin protection against dryness. SKIN TYPES - Dry, Normal, Oily ,Combination, Sensitive
#7 Embryolisse Concentrated Lait Cream
Favorite among dermatologist for decades and acclaimed by beauty professionals. A moisturizing and nutritive power, thanks to a combination of natural ingredients rich in essential fatty acids and vitamins, which provide the skin with nutrients, retain water and help protect it from aggression. Suitable for all skin types.
#8 Clarins New Gentle Day Cream
The ideal facial for sensitive skin.
From the moment of application, this soothing day cream calms the feelings of discomfort.
It moisturizes, strengthens the skin while protecting it from the harmful effects of pollution and reduces redness.
#9 Dr. Hauschka Rose Day Light Cream
A real little sister of the famous Rose Cream, has a creamy texture, lighter and always a subtle fragrance.
Protective and soothing day care, this composition is primarily intended for sensitive skin, dry or dehydrated.
The harmonizing properties of the rose, widely used in the making of this treatment, help stabilize the natural rhythms of the skin.
#10 Infinite Restoring Creme by Forever Living
Contains several important ingredients for the well-being of the skin including Aloe Vera enriched with a blend of essential anti-aging oil. A charge of antioxidants from acai and pomegranate and an anti-aging blend based on essential oils, to regenerate and rejuvenate the skin off.
This combination allows to provide excellent results in soothing the skin, sealing fine lines and reducing the appearance of wrinkles.
Why use a winter cream?
In winter, the cold alters our hydrolipidic film and the production of sebaceous glands (which produce sebum) is slowed down.
The result: our skin, less oily, becomes less flexible, it becomes dehydrated and dries up.
In addition, like at the cutaneous level, the stratum corneum (the outermost layer of the skin, consisting of keratinized cells) is slowing down the production of enzymes (which ensure natural desquamation), the skin is not renewed properly and it becomes rough.
That is why it is important to use a richer skin care to restore our skin protection from the first cold, regardless of our skin type.
And yes, in winter oily skin too must use oilier care. Normally, this kind of epidermis is producing excessive sebum, but in winter, this production is slowed down, causing skin imbalances.
So in cold weather, feeding the epidermis is also important for oily skin.
And the rare lucky ones with normal skin, who do not have any particular problem, might think to overlook the nourishing creams.
Well you should realize that you are taking a big risk!
Because beyond the unattractive aspect your face could have if it happened to suffer too much from the cold, not taking care of your skin in winter is making it more receptive to all kinds of aggression.
In short, it’s establishing the source of a permanent fragility.
How to choose your winter cream?
The seasonality for a cream is not necessarily true.
In winter, it is important to focus on nutritious and compensating treatments, but this type of cream can be perfectly used in spring by extremely dry epidermis.
The goal here is to find richer treatments than those used throughout the year (this advice also applies to oily skin).
Differences between cold cream and classic cream
If the term cold cream reminds you of the cold and the winter, it does not necessarily mean that it is a “special winter” cream.
Cold creams are nourishing and protective enough to be used in winter, but very dry skin that will feel the need can very well use them during the nice days.
So, it is not because we enter winter, that you must necessarily rush on the cold cream, extremely nourishing.
Above all, it is important to determine your skin type in order to be able to focus on the right care.
Little anti-cold tips
In winter, to maintain a beautiful skin, I advise not to eat more fat, but to eat richer, that is to say not to hesitate to put richer oils in your salads for example (avocado oil, olive oil, flaxseed oil).
As for beauty, we use our cream morning and night (but the one that we apply at night will not have to be a barrier and therefore does not have to be as nourishing as your day cream).
And, we cannot repeat it enough, but we remove makeup every night, even when it’s cold.
Of course, you don’t forget to pamper your lips and hands with nourishing treatments with beeswax and shea butter.
Finally, to find out if you can reuse your cream of last year, no other solution than to rely on what is indicated on the package.
Now, all skin care tells you how long you can keep them after opening. If you started your pot last year and it says 6 months, no hesitation: you can throw it in the trash!
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 | All Skin Types Including Dry, Sensitive, Oily, and Combination | ||
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 | Dry and sensitive skin | ||
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