Finding a proper cleanser that doesn’t dry your face out in the cold is pretty tough. Creams often do the trick, and Kanebo International’s Cleansing Cream is a Japanese silky, detoxtifying alternative to drug store Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser (which still works its fair share of wonders). If you’re looking for scrub, try Aubrey Organic’s Jojoba Meal and Oatmeal Mask & Scrub. Divinely cleansing and moisturizing, it also can be left on for 15 minutes as a mask. For an all-purpose moisturizer that does the winter trick without leaving oil or residue behind, try Biotherm’s water-light Source Therapy Pure Spa Concentrate Skin Perfector. Gently hydrating as it is scented, it goes into your skin like a tall glass of water.
And if all else fails, go for the gold: Weleda’s Everon Face Balm. Made to protect your face from harshly dry and cold climates, it’s made from beeswax and sweet almond oil, smells great and will not make your face break out.
A classic winter staple is Smith’s Rosebud Perfume Salve. Not only does it soothe and cure chapped skin, but it also works wonders on blemishes, diaper rash, and as a base for your eyeshadow. A new king of lip balm (Burt’s Beeswax, move over!) is the velvety C.O. Bigelow “My Favorite Lip Balm.†Need we say more than “My favorite?†Couple it with an occasional lip exfoliation (to buff out chapped, flaky lips) from Bigelow’s Soothing Lip Buffer, which leaves behind a moisturizing, minty coat of balm. Molton Brown’s Lipsaver is another silken lip luxury that also has SPF 8 filters to protect your lips from sunny ski slopes.
There probably isn’t an area in your body that gets a bigger winter beating than your extremities. C.O. Bigelow Chapped Hands Cleanser is a soap-free cleanser that gently cleans and richly conditions your hands, washing off with a silky finish. It also works well on your feet and elbows. Another great hand-helper is Kiehl’s Unusually Rich—But Not Greasy At All- Hand Cream with SPF 10. If the name doesn’t say enough, it’s hard to say what will! As for your feet, try Origins Reinventing the Heel. It defies even the driest of feet, and even has a dose of salicylic acid to help smooth-- and another of menthol to help refresh-- the most exhausted of feet. And remember to always put socks on after you apply foot cream for full foot moisturization potential!
Nothing shakes of the morning winter blues quite like Molton Brown’s Warming Eucalyptus and Ginger Body Scrub. Mentholating eucalyptus meets invigorating ginger to help warm and buff your body, and it also helps soothe a winter chesty-cough. VonNatur’s Blue Green Algae Butter Polish has a mysteriously minty smell that leaves a gentle, warming tingly sensation all over while feeding your skin natural oils and butters. For simpler, creamy scrubs try Skin Milk’s Body Scrub, Exfoliate or Pure Fiji Coconut Crème Body Scrub. Both lather into a moisturizing foam as it helps slough off unwanted, dead skin and come in calming, warm scents.
Nothing does the trick like a little butter. And the simpler you get, the better moisture you get with it. As silly as it might sound, the reigning winter skin lotion is found at your local drug store: Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Moisture Enriched Lotion With Vitamin E. It goes on, well, like buttah and is also great for stretch marks and scars. If you want to kick it up a notch, opt for Body Shop Body Butter, choosing from a variety of flavors ranging from Grapeseed to Hemp. For big problem skin, like winter itch, burns, hives and bug bites—try a little Lotio Mentholus Analgesic Lotion (if you can pronounce it!). If you’re still in trouble, Weleda has the answer with Skin Food. Its deep-penetrating lavender, rosemary and sweet orange oils sooth and protect flaky, irritated skin and prepare you well for the cold. It also contains a pansy extract that helps blemishes.
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