If you ask for a skincare regime in a single word it would be “Hydrate”. Not only with your water intake but also with your grooming products. Your skin gets drier this time of year because of the cold air and low humidity.

Even if you’re careful about your skincare regimen all year, it may not be effective enough for the harsh winter months. Here are five things to keep in mind this winter.

Befriend Balms

When Mother Nature turns down the temp and cranks up the wind, it’s a deadly combo. The air chaps all exposed skin, especially on your face and hands. That’s why winter is the ideal time to switch all of your skincare products over to balms. You might use a lip balm year-round, but now you can also slap on a defensive face balm, a repairing hand balm, a post-shave recovery balm, and even balms for your cuticles and the skin around your eyes.

Skincare with Oil

Just as a balm is good for protecting the skin against the weather, oil is an effective overnight remedy for any damage you do sustain. Face and body oils are great for skincare as they seep deep into the skin to deliver healing ingredients like argan or squalane oil, and often anti-inflammatory or anti-blemish ones, too, like tea tree oil.

Ditch The Scrub

Your exfoliation game should be on point in the winter because your skin is much more prone to blemishes and breakouts if you don’t buff away the dead cells. However, you should not exfoliate if your skin is regularly getting chapped and wind-burnt, or if you have irritated patches.

Skincare for Feet

In winters your feet are packed away in your socks and boots all day. They can hardly breathe in there. Moreover, the dead skin and bacteria make an awful mess.Hence pedicures are important. The core tools and products you need are toenail clippers, a foot scrub, a buffing device, and some foot cream. Do the whole routine right before you go to bed so that your feet can enjoy the replenishing benefits of your sleep cycle, and you’ll wake with fresh, smooth soles.

Weekly face mask

This is the season to wind down those deep-cleaning face masks. Unless you’re especially oily and still require routine pore drainage. Instead, find a hydrating one—often packaged as a sheet mask or an overnight moisturizing cream. Winter and all that cold, dry air are leaving your skin craving for moisture. So it’s important to hydrate it and give it enough moisture. Happy skincare!

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