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Your Holiday Skincare Routine: Staying Hydrated in the Winter
With the cold temperatures and lack of humidity, the winter months can be challenging for your skin. Life becomes even harder once the holiday season rolls around – add to your skin’s existing winter woes with unhealthy festive feasts, late-night holiday parties, and the stress that always seems to accompany this time of year, and your complexion can really take a dive.
This is why it can be useful to establish a holiday skincare routine – a regimen that you can turn to at this time of year to help your skin deal with all that the festive period throws at it. What should this routine consist of? Keep reading as Vine Vera shares the steps that you should be following if you want your skin to feel hydrated and healthy throughout the season.
Begin With a Gentle Cleanse
No matter the time of year, every skincare routine should always begin with a cleanse. There’s no point applying skincare products to skin that hasn’t been cleansed as the layer of sebum, grime, and other impurities that coat the surface of your skin won’t allow those products to properly penetrate through. You need your holiday skincare routine to be as effective as possible, making cleansing essential.
With that said, it’s imperative that you go with a gentle cleanser in the winter months. The sebum that your skin produces (and that your cleanser removes) plays an important role. Not only does it lubricate the skin’s surface but it also helps with moisture retention, significantly influencing skin hydration levels. While you don’t want too much sebum on your skin, you don’t want too little either. Your skin already produces less sebum in the winter months, so a gentle cleanser will save you from accidentally stripping away too much of this.
This is where the Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet Mousse Cleanser really shines. It’s a sulfate-free formula that creates a luscious lather when massaged onto the skin. Its coconut-derived surfactants will provide a gentle and moisturizing cleanse while the added plant oils and extracts will help to preserve precious moisture.
Consider Exfoliating
While exfoliating isn’t something that you should be doing every day, it’s a great way to refresh your complexion and also encourage better absorption of the rest of your skincare products. The way in which it clears out the pores and removes deeper debris enables your other products to work their way into your skin more efficiently. Plus, regularly exfoliating will also leave your skin looking brighter, softer, and less wrinkled!
The downside to exfoliation is that if you get it wrong, you could seriously damage your skin. The first step to exfoliating correctly is to start with a suitable product. Don’t reach for the most potent formula that you can find – just like with cleansing in the winter, exfoliation should be kept gentle too. An exfoliator like the Vine Vera Resveratrol Vitamin C Peeling, which brings together gentle physical and chemical exfoliants, would be an ideal addition to your holiday skincare routine.
In addition to picking the right product, make sure that you don’t exfoliate too much. Over-exfoliation will leave your skin damaged and sensitive. In the winter, when your skin is already more vulnerable, you may need to cut back on exfoliation slightly to keep your skin feeling its best.
Follow Up With a Hydrating Toner
Now that you’ve tackled all of the impurities that were covering over your skin’s surface, it’s time for your holiday skincare routine to focus on hydration. This is particularly vital in the winter months. The dry air around you saps the moisture from your skin, leaving it parched and lackluster. Dehydrated skin can also respond with excessive dryness, increased breakouts, sensitivities, and more. It’s definitely important to keep your skin hydrated if you’re hoping to glow in all of your festive photos!
The best way to fully hydrate your skin is to apply hydrating ingredients in multiple layers. A toner is a great place to start. Many toners are loaded with lightweight but super-hydrating ingredients, with the Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet Toner being one. With one of its main ingredients being aloe vera leaf juice, rather than extract, it will quench your skin with the intense hydrating properties that aloe vera is known for.
Better yet, it also contains ingredients that will soothe the feeling of inflammation. This is something that the skin is prone to in the winter months with all of that holiday stress and indulgence not helping! However, thanks to, again, aloe vera, plus chamomile, cucumber, and resveratrol, it will quickly have your skin feeling calm and balanced.
Hydrate With a Couple of Serums
The next step in your quest for maximum winter hydration should be to apply a couple of serums. Sure, you could go with just one but if you want to really ramp up your skin’s moisture content, layering two, or even three, hydrating serums could give you even better results.
One serum that’s well deserving of a place in any holiday skincare routine is the Vine Vera Resveratrol Chianti Revival Serum. It’s brimming with a long list of hydrating ingredients, including sodium hyaluronate, peptides, seaweed extract, soluble collagen, and ceramides. All of these ingredients bind moisture to the skin, leaving it looking plumper and smoother pretty much straight away. With the likes of vitamin C, licorice root extract, green tea extract, and resveratrol, this formula will also brighten and revive your complexion.
The Vine Vera Resveratrol Vitamin C Serum is also worth considering. After all, a vitamin C serum is a must in any skincare routine! This one stands out because of how it contains two different forms of vitamin C. It also boasts vitamins A and E, plus a blend of hydrating plant oils. These are full of antioxidants too, making this serum exceptionally antioxidant-rich.
Give Your Eye Area Some Extra Care
You already know that your skin is prone to dehydration in the winter, but did you realize that your eye area is even more so? This is due to how thin the skin surrounding the eyes is. As a result, moisture evaporates at a much faster rate. Not only does this leave the skin looking dull and sallow but it also exacerbates the look of dark circles, puffiness, and wrinkles. Not a good look for all of those holiday events!
While you may be able to get away with using your regular facial products around your eyes during the rest of the year, it would be worth adding one or two dedicated eye care products to your winter skincare routine.
One of our favorite holiday-time go-to’s is the Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet High Potency Eye Serum. It’s a silky blend that only takes a few seconds to apply yet it has the power to transform the look of your eye area. Between the peptides, antioxidants, and hydrating ingredients in this formula, it won’t be long before the skin around your eyes takes on a brighter and perkier finish.
Moisturize
By this point, you’ll have given your skin several layers of hydration, which is great! However, as you know, it doesn’t take long for all of that moisture to evaporate away in the winter. This is why it’s vital to lock all of that hydration in with a moisturizer. The seal that a moisturizer forms over the skin’s surface slows down evaporation while also pushing all of those other products deeper down.
Ideally, you should have two separate moisturizers; one for the day and one for the night. For daytime use, try to pick a formula that contains SPF, like the Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet Moisture Replenishing Cream SPF 30. SPF is often neglected in the winter, giving the sun’s UV rays the perfect opportunity to cause some unexpected damage. Keep your skin protected while also giving it a soft and dewy finish with this lightweight cream.
In the evenings, you’ll need a slightly richer blend. This is where the Vine Vera Resveratrol Cabernet High Potency Night Cream comes in. It’s formulated with a concoction of peptides, resveratrol, shea butter, and an array of antioxidants. Slather this over your face in the evenings and you’ll wake up looking luminous!
Add in a Hydrating Face Mask Once a Week
If you find yourself with some extra time on your hands over the holidays, one great way to give your skin some TLC is with a face mask. Masks are loved for how they provide an intense concentration of ingredients. As a result, a single face mask can really make a big difference to your complexion.
Since hydration is the aim of the game, pick a mask that focuses on exactly that. One option would be a sheet mask, like the Vine Vera Pinot Noir Anti-Aging Luminating Face & Eye Mask. With this mask made from hydrogel, it’s about as hydrating as a sheet mask can be! It also feels incredibly soothing on the skin, making it ideal if your face has been looking a little inflamed.
The Vine Vera Resveratrol Pinot Noir Phyto-Silk Mask is also a very popular holiday skincare product. This is a leave-on mask, meaning that it’s extremely convenient to use. Simply apply it to your face as part of your evening skincare routine and then leave it to work its magic. While you sleep, the blend of hydrating ingredients and antioxidant-laden superfood extracts in this mask will slowly sink into your skin. You’ll notice a difference in your complexion as soon as you wake up!
Create the Perfect Holiday Skincare Routine With Vine Vera
Staying hydrated in the winter isn’t easy, especially once the holidays roll around! If your skin isn’t responding well to all of the festivities, a few adjustments to your holiday skincare routine may be needed. Try following the steps above and your skin should soon start to look brighter, smoother, and healthier.
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