Winter is Coming Skin Care
Tip: You can find many of these in travel size or gift sets to try them out for yourself.
The temperature has dropped, heaters are on and that means perfect conditions for drier skin. To replenish and protect your face, hands and everywhere else you need extra help, here are helpful products that you can use this winter to give you the hydrated skin and hair you want. This is list is full of beauty award winners and cult favorites, so try out these beloved products for yourself. Plus, these make great stocking stuffers for those you know who need a little moisture aid.
Face Creams and Oils
A face cream better suited for oily to normal skin, this product at 95% of its over 2,300 reviewers recommending this product. A combo of ceramides that reinforce your skin barrier, hyaluronic acid to attract moisture and peptides that refine the look of skin.
Macy’s IT Cosmetics Confidence In A Cream Anti-Aging Moisturizer $49
A new product from beauty influencer Huda Kattan’s skincare line, Wishful, this rose face oil quickly absorbs and gives a nice soft, non-greasy finish. Plus, its blend of thirteen different oils that include Damascus rose, carrot seed and rosehip oils help to even and smooth skin tone.
Sephora Wishful Get Even Rose Face Oil $63
This moisturizer features Glacial Glycoproteins and olive-derived squalane to help skin retain 2.3 times more moisture and is great for those with sensitive skin types. A simple cream that tackles a not-so-simple task.
Kiehl’s Since 1851 Ultra Facial Cream $32
Mists & Serums
Self Magazine’s Beauty Award Winner harnesses the power of reishi mushrooms to reduce redness to calm skin from the frigid wind or drying heaters. With one bottle sold every 10 seconds, there must be something to it.
Origins Mega-Mushroom Relief & Resilience Soothing Treatment Lotion $36
Another cult-favorite that was inspired by the Queen of Hungary’s skincare of grape, rosemary, mint and rose extracts. The travel-size version is perfect for mid-day pickups when your face needs some quick hydration without disturbing your makeup.
Nordstrom Caudalie Beauty Elixir Travel Size $18
An Allure Best of Beauty 2019 Award Winner features powerhouse ingredient, hyaluronic acid, that helps skin hold water 1000x times its weight. It’s no wonder why this is a must-have ingredient in many moisture-focused skincare products. This no-frills version from The Ordinary is affordable and simple to add to your skincare routine.
Sephora The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% +B5 Serum $12.20
Hand Creams
Frequent handwashing and use of hand sanitizer are leaving hands dry and rough. This non-greasy, rich moisturizer creates a “glove-like” barrier to retain moisture, using avocado, sesame, and eucalyptus oils.
Kiehl’s Since 1851 Ultimate Strength Hand Salve $24
This popular hand cream is sold every 2 seconds and is The Knot’s 2020 Beauty Award winner. Its star ingredient, shea butter, is Fair Trade Certified from the women in Burkina Faso, West Africa. If that wasn’t great enough, you can also bring your empty bottles and packing to the store to recycle and reduce landfill waste.
L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream $29
Body
Scrub and hydrate your way to smooth and moisturized skin that uses fair trade organic cocoa butter, honey, ground almonds and ground coconut shells are just a few of the ingredients in this cult favorite.
LUSH Scrubee Body Butter $9.25
6,000 reviews and a 4.3/ 5-star rating, is why this body cream is one of the top-selling items at Sephora. The warm and spicy notes in this body cream will transport you to the beaches of Brazil and quickly absorbs and tightens skin with ingredients like guaraná extract. If you need any more convincing, this received beauty awards from Glamour, Allure and Essence magazines for 2020.
Sephora Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream $20
Lip Balms
A cross between makeup and skincare, this non-sticky formula provides needed hydration with mango butter. You will also love its Color Reviver technology that creates a custom, flattering hue for your skin tone.
Macy’s Dior Addict Lip Glow $34
Allure’s 2019 Beauty Award winner is a leave-on lip mask that will have you waking up to smoother lips using hyaluronic acid, vitamin C and antioxidants. They come in an array of fun flavors from Vanilla, Lemon Sorbet to Mint Choco.
Sephora Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask $22
Hair
A spritz of this 2020 Glamour Beauty Award winner for “Best Pro Leave-in treatment” is an easy way to get healthier-looking hair. Helping to de-frizz hair, protect strands from heat styling up to 450 degrees and even providing UV protection from drying out hair.
Aveda Experience Center Nutriplenish Leave-in Conditioner $37
Getting luster back to your hair never felt so luxurious. Not only does this hair oil give shine, but has a blend jasmine, lychee, sandalwood and argan extracts that provide nourishment that penetrates and deeply conditions. The travel size makes it perfect for touch-ups when on the go.
Obadiah Salon Oribe Gold Lust Nourishing Hair Oil $56
You can find these products all at Bellevue Square. Contact stores for product availability and click on the links above to see stores offering Curbside Pickup and Swing Buy (home delivery) options.