Ah, it’s winter again! ‘Tis the time to be jolly and merry, soak in all the vitamin B from the winter sun and sip in hot chocolate covered with marshmallows and foam. It is also time to ensure extra care for your skin, especially when you are pregnant, and your complexion is prone to inflammatory skin conditions like dryness and flakiness. But don’t worry, it’s possible to keep your complexion plump, luminous, and happy, even during the winter months, amid the chilly and dry air. All you need to do is follow some crucial winter skincare rules that keep your complexion looking its best all winter long.
So keep reading to know some essential pregnancy-safe skincare tips to enhance your complexion and prevent your skin from suffering from dryness during plummeting temperatures.
5 Winter Skincare Rules To Follow STAT
Keep Your Skin Barrier Strong
During winter, your skin is exposed to variations in humidity and temperature, which can place stress on your delicate skin barrier. The key indicators of a compromised skin barrier are irritated, tight, itchy, and parched skin. To prevent these skin woes it’s best to rethink your winter skincare routine and add barrier-strengthening ingredients like ceramide and niacinamide.
You can opt for the natural ceramide serum from The Moms Co., which contains barrier-boosting skincare actives like ceramide, hyaluronic acid, rice water, and niacinamide that rebuild your skin’s moisture barrier and amp the hydration levels of your complexion to reveal a smooth and dewy glow. The serum also fills in potential cracks within your skin and protects it from environmental stressors like the cold and dry winter air, pollutants, and the sun.
Load Up On Antioxidants
One of the biggest challenges for your skin during winter is the variation in temperatures, moving from the heat indoors to the cold outside, wreaking havoc on your skin and causing dryness and flakiness. But don’t fret, as this can be avoided by relying on antioxidant-enriched face cream. You can consider adding the natural vitamin C face cream from The Moms Co., which is formulated with a mix of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actives like squalane, ferulic acid, and vitamins C and E, which quickly absorb into your skin and strengthen your skin barrier to protect your complexion against differing temperatures and inflammation.
The face cream also helps neutralise free radical damage and boosts collagen activity to reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation, fine lines, and wrinkles. Wear it regularly to experience intense hydration and a glow-from-within skin.
Use SPF Regularly
You may think that once the winter months arrive, you can stop using SPF on your face, but that is a big no-no. While the temperature drops significantly during the winter months, the sun can be still extremely strong and damaging to your complexion. Hence you must continue wearing an SPF regularly even during the colder months. Opt for a mineral-based sunscreen like The Moms Co.’s natural daily sunscreen, which contains protective ingredients like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide that offer foolproof coverage against both UVA and UVB rays and prevent sun damage.
In addition to these actives, the sunscreen also contains botanical extracts like chamomile and calendula oil, which work to soothe your skin and prevent sun-induced inflammatory conditions like hyperpigmentation and melasma.
Moisturise Your Body
Face care during winter is essential, but your body needs an extra dose of TLC during this time too as the dry air can make it appear dry, cracked, and lined. To prevent dryness, add the natural body lotion from The Moms Co., which contains moisture-enriching ingredients like shea butter, coconut oil, and honey extracts that ensure nourishment and fill in cracks to prevent dryness and flakiness.
In addition to these actives, the body lotion also contains antioxidant-rich ingredients like rosehip oil, vitamin C, chamomile oil, and carotenoids, which boost collagen synthesis in your skin and protect against inflammatory skin conditions like eczema and acne.
Add Facial Oil To Your Nighttime Routine
At night, your skin goes into repair and restore mode, and uses the skincare actives that you layer in to rebuild your complexion and enhance your glow. That’s why it’s essential for you to keep your nighttime skincare routine in check and add restorative products that seal in actives and protect your skin. You can go for the natural age-control face oil from The Moms Co., which performs a double-duty action by hydrating and nourishing your skin, and also diminishing ageing signs like fine lines and wrinkles. The facial oil contains a blend of potent natural oils like bakuchiol, sea buckthorn oil, and chia seed oil that work overnight to replenish the lost nutrients in your skin and enhance your skin’s moisture levels to boost elasticity and plumpness.
These winter skincare rules will help keep your complexion protected against the dry and chilly weather and ensure smooth and glowing skin throughout. Remember, you need to focus on delivering extra moisturisation to your skin and use antioxidant-enriched skincare products in order to prevent environmental damage. So add these skincare steps to your beauty routine ASAP and get nourished and hydrated skin even during the winter.
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