The Skinsmith’s Favourite Festive Skincare Tips
The Skinsmith | 19th December 2022
Achieve A Glowing Skin This Party Season
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The festive season can be a fun, busy and stressful time all in one, and we all want to look our best throughout. To help you achieve the healthiest skin during this busy time, here are our favourite yet simple skincare tips:
3 Simple Steps:
Step 1.
Start and End with Clean Skin – even though you are busy and maybe enjoying some later nights out, it is so important to cleanse your skin in the morning and at night. The morning cleanse prepares your skin for the day, the action of cleansing helps to gently slough away dead, dry skin to keep your skin looking healthier and youthful. It will remove any excess perspiration and oils secreted during the night and a good cleanser will treat and hydrate your skin ready for the day. The night-time cleanse is important to remove any make-up, products, impurities, and toxins from the day. Leaving your skin uncleansed may lead to a dull complexion, blemishes, blocked pores and may possibly cause some irritation. To keep it simple, opt for a gel wash cleanser at night as they can be easily applied and removed with water. Stone Crop Gel Wash and Mangosteen Daily Resurfacing Cleanser are great options and for the day try Kombucha Microbiome Cleansing Foam, or for extra exfoliation our detoxifying Charcoal Exfoliating Gel Cleanser to leave your skin glowing this season.
Festive Skincare Tips
Step 2.
Nourish and Stimulate your skin – the easy addition of a serum or concentrate can do wonders to keep your skin looking its best. These “hero” products are formulated to deeply infuse the skin with vital nutrients and active ingredients that stimulate circulation, cell renewal and repair. They are usually light-weight and are applied underneath your moisturiser to a clean skin, they will absorb deeply and quickly and only take a few seconds to apply. You should be able to find exactly the right serum or concentrate for your skin as there are lots to choose from. During the festive season your skin may need some additional hydration as delicious party food treats and seasonal cocktails can take their toll on your skins water levels. Salt and alcohol will dehydrate the skin so look for a serum with hyaluronic acid to boost your natural hydration. (Strawberry Rhubarb Hyaluronic Serum)
Another great ingredient to look for is Vitamin C as this will help to brighten your complexion and help protect your skin from free radical damage, our Citrus & Kale Potent C+E Serum with Vitamin E is one of our best sellers and our newer Kombucha Microbiome Luminosity Serum does what it says on the label and leaves your skin luminous as it treats dull, dry and irritated skins.
Simple Skincare Tips
Step 3.
Treat and Protect your skin – prevention is better than cure as they say, so protecting your skin from environmental stressors and free radical damage will help to keep your skin at its healthiest. Moisturisers are designed to help to moisturise, balance and hydrate your skin. They help to form a barrier against external stressors such as UV, impurities, bacteria, and toxins whilst keeping vital nutrients and moisture in your skin where they belong! Moisturisers help to maintain a healthy skin barrier function which in turn reduces redness, dullness, and premature ageing. You should moisturise both day and night and ideally use a mineral SPF moisturiser in the day to additionally protect you from damaging UV rays. Similar to serums there are many options when it comes to moisturisers but for the festive season we love Lilikoi Daily Defense Moisturiser SPF40 and Mangosteen Gel Moisturiser. Mangosteens are high in Vitamin B’s and antioxidants plus Red Clover Flower Extract which helps to minimise pores and reveal a radiant complexion and this moisturiser is suitable for all skin types.
Additional Tips For Party Perfect Skin
- If you are looking for “red-carpet” ready skin try our ultra-lift instant results products. With three products to choose from you can easily incorporate them into your daily routine.
- Hibiscus Instant Line Filler – with botanical peptides from hibiscus and VoluformTM it targets lines and wrinkles, instantly plumping and firming the skin with long lasting results over time.
- Hibiscus Ultra Lift Eye Cream – with a unique stainless steel roller ball applicator this instantly lifting eye cream helps reduce puffiness, dark circles and lines whilst lifting the delicate eye area to reveal fresh, youthful eyes.
- Hibiscus Ultra Lift Neck Cream – with botanical peptides and acacia you can see the signs of ageing disappear around the neck with this instant lift neck cream.
- Exfoliation is another great tip for glowing skin. If you don’t already exfoliate 1-3 times per week then this time of year is the perfect time to start. You can use a 2-in-1 exfoliating cleanser to save time or add the exfoliation step into your routine up to 3 times per week for healthy skin. Exfoliation removes the dead skin surface layer which makes your skin look dull and “older”! The dead layer is dryer and can emphasise any lines and wrinkles so removing this layer instantly improves the look of your skin. Exfoliation can also help to stimulate circulation which brings vital nutrients to the skin to feed and nourish the skin cells. Removing the dead skin also promotes new skin cell renewal which reveals healthy, glowing skin cells and a more youthful complexion. Our exfoliators don’t just exfoliate they also treat your skin and for this time of year try our Turmeric Energizing Treatment, this warming 3-in-1 exfoliating masque will leave your skin energized, luminous and smooth!
- Maintaining a clear complexion at this time of year can be a little trickier for some as we indulge in richer foods, alcoholic beverages and maybe suffer from less sleep! Our skincare tips will help to keep blemishes at bay but make sure you increase your daily water intake to counter balance some of the festive treats that you may enjoy. Our range of Clear Skin products at this time of year can also reduce the chances of those pesky pimples. Swap your normal cleanser for Clear Skin Probiotic Cleanser to keep your skin clear and blemish free. Use our Clear Skin Probiotic Masque before, or even after a festive night out to quickly reduce and heal any breakouts that may erupt and our Clear Skin Willow Bark Booster Serum can be applied to a spot to help it heal up faster.
Trying some of these tips can help you to look your best and enjoy a happy fun time this season and we hope you all have a very joyous yet safe festive holiday time this year
You can also learn more about the key benefits ofa good skincare routine by speaking to a member of our experienced and friendly team today on 01305 300950 or by emailing [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.
