Whether your winter plans involve snow sports and resorts or staying cosy at home, it’s time to start protecting your skin from winter skin woes. Dry air, cold winds, indoor heating, and hot showers can zap your skin’s moisture, leaving it looking dry, dehydrated, red, or flaky. However, by taking cues from the ‘glass skin’ trend, you can help return it to a visibly hydrated, smooth, and glowy state.
What is glass skin?
Winter is the perfect time to focus on the principles of glass skin: ongoing hydration and barrier support. Although it’s wrapped up in a trendy name, these steps are always relevant for maintaining resilient, healthy-looking skin. When your skin feels balanced and optimally moisturised, it may reward you with a smooth, radiant appearance. Glass skin goes a step further: skin so intensely hydrated that it looks clear, plump, and glazed.
What steps are in the glass skin routine?
The essential steps in your glass skin routine are using a gentle cleanser, mild exfoliant, hydrating serum, nourishing moisturiser, and daily sunscreen. Dial up the dewiness on demand with a refreshing mist and a replenishing mask to enjoy once or twice a week. Using hydration-focused products can also help to keep your skin feeling strong and resilient throughout the cooler months.
How do I get glass skin in winter?
To maintain a glassy-looking complexion throughout winter, it’s helpful to understand your skin’s seasonal needs. Different skin types require varying levels of hydration and barrier support depending on the climate. You may need to adjust your skincare routine in autumn and winter, based on the environment you’re in and how your skin behaves.
Skin that’s prone to dryness, dehydration, or sensitivity year-round is likely to feel the moisture-depleting effects of winter weather. If that’s you, choose a creamy, barrier-supportive moisturiser and minimise how often you use chemical exfoliants.
If your skin type is normal, oily, or combination, you mightn’t experience the effects of winter weather quite as much. However, areas like around your eyes, nose, and mouth could feel drier than normal and require extra TLC. Use a lightweight moisturiser suited to your skin type all over, then apply a richer, barrier-supportive formula only to the dry areas that need additional hydration.
Skinstitut® products to help achieve glass skin
Cleanser: Expert Replenish Squalane Cleansing Oil, Gentle Cleanser, L-Lactic Cleanser, or Glycolic Cleanser 12%.
Exfoliant: Glycolic Scrub 14%, Enzymatic Micro Peel or Expert Glycolic Refining Solution.
Serum: Even Blend Serum, 10% Vitamin C Super Serum, or 10% Niacinamide Power Serum.
Moisturiser:
· Dry or dehydrated skin: Moisture Defence – Ultra Dry Skin or Expert Restore Niacinamide Replenishing Cream,
· Oily or combination skin: Moisture Defence – Oily Skin or Vitamin C Ceramide Moisturiser,
· Normal skin: Moisture Defence – Normal Skin, Vitamin C Ceramide Moisturiser, or Expert Restore Niacinamide Replenishing Cream.
Sunscreen: Face The Day SPF 50+ or Age Defence SPF 50+.
Mist: Multi-Active Mist.
Mask: Hyaluronic Jelly Glaze Mask.
