How to Winterize Your Skin Care Routine

Winter is here, and with it the temperature drops, the wind picks up, and humidity is a distant memory. The cold weather brings an onslaught of environmental factors that can wreak havoc on your skin care routine. You may find that the products and treatments that worked wonders for you the rest of the year are no longer keeping your skin nourished, moisturized, and feeling healthy. Here are our best tips for maintaining your best skin this winter.

Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize

It bears repeating. Often in winter skin starts to feel parched as a result of the dryer climate wicking moisture out of it, especially the face and hands, which are exposed to the outside air. Additionally, the cold and wind are harsh on our natural moisture barrier. This season, try switching to a heavier moisturizer or adding oils to your routine. Most importantly, moisturize more often. If you’re used to moisturizing once in the morning and once at night, start doing it mid-day as well, either with your regular moisturizer or a face mist. You’ll be surprised by the difference this simple step makes.

Nourish

As the dryer climate wicks moisture out of your skin, the nutrients there tend to evaporate. You can replenish your skin by upping your use of serums, especially ones that contain moisturizing ingredients like aloe and peptides. Layer them under your moisturizer day and night to keep skin feeling healthier and more resilient all winter long.

Use Sun Protection

Sunscreen is just as important in the winter as it is in the summer. This is because the sun tends to be reflected off the snow and ice on the ground, exposing your skin from all angles. Make sure to apply a good sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher, and add protection for the sensitive skin around your eyes by wearing sunglasses.

Try A Humidifier

Whether you’re running a furnace or cozying up by a wood-burning fire, the air in your home is probably dry this time of year. Humidifiers restore the moisture in the air, and are a great thing to try if you get very dry skin. For optimal benefits, put one in your bedroom at night so your skin can start the day off right.

Bundle Up

Since you’ve put all this effort into protecting your skin, don’t let it go to waste as soon as you step outside. Try to shield your hands and face, the areas that get the most exposure to the cold and dry weather. If you play winter sports or ski, this step is vital, as skin is more vulnerable to the elements during exertion, when your pores are open and it’s easy to forget about frostbite when you’re having fun.

Don’t Forget Your Hair

Hair is just as impacted by freezing temperatures as skin, but we tend to overlook it during the winter. Wear a hat or a hood, and treat your locks to a rich moisture mask once a week to combat the effects of the cold weather.

Visit A Hot Spring

Hot springs are like nature’s hot tub. Not only are they a soothing way to relax muscles tensed up against the cold, they infuse your skin with nourishing minerals. A quick dip in a hot spring can improve circulation, decrease inflammation, and eliminate toxins—all things that lead to healthy, glowing skin.

Drink More Water

Staying hydrated keeps all of your body’s functions running smoothly, but it’s especially important for your biggest organ—your skin. Drinking water consistently throughout the day is enough to maintain a healthy level of hydration in your skin. This will ensure your skin’s moisture barrier is able to carry out its innate function, which is to act as a natural barrier to any external and harsh elements, and hold in moisture where it’s needed.

Treat Your Skin To A Venus Glow™ Treatment

Our popular Venus Glow™ facial renewal treatment cleanses and brings hydration to the skin and its subcutaneous layers. First, the device opens up and deep-cleans pores by removing impurities clouding the skin. Then, the massaging jet streams deliver our innovative Venus Glow™ Serums below the surface, maximizing absorption of the natural ingredients. Skin feels noticeably healthier, cleaner, and more hydrated from the inside out. Glow Serums are enhanced with naturally-derived botanical and marine ingredients, and are customized to treat a number of unique skin concerns:

GlowPrep gently cleanses and exfoliates the skin using lactic acid, removing dead and dull skin cells to reveal healthier, glowing skin. On its own, it brightens, restores balance, and gives you a clean and radiant complexion. It’s also ideal for prepping the skin for other Glow Serum treatments or other aesthetic procedures.

GlowAstra is a skin brightening antioxidant serum formulated with Vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, and Provitamin B5 to enhance skin tone, texture, and brightness. The result is a clearer, brighter, rejuvenated complexion.

GlowClara, enhanced by peptides, marine extracts, and a blend of Magnolia bark and grape seed extracts, addresses skin concerns such as acne, blemishes, redness, inflammation, and other texture imperfections for a calmer, smoother, clearer complexion.

GlowNova is an anti-aging serum containing peptides and antioxidants known to promote collagen efficacy and help reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles. It also restores a calmer, smoother complexion, making it ideal for those with rosacea and similar skin conditions.

GlowSana is the answer to your tired, stressed, or sagging skin. It’s a skin-protecting serum rich in antioxidant ingredients that are known to slow aging, resulting in a refreshed, more youthful-looking complexion.

Our facial renewal treatments are a perfect stand-alone treatment, or as a complementary treatment to your other aesthetic therapies. Visit a clinic near you for a special treatment to brighten your winter, using the search field below.

Beauty

Anti-aging

Hair

Take the first step towards feeling great!

Find a certified Venus Treatments provider near you today who specializes in today’s top aesthetic medical solutions.

FIND A PROVIDER

< BACK TO BLOG

< PREVIOUS POST | NEXT POST >

LATEST POSTS

The Beauty Benefits of Honey

Learn the main benefits of using honey in your beauty routine and how to incorporate the power of natural ingredients into your aesthetics plan.

Nov 9, 2021

Face Sculpting to Enhance Your Aesthetics Treatments

Face Sculpting to Enhance Your Aesthetic Treatments

Discover face-sculpting massage methods, like Gua Sha and lymphatic drainage massage, and the aesthetic treatments that can help bring your natural bone structure into higher definition.

Oct 20, 2021

10 Common Misconceptions About Aging Skin

Keep your anti-aging skin care efforts on the right track as we set the record straight on these top 10 myths about aging skin and how to properly update your routine.

Feb 20, 2019

Find A Certified Venus Treatments Provider Near You

Search below to find a provider near you and to learn about our non-surgical aesthetic treatments with ARTAS®, NeoGraft®, Venus Bliss™, Venus Versa™, Venus Legacy™, Venus Velocity™, Venus Viva™ MD, Venus Freeze Plus™, and Venus Glow™.

FIND A PROVIDER

ARE YOU A PHYSICIAN?

For more information call: (+44) 208 748 2221 // [email protected] // 4th Floor, No.1 Farriers Yard 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London

REGULATORY CLEARANCES [ More ]

Venus Versa™ has CE Mark as a multi-application device intended to be used in aesthetic and cosmetic procedures. The SR515 and SR580 applicators have CE Mark for the treatment of benign pigmented epidermal and cutaneous lesions and treatment of benign cutaneous vascular lesions. The HR650/HR650XL and HR690/HR690XL applicators have CE Mark for the removal of unwanted hair and to effect stable long-term or permanent hair reduction for Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV. The AC Dual applicator has CE Mark for the treatment of acne vulgaris. The DiamondPolar™ applicator has CE Mark for non-invasive treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides on females with Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV. The OctiPolar™ applicator on the Venus Versa™ system has CE Mark for temporary body contouring via skin tightening, circumferential reduction, and cellulite reduction. The NanoFractional RF™ (Viva) applicator has CE Mark for dermatological procedures requiring ablation and resurfacing of the skin.

NeoGraft^® 2.0 has CE Mark with indication for use in suction-assisted follicular extraction and re-implantation for males and females.

The ARTAS iX™ from Restoration Robotics® is indicated for harvesting hair follicles from the scalp in men diagnosed with androgenic alopecia (male pattern hair loss) who have black or brown straight hair. The ARTAS iX™ from Restoration Robotics® is intended to assist physicians in identifying and extracting hair follicular units from the scalp during hair transplantation; creating recipient sites; and implanting harvested hair follicles.

Venus Epileve™ has CE Mark for hair removal, permanent hair reduction (defined as the long-term stable reduction in the number of hairs re-growing when measured at 6, 9 and 12 months after the completion of a treatment regimen), and the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae for all Fitzpatrick skin types. Venus Epileve™ is also CE-Marked for hirsutism.

Venus Legacy™ has CE Mark for the temporary increase of skin tightening, circumferential reduction, cellulite reduction, and wrinkle reduction.

Venus Velocity™ has CE Mark for hair removal, permanent hair reduction (defined as the long-term stable reduction in the number of hairs re-growing when measured at 6, 9 and 12 months after the completion of a treatment regimen), and the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae for all Fitzpatrick skin types.

Venus Viva™ has CE Mark for the use in dermatologic and general surgical procedures requiring ablation and resurfacing of the skin, and the treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides in Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV with the DiamondPolar™ applicator.

Venus Freeze Plus™ has CE Mark for treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides using the DiamondPolar™ applicator, and CE Mark for the treatment of cellulite reduction, increase of skin tightening, and temporary circumferential reduction on the OctiPolar™ applicator.

Venus Freeze™ has CE Mark for treatment of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and rhytides using the DiamondPolar™ applicator, and CE Mark for the treatment of cellulite reduction, increase of skin tightening, and temporary circumferential reduction on the OctiPolar™ applicator.

Venus Glow™ provides a dermal rejuvenation treatment that works to open up and deep-clean pores. Venus Concept is the exclusive distributor for Venus Glow™.

Welcome to Venus Treatments!

You are entering our website. For other country/regions and language options, please click the button below.

Click Here

Are you a physician or aesthetician? Please visit our medical and aesthetic professional website to learn more.