5 different ways this ingredient will save your dry winter skin

Simply put, skin is categorised as dry when it lacks oil (fun fact: dehydrated skin is when you lack water). As a result, it’s always a good option to turn to an oil-based cleanser. Not only will it loosen surface dirt, makeup and other impurities like any ol’ cleanser, but the oils in the formula ensures it’s extra nourishing so your skin is left soft and smooth rather than dry and tight. The anti-inflammatory botanicals including calendula and moringa oil in Erno Laszlo’s Sensitive Cleansing Oil will also help to improve your skin’s overall texture.

Your lips don’t have any oil glands, which is why keeping them luscious and hydrated can feel like a full-time job. Especially in winter, when the changes in temperatures as you go from the outside cold to a well-heated room zap them of what little moisture they have. To save your lips, you need a quality lip balm packed with oils that are hardcore moisturisers. Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm trades the parabens and petroleum found in many typical formulas for natural ingredients such as beeswax, castor seed oil, peppermint oil and soybean oil.

A few drops of an anti-ageing oil on your face and neck each morning and night can help avoid the dreaded dryness and flakiness that comes with winter skin, while also minimising the appearance of wrinkles once they appear (because guess what, wrinkles are a year-round issue!). If you’re after an all-rounder that promises to hydrate, soothe, revitalise and protect against fine lines, make sure you choose an oil with plenty of peptides, along with antioxidants like vitamin C. Go-To Skin Care’s Face Hero is packed full of natural oils, like rosehip oil, calendula oil and arnica oil, which will go a long way towards keeping your skin moisturised, bright and youthful on chilly days.