Moisturizing cream: why you need it in winter

Winter is upon us and will keep us company for three long months. Cold wind and cold temperatures can attack our skin and damage the skin barrier, which is why you can’t do without a good moisturizer!

After all, if we wear coats in winter, why shouldn’t we also protect our skin?

There are those who love it and those who hate it, there are those who love to be at home sipping hot chocolate and those who dream of being at the beach all year round. Whether you’re Team Winter or Team Summer, you can’t help but adapt your skincare routine to this particularly aggressive season for your skin.

Dryness, redness and chapped lips are the most common symptoms of skin fragilized by cold weather.If you have been using your moisturizing serum until now to get a smooth and glowing complexion, as the temperatures drop you can no longer do without the moisturizing cream face.

Moisturizer is the most important product during winter, the key step in the skincare routine.

The benefits of moisturizer

1. Protective and moisturizing action: During winter, our skin becomes dehydrated due to cold temperatures and dry air. Moisturizer, after a serum specific to our needs, helps counteract this problem. Ingredients such as hyaluronic acid and glycerin help the skin retain water and regulate hydration.
   
2. Nourishing action for the skin: You may not have known it, but cold and wind are very aggressive weather agents for our skin, increasing the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. Winter moisturizers, enriched with nutrients and antioxidants, provide skin with the essentials to combat these signs of aging.
   
3. Moisturizer creates a protective barrier: We are constantly exposed to the elements. One of the benefits of the cream is to create a protective barrier on the skin surface, acting as a shield against these adverse elements. Ceramides help strengthen the skin barrier, plus they seal your skincare routine, making it more effective.
   
4. Soothing Action: If you too have redness and irritation more often during the winter, your skin is probably fragilized by the cold. A good moisturizer should contain soothing agents to calm redness, deeply nourish and limit flushing.

But all creams are not the same, Essential Cream is a multifunctional moisturizer. It contains ingredients that improve skin tone and elasticity, such as Actopontine peptide and two-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid. It is enriched with vitaimna E, a powerful antioxidant, and alpine rose extract, which is perfect against redness. It is also ideal as a base for make-up because of its light texture, which absorbs quickly.

But how do you build a complete skincare in winter?

In winter our skin’s needs change, so we definitely need to be more careful. A skincare should always be very gentle and should identify the needs of the monster face.

Very gentle cleansing to avoid attacking the skin and a balancing mist will be the first steps. Choose the cleanser you like best to use in the morning and at night after removing your makeup.
Next we move on to the serum specific to our needs. Moisturizing, nourishing, brightening. There are all kinds, you will just have to choose the one that suits you best.

Finish with a moisturizer to seal in your skincare routine (since you now know all the benefits!) and never forget a good SPF in the morning!

For extra pampering, add a few drops of facial oil to your cream before bedtime. During the night the skin regenerates and repairs itself, this step will help you achieve an even brighter complexion!

Article written by. Paola De Nicola