Six tips to prepare your skin for winter

Crisp cool mornings are a blessing after months of the summer sun but even when the Autumn sweeps in you still need to be look after your skin. Even with WA’s relatively mild winter days and nights, moving from hot indoor environments to the outside cold, windy days and even eating and drinking more all have their effect. Simple steps can ensure you avoid getting dry scaly skin and dullness and ensure you keep that nourished glowing skin all year long.

Take shorter showers

There’s nothing better than a hot shower when it's cold to bring you back to life but too many long showers could spell trouble for your skin, and leave it drier later on. Shorter showers and baths while cleansing with a nourishing shower gel, and followed up by a moisturiser will leave you feeling refreshed and your skin hydrated.

Exfoliate

While you’re layering up to feel fuzzy warm in the cold, make sure to regularly exfoliate your skin to gently remove dead skin cells while also prepping your skin to better absorb moisturiser. A refreshing scrub about three times a week can make all the difference.

Keep balm handy

While you’re looking after the rest of your skin don’t neglect your lips! Often they can easily become chapped and dried out but a handy lip balm is a simple way to protect and nourish them.

Swap to a stronger moisturiser

A light cleanser is a great idea during the summer months to avoid greasy skin but when the cold comes it's time to upgrade. Winter is the time to rejuvenate your skin after months in the sun with hydrating formulas with botanical extracts, lipid rich oils, shea butter, hyaluronic acid and antioxidants.

Mask

Introducing a hydration mask into your routine nourishes your skin which can be dried out from moving from indoor heating to the outside cool. Apply a mask about once a week to your face and neck, leave on for 10 minutes and wash thoroughly with warm water for a glowing skin tone.

Sunscreen

It may seem a funny time to be sunscreening but UV protection should be year round, with rays still able to harm your skin even if you aren’t feeling the heat. Keeping up your protection in the cold months with at least 30+ SPF sunscreen ensures you don’t get those age spots and hyperpigmentation that makeup alone can’t protect you from.

Head to Kinks Hair and Beauty for your own skin routine

Everyone’s skin is different and need different regimens to stay at their best, so if you haven’t nailed yours down yet, come in to see the experts at Kinks Fremantle. Our expert beauty team offers advanced skin care and facial treatments designed to transform and nourish your skin.

Our treatments use restorative and balancing products to create radiant, sustainable and healthier looking skin.

With microdermabrasion, resurfacing peels and sonophoresis treatments available, we can tailor each treatment to best suit your needs.

Book your appointment online or by calling 9335 6806.

While you are at it, why not book in with our Fremantle hairdresser for a colour refresh or style change, ready for the new season?