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If the early days of winter are already starting to play havoc with your skin you're most certainly not alone. Keeping your skin in good form is hard at the best of times, keeping it in order during winter is harder.
The elements we face (no pun intended!) during the colder season can be punishing for the skin. Central heating, extreme temperatures - both hot and cold - and bracing winds can leave your skin dry and sometimes chapped. We've enlisted the help of our resident grooming guru and male skincare expert, Steven O'Neill, and asked him for his insider tips on taking this demanding season by the horns. Here's what he had to say...
Winter is always a challenge. The skin can become severely dehydrated, mainly due to central heating and freezing winds. The ambient temperature of your environment is crucial when it comes to keeping your skin hydrated. If the air is too dry then the skin becomes tight and tough, something you will be familiar with if you have central heating.
The key to 'skincare success' during winter is drinking plenty of water, reducing the amount of caffeine you consume and tending to your skins' every need.
Here's my 3-step guide to getting your skin through winter with triumph;
Use a cream-based face wash or something packed with essential oils. I recommend Urth's Face Wash. It's packed with oils that help to control the natural moisture balance of the exposed layers of the skin, it also hydrates as it cleanses making it doubly effective.
Use a facial serum to give your face a boost. Try Anthony Logistics Vitamin C Facial Serum, it gives your skin a surge of moisture whilst creating a protective layer to keep the hydration within. It also helps to draw your face cream deeper into the skin.
Next, opt for a rich facial moisturiser that will give your skin that little bit of extra protection it's calling for. SPF is also very important as it will reduce the rate at which the skin ages. My personal favourite is Baxter of California Super Shape Moisturiser with SPF15. It hydrates the skin and protects it from harmful rays simultaneously.
Other male grooming products that may help you breeze through winter are:
Nickel Electro Shock Fatigue Fighting Concentrate - an intense facial serum that instantly energises the skin and gives you a well-rested look. Should be applied underneath your moisturiser.
Urth Hydra Therapy - a moisture treatment that turbo charges the skin with hydration. Should be used twice weekly to keep the skin in check.
Anthony Logistics Self Tanner with Anti-Ageing Complex - gives your skin a natural glow safely. Should be applied before going to bed so that you wake up the next morning good-to-go.
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