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Winter skincare must haves (dry, cold climate 🥶)

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Luci

It’s taken a while for me to make this as I’m adjusting to a very cold and dry climate here in Tasmania (Australia). My combination skin is DRY but still produces oil through the day which has been a bit of a roller coaster trying to find products th...

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Day moisturisers

SPF

Actives

Barrier support and toners

Night moisturisers

Light therapy - SAD

Day moisturisers

I have found these don’t cause me to break out - I have combination skin that does get oily throughout the day but the weather is making it very flakey and dehydrated

I’ve been enjoying this moisturiser with my combo skin, and it works well under heavier moisturisers like the cicaplast and under SPF

Buy Byoma Moisturizing Gel Cream

Even though silicones are pilling on me this winter, this is an amazing one and done moisturiser, spf and primer

Supreme Screen SPF 50+ Hydrating SKINSCREEN™ 75ml

SPF

I do still love my ultra violette sunscreens, the only issues is that because it’s so dry here the silicones tend to pill on me if I put makeup over the top. Which is so sad because they supreme screen looks AMAZING under makeup. I’m not sold on the ...

I do still love these sunscreens and in general the supreme screen is always my go to if I’m just wearing sunscreen. However, in this dry climate - I’m having A LOT of issues with silicones, the supreme screen now pills on me. I’m still trying to fig...

Ultra Violette | Sephora

The regular anthelios sunscreen is what I am using at the moment but it is matte and dull unless I REALLY hydrate under it. It’s easy to apply the full 1/4-1/2 tsp - it soaks in well. It doesn’t pill on me.

Anthelios SPF 50+ Sunscreens

Actives

My actives haven’t changed much between seasons, but there’s been some new medik8 products 💜

This is my current go to peptide formula. To me, it’s a lot easier to use than the original peptide formula that was a gel - this soaks in way better

Medik8 Liquid Peptides Advanced MP 30ML

The is a nice vitamin c if you want one that is oil based

Medik8 C-Tetra Luxe 30ml

This is the vitamin c I’m currently using - I like it better than the oil one, but can’t say I’ve seen any results yet after 3 weeks of use.

Medik8 C-Tetra Advanced 30ml

This is the retinal I’m currently using - when you compare it to the medik8 this one has less barrier support, so it can be just a tiny bit harsher. I really do love the medik8 one more but this is just so much cheaper

Retinal 0.2% Emulsion: Reduce Dark Spots& Even Out Skin Tone

I really don’t want it to be true but for some reason I think the medik8 20 is working better than the ordinary version. Maybe something to do with the time release?

Crystal Retinal

This is my go to AHA exfoliant that I use once to twice a week depending on how my skin feels, to get rid of the winter crusties

Alpha-H Liquid Gold Exfoliating Treatment 100ml

Barrier support and toners

I usually use multiple layers of the same toner. Because my skin breaks out easily these are the ones I’ve found don’t break me out. It helps to reduce dehydration. The tirtir one is THICK though so only needs 2 layers for my skin

Basically the original milky toner - hydrating and leaves a bit of a tackiness to my skin and if I layer it I can get my skin care more glowy by the end EDIT- this might be breaking me out, so caution to other acne prone baddies

TIRTIR - Milk Skin Toner Jumbo

I love all of their products, especially the toner and barrier serum. All their barrier products are very calming on my skin and most importantly don’t pill on me

barrier support

This is a really nice additional serum that’s purely for barrier health - really great in winter.

Wonder Releaf Centella Serum Unscented

When it’s cold to be honest I don’t always have the energy to fully wash my face, sometimes I might just clean off the top layer with cotton rounds and micellar water, apply this so I don’t break out, and apply a moisturiser over. I also use it when ...

BRIOTECH Topical Skin Spray, Hypochlorous

Night moisturisers

I try hard to lock in as much moisture overnight without breaking myself out. So there is less work to do in the morning to rehydrate my skin

Always on my list for summer or winter especially if you are using actives like retinol or acids and need to repair skin- but I find myself using this almost every night in winter

Cicaplast Baume B5+ Balm Cream for Dry Skin

For my aussies that don’t know what this is because I didn’t either, it’s very similar to Vaseline but also contains glycerin (and lanolin) - so it’s basically very similar to slugging overnight with Vaseline but this one actually adds moisture too i...

Aquaphor Advanced Therapy Healing Ointment 14oz

Light therapy - SAD

I have TRD, so I try not to add any extra reasons to flare it up. I think most people need someone like these in areas where the day length reduces

There’s a lot of these lamps - I got mine for cheaper at bigW. You just need to make sure you read the Lux at specific distances

HAPPŸLAMP COMPLETE

This affects a lot of people during the winter and I’ve noticed a lot more people seem to be affected with it where I live, because the day length is very short in Tasmania. Make sure you’re taking care of yourself and see a doctor or talk to someone...

Steps to keep your mood and motivation steady throughout the year-Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

Body care

My body care in terms of body wash is changing because I’m breaking out more in Tasmania? I’m not sure why. Maybe because I’m cold so I’m wearing lots of layers but then that traps the oils in, that’s my best guess

This is the body wash I’m trialling right now for my acne. Note I’ve already tried tretinoin, BHA, AHA. I think it’s more of a fungal acne but the nizoral shampoos are too small to waste Edit after 7 days - it got rid of a lot of the acne on my back...

The Revealer Sulfur Body Wash

I REALLY like this for my body. I try to only use it a couple of times a week and a regular retinol body cream the other nights because I could go through this fast. It has retinol and chemical exfoliants which is perfect for me as I’m getting to an ...

Alpha-H Retinol Reboot Exfoliating Body Treatment 120ml