Must-Have Skincare Products To Survive Winter Holidays Abroad
One of the reasons many of us love the year-end holidays is that we can escape Singapore’s heat to enjoy a winter holiday elsewhere in the world.
Winter, however, poses a few skin challenges you may not think of. For starters, cold, dry temperatures can strip the skin barrier of moisture, leaving it dry, sensitised, and painful. Heading indoors may offer reprieve from the cold, but it further dries out the skin.
It’s necessary to adjust your beauty routine with a specialised set of skincare and makeup products for your year-end winter vacay. You don’t need many, but each one should be thoughtfully chosen to protect and strengthen the skin barrier while delivering deep hydration and moisturisation.
So whether you are skiing down the slopes of Hokkaido or soaking in nature in Switzerland, here are 10 nourishing skincare and makeup products to pack to protect against or reverse the impact that the cold season has on the skin. After all, who wants to return from a holiday looking dry and crusty?
Pyunkang Yul Calming Moisture Repair Balm, $7.99
Pyunkang Yul Calming Moisture Repair Balm has the lightest texture among the three skin balms on this list. As such, this product is best suited for those whose skin barrier is not severely compromised and doesn’t require as deep a nourishment. This K-beauty balm contains a blend of centella extract, peptides, hyaluronic acid, and panthenol. Buy here
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume, $10.84
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume is a rich paste that hugs the skin as panthenol soothes dry, irritated areas. At the same time, madecassoside, a prebiotic complex, and a cocktail of minerals support the recovery of the skin barrier. Buy here
Laneige Cream Skin Cerapeptide Refiner, $40.61
Laneige’s popular Cream Skin Cerapeptide Refiner strengthens skin barrier integrity as it’s enhanced with ceramides, and protects against loss of elasticity to firm skin with two types of peptides. If your skin feels particularly uncomfortable in freezing temperatures, consider using the accompanying mist pump to transform this milky toner into a portable spray. Buy here
CeraVe Healing Ointment, $17.20
Comprised mostly of petrolatum, the CeraVe Healing Ointment is a thick balm and will wrap and shield your skin from the elements. Bolstered with hyaluronic acid and ceramides, you can use it as a lip and cuticle salve or on painful, broken or cracked skin. Buy here
Banila Co Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm Calming, $14.54
We chose the Banila Co Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm Calming for two reasons. Firstly, it is a balm and not a liquid, so you don’t have to worry about it spilling all over your luggage. Secondly, the Calming series contains cica, rosemary oil, eucalyptus oil, and lactobacillus ferment to strengthen, heal, and protect the skin. Buy here
Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Cleanser, $10.21
High-pH cleansers can leave your skin feeling stripped, dry, and tight after washing. And so, the Dokdo Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Cleanser has an acidic, low pH and contains calming trifecta panthenol, allantoin, and betaine. It lathers into a rich foam that makes cleansing feel more efficacious, especially after a long day out. Buy here
Allie Chrono Beauty Color On UV Cheek, $15.90
As we are out and about sightseeing, reapplication of sunscreen might be one of the last things on our minds. And so, double up your sun protection application from the get-go by using the Allie Chrono Beauty Color On UV Cheek. The creamy SPF blush comes in warm orange and cool pink and is water-, sweat-, and friction-resistant, offering a natural finish. Buy here
d'Alba Italian White Truffle Waterfull Mild Sun Cream, $22.07
Organic sunscreen filters can feel sensitising for some, especially if the elements have compromised your skin barrier. That is why we chose d'Alba Italian White Truffle Waterfull Mild Sun Cream, which uses non-nano titanium dioxide paired with white truffle extract, tocopherol, madecassoside, and centella asiatica extract. You might encounter white cast, but that can be covered with makeup. Buy here
Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base ($22-$158)
A long-time makeup artist favourite, the Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base is a hydrating and moisturising makeup primer. Shea butter provides most of the formula’s prowess, while being accented with vitamins B, C, and E.
KraveBeauty Great Barrier Relief Reparative Skin Soothing Treatment, $83
Formulated to target redness and irritation resulting from a compromised skin barrier, the KraveBeauty Great Barrier Relief serum utilises 10 per cent tamanu oil to soothe, 2 per cent niacinamide to even skin tone and texture, and ceramides to strengthen the barrier.
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