Want your skin to look soft, dewy, and luminous throughout the colder months? These winter skincare essentials from Lavelier will help you achieve exactly that!
The Divine Day Defense SPF 30
While it may seem strange that we’re starting our winter skincare essentials list with a sunscreen, this is a product that’s often forgotten about at this time of the year. However, with UV rays still present and ever-harmful, a hydrating, antioxidant-rich moisturizer that also provides broad-spectrum protection, just like the Lavelier Divine Day Defense SPF 30, is exactly what your skincare routine needs.
What’s in it?
Aside from its UV filters, there are several noteworthy ingredients in this moisturizer. Its hydrating capabilities can be attributed to humectants – ingredients with moisture-binding properties. Between aloe vera leaf extract, coral seaweed extract, and glycerin, these ingredients ensure that the skin looks plump and supple with each application. They’ll help counter how UV rays commonly leave the skin feeling dehydrated.
Those same ingredients provide antioxidant properties too. However, this is enhanced even further thanks to green tea extract. Not only is this a great botanical for soothing the look of inflammation and fighting the appearance of free radical damage, but research also shows that its antioxidant properties can help to prevent the visibility of sun damage, making it perfect in a sunscreen!
The Oceana Restorative Night Moisturizer
While the SPF moisturizer above can be your daytime go-to, a good night cream is also important. What’s the difference? Night creams are richer and thicker, which is crucial during the winter months when moisture loss increases. A lush night cream, like the Lavelier Oceana Restorative Night Moisturizer, will ensure that you wake up with a dewy glow each morning.
What’s in it?
This moisturizer contains several occlusive and emollient ingredients, such as shea butter and jojoba seed oil. These are key in a winter moisturizer as they seal any gaps in the skin barrier. Meanwhile, they’ll also form a moisture-locking shield over the skin’s surface. This moisture is drawn in by the likes of sodium hyaluronate, aloe vera, and coral seaweed. Once those ingredients capture that moisture, the occlusive and emollients prevent it from escaping.
At the same time, the many antioxidants in this cream will leave your skin cells feeling supported as they go about their regenerative activities while you sleep. Vitamin A, two forms of vitamin E, and green tea leaf extract are just a few of the antioxidant-loaded ingredients in this decadent moisturizer.
The Oceana Breezy Facial Cleanser
Cleansing can be a tricky task in the winter. With sebum production at a low and the skin barrier highly susceptible to damage, you need a cleanser that will remove impurities without further compromising that precious barrier. That’s where the Lavelier Oceana Breezy Facial Cleanser comes in. Gentle and moisturizing yet thorough and effective, it’s the perfect way to cleanse in the winter months.
What’s in it?
Many cleansers are formulated with sulfates. These cleansing agents are infamous for how they interfere with skin barrier integrity. This cleanser, however, is sulfate-free. It instead makes use of gentler cleansing agents with conditioning properties. This ensures that the skin feels touchably soft after each cleanse.
This is enhanced by the plant oils and antioxidants in the formula. Argan oil and moringa seed oil provide a splash of moisture while ensuring that your skin doesn’t dry out. Meanwhile, extracts from lavender, aloe vera, calendula, and more give your skin cells access to nutrients that will leave them feeling revived.
The Oceana Refining Coral Peel
Everyone needs a good exfoliator in their skincare routine. However, just like with cleansers, swapping your powerful summer exfoliator for a gentler winter-friendly alternative is important. The Lavelier Oceana Refining Coral Peel checks that box, with this luxurious exfoliator suitable for all skin types.
What’s in it?
Rather than relying solely on either chemical or physical exfoliants, this facial peel brings them both together. Bamboo powder and walnut shell powder are joined by mandelic acid. On their own, these ingredients would be slightly too mild. However, when combined, they buff away dead skin cells without causing barrier damage.
To keep the skin feeling hydrated and balanced, this exfoliator also incorporates a few moisturizing ingredients. Coconut oil and vitamin E ensure that the skin barrier feels supported, while the numerous antioxidants in this peel, which come from the likes of green tea extract, vitamin C, and more, add to the skin’s natural radiance.
The Oceana VitaGlow C Serum
Vitamin C is often associated with the summer months. After all, this antioxidant is known for how, when combined with sunscreen, it can leave the skin feeling even more protected against the sun. While there’s no denying those benefits, vitamin C is an important ingredient to use in the winter too. It will fight the look of dehydration, dullness, and environmental damage. All of these issues are so common during the colder months. The best way to use the ingredient is in the form of a serum, with the Lavelier Oceana VitaGlow C Serum being our top pick.
What’s in it?
While you’ll find vitamin C in several Lavelier skincare products, this serum is all about harnessing the sheer power of this much-loved ingredient. It brings together two highly efficient forms of vitamin C: tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate and ascorbyl palmitate. These are joined by a few other potent antioxidants, from grape stem cells to vitamin A.
While all of those powerful ingredients are working their magic on your complexion, your skin will still feel calm and happy thanks to the complexion-soothing oils and extracts in this serum. Jojoba seed oil, avocado oil, vitamin E, and coral seaweed extract are all known for leaving the skin feeling relaxed and replenished.
The Oceana Pure Balance Toner
Some may argue that a toner isn’t a must-have. However, if your skin is dehydrated, it should definitely be considered one of your winter skincare essentials. A toner can add such a useful splash of moisture to the skin when it’s freshly cleansed and at its most receptive. Although a toner may look watery, this light texture is perfect for fast absorption and a quick moisture boost, which is exactly what the Oceana Pure Balance Toner from Lavelier has been designed to provide.
What’s in it?
This toner comes with a pretty short ingredient list, which is a good sign when it comes to toners. At this stage in your skincare routine, you should be keeping things simple. Ingredients that hydrate and soothe your complexion while balancing surface pH are what you need.
In this toner, those ingredients can be found in the form of aloe vera leaf juice, cucumber fruit extract, allantoin, and chamomile flower extract. Like with all Lavelier products, this toner has been infused with coral seaweed extract too. Again, it has a calming effect on skin that looks inflamed and irritated. Meanwhile, it also boasts powerful hydrating properties and is chock-full of antioxidants.
The Seagrass Cymosilk Masque
Even if face masks don’t usually feature in your skincare routine, it’s important to acknowledge how beneficial they can be at this time of the year. Pick a face mask that’s capable of significantly boosting the skin’s moisture levels while reinforcing how protected it feels against environmental damage, which is where the Lavelier Seagrass Cymosilk Masque comes in, and you’ll have a much better chance of maintaining a healthy glow throughout the colder months. Being a leave-on mask, its extended contact with the skin leads to visible results that are truly impressive.
What’s in it?
Let’s start by talking about the hydrating ingredients in this face mask. Sodium hyaluronate, squalane, coral seaweed extract, and glycerin are just a few on the list. They quickly saturate skin cells with moisture, leaving them feeling fuller and healthier.
Keep reading through this mask’s ingredient list, and you’ll soon start to notice a long line of plant extracts. These aren’t just any plant extracts – each ingredient is considered to be a superfood. Why? From acai berry to pomegranate to goji berry, they all have superior antioxidant content when compared to other foods. Not only should you be eating as many superfoods as you can, but applying them topically enables your skin cells to directly benefit from those potent compounds as well.
The Seascape Body Butter
All too often, people only think about their face when putting together their winter skincare essentials. However, the skin on your body can also struggle in the colder months. Yes, it may be thicker and tougher than the skin on your face. However, it would really benefit from some extra moisture and nutrients at this harsh time of year. For this, we’d recommend turning to the Lavelier Seascape Body Butter – a decadent body moisturizer that will leave your skin feeling unbelievably smooth.
What’s in it?
Shea butter sits front and center of this product. Not only is it intensely moisturizing, but it’s also great for soothing the feeling of inflammation. Better yet, its fatty acids lock together to create a thin film over the skin’s surface, which helps to keep moisture trapped in.
Where does that moisture come from? Coral seaweed extract and glycerin bring plenty in. While these ingredients are most often associated with facial skincare products, they can lend their hydrating properties to the skin on the body too. They’ll ensure head-to-toe moisture without leaving your skin feeling greasy or weighed down.
Winter Skincare Essentials From Lavelier
The colder months can be tough for your skin to deal with, but the winter skincare essentials that we’ve featured will change that. They’ll ensure that your skin is receiving all that it needs to get it through the season and into the spring with a healthy, radiant glow.
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