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By Dr Temt USA

How to Keep Your Skin Healthy All Winter Long

When the temperature drops, your skincare routine needs a seasonal reset. Cold air, low humidity, indoor heating, and harsh winds can all disrupt your skin’s balance—leading to dryness, sensitivity, dullness, and dehydration. Over time, dehydrated or chronically dry skin can also make fine lines and wrinkles appear more pronounced, which is why winter skincare is about both comfort and long-term skin health.

Here’s how to keep your complexion resilient, hydrated, and glowing all winter long.

1. Prioritize Your Skin Barrier

Your skin barrier works overtime in cold weather, protecting against moisture loss and environmental stress. When it’s compromised, skin becomes dry, tight, and more prone to dehydration—conditions that can accentuate the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

Focus on barrier-repairing ingredients like ceramides, glycerin, fatty acids, and niacinamide. These help reinforce the skin’s natural defenses and maintain smoother, healthier-looking skin over time.

2. Switch to a More Gentle Cleanser

Cleansers that feel refreshing in summer can be too stripping in winter. Instead, opt for gel cleansers or cleansing oils that cleanse thoroughly while preserving moisture.

A gentle, multi-purpose cleanser that removes makeup and clears pores without disrupting the skin barrier helps prevent unnecessary dryness that can make skin look dull or lined.

Our Hydrophilic Oil with Azulene is a multipurpose deep pore cleanser that removes makeup and mascara. It can also be used as a massage and pre-shave oil, providing a fantastic “close shave” while protecting the skin’s delicate moisture balance.

When Hydrophilic Oil with Azulene comes in contact with water, it creates a milky hydro-lipid texture, ensuring a gentle yet thorough face cleansing while leaving NO oily residue on the skin.

3. Layer Hydration Strategically

Hydration is essential in cold weather, especially when it comes to maintaining skin elasticity and softness. Dehydrated skin can temporarily exaggerate fine lines, making proper hydration a key step in keeping skin looking smooth.

Start with a hydrating serum or essence, then follow with a richer moisturizer to seal it in. Applying products to slightly damp skin can further enhance hydration.

4. Support Skin From the Inside Out

Cold weather often dulls thirst cues, but internal hydration plays an important role in skin appearance. Drinking enough water and warm fluids like herbal teas helps support overall skin hydration and suppleness.

A diet rich in healthy fats—such as avocados, nuts, seeds, and fatty fish—also supports the skin barrier and helps combat dryness from within.

5. Avoid Long, Hot Showers

Hot water can strip the skin of its natural oils, increasing dryness and dehydration. Stick to lukewarm water and moisturize immediately after bathing to help keep skin smooth and comfortable.

Causes of dry skin:

Genetics (you were born with it)
Aging (oil production decreases with time)
Overuse of harsh cleansers or alcohol-based products

What helps:
To care for dry skin, the goal is to nourish and protect the skin barrier. Look for products containing:

Ceramides and fatty acids (to restore lipids)
Squalane, jojoba, or avocado oil (to lock in moisture)
Rich creams and oil-based serums that leave skin soft and comfortable

💦 Dehydrated Skin: A Lack of Water

Dehydrated skin is a skin condition — it can happen to any skin type, even oily or combination skin. Dehydration means the skin is lacking water, not oil.

When the skin’s water content is low, it can feel:

Tight and uncomfortable
Dull or tired-looking
Prone to fine, temporary “dehydration lines”
Occasionally oily and flaky at the same time (because the skin compensates by producing more oil)

Common causes of dehydration:

Weather changes or air conditioning
Hot showers and harsh cleansers
Alcohol, caffeine, and not drinking enough water
Over-exfoliation or using strong actives without barrier support.

What helps:
To rehydrate, the key is to replenish moisture and seal it in:

Use hydrating tonics or serums with hyaluronic acid
Follow with a moisturizer to prevent water loss
Avoid harsh exfoliants and use gentle cleansers
Support hydration from within by drinking plenty of water.

TEMT PRODUCTS FOR DRY SKIN: Moisture Cream with Epidermin, AAA Intensive line, Vienna Eye Lip Balm, Anti-Aging Eye Cream (Rich Textured Creams)

TEMT PRODUCTS FOR DEHYDRATED SKIN: Hydro Complex Collection, Anti-Aging Collagen Plus C Serum, Collagen Cream, Collagen Plus Serum

DISCLAIMER

The information provided in this Skincare Blog is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or before starting any new skincare regimen.