Let's treat ourselves to a little more care, caresses and loving care. It's good for the soul and even better for the complexion!

Dry heating air, cold wind and uncomfortable rain in constant alternation. This can put quite a strain on the skin in gray January. This is precisely why it needs our special attention. One of the most important skin care tips in winter: Our skin also thanks us for a healthier lifestyle with a radiant glow.

Type-appropriate creams: prevent wrinkles, spots and dryness

Only give your skin the ingredients it needs. Cosmetics that are not tailored to your complexion can do more harm than good. Consult a dermatologist before buying. They will be able to assess which skincare is right for your skin type. Dry and mature skin will appreciate rich textures with shea butter and plant oils. Those with dehydrated or normal skin should opt for light creams with hyaluronic acid. Oily and blemished skin is best treated with gel creams containing zinc. In winter, creams should be somewhat richer.

Nourishing masks: refresh and moisturize

Another skin care tip in winter: Treat your skin to a little freshness turbo in between. Once a week, your cleansed skin will be delighted with a treatment mask. With its moisturizing active ingredients such as aloe vera and urea, it really revitalizes the complexion. Rejuvenating antioxidants and lipids ensure a firmer and plumper complexion on the face, neck and décolleté.

Eye care: for an awake, radiant and youthful look

Treat the delicate eye area with care. Dark circles, puffiness and dryness wrinkles can be reduced with the right products and are a must at the age of 30 at the latest. Always use special products for the eye area: they do not contain irritating substances and are absorbed more quickly. Refreshing fluids provide relief for puffy eyelids. If you suffer from dark circles, you should use corrective care. Wrinkles are smoothed out with retinol creams.

Facial cleansing: Ensures a flawless complexion

Remove any residue from your face. The skin and décolleté should be cleansed with lotions and cleansing creams not only in the evening, but also in the morning. Overnight, sebum, sweat and dirt build up in the pores, which can cause spots. By the way: lotions that are too harsh increase sebum production. It is better to use gentler pH-neutral variants.

Special treatment: The fine skin on the décolleté wants more

Keep your true age hidden. Even the most thorough anti-ageing treatment will have little effect if we neglect the sensitive area around the neckline. Your weakly developed fatty tissue makes the skin in this area look tired more easily. A skin care tip: Massages with firming décolleté or contour creams help to prevent the formation of wrinkles in winter. And: Back sleepers "crease" less there.

Intensive treatment: Powerful serums and ampoules provide lightning effects

Get a healthy glow. Tired and dull facial skin makes us look older than we really are. High-dose ampoule treatments and serums are full of beauty-enhancing active ingredients that are easily absorbed by the skin thanks to their fine texture. With their support, the complexion takes on a wonderfully rosy glow.

Help from a professional: with rejuvenating treatments

A skin care tip that is particularly important in winter: Treat yourself to a treatment every now and then. We want to look particularly good on special occasions. Professional fruit acid treatments in a beauty salon gently remove old skin cells and reveal younger-looking skin. A session costs around 40 to 60 euros in most institutes. We think it's worth it.

Firm curves: Through silhouette care and sport

Get yourself in shape. The vast majority of women have cellulite on their thighs, bottom or upper arms. Nature has arranged it that way. Female fatty tissue is criss-crossed by collagen strands - these press against the upper layers of skin and become visible as dimples. How much is often simply a matter of heredity. Plucking massages with lotions containing caffeine stimulate blood circulation in the tissue. And if you start doing aqua gymnastics now, you can look forward to great results next summer.

Feel-good skin care tip in winter: Mild lotions and oils pamper the body

Reward yourself with velvety skin. Intensive body oils made from nuts and plants provide the complexion with moisture and nutrients. Shea or coconut-based body butters soothe itching and dry patches on knees and shins. The skin is particularly receptive directly after showering or bathing: apply cream or oil to wet skin immediately and allow everything to be absorbed. Special in-shower lotions even accelerate this effect.

Gentle exfoliation: rubbing scrub for glowing skin

Refine your pores. Dead skin cells can quickly make the skin on your arms and legs feel rough and dry, leaving it coarse-pored and losing its fresh radiance. Light peelings and massages with brushes or loofah sponges remove the old cells and reveal plumper skin. Important skin care tip: Do not exfoliate more than once a week in winter. Also brings a radiant complexion and costs little: a massage with brewed coffee. The cooled powder has a firming and smoothing anti-ageing effect.

Soft hands: baths, creams and massages make them soft to the touch

Repair stressed fingers. The thin skin on the fingertips and back of the hand has to withstand a lot: Cold, hand washing, rinsing. Your hands are constantly on the move. Treat yourself to a regular moisturizing hand bath with almond or olive oil. Dry well and massage with special anti-ageing hand cream. The sensitive back of the hand is particularly prone to wrinkles from a certain age. Creams with a high vitamin C content counteract this and lighten pigmentation spots.

Well-groomed feet: warming foot wraps for baby skin

Take care of yourself now from top to toe. While your feet are sandal-fine every year in time for spring, they often get too little affection during the cold season. Foot lotions with a high urea content (at least 10 percent) make them soft and ready to go out again. Warm wraps have an intensive effect: apply cream to the feet and wrap them in cling film, put on fluffy socks and leave everything to soak in for at least 30 minutes.

Healthy nutrition: a beautiful complexion with vitamin bombs

Beautify yourself from the inside. Highly salted and industrially processed foods (as well as sweets and cakes) sooner or later make themselves felt on the scales. But our skin is also affected by nutrient-poor meals. Those who instead include healthy fats from fish and nuts as well as plenty of fruit and vegetables in their diet and drink at least 1.5 liters of unsweetened tea or water every day will be rewarded in the long term with a much clearer complexion and beautiful blood circulation.