Face and décolleté
... are the first to react to icy temperatures, tighten and tend to wrinkle. It is therefore important to adapt your skincare to winter in good time. This means switching to a richer cream that immediately soothes and supplies your skin with lipids (e.g. Nutritic Intense, La Roche-Posay; approx. 20 euros).
Lips suffer a lot
The colder it gets outside, the more sensitive the extremely thin skin on your lips becomes. Tip: first massage rough areas with a damp toothbrush to soften them. Then apply a lip balm with repairing shea butter (e.g. Cold Cream Lip Balm, Avène; approx. 8 euros).
"Protective cover" for the body
Sebum production slows down with every degree below zero. It even stops completely below 8 degrees! Dry skin in winter is therefore practically pre-programmed. It's high time to protect the body with an intensive moisturizing balm (e.g. Lipikar Baume AP+, La Roche-Posay; approx. 17 euros).
On delicate soles ...
If your feet are covered in warm socks and shoes from morning to night, the skin slowly dries out and the horny layer on the balls of the feet and heels becomes thicker and thicker. Therefore, apply a thick layer of cream to the soles (e.g. Urea 10% Foot Cream, free; 10 euros) and put on socks. After 1 to 2 hours, the cream will be absorbed and your skin will be supple again.
Show your elbows to the cold
... by massaging the area daily with an extra portion of olive oil or urea lotion (e.g. Repair Lotion 10% Urea, Eucerin; 13 euros). This way, even your elbow skin, which has the fewest sebaceous glands, will feel anything but cracked.
Many forget the scalp!
Thick hats and dry heating air can cause it to flake and itch. It is best to wash your hair preventively with a soothing shampoo (e.g. Kerium Extrem Mild, La Roche-Posay; approx. 11 euros). Then rinse with lukewarm water and blow-dry with mild heat.
Wonderful for the hands
In order to save important heat in cold weather, the blood vessels in our hands constrict. However, this makes them brittle! The result: dry hands in winter. As an SOS remedy, apply a thick layer of all-purpose cream (e.g. Nivea; €1.50) in the evening and put on cotton gloves. This allows the active ingredients to penetrate particularly deeply and transform your hands into true "velvet paws".