I’ve always loved winter. There’s something so tender about cozying up on the couch in front of my electric fireplace in my long-sleeve PJ set and fuzzy socks while reading a historic romance novel. What isn’t as delightful to my senses: the dry skin, chapped lips, and itchy scalp that often come with the cold, dry season of hibernation.
If your skin has been feeling parched, it may be time to tweak your skincare routine, at least during these frigid months. To hydrate your skin — face and body — and guard you from dryness, flakes, and irritation, we’ve gathered some of our favorite Latine-owned brands carrying lotions, oils, and body butters that keep your skin protected and nourished.
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Chilly weather can trigger dermatitis, leaving skin inflamed, flaky, and red. Vamigas‘ Chilean Rosehip Oil is rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, omega-3, and omega-6 fatty acids, helping to promote collagen production to repair damaged skin.
VAMIGAS Vamigas Chilean Rosehip Oil, $, available at Vamigas
For dry, rough, and textured skin, try Tata Harper’s Resurfacing Body Serum. This soothing and brightening body milk is made with fruit-based Vitamin C, plant-derived Vitamin A, AHA superfruits, orange peptides, and hyaluronic acid, leaving your skin visibly healthy.
Tata Harper Tata Harper’s Resurfacing Body Serum, $, available at Tata Harper
Body scrubs may feel like the last thing you need when your skin is already dry, but nourishing products like Spice Beauty’s Body Scrub exfoliates the skin while nourishing your body. With its core ingredients — goat milk, coconut oil, and roses — it rejuvenates, moisturizes, and calms.
Spice Beauty Spice Beauty’s Body Scrub, $, available at Spice Beauty
If you’re craving smooth, bright skin without the sticky or greasy feeling that comes with some lotions, lather yourself in Rare Beauty’s Find Comfort Bouncy Body Cream. It calms the skin using plant-derived products like murumuru and shea, natural oils like jojoba and tsubaki, as well as Vitamin E and niacinamide. While your body feels refreshed and radiant, the scent of peach nectar and fresh flowers will also please your senses.
Rare Beauty Rare Beauty’s Find Comfort Bouncy Body Cream, $, available at Rare Beauty
I tend to prefer body butters, and Sanara Skincare’s Cupuaçu Seed Body Butter packs intense hydration and rejuvenation. Formulated with cupuaçu seed butter, aloe, and Vitamin E, it has essential fatty acids and antioxidants that improves the skin’s elasticity, softens rough patches, and leaves you feeling and looking moisturized.
Sanara Skincare Sanara Skincare’s Cupuaçu Seed Body Butter, $, available at Sanara Skincare
If you want your skin to shine through the dry months, Dezi Skin’s Body Gloss is an ultra-rich body lotion that visibly hydrates. Shea butter and Vitamin E quench the skin, leaving you glossy and glowy regardless of the elements outside your window.
Dezi Skin Dezi Skin’s Body Gloss, $, available at Dezi Skin
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This article was originally published on refinery29.com.
