When you’re in the depths of cozy season, skincare can slip off your radar.
And without legs on show in skirts and shorts, it’s particularly easy to skip over their care. But we’re urging you not to neglect them this winter, and instead to double-down on your leg-care to protect the precious skin barrier - and leave you with two worthy accessories to all your holiday looks.
Read on for our debrief on all things limbs.
Why Winter Affects Our Legs
As the seasons shift, our skin is exposed to cooler winds, warmer houses and hotter baths or showers - all of which affects our precious skin barrier.
Looking after our skin barrier isn’t a seasonal special: we need to maintain our body’s first line of defense all year around - to protect us from infection, environmental damage and leave us with smooth, supple skin.
So, when our limbs are looked over (as we’ve all been guilty of in winter) we’re left with dry, inflamed, lacklustre legs.
How to Take Care of Your Legs This Winter
Ensuring a regular self care routine that’s focused on restoring your skin barrier is all your legs need to go from neglected to nourished.
Making sure you're not holding back on hydration and ensuring regular exfoliation will be the winter saviours your skin needs, but we’ve also shared some common seasonal leg-care scenarios to guide you towards glowing limbs.
Winter Skincare Tips for Bare Legs
While the cold can mean cozy layers, there are occasions when your legs need to brave the chill, whether for holiday dinners, New Years Eve party outfits or even stepping out in a swimsuit at a spa.
If your legs have been under wraps, follow this three step process to prepare them for their moment in the spotlight:
Polish To Perfection:
- Apply an exfoliator in gentle strokes to aid the removal of dead skin cells and impurities. Our VIOLET HAZE Exfoliating Body Scrub will gently exfoliate without disrupting the delicate skin barrier, revealing softer, silkier and more luminous skin.
- Smooth On A Serum: Sweep on a body serum from toe to thigh, and follow with a gua sha massage to aid skin tone and microcirculation. Our DOUBLE DATE body serum and gua sha set is the leg duo of dreams.
- Apply A Healthy Layer of Hydration: Slather on an intensely hydrating moisturizer to keep legs looking dewy. Our award-winning SUNDAY SOFA Body Butter is formulated for deep daily hydration with rambutan leaf (a natural retinol alternative), hyaluronic acid, prebiotic inulin and ginseng.
Say Goodbye to Itchy Winter Skin
It’s a scenario many of us know well: you step out of the shower, only to find your freshly cleansed legs are being subjected to a creeping and intense itch.
This commonly occurs thanks to the drying effects of cold air outside and dry air inside, resulting in your skin losing moisture. And when we add hot showers and skin-stripping harsh soaps into that scenario, the effects are exacerbated.
We’ve rounded up four easy tactics to avoid the itch:
- Cool It: Avoid hot baths and showers, as the heat can strip your skin of its oils. Use water that is a similar heat to your core body temperature.
- Cleanse Carefully: Switch any harsh soaps and shower gels for a mild cleanser will nurture and support your skin. Our hyaluronic acid and prebiotic inulin-infused MOON SWIM Hydrating Body Wash will leave skin beautifully balanced and hydrated.
- Immediately Moisturize: Make sure to lock-in post-bathing hydration by liberally moisturizing as soon as you’ve (gently) towel-dried. Our award-winning LITTLE LOVE Hydrating Body Lotion might be lightweight, but it's deeply replenishing.
- Heighten Humidity: If the itch is getting unbearable, consider investing in a humidifier to counter the dry indoor heat.
Get Legs Worthy Of Winter Sun
For those escaping to warmer weather, we’ve also got you covered.
As we travel from cold winds to sunnier climes, the change in weather can wreak havoc on our skin, with heat, humidity and air-con impacting our skin’s hydration levels, tone and clarity. We’ve compiled our top tips for getting your legs ready for take-off:
- Summer Scrubbing: Clear build-up from sunscreen and sweat with our sumptuous, creamy sugar and chia seed VIOLET HAZE Exfoliating Body Scrub.
- Hero Hydration: Whilst the air in summer tends to be less drying than that of winter, the impact of sun, air-con and exposure to chlorine can still dry out your skin, so it's important to apply adequate hydration. LITTLE LOVE Body Lotion’s lightweight yet deeply-replenishing formula is enriched with over 14 performance-driven active and botanical ingredients - and is clinically proven to hydrate for up to 48 hours.
- Swerve Sun Damage: Make sure you apply a high factor sunscreen regularly, and keep out of the sun when it’s at its hottest to maintain smooth, healthy limbs. It’s also important to ensure your body care has plenty of antioxidants to combat the effects of any UV damage (our whole range is rich in these free radical fighting ingredients).
The Debrief Digest
Looking to understand winter legs in an instant? We’ve tied up the key take outs for you below:
- In cozy season, skincare can slip off your radar - especially when it comes to your legs. But heating inside, cold air outside and even winter sun can leave limbs feeling lackluster.
- Looking after our skin barrier isn’t a seasonal special: we need to maintain our body’s first line of defense all year around - to protect us from infection, environmental damage and leave us with smooth, supple skin.
- Make sure you continue your self-care regime and make small lifestyle adjustments to ensure your limbs are healthy and glowing for every seasonal outing.
In conclusion? Don’t skimp on leg care this season - discover our doctor-developed, healthy skin-delivering self-care.