Easy swaps to adapt your beauty routine for cold weather

The cold, dry winter weather can wreak havoc on our skin, leaving it chapped, sensitive and dry,. Don't worry, though - simple tweaks to your routine can make all the difference.

Beauty expert Nathalie Smith picked out some easy beauty product swaps to help you glow from head to toe this winter. Check them out below!

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Sahajan Golden Milk Cleanser

Sahajan’s Golden Milk Cleanser draws its inspiration from the nourishing Ayurvedic golden milk latte. Thanks to the comforting oat milk base, this vegan formula takes a gentle approach to removing impurities and balancing skin in a way that’s respectful of the dermis and won’t throw off your pH. It has antioxidant-packed turmeric and black cumin seed oil to boost skin’s vibrancy and reveal a brighter glow, which is perfect for anyone experiencing winter dullness and unevenness.

SHOP: Golden Milk Cleanser; $45 at Sahajan.

U BEAUTY Resurfacing Compound

U Beauty’s Resurfacing Compound not only promotes gentle exfoliation, but it’s a mega multi-tasker too, replacing up to six products in your skincare routine! It resurfaces and renews, but also brightens and tightens in just three to six days, and is even gentle enough to use around the eyes.

SHOP: Resurfacing Compound; $148 USD at U BEAUTY.

Herbivore Botanicals Emerald Deep Moisture Glow Oil

LANEIGE took its bestselling overnight Water Sleeping Mask and upped the ante with hyper-hydrating squalane extracted from sugar cane to mimic the skin’s natural lipids, and a powerful probiotic complex derived from green tea lactobacillus to strengthen the skin’s microbiome and boost clarity. Simply apply, let your head hit the pillow, and you’ll wake up to refreshed, radiant skin. It’s not called beauty sleep for nothing, right?

SHOP: Deep Moisture Glow Oil; $61 at Herbivore Botanicals.

LANEIGE Water Sleeping Mask with Squalane

LANEIGE took its bestselling overnight Water Sleeping Mask and upped the ante with hyper-hydrating squalane extracted from sugar cane to mimic the skin’s natural lipids, and a powerful probiotic complex derived from green tea lactobacillus to strengthen the skin’s microbiome and boost clarity. Simply apply, let your head hit the pillow, and you’ll wake up to refreshed, radiant skin. It’s not called beauty sleep for nothing, right?

SHOP: Water Sleeping Mask; $38 at Sephora.

Take Me Away Essentials Body Butter

This rich, emollient body butter from Edmonton-based Take Me Away Essentials penetrates deeply to feed and nourish the skin, effectively curing even the driest of winter skin: feet, elbows, knees, and hands. All-natural and small batch, founder Renae Thomas-James used her Jamaican-roots as inspiration in creating the purest, most effective, organic plant-based hair and skincare products that will hydrate, nourish and protect your skin from the harsh weather elements. Plus, thoughtful options like vanilla-almond, citrus and coconut-lime are a welcome dose of escapism. 

SHOP: Essentials Body Butter; $35 at TMAE.

Evan Beau Ethereal Foundation

Ethereal Foundation, pioneered by Toronto-based, conscious beauty brand, Evan Beau Cosmetics, is a lightweight, buildable formula, with a glow finish. Housed in airless Italian glass, it enhances skin tone while providing perfect nourishment, owing to the power of Centella Asiatica. This perennial plant native to parts of Asia is a rich source of amino acids and potent antioxidants hailed as a hydrating skin-saver to soothe upset or compromised skin, and revitalize the skin’s protective barrier. Vegan and free of parabens, phthalates and synthetics, the 5 harmonizing shades can be blended with fingertips on areas that need a little coverage, without being hidden.

SHOP: Ethereal Foundation; $64 at Evan Beau.

e.l.f. Putty Blush

Cream blushes often contain skin-loving ingredients, are more moisturizing, and won’t spotlight textured areas of your face like a powder will, making them ideal for colder weather. Putty Blush by e.l.f. Cosmetics is a buttery formula infused with argan oil & vitamin E. These are highly pigmented, blendable, and all but melt into skin for that outdoorsy flush. Playful options like Fiji, Bali, Bora Bora, Maldives and Turks & Caicos are all vegan, cruelty-free and free of parabens and phthalates.

SHOP: Putty Blush; $8 at e.l.f. Cosmetics.

Honest Beauty Tinted Lip Balm

Honest Beauty’s Tinted Lip Balms are sheer-but-buildable balms that pack a punch of colour and moisture that keeps lips feeling soft and smooth for hours thanks to avocado oil and antioxidant-rich acai and pomegranate extracts. This is casual, low-maintenance lip colour at its best, like a happy medium between a lip balm and a creamy lipstick. You get all the colour and lots of juicy moisture at a very accessible price.

SHOP: Tinted Lip Balm; $12 at Shoppers Drug Mart.