Tis the season to be jolly! Yes, Christmas party season is just around the corner, bringing with it a flurry of office parties, drinks with friends and festive meals but although the winter party season can be lots of fun, it isn’t always a friend to your skin.
Skin health takes a battering in December due to a combination of cold weather, central heating, late nights, layers of make-up AND excess sugar which all contribute to dehydration, dullness and a complexion as red as Rudolph’s nose!
But healthy skin doesn’t happen overnight, so it’s essential to start prepping at least a week before your big event and get ahead of the game so you can party in style and rock your best skin ever. From skin saviours to quick fixes, Gatineau has got you covered with some holy grail products that will work really hard throughout the festive season to keep your skin in tip top shape – it’s time to shine! Here’s how:
Double Cleansing
The step up in the volume of make-up that is applied during the festive season requires a little more elbow grease and strength than just your average daily cleanser. Doing exactly what it says on the tin, double cleansing is essentially cleansing the skin twice. A traditional double cleanse starts with a milky cleanser, and I absolutely adore Gentle Silk Cleanser, a high-performance conventional formula enriched with Silk and Cottonseed Extract which expertly preps the skin without compromise to remove whatever is on the complexion – think make-up, dirt and SPF. The second cleanse in your face wash routine is where the magic happens. A water -based formula like Radiance Enhancing Gelee Cleanser makes the perfect counterpart and really takes the cleansing regime up a notch to ensure any remaining impurities are lifted away and your face is prepped and primed to allow for better absorption of your topical products, guaranteeing your complexion is squeaky clean. It’s a win win all round!
Hydrate inside and out
Besides the fact that the cold, dry weather has a not so wonderful way of sapping our skin of moisture, prioritising hydration right now is important for other reasons too as overindulging and too little shut eye can leave the skin a little more than parched. The perfect solution to support the complexion through party season and replenish lost moisture is Collagene Expert Hydra Essence a lightweight yet deeply hydrating primer and a vital skin care step to bring skin back from the brink and deliver a daily dose of hydration from dusk ‘til dawn. Fortifying your skin with youth-prolonging actives, and a brightening blend of vitamin C and Niacinamide this powerhouse floods thirsty skin with a much-needed ‘drink’, so your face feels fresh, dewy and safe from the festive onslaught.
Exfoliate for radiance
Even when following good skincare ‘rules’ dead skin cells can still sneak up on you, building up on the skin surface making the complexion look dry and feel tight. Exfoliation can do wonders for your skin, especially when you're aiming for that festive glow. By removing dead skin cells, exfoliation reveals a fresher, brighter complexion, encourages cell renewal and nourishes the skin’s surface by stimulating blood flow. Our Radiance Enhancing Gommage is simply untouchable when it comes to its truly transformative results. A scientifically developed salon-grade formula with over two decades of legacy, this Gommage is fuelled by a dream team of skin-refining AHA’s working in unison to buff away the appearance of dead and tired skin cells whilst providing quick and cumulative glowy results. Your make-up will love you for it!
Mask it up
Start using a supercharged overnight mask a few days prior to the big event so you can usher in pillow-soft skin come each morning. What better way to put your best dew-drenched face forward than with Collagene Expert Plumping Revival Mask which magically overnight ensures that you tackle everything from loss of lustre to fine lines and wrinkles. Boasting an impressive blend of collagen plumping peptides and hydrating heroes, this is the ultimate pre-bed ritual to ensure you wake up on the bright side of the bed and all that’s left to do is get your party shoes on!
Amp up the glow
And finally, it is time for the big night out and so to deliver an ideal base for your make-up application our Radiance Enhancing Vitamin C Serum is the perfect prep and prime for when you need to revive and refresh your complexion pre-make up. Powered by age-defying actives, good-to-skin Vitamins together with magically melding blurring microspheres this make-up prolonger cocoons complexions in long-term moisture while ensuring your look stays locked in until you decide to cleanse it off.
So, before December's excesses have taken their toll let these skincare saviours support your complexion so that you can start the new year as you mean to glow on.
Lucy x