5 Beauty Products To Save Your Post-Festive Season Skin

Christmas, new year, summer holidays, sunshine, swimming the ocean, playing in the sand, drying off in the cool afternoon breeze while drinking a glass of cider (or champagne, depending on your budget I suppose) – it’s the best, right? Sadly, your poor, dehydrated, sunburnt, wind-dried skin doesn’t think so. Luckily, we’ve sourced the 5 beauty products that will save your skin:

1. Aveeno Skin Relief Moisture Repair Cream

Slather this intense moisturising cream all over your body after a lukewarm shower and before bed to help repair extra-dry skin. The unique formula combines oats (yes, oats), ceramide and rich emollients to help restore and maintain skin’s moisture barrier. It’s also fragrance free and noncomedogenic.

2. Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration Eye Cream

This is a saviour in a tube. The anti-ageing eye cream also helps to increase the skin’s ability to retain moisture and reduces the appearance of lines and little wrinkles (especially after spending all day in the sun). The lightweight cream leaves the delicate skin around your eyes feeling super soft and supple. Here’s an extra tip: Pop it in the fridge for extra soothing.

3. Dermalogica Skin Hydrating Masque

Pop this mask on after a day at the beach, on the boat or anything where your poor face has been victim of wind and harsh rays (or even after a long day in the air-conditioned office). The refreshing masque contains calming botanicals and antioxidant vitamins to restore moisture to dry, stressed skin.

4. Jurlique Moisture Revive Shower Gel

A deeply hydrating body cleanser to help condition and moisturise skin, relieving any dryness and flaking (and peeling if you naughtily happened to get sunburnt). The gel provides lasting moisturisation leaving skin feeling refreshed and replenished.

5. Hand Food Hydrating Hand Cream

Don’t forget about your hands. They bear the brunt of summer dehydration, too. That’s where Hand Food comes in. It’s a silky soft non-greasy hand cream with shea butter, macadamia oil and marshmallow. Apply as often as you like to soften, smooth and soothe dry, chapped or otherwise hampered hands. You can even use it on your feet as well!