During the winter season, maintaining proper hydration becomes absolutely essential as colder temperatures, low humidity, and indoor heating all work together to strip the skin of its natural moisture. When the air is dry, it pulls water directly from the skin, weakening the protective barrier and leaving the complexion feeling tight, flaky, and more prone to irritation. This seasonal moisture loss can also make fine lines appear more pronounced and reduce the skin’s natural glow. Incorporating richer moisturizers, hydrating serums, and nourishing ingredients like hyaluronic acid, ceramides, and lipid-rich creams helps replenish what winter takes away. By elevating your hydration routine during the colder months, you protect your skin’s barrier, maintain softness and elasticity, and keep your complexion looking healthy, supple, and luminous all season long.
During the winter months, dry skin becomes almost unavoidable as cold winds, low humidity, and indoor heating strip away the skin’s natural moisture. Even normally resilient skin can feel tight, flaky, and uncomfortable without proper care. This is why a deep moisturizing skincare routine is essential: it replenishes lost hydration, restores the skin’s protective barrier, and prevents the dullness and irritation that winter can bring. Using rich creams, hydrating serums, and nourishing oils helps lock in moisture, keeping skin soft, supple, and radiant despite the harsh seasonal conditions. Prioritizing hydration during this time isn’t just a luxury it’s a crucial step to maintaining healthy, resilient skin all winter long.
The following are moisturizers that we not only love but that are amongst our bestselling for their efficacy.
SkinMedica HA5 Hydra Collagen Water Burst Moisturizer
A bursting wave of hydration that locks in moisture for bouncy, dewy skin. Featuring our skin-drenching HA⁵® Hydra Collagen technology and Microbiome Barrier Complex to support a healthy skin barrier and microbiome. Clinically proven to boost hydration up to 25% immediately after use and continues to provide powerful all-day hydration for up to 24 hours.
Revision Skincare DermProtect Barrier Defense
A intensive moisturizer that delivers maximum hydration, replenishes natural lipids, and enhances moisture retention. Advanced technology goes even deeper to target the source of dryness by resetting and regulating skin's natural 24-hour cycle to boost daytime defense and nighttime regeneration, optimizing barrier function and rebalancing the microbiome for enhanced skin resilience.
Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Hydrating Eye Gel
Valmont LumiMask Resurfacing Mask
Rich and velvety in texture, this mask loosens and sloughs away dead skin cells on the surface and promotes cell renewal on a deeper level. From the very first application, LumiMask wakes up your skin to reveal a soft, smooth complexion that glows with radiance in just 10 minutes time.
Give dehydrated skin a boost of long-lasting hydration with Obagi Hydrate Luxe. This intensive moisturizer conditions the skin overnight with natural ingredients, shea butter and mango butter, to rejuvenate the skin leaving it soft and supple. Combining natural ingredients and innovative technology, Obagi Hydrate Luxe locks in moisture with glycerin and Hydromanil matrix molecules. Hydromanil releases active moisturizing and water retaining compounds continuously for eight hours of hydration protection
iS Clinical Daily Dynamic Hydrator
This high-performing 3-in-1 formula helps to treat visible signs of aging, defends against daily environmental stressors and delivers deep, lasting hydration that renews the skin. Powered by GeneXC Technology, this advanced formulation combines an exclusive, potent blend of Vitamin C and Extremozymes to visibly brighten and protect the skin.
