Skincare for dry weather

Let’s get real about skin care and weather: I come from Costa Rica, a humid and warm place where all my life I kept retaining liquid and my skin behaved pretty much greasy. I’m not a dermatologist to talk about why or how, I just tell you about my experience 🙂

So all that time I was following the routine of washing my face 2 times a day with a foamy wash, in the morning using a toner of the Face Shop (Chia), then serum, cream of the same line, then sometimes primer, and then whatever makeup I had time for. (Usually a LOT in comparison to my life in Germany)

When I moved to Germany I stopped retaining liquid, as a matter of fact I get easily dehydrated and my skin went from greasy to totally dry and peeling in winter. And by skin I don’t talk only about my face, no, weirdly enough my ankles get specially dry to a point where they are itchy and look like fish scales. My cute usual creams are absorbed in no time and I had to sleep with heavy Nivea cream on my face.
I went NUTS with skincare after this changes (tea tree oil, niacinamide, 2 washes a day, full chia treatment and heavy makeup remover) and my face was not so happy about the extreme care and not only got dry but had some random breakouts.

Now what I follow is only washing with water in the morning, ALWAYS using primer before whatever makeup I want to use and only do a full wash before going to bed to remove makeup and any impurities from the outside world 🙂 only then using toner, serum and moisturizer. The niacinamide and tea tree oil are now for using a couple of times a month.

In general, be mindful of having full hydrating cream not only for your face, but for your arms and ankles! Specially in winter but also in summer (and remember always to use sunscreen ☀️)