Shana Astrachan: Winter Skincare

Wintertime is great for exfoliating, moisturizing and nourishing.

Here are some of my favorite tips, products and how to use them.

Cleans and Exfoliate

Always start your skincare routine with washing your face.

Here is how I do it:

• wet face

• massage face wash product into your skin (take time with this step, really treat it like a message)

• add water and continue to message product and water into your skin

• rinse a cotton or microfiber cloth with hot water and ring out, wipe away the cleanser, repeat rinse and wipe two or three times (this action gives you some natural gentle exfoliation)

• then finish by drying your face with a clean dry towel

• if you have been wearing foundation or other cosmetics I recommend repeating all these steps a second time

• this gentle exfoliation method does a great job at removing all traces or makeup and gets rid of the dead skin cells on the surface to reveal a brighter complexion

And here are two of my favorite cleansers:

Hale & Hush Quite Wash

Meta Skin Pumpkin Smoothing Wash

And these are the Reusable Face Cleansing Pad I use and sell in my shop:

Now is my favorite part, exfoliation!

With a powder you mix it with water or something like yogurt or honey. Another option is to mix this powder exfoliant into your cleanser.

On a wet face you will apply this gently use circular motions with you fingertips. You can do this for anywhere from 30 seconds to up to 3 minutes. Then rinse, use the rinse method above that I recommend for washing.

With a cream form exfoliant use the same method as above but no need to mix it with any other liquid or ingredient. Use the same application and removal process as above.

Two are my favorite exfoliants:

ByNieves Face Fix

Meta Skin Smoothing Pumpkin Scrubbing Peel

Nourish

There are two steps to the nourish portion, masks and serums. Do one or the other, or do both!

First up is doing a mask.

These are usually put on the skin and left on for 10-20 minutes, then rinsed away using the above method. Follow direction on the product of your choosing.

Two I love:

Hale & Hush Hydrate Gel

ByNieves Face Fix

Now is the Serum step

All you do is massage it into your skin. Skin can be dry or damp.

Hale & Hush Soothe Essence Serum

ByNieves C Serum Skin

Moisturize

Lock in the goodness you just did. For dry skin like mine I like a combo of oil and cream.

I start with pressing oil into my skin, and when I want to give it a bit more attention I massage it in using my fingertips and doing small circular upward and outward motions with light pressure.

Two oils I love:

B3 Fluorite Rejuvenating Face Oil

B3 Rose Squalane