Winter Proof Your Skin With Sea Buckthorn Skin Care Products for a Healthy Cold Weather Glow
Sea Buckthorn Skincare Tips for Winter - Winter, with its crisp air, glistening snow, and excuses to wear cozy sweaters, has a certain charm about it – that is, until we start talking about the effects on our skin. Winter can be absolutely brutal for skin, but beautiful, healthy winter skin is not out of your reach.
If winter means dryness, flakiness, redness, and irritation for your skin, you’re not alone, and millions of other people are experiencing the same uncomfortable symptoms.
Here’s the good news – with the right approach, winter doesn’t have to damage your skin or dull that beautiful glow.
Quality skincare and overall nourishment will help your skin stay hydrated, healthy, and glowing (in a good way) all winter long.
What’s at the center of this amazing winter skincare routine, you ask?
Nothing other than sea buckthorn oil, a gift from Mother Nature that has been trusted for centuries.
Why Cold Weather Is So Hard On Your Skin
You’re here because you want solutions, but having healthy winter skin involves understanding what is actually happening to your skin during the coldest, harshest months of the year. Even if you don’t live in one of the colder regions, there’s a good chance you’re still dealing with temperature and air changes, along with winds and unpredictable weather patterns that can stress out your skin.
Winter weather is more than a little drying. All of the changes, from freezing temps and harsh winds to dry, heated indoor air, create this perfect storm of stressors that work against your skin’s natural ability to stay hydrated and heal.
Even if you normally have healthy, hydrated, and resilient skin, winter can come along and make it feel irritated, tight, and unusually sensitive – and sometimes painful.
But it isn’t just what happens on the surface that makes winter skin such a challenge.
Winter weather can affect your skin on a deeper cellular level. When temperatures begin to drop outside, the air loses moisture, and your skin cells begin to produce fewer natural oils, which serve the important role of forming a protective barrier on the skin.
Here are the most important factors contributing to skin changes during the winter.
Cold Air = Less Moisture: Compared to warmer air, cold air holds significantly less moisture, or humidity. When you step outside in the winter, the dry air instantly begins to pull moisture from your skin, which is why it is more likely to become dry and vulnerable to irritation.
Indoor Heating Makes It Worse: Forced air heating systems are notorious for stealing moisture from the air and your skin. Between the cold, dry air outside and the dryness of the air inside, winter skin doesn’t have a chance to heal and recover.
Wind Breaks Down the Skin Barrier: Wind exposure can further damage the lipid barrier of the skin, which is its outermost, protective layer. Once this vulnerable layer has been compromised, skin loses moisture faster, and keeping it hydrated becomes more of a challenge.
Hot Showers Strip Natural Oils: A hot shower feels incredible on a cold day, but hot water also quickly strips away the skin’s protective oils, which you desperately need in the winter months.
Winter Activities Increase Exposure to Harsh Elements: There are always some fun outdoor activities to enjoy this time of year. Skiing, snowboarding, hiking, or even shoveling snow after a storm are all outdoor activities that expose your skin to the wintry elements.
While it might seem like there’s a lot working against your skin this time of year, winter and its elements don’t have to win. It’s possible to protect your skin, nourish it, and keep it healthy all season long.
Sea Buckthorn: Your Winter Skincare Superhero
When it comes to winter skin care, sea buckthorn oil is the MVP. It’s nutrient-dense, full of botanical goodness, natural, and perfect for protecting winter skin.
Sea Buckthorn is rich in Omega-7-& Fatty Acid: Omega-7 is a rare fatty acid that is a true powerhouse for supporting hydration and protecting the outer skin barrier.
Daily omega-7, whether through supplementation or sea buckthorn skin products, supports healthy skin through even the harshest winter weather.
An Oil That’s Packed With Antioxidants: Sea buckthorn contains as much as 12 times more vitamin C than an orange, plus it also contains vitamin E, beta carotene, and flavonoids – all powerful antioxidants.
These nutrients help protect your skin from environmental stressors and support cellular repair.
Deeply Hydrating Inside and Out: The one-of-a-kind fatty acid profile of sea buckthorn makes it one of the most effective at hydrating skin, both inside and out.
When applied to the surface, it helps to protect the lipid barrier, soothe inflammation, and restore softness. On a cellular level, sea buckthorn helps to strengthen cell membranes, protect against drying UV damage, and provides essential building blocks that skin cells need to be healthy.
A Solution That’s Suitable for All Skin Types: Added to the list of sea buckthorn superpowers is that it’s suitable for all types of skin. Whether your skin is oily, dry, super sensitive, or a combination of all of the above, sea buckthorn works tirelessly to restore hydration.
Your Ultimate Healing Winter Skincare Routine
A consistent, moisturizing, and healing skincare routine for winter is essential, but it doesn’t have to mean ten steps and a countertop full of products. What winter skin needs is gentle cleansing that doesn’t strip oils, along with products and nutrition that support hydration and a healthy skin barrier.
Step One: Always Begin With a Gentle, Hydrating Cleanser
Winter is not the season to begin using a harsh cleanser intended for removing excess oil. Even if you have acne-prone skin, it’s important to keep your skin moisturized this time of year.
If your skin feels “squeaky clean” after washing, the cleanser you’re using is stripping away too many necessary oils. A sea buckthorn-infused cleanser helps to maintain moisture balance, soothe seasonal irritation, and prepare your skin for deeper hydration.
While the face is often a focal point of winter skincare, don’t forget about the rest of your body. Sibu Cleansing Face & Body Bar is the perfect, gentle cleanser for all skin types.
Support a Hydration Barrier with Sea Buckthorn Oil Serum
After cleansing, it’s a good idea to deliver concentrated nutrients that support the hydration barrier, right to the surface of the skin.
Consider a sea buckthorn oil serum that offers antioxidant protection, deep hydration, barrier repair, and a smoother appearance to your complexion. Sibu Hydrating Facial Serum with hyaluronic acid is a great option.
Seal It In With a Gentle Moisturizer
Winter weather demands a more powerful moisturizer – yes, even if your skin is naturally oily! A moisturizer that is rich in omega fatty acids is important for locking in hydration, reducing flakiness, and calming redness that winter weather is notorious for causing.
Sibu Nourishing Face Cream is suitable for all skin types, lightweight, and loaded with nutrients and botanicals to heal and protect the skin. If your skin is extra dry during the winter months, try adding a few drops of pure sea buckthorn oil to regular moisturizer to amp up its hydrating and healing properties.
Don’t Forget to Protect Your Lips!
Why are your lips constantly dry and chapped during the winter?
The reason is that human lips have no sebaceous glands (aka oil glands) or sweat glands, which means they don’t have any natural defenses against the winter elements.
It’s extra important to give your lips extra TLC during the winter months. A light layer of sea buckthorn oil is a wonderfully nourishing way to pamper your lips, as is a light swipe of our Sibu Miracle Stick.
Speaking of which….
Keep a Miracle Stick with You at All Times
Sibu Miracle Stick is an all-in-one winter skincare superhero. Formulated with sea buckthorn seed oil and other nourishing, gentle botanicals that work synergistically to heal and protect the skin, the Miracle Stick is good for everything from chapped lips to bug bites.
Miracle Stick is perfect for:
Dry, cracked hands
Rough knuckles
Windburned cheeks
Chapped lips
Dry skin patches from the cold air
Red, irritated skin
Chapped skin
Blisters and callouses
Chaffing
Dry cuticles
Chronic skin conditions made worse by cold weather
Our Miracle Stick has a balm-like texture and comes in convenient portable packaging that is perfect for on-the-go, especially for those loving active winter lifestyles.
Lifestyle Tips for Winter Skin Health
Skincare products and routines are only part of the equation for treating your skin well during the winter. Lifestyle factors also matter, and can make the difference between skin that becomes overly sensitive in the winter, and skin that radiates with a healthy glow.
Stay Hydrated: Drinking adequate water is age-old health wisdom that never goes out of style, but did you know that we tend to drink less water in the winter?
While winter weather is drying us out from the outside, a decrease in water intake is causing dehydration from within. Make sure you’re consuming enough water and other hydrating liquids for your body and lifestyle.
Warm herbal teas, warm lemon water, and soothing broths are all wonderful on a cold day and count toward your daily fluid intake.
Avoid Hot Showers: The fact that hot water strips the skin’s natural oils is one we don’t always want to face on the coldest mornings, but it’s true. Opt for warm showers that are comfortable, and try to keep them under ten minutes if possible.
If you absolutely must have a hot shower, consider running the water extra hot for a minute to create a steamy, sauna-like environment before you hop in, then turn it down to a comfortably warm temperature during your shower.
Use a Humidifier: Indoor heating dries out the air, which in turn dries out your skin. Running a humidifier is a guaranteed way to add some much-needed moisture back into your environment. This can help your skin stay hydrated naturally, and will also help to alleviate dry eyes and nasal passages.
Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize: Moisturizer is a necessity for every type of skin during the winter. If you have naturally oily or acne-prone skin, moisturization is still important.
Choose a moisturizer that is designed for your skin type, or one that is gentle and suitable for all skin types. Apply moisturizer on your face and body while it’s still slightly damp for the best results, and reapply throughout the day as needed.
Nourish From the Inside Out: What we eat matters for winter skin health, and choosing foods that are nutrient-dense and rich in omega-fatty acids is the way to go. This winter, make sure your plate is filled with goodness like:
Omega-3 fatty acids from salmon, walnuts, and chia seeds
Vitamin E from almonds and sunflower seeds
Vitamin C from citrus fruits, berries, and peppers
Lots of healthy fats, like avocado and olive oil
To round off your winter skin diet, sea buckthorn supplements are rich in a range of omega fatty acids, including the rare omega-7, and will help to support skin health from within.
Wear Proper Clothing: Dressing properly for the weather is something many of us struggle with and are guilty of from time to time. Winter demands that we wear clothing that protects our skin, like scarves and gloves.
It’s also important that protective clothing be moisture-wicking and protect your skin from the wind and cold, without causing chaffing.
Don’t Pass on Sun Protection: Finally, just because it’s winter doesn’t mean the sun is taking a break. Winter sun is still shining those bright, penetrating UV rays down, and they’re reflecting off the snow, further increasing unexpected exposure.
Use a non-toxic SPF when you’re outside, even on cloudy days, and look for winter gear with built-in SPF protection.
Sibu Is Your Partner In Winter Skin Health
When it comes to winter skincare, it’s common to focus on what we can apply. We naturally gravitate toward thick, heavy moisturizers, hydrating masks, and balms to slather onto our skin.
While these products can be great, what really matters is what’s inside. With the right ingredients, a lightweight moisturizer can outperform the thickest cream.
Plus, there’s one winter skincare truth we can’t deny – our skin is a reflection of the nutrients we’re feeding it from within. Nutrition and supplementation matter, especially during the winter.
This is where sea buckthorn enters the picture.
Unlike so many of the skincare products out there today, Sibu sea buckthorn contains nutrients that go further than just the surface, working at a cellular level to completely heal and transform the skin. Sea buckthorn nourishes the skin, supports hydration, improves elasticity, and helps to create a strong barrier of protection on the skin surface.
The Omega-7 Advantage
Omega-7 fatty acids are less widely known than their popular siblings, like the omega-3s, but they are absolutely essential for supporting healthy skin and mucous membranes.
Omega-7 helps to maintain the moisture of mucous membranes and the skin. Sea buckthorn is one of the most abundant natural sources of omega-7 on earth, and it has been used for centuries in traditional medicine to support wellness and vitality – both inside and out.
Sea buckthorn skincare is a great way to pamper skin when it is fatigued and dull-looking from exposure to winter’s harsh elements, but adding a sea buckthorn supplement to your daily routine is the number one way to benefit from all that omega-7 has to offer.
Sibu sea buckthorn is the purest and highest quality available anywhere.
The Sibu Process and Philosophy for Winter Skincare
Our sea buckthorn berries are wild-grown and harvested from a special location high in the Himalaya Mountains. The harsh climate conditions actually make each little berry even more potent.
After being harvested at their peak, we use a process called supercritical CO2 extraction to extract the oils. This is the most effective, cleanest, and environmentally responsible method of extraction.
We prioritize ethics, sustainability, and quality in everything we do. This means that the Sibu products you use for your winter skincare contain only the purest, highest quality sea buckthorn for results that you’ll actually notice.
From seed in the Himalaya Mountain, to supporting that local community that works so hard in their partnership with us, and finally ensuring that quality comes through in our American-manufactured sea berry products, our Sibu product line is formulated to be your partner in winter skincare.
Final Thoughts: Sea Buckthorn Skincare Tips For Winter
Winter can be harsh, but it can also be fun and an opportunity to enjoy every moment, whether you’re hitting the slopes or cozying up next to a fire with a great book. No matter how you spend this winter, it’s important to know that your skin doesn’t have to suffer.
With the right ingredients, especially our nutrient-rich sea buckthorn oil skincare line, you are empowered to protect your skin, help it heal, and maintain that gorgeous, healthy glow that you’re known for all winter long.
And remember, if you want a winter skincare solution that does it all, reach for our Sibu Miracle Stick as your winter skin lifesaver.