A guide to winter skincare: how to keep skin hydrated on a budget

Written by Sofia Urcuyo | Graphics by Juana Garcia

For your body

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream: This cream is great, dermatologist approved for all skin types, is found at any drugstore and is great at preventing cracks in your skin in winter. Even if we are always bundled up, you never know how pesky winter wind sneaks in and dries out your skin. This is great at trapping hydration with its hyaluronic acid, keeping your skin smooth and hydrated all winter long.

For your face

CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser: Whether you cleanse twice or once a day or every other day, it’s important to not dry out your skin especially in winter when leaving the house can make your eyes water. This cleanser has a creamy formula that helps prevent dryness and is good for dry to normal skin types, but if you happen to have a bit more oil, CeraVe also makes a foaming facial cleanser for oily and normal skin types that leaves skin hydrated while removing excess oils from your face.

Neutrogena HydroBoost Gel Cream: This cream has a water-based formula that absorbs nicely, feels like a cloud on your face, and has optimum hydration for facing the day or night. It also works great under makeup and contains hyaluronic acid to really protect your face from dry weather. It works for oily, dry, or normal skin for a boost of hydration.

Neutrogena HydroBoost Water Gel Sunscreen

Lotion: Sunscreen is an essential in even in the dark winter, use it every day, reapply as often as you need and never forget it! This sunscreen has the same consistency as the moisturizer above, so it is super hydrating, super smooth, great under makeup, and leaves no white cast. This sunscreen is perfect for everyday and also works under rain or snow.

For your lips

Vaseline Lip Therapy: This lip moisturizer takes the best Vaseline has to offer and makes it specially formulated for your lips. In winter you cannot forget your lips, they are an extra sensitive part of your face and can easily get chapped. You don’t even need to buy the lip therapy, buy a little tub of Vaseline and make it work for you. This moisturizer is 2 Chainz approved, and a staple for hundreds of families, you know that tub of Vaseline that you or your family have had for 6 years and seems to never run out? Yeah, it works.