Our winter skin care favourites - ORESTA mindful beauty

Our winter skin care favourites

 

While we love winter, the cold temperatures and chilling winds can wreak havoc on our skin. Add to this the moisture zapping of central heating and we have the perfect recipe for dry, dehydrated, chapped skin. At ORESTA, our rule of thumb is that when you turn on your furnace, it’s time to elevate hydration and moisture to protect and support your winter skin.

Here are our favourites:

 

Ilia Lip Wrap Hydrating Mask

Show your winter lips some love! We focus on nourishing our skin and often forget our lips. This ultra hydrating and restorative lip balm nourishes our lips with moisture-boosting sea succulent, plumping hyaluronic acid, exfoliating papaya enzymes and hydrating antioxidant-rich mango butter to smooth and soften winter lips.

Laurel Night Balm

Treat you skin to this healing and nourishing blend of 27 luxurious ingredients to hydrate, soothe and support winter skin. Calendula, pomegranate, sea buckthorn and comfrey calm and plump the skin while rose, sandalwood and myrrh essential oils restore the skin. Ideal for daytime or nighttime after applying your elixir and serum.


Strawberry Rhubarb Masque

You cannot over masque and with this masque you'll want to mask every day! Elevate your skin by adding this hydrating masque to your daily, biweekly or weekly winter skin care routine . Strawberries gently exfoliate while the rhubarb and vegan-friendly hyaluronic acid calm and plump skin. Apply at bath time or layer over your serum as an overnight treatment for a hydrated glow.

Moroccan Beldi Bath Ritual

KAHINA's new Argan Oil Beldi Soap is made from saponified olive oil and Argan Oil to repair, moisturize and soften skin. Perfect for those with sensitive skin. Incorporate with the Kessa Mitt to improve circulation, detoxify and exfoliate winter skin.

KAHINA's new Argan Oil Beldi Soap is made from saponified olive oil and Argan Oil to repair, moisturize and soften skin. Perfect for those with sensitive skin. Incorporate with the Kessa Mitt to improve circulation, detoxify and exfoliate winter skin.

Camellia Glow Solid Face Oil

If you've hesitated trying a facial oil, let the love affair begin. This face oil in a jar is a blend of camellia, hemp seed and marula oils in a solid face balm. It rejuvenates, softens, smoothes, hydrates and repairs winter skin. Infused with Pink Tourmaline gemstones, it also encourages positive thoughts and penetrates beautifully into the skin leaving a truly radiant smooth glow. Apply following your toner/elixir.

Goe Oil

A definite winter favourite around here. Goe oil is a semisolid all over body oil in a tube. This multitasker contains 28 healing oils and butters including rosehip, hemp, meadow foam, rice bran, avocado, grapeseed, mango and pumpkin seed. Use it on your cuticles, feet, heels, elbows , knees, hair... a truly all over oil to nourish our winter skin and hair.

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