Winter Skincare Tips for Mature Faces
The winter months can challenge mature skin. Having heating on at home, the colder weather outside and a lack of natural sunlight for an important Vitamin D boost, all play their part in drying out skin.
With the lockdown we find ourselves in, it is more important than ever to look after our skin whilst we are spending the majority of our days inside. Our skin is a barometer of our health and also of our age.
With this in mind, Belle About Town spoke to Tricia Cusden, founder of Look Fabulous Forever – one of the first make-up ranges to be formulated specifically for older skin.
Tricia was in her mid-60s back in 2013 when she saw there was a real gap in the market in the beauty industry for mature women, so she launched a pioneering cosmetics range for older faces.
Look Fabulous Forever is pro-age rather than anti-age. With a selection of primers, foundations, powders, blushes, eye shadows, mascaras, brow and lip colours on offer as well as moisturisers, cleansers and accessories on offer the website is a treasure trove of beauty must-haves. Plus there are lots of tips and tutorials on the website to help older people maximise the products to their full potential.
Tricia told Belle About Town: “Having great skin as we get older is a question of protecting it as much as possible from those things which damage it, and then ensuring that you really look after and nourish it. It is so important to protect our skin from damage from both the elements and our lifestyle, and always making sure we get enough ‘beauty sleep’!
“Taking a little extra care in the winter months is important and every now and then – maybe monthly – I will treat myself to a luxury spa day. However this luxury spa day, or evening if I am busy, takes place entirely in my own home and is carried out by me!
“I am a great believer that with some time and the right products you can give any skin a beneficial boost from some tender loving attention.”
Tricia’s range of moisturisers are designed to lock in moisture, keep skin hydrated all day and protected from UV rays. Yes SPF should still be applied in Winter!
Below, we have Tricia’s tips for a beauty regime for mature skin:
- For a day moisturiser choose one that comforts and hydrates skin with a blend of multivitamins and anti-pollution actives. LFF’s day cream improves skin radiance after regular application and leaves skin feeling fresher with a natural glow
- Choose natural extracts when picking a cleansing lotion. We use natural extracts of grape leaf, olive, lemon, fennel and thyme. These active ingredients help maintain skin’s moisture balance, hydrate and protect.
- Night cream has to provide the hydration that mature skin needs. Skin restores and repairs itself overnight and this cream amplifies that process. SFF’s Deeply Dreamy cream contains hyaluronic acid to rehydrate and plump your skin and antioxidant vitamin E to soothe inflammation.
