Winter Skin Rituals
As featured on Channel 9’s Today Extra with skin and makeup expert Michael Brown
As a new Winter season approaches, cold outside air and dry indoor heating can strip the skin of essential moisture, leaving the skin feeling tight, lacking radiance and subjected to skin sensitivities. But, a few simple product switches with a focus on nourishing and calming will keep skin fresh all season.
At IKKARI, we cater for all skin types and conditions, while honouring the natural seasonal changes of skin by transitioning to richer, more nourishing rituals in Winter.
This will ensure skin results of restoring balance, calming the skin, and creating radiance.
Here are some simple product suggestions from IKKARI to care for dry Winter skin;
1. It starts in the Shower: Nourish While You Cleanse
Hot showers may ease the cold, but they can be drying for the body.
Wrap your body’s skin in hydration from the very first step of your routine.
Our Ikarian Shower Oil is an oil-to-milk cleansing ritual formulated with five replenishing plant oils to nourish, calm and protect skin. It emulsifies into a soft milk upon contact with water, gently cleansing while locking in deep moisture.
The aromatherapeutic scent transforms your shower into a spa-like ritual.
Tip: Add to your bath for a skin-softening soak that calms body and mind.
Results: Protects skin from hot showers - Body feels silky smooth and deeply moisturised
Key Ingredients: Olive Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Avocado Oil
Scent Profile: Clary Sage, Oakmoss, Cassis, Rose Absolute, Neroli, Seabuckthorn, Rosemary, Cardamom
2. Nourish and Illuminate Post-Shower
The Ikarian Shower Oil will protect your skin from hot showers & the Apothecary Hand & Body Balm is the perfect all-year-round body moisture maintenance product, but in Winter you might need that extra nourishing glow.
Seal in moisture and elevate your routine with Ikarian Body Oil.
This luxurious blend combines three potent oils to tone, firm, and nourish the skin deeply. Rich in antioxidants and essential fatty acids, it supports collagen production, softens scars, and improves texture — Also great to enhance any outfit to create an instant glam body glow.
Results: Fast absorbing illuminating nourished glow, improving skin tone and texture
Key Ingredients: Hazelnut Seed Oil, Olive Oil, Rosehip Oil
Scent Profiles: Clary Sage, Oakmoss, Cassis. Green Mandarin. Rose Absolute, Neroli, Seabuckthorn
3. Skin Renewal: A Gentle Retinol Alternative
Dry Winter skin can also cause skin sensitivities and some active ingredients can over stimulate skin, causing an unbalanced skin barrier. A gentle and natural approach is better suited during colder months to maintain calm skin.
Support your skin’s natural regeneration with Youth Restore Serum, a plant-powered retinol alternative ideal for daily use. Bakuchiol works alongside Mountain Pepperberry, Kakadu Plum and Hyaluronic Acid to refine skin texture, soften fine lines, and restore elasticity — without the irritation commonly associated with synthetic retinoids.
Results: Smooth & Firm, Plumper & Brighter looking skin
Key Ingredients: Bakuchiol, Hyaluronic Acid, Kakadu Plum, Prickly Pear, Blue Lotus
4. Calm & Soothe: Avoid Winter Skin Sensitivities
The harsh elements of Winter cold air, wind and indoor heating for some can play havoc to their skin, resulting in irritated, dry and flakey skin, often turning into skin sensitivities if left untreated.
Known as the ‘miracle elixir’, this pure cold liquid extracted Aloe Vera Solution Serum delivers the unrivalled benefits of the whole plant extract in its most bioavailable form. This healing serum is rich in antioxidants and vitamins A, C and E to help promote clarity by calming and reducing redness whilst deeply moisturising to prevent transepidermal water loss.
Results: Reduction in redness and irritation, with immediate improvement to skin radiance and hydration
Key Ingredients: Aloe Barbadensis Extract, Sodium Benzoate
5. Restore Balance with Deep Facial Nourishment
Lack of moisture and nourishment is the biggest change to our skin during Winter and adding a lightweight face oil can help care for skin deeply.
The multi-purpose miracle oil, Restorative Face Oil, is a nourishing blend of natural plant oils to rescue the complexion and restore skin barrier function. Bakuchiol, nature’s answer to retinol, smoothes fine lines as it boosts collagen, while seabuckthorn soothes inflammation — ideal for skin that feels dry, tight or sensitive during the colder months.
Results: Improving overall skin health, with hydrated, smooth and more supple looking skin
Key Ingredients: Prickly Pear Oil, Chia Seed Oil, Camellia Seed Oil, Seabuckthorn, Bakuchiol
6. The Skin Saviour for Every Dry Spot
Your Winter best friend and on-the-go travel skin saviour this season to protect against the elements!
Don’t leave home without our multitasking Skin Saviour Balm! A spot treatment nourishing balm for lips, cuticles, elbows, and any dry patches needing extra care or use as an all-over protective skin barrier cream for the face at night as a last step to lock in nourishment - Especially if you are using indoor heating.
Formulated with Olive and Rosehip oils to repair and renew, Beeswax to lock in moisture, and Camellia Seed Oil to hydrate below the surface.
Results: Skin is protected and soothed for long term nourishment
Key Ingredients: Olive Oil, Rosehip Oil, Beeswax, Camellia Seed Oil, Vitamin E
Embrace the Ritual
Winter may bring harsh elements, but it also invites moments of pause and restoration. With IKKARI’s curated ritual of oils, nourishing serums, and botanical balms, your skincare becomes more than maintenance — it becomes a seasonal practice of self-care, calm, and renewal.