In cold wind and frosty temperatures outside, our skin is particularly stressed. From a temperature below 8 degrees Celsius, the sebaceous glands reduce their activity. The warm air from the heating inside draws additional moisture from our skin. The result: a weakened skin barrier, dry, irritated, itchy or cracked skin with feelings of tension.
Good facial care should therefore protect and rebuild the skin barrier on cold days. This works best with the skin-identical ingredients in natural facial oils, which strengthen the skin's protective barrier, prevent pollutants from penetrating and improve the skin's ability to bind moisture.
What makes face oils so special?
Organic Face Oils are rich, highly effective, smoothing and balancing - the perfect companion on cold days. They are the optimal care for every skin type - sensitive, dry or mature skin as well as combination skin. Even for oily, blemish-prone skin, face oils are an essential part of any skin care routine. High-quality face oils protect the skin from drying out, but at the same time allow it to breathe.
As an essential prerequisite face oils should not consist of refined and deodorized oils, but of untreated, cold-pressed plant oils. These are rich in antioxidants serving as a protective defense for the plant. Facial oils with a high content of natural antioxidants are not only cosmetically effective, but can even have medically proven healing effects.
In their composition, facial oils are very similar to the skin's own lipids, forming the protective skin barrier. They cover our skin like a protective shield, hydrating and long time locking in moisture. Originated from sun-ripened seeds and fruits, facial oils regenerate the skin with natural vitamins, essential fatty acids and skin-identical lecithins as the main component of our cell membranes. In this way, they strongly counteract environmentally caused cell damage.
Face oils for all skin types and individual needs
When looking for a high-quality facial oil, make sure that it suits your skin type and your individual skin needs. For example, cold-pressed evening primrose, jojoba and hemp oil soothe sensitive, irritated skin prone to redness and irritation. Schizandra with its high content of vitamins A, C, E and B6 is also an ideal component of facial oils for sensitive, stressed and hypersensitive skin.
Dry and mature skin with dryness wrinkles benefits from antioxidant plant oils above all. Pomegranate, rosehip seed, argan or sea buckthorn pulp oils are extremely rich in antioxidants - stimulating the tissue's cell renewal and providing new elasticity for your complexion with a rejuvenating glow. Astaxanthin and magnolia bark are highly powerful natural antioxidants as well. They are among the absolute premium ingredients for anti-aging face oils. As natural UV blockers with anti-inflammatory properties, they counteract light-induced skin aging by inflammation.
Having sensitive combination skin prone to blemishes and pimples, your facial oil should by no means contain comedogenic ingredients. Comedogenic oils tend to clog pores causing blemishes, pimples, and acne. While comedogenic oils can definitely be recommendable for dry or mature skin, blemished or combination skin reacts with pimples or pustules. Recommended oils for this skin type are above all cold-pressed grapeseed oil, jojoba, argan, black cumin and tamanu oil. These so-called dry oils are very quickly absorbed by the skin without leaving a greasy sheen. In particular, the precious cold-pressed organic grape seed oil is known to facilitate the skin's own sebum flow and prevent clogged pores. Cold-pressed grapeseed oil also contains an extremely high proportion of cell-protecting linoleic acid. It is an essential part of the skin barrier alleviating skin disorders such as acne, neurodermatitis or psoriasis.
Herbal UV protection in autumn and winter
Although the sun is weaker in autumn, a light UV protection is recommended in the transition period as well. Valuable cold-pressed Avellana and Karanja oil with their holistic, plant-based UV protection factor 10 in combination with highly effective antioxidants provide a perfect protective skin care - without impairing the body's own essential vitamin D production.
Application of facial oils
Apply your face oil only sparingly, drop by drop, to your wet or damp skin with a pipette or a pump dispenser. Face oils thus form a short term emulsion penetrating deep into the skin. It is best recommended applying your face oil after a toner or a facial serum. As a versatile all-rounder, a face oil is furthermore perfectly suitable for enriching your day or night cream - for a long term soft and silky skin.
