The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration, and indulgence, but the aftermath can leave our skin feeling dull, dehydrated, and imbalanced. Late nights, rich foods, and fluctuating temperatures may have taken a toll, leading to breakouts, blemishes, and dark circles. As we bid farewell to the holidays, it's time to embark on a journey to restore your skin's natural balance and reclaim that radiant glow. In this blog post, we'll explore effective post-holiday skincare routines and tips to help your skin recover and thrive.
6 Skin Balancing Tips
Did the holidays steal your healthy skin radiance? At Stamina, we specialize in recovering skin balance through holistic skin wellness. Start by restoring the body's equilibrium with hydration, a healthy diet, and adequate rest. Treat your skin with Stamina's Cosmetics adaptogenic skincare, featuring a blend of skin adaptogens that protect, equilibrate, and revitalize the skin. We call this best resilient skin combo, Stamina Complex.
Hydration is Key
One of the initial steps in reviving your skin after the holidays is ensuring proper hydration. Increased alcohol consumption, sugary treats, and festive feasts can dehydrate your skin, leaving it dull, sallow and flaky. So rehydrating inside out and outside in is optimal to restore water balance in the skin and the rest of the body. Start by drinking plenty of water to flush out toxins and hydrate your body from within (intake of 8-ounce glass of water 8 times per day should do the trick for most of us). Additionally, incorporate hydrating skincare products like mists, moisturizers, serums, and masks to replenish your vulnerable skin barrier.
Combat oxidative stress caused by holiday over-indulgences by incorporating antioxidant-rich skincare products into your routine. Ingredients like vitamin C, E, and green tea extract help neutralize free radicals, protect your skin from environmental damage, and promote a healthier complexion.
Stamina offers the Stamina Intention Moisturizer, a lightweight, oil-free moisturizer ideal for dry, sensitive, stressed, irritated skin, and vulnerable skin. It contains a powerhouse of skin adaptogens to strengthen with curcumin, hydrate with cordyceps mushrooms and energize with guarana. It promotes a clear complexion, dewy skin moisture, and radiance with antioxidants, green tea and niacinamide.
Brighten the Eye Area
One of the most telling signs that our skin is unbalanced are the dreaded dark circles. Although our Stamina Intention Moisturizer helps to restore radiance on facial, neck and decolletage areas ( including the delicate eyelid skin), if you are searching for an eye cream dedicated to brighten under eye shadows, here are some refreshing ones: Avene Hyaluron Eye Cream and Lumiere Eye Cream.
Hydrating Cleansing
Reset your skincare routine with a gentle cleanser to remove holiday makeup, excess oil, and impurities without stripping your skin of its natural oils. Opt for a mild, hydrating skin cleanser to maintain your skin's balance and prevent over-drying. Some of our favorites include Cetaphil Gentle Cleansing Cloths and Cerave Hydrating Cleanser.
The Stamina Calming Mist is suitable for all skin types. Containing a gentle, yet powerful adaptogen, Hypochlorous acid, with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Stamina spray improves skin’s resilience and radiance via cleansing and soothing benefits. It’s a great on-the-go cleansing and hydrating spray to calm the skin on the face and the body.
Gently Exfoliate to Renew
Post-holiday, your skin may appear lackluster due to the buildup of dead skin cells. Integrate a gentle exfoliation routine into your skincare regimen to slough off dead skin cells and promote cell turnover. Choose a chemical exfoliant with ingredients like glycolic acid or lactic acid for a smoother, more radiant complexion.
Perfect for this is the Stamina Mask, a therapeutic mask polish-peel clarifying mask that helps reduce breakouts and blemishes. It purifies with kaolin clay, hydrates with adaptogenic tamanu & rosehip oils, smooths with hyaluronic acid and aloe, and brightens the skin with licorice and gentle glycolic acid. Use this delicious blueberry beauty mask twice a week during your skin care ritual and notice an immediate skin glow!
Mindful Makeup Choices
Give your skin a breather by choosing lightweight makeup options. Consider using a tinted moisturizer with sunscreen instead of a heavy foundation to allow your skin to recover while still enjoying a polished look, such as Elta MD Elements or Alastin Hydratint. Be sure to remove your makeup thoroughly at the end of the day to promote skin renewal.
Quality Sleep
Recharge your skin by prioritizing quality sleep. During deep sleep, your skin undergoes repair and regeneration. Ensure you get 7-9 hours of uninterrupted sleep to support your skin's circadian rhythms and natural renewal process.
The Stamina Sleeping Serum is ideal for a nightly routine. The spray-gel restores balance to the skin, reduces skin stress, and redness, breakouts and blemishes while bringing joy back to your daily skin regimen.
As the holiday season winds down, taking a proactive approach to restore your skin's balance is crucial to reestablish its best performance and cadence. Embrace a skincare routine that focuses on hydration, gentle cleansing, exfoliation, and nourishment to bring back your skin's natural radiance. With a little TLC, you'll bid farewell to post-holiday skin woes and welcome a healthier, glowing complexion.
When using our products in a holistic skincare ritual, Stamina Synergy integrates mindfulness, breathwork, intentions, affirmations, gratitude and visualization to enhance our overall well-being. You Got This!
Be Well and Happy & Healthy 2024!
By Dr. Marianna Blyumin-Karasik,
Founder of Stamina® Cosmetics
