6 simple ways to keep your skin happy over the holidays
The holiday season can be tough on skin. More sun, salt and wind, late nights, travel, disrupted routines, and less time to slow down and care for yourself can all show up on your face and body.
When life feels fuller, skincare is often one of the first things to fall off the list. But caring for your skin doesn’t need to be complicated or time-consuming to be effective.
Here are six simple, realistic ways to support your skin through the holiday season, without adding pressure or overwhelm.
1. Simplify, don’t add
This isn’t the season for complicated skincare routines. A gentle cleanse and a nourishing moisturiser will do far more for your skin than layering products you don’t have time to use consistently.
Something as simple as removing your makeup each night with an oil cleanse can make a noticeable difference on its own. Cleansing well allows your skin to rest, repair, and rebalance overnight.
2. Moisturise while skin is still slightly damp
Applying your moisturiser or balm to slightly damp skin helps seal in hydration and improves absorption. Whether it’s after a shower or a quick rinse at the sink, this small habit can make a big difference.
3. Be consistent, not perfect
Perfection isn’t required for healthy skin. Consistency is far more important.
If you miss a night or skip a step, don’t stress. Skin responds best to gentle, regular care over time rather than occasional bursts of effort followed by long gaps.
4. Support your skin barrier
Summer conditions and holiday routines can be stressful for the skin barrier. Sun exposure, wind, salt water, air-conditioning, and late nights can all contribute to dryness, sensitivity, and irritation.
Focusing on barrier-supporting fats helps keep skin calm, resilient, and comfortable, allowing it to better protect itself from environmental stressors.
5. Keep skincare within reach
Where you keep your skincare matters. A small jar on the bathroom sink, bedside table, in your nappy bag, or handbag makes it far more likely you’ll actually use it.
Convenience removes friction, and small, consistent habits add up over time.
6. Don’t skip nourishment, especially minerals
What you put into your body matters just as much as what you put on your skin.
During the holidays, routines often change. Meals become irregular, sugar intake creeps up, hydration drops, and mineral-rich foods are often the first thing to fall away. Skin can feel this quickly, showing up as dryness, congestion, dullness, or sensitivity.
Minerals play a quiet but essential role in skin health. They support hydration, barrier function, repair, and overall resilience. When the body is depleted, the skin is often one of the first places it shows.
This doesn’t mean striving for perfection. It simply means anchoring your days with nourishment where you can. A few simple, supportive habits can go a long way:
Adding a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of good-quality salt to your water
Prioritising mineral-rich meals, even if they’re simple
Cooking slow, nourishing foods like broths, stews, soups, and roasts
Including quality proteins and good fats to support skin repair
Remembering to eat regularly during busy days, rather than running on caffeine alone
Skincare works best as part of a bigger picture. When the body is nourished, skin is better able to respond to the care you’re giving it externally.
A gentle APPROACH
Skin is deeply connected to the rest of the body. Hydration, nourishment, sleep, stress, and the season you’re in all show up on the skin in one way or another.
During busy times, gentleness goes a long way. Your skin doesn’t need perfection or rigid routines. It needs consistency, nourishment, and care that fits into real life.
If a low-fuss, multi-use approach feels supportive right now, simple formulations designed to nourish and protect the skin barrier can help streamline things.
However you move through the holiday season, may your skincare feel steady, supportive, and nourishing, and may you feel whole in the ways that matter most.