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Save Your Skin This Winter With These Product Recommendations

image via: @sknperfct Aesthetic beauty products aren’t cutting it during this season, as temperatures continue to drop, our skin needs some extra TLC. In order to achieve healthy skin during harsh winters, you must use products that focus on 1. Moisture and 2. Protecting the skin barrier. We understand that performing skincare items don’t come cheap, with that in mind, we’ve included some budget friendly options to choose from. Here are our top pick items that ACTUALLY work. Disclaimer: A lot of these recommendations are multi-use. Little Miss Baddie on a Budget HANDS Weleda Skin Food: $19.99 This ultra rich multi purpose formula is a cult fav, its potent ingredients work hard to keep hands moisturized. FACE La Roche Posay Cicsplast B5 Soothing Repairing Balm: $16.50 This product is a cult fav, its ability to protect and promote a healthy skin barrier locks in your moisturizer to perform at its best. This is a must have item. LIPS Glossier Balm Dot Com in Brown: $15 This lip balm is an all in one: it heals chapped lips, provides a beautiful hue (comes in a wide range of colors and flavours) and it lasts forever. You don’t need much plus its has a long lasting wearability. BODY Bio-oil body lotion: $15.99 This bio-oil infused lotion provides a non-greasy finish with all day moisture. It is infused with essential oils such as: Vitamins A, E & F; Rosehip, Sunflower seed, Jojoba, Shea Oils. Best of all it is suitable for Sensitive skin and is non-comedogenic. MULTIPURPOSE (hands, lips, feet) Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm: $14.59 If you need to chose one product from our list it would be this one. This product is a game changer, especially for lips. This multipurpose product regenerates the skin fast. We suggest keeping this product in your car or gym bag so that its with you on the go. Even popular content creator Noorie Ana swears by this stuff. Best part is Aquaphor is fragrance free, latex free, and hypoallergenic. Little Miss Beauty Splurger HANDS Chanel Le Lift hand cream: $90.00 We know, its a pretty penny. This is because Chanel uses 90% of naturally-derived ingredients. This formula includes botanical alfalfa concentrate that is extracted from a thousand-year-old plant known for its remineralizing and nutritional properties. An added bonus: a little goes a long way. FACE Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Advanced Repair Barrier Cream: $55 This product is the new kid on the block as it relates to skin barrier products. This product contains beta-glucan (hyaluronic acid’s bigger sister) and collodial oatmeal which works to create a film over the skin’s barrier aiding to lock in hydration and sealing moisture. What makes this product stand out from the rest is its ability to seep into 10 layers of skin through multi-lamellar technology. LIPS Dr. Barbara Sturm lip balm: $70.00 This lip balms light weight formula is packed with vitamin e not only protecting against dehydration but also free radicals. BODY Costa Brazil Creme Para O Corpo Body Cream: $98.00 This body cream consists of rich antioxidant ingredients derived from the amazon rainforest such as Kaya, Cacay and Breu Resin which help boost hydration, firmness, texture and tone.

Close to 50% of Millennial’s are Concerned with Their Sleep, Here’s Why

Image via: Pinterest Utilizing a quick google search, we wanted to learn what topics are millennial’s most concerned with in attempt to understanding purchasing trends and identifying needs that can be serviced. To our surprise, the results were a lot more somber than anticipated. A research study conducted in the U.S with women aged 25-35 found that millennial women in this age group are most concerned with stress, mental health and sleep. While all three topics are quite serious in their own right, we understand that these critical topics are not mutually exclusive. In the next coming weeks, we will break down the following topics during our Wellness Wednesday posts on Instagram and we wanted to start off with addressing your sleep. Ensuring you are getting good sleep can help you in many ways which include but are not limited to; boosting your mood, providing you with good energy and can help prevent future health problems. Women are more likely to be affected by insomnia based on the different hormonal cycles through their life. These cycles include, during your menstrual cycles, pregnancy and menopause. Did you know women require more sleep than men? To support good hormonal health and to ensure your adrenals are in full swing to support you through your busy life, it is recommended women sleep a whopping 8-10 hours in comparison to their male counterparts who can get away with 6 hours per day (add research study). Unfortunately, fewer than two thirds of women are getting anywhere near the recommended amount of sleep. Getting good quality sleep is vital in preventive minor health complications but also serious health issues which can have life long. To support you in your health journey your quality of sleep is something that should be at the top of 2023 mood board and we curated a list of LP Editor-approved products to ensure you are getting those required hours of sleep.