5 Natural Ingredients Your Skin Needs Right Now
As the weather turns cooler, it’s time to give our skin a bit of extra love. Look for products that contain the following super-charged, all-natural ingredients to treat your skin to maximum moisture. Best of all, these ingredients can be found in both luxe and budget-friendly buys.
LANOLIN | The origin of lanolin is the wool of shorn sheep and it not only hydrates but also locks in moisture by forming a protective barrier.
Best buys: Weleda Skin Food, $15.95, adorebeauty.com.au | Lanolips 101 Ointment, $18.95, lanolips.com.au
SQUALANE | Extracted from olives, squalane is renowned as a super-hydrator, so it’s a great one to be slathering on during winter. Its lightweight texture makes it a good option if you don’t like a heavy feeling on your skin. It absorbs quickly and won’t clog your pores. Tip: always use an oil on damp, warm skin and use your fingers to pat into skin.
Best buys: Kiehl’s Creme de Corps (Body), $128, davidjones.com.au | The Ordinary 100% Plant-derived Squalane, $13.90, adorebeauty.com.au
JOJOBA OIL | Not actually an oil, jojoba is a liquid wax, cold-pressed from seeds. It rebalances and nourishes all types of skin: I use it on my super-dry skin and my teenagers use it on their acne-prone skin because it doesn’t block pores.
Best buys: The Jojoba Company’s Australian Jojoba, $19.95, thejojobacompany.com.au | Nivea Soft Creme, $9.82, chemistwarehouse.com.au
KAKADU PLUM | An Australian native in demand internationally for its high concentration of skin-brightening and age spot-fading vitamin C.
Best buys: Dior Capture Youth Glow Booster, $162, dior.com | Ipsum Best Skin Enriching Face Oil, $58, ipsumskin.com
BAKUCHIOL | The latest “it” ingredient, this plant-derived alternative to wrinkle-reducing, but often-irritating, retinol is more gentle, so it can be used on sensitive skin.
Best buys: Ole Henriksen Goodnight Glow Retin-Alt Sleeping Creme, $88, sephora.com.au | Biossance Serum, $110, sephora.com.au
Words_ Adriana Donnola, shopwithabeautyeditor.com
Photos_ Evie Shaffer + Karolina Grabowska/Pexels + Sourced