These Skin Treatments Will Make You Glow Head to Toe—Even in the Dead of Winter

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Winter is a precarious time for our skin. Dryness and dullness are veritable concerns, and without close supervision, the natural, healthy glow we worked so hard to achieve over the spring and summer disappears with alarming swiftness. Also, the disco-bronze formulas and sparkling tinctures we relied on in July don't necessarily feel appropriate for December, January, and February. We want to glow, but this time of year, we have specific skin standards that are a bit more subtle and believable. 

Luckily, we have an arsenal of winter skin treatments on deck that not only help to renew our skin and fortify quick-to-crack and flake limbs with hydration but encourage a lit-from-within kind of glow to boot. Sure, we have a few gold and shimmery-spiked formulas in the mix, but only ones that lend a minimalist sheen that's gleam-y—not glittery. Keep scrolling for 15 essential winter skin treatments that will seriously upgrade your skincare and bodycare routines this season. 

Beauty Director

Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content for Who What Wear for over four years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie and Who What Wear family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor. She considers her day-to-day beauty aesthetic very low-maintenance and relies on staples like clear brow serum (from Kimiko!), Lawless's Lip Plumping Mask in Cherry Vanilla, and an eyelash curler. For special occasions or days when she's taking more meetings or has an event, she'll wear anything and everything from Charlotte Tilbury (the foundations are game-changing), some shimmer on her lids (Stila and Róen do it best), and a few coats of the best mascara-type product on earth, Surratt's Noir Lash Tint.