Our skin should definitely not be an afterthought when focusing on keeping warm this winter. It is important to provide your skin with additional moisture, nourishment and attention during the winter season. Selvan Naicker, brand manager for body lotions and crèmes brand Clere Active, says that the considerable effect cold air has on our skin should not be underestimated.

Naicker says that summer bodies are made in winter, and that to ensure you look your best when stepping out on Spring Day, you should do all you can to keep your skin from becoming dry and itchy this winter. He provides some tips for keeping skin moisturised and nourished:

• Avoid very hot showers and baths. We all look forward to warming our bodies after a long, hard day, but the extreme heat will dry out your skin.
• Typically, during winter we forget to drink water. It is important to keep up your H20 quantities to help hydrate your skin from the inside out.
• Introduce an extra nourishing body crème into your skincare routine to combat the drying effects of the cold and heaters. Clere Active’s Herbal Camphor Crème has all the right ingredients to keep both men and women’s skin hydrated and nourished during winter. The crème’s diverse regenerating properties of camphor oil can help to moisturise typical winter problem areas such as knees, elbows and feet.

“Camphor has many benefits for the skin, and it is an ingredient which has long been regarded as an all-encompassing healing agent, across various skin ailments,” says Naicker. “It is just the ingredient your skin needs to ensure it continues to look good this winter.”