The festive season can really take a toll on your skin, meaning that many start the new year with a complexion that’s far from flawless. If you’re looking to turn things around for your skin, read on as Celestolite shares a simple skincare reset that’s perfect for the start of the year.
Simplify Your Skincare Routine
While you may be inclined to add more products to your skincare routine to counter the issues you’re already facing this year, you should, ideally, be doing the opposite. A skincare reset means reevaluating your skin’s needs and switching up your skincare routine in accordance with these. Rather than overloading your skin with an extended routine, the best thing for your skin would be if you stripped back your skincare regimen, simplifying it so that it contains only the essentials. This will give your skin barrier a chance to recuperate from all that it has been through the previous year.
What should your new routine consist of? Here are the most important steps to include:
Cleanse Gently
Cleansing is crucial if you want a healthy complexion. However, don’t make the common mistake of using a cleanser that’s too aggressive for your skin. At this time of the year, when oil production is much lower, over-cleansing occurs all too easily.
How can you tell if a cleanser is gentle? Take a look at its ingredient list. You don’t want to see sulfates on there, as these cleansing agents are known for being harsh. Cleansers that use gentler surfactants, like the coconut-derived cleansing agents in the Celestolite Estrella Cleanser Mousse, are much more suitable. This cleanser is also infused with several moisturizing ingredients. This ensures that it doesn’t strip away the skin barrier while it cleanses.
If you happen to need a more powerful cleanse because you’ve been wearing heavy makeup or have spent the day in a heavily polluted or dirty environment, stick with gentle formulas but consider double cleansing. This is when you first cleanse with an oil-based cleanser and then follow up with a water-based cleanser. It gives you a more thorough cleanse, but so long as both cleansers are gentle, it won’t damage your skin barrier.
Apply an Antioxidant Serum
Antioxidants are ingredients that all skin types benefit from at all times of the year. They work by neutralizing the appearance of free radical damage. This keeps your complexion safe from the oxidative stress that would have other accelerated skin aging, exacerbated sensitivities, and more.
There are so many antioxidants out there – each one benefits the skin in its own way. However, some are undeniably more effective than others. Vitamin C, for instance, is famous for its exceptionally powerful antioxidant properties. This is why many choose to include a vitamin C serum in their skincare routines.
If you’d like to go down this route as well, you won’t go wrong with the Celestolite Nova Bright Glow-C Serum. In addition to providing plenty of antioxidants, it also does a great job of hydrating the skin, making it a multitasker that’s more than worth the investment.
Moisturize and Protect
You’re probably already aware of how important it is to keep your skin moisturized. A moisturizer not only gives the skin some extra moisture, but it also traps moisture in by sealing off the skin’s surface. This slows down transepidermal water loss – the rate at which moisture evaporates out of the skin.
During the day, you need to consider sun protection as well. A product like the Celestolite Nova Bright Skin Cream (SPF 30) is perfect for this as it both moisturizes and protects the skin from UV rays. This saves you from having to add a separate sunscreen to your skincare routine, enabling you to keep your routine a little simpler.
In the evenings, when sun protection isn’t needed, consider a dedicated night cream, such as the Estrella Night Cream from Celestolite. Night creams are richer than day creams, which is needed in the evenings when moisture loss increases.
Rehydrate Thirsty Skin Cells
Moisture is something that the skin often lacks at the start of the year. Not only does the winter weather pull moisture out of the skin, but indulging in the holiday festivities, which usually means copious amounts of alcohol and unhealthy foods, has a very dehydrating effect on the skin and body too.
This is why rehydrating your skin needs to be a key element of your new year skincare reset. Ideally, each product in your skincare routine should contain hydrating ingredients. However, it would also be worth adding in an extra product that really focuses on boosting the skin’s moisture content.
The Celestolite Cosmic Firming Serum always does this well. It’s infused with a blend of humectants, including sodium hyaluronate. Humectants bind moisture to the skin, providing instant hydration that your skin will definitely appreciate! For even better results, apply it while your skin is damp. This is when your skin is most permeable, which means that absorption will be enhanced.
Give Your Skin Barrier Some Much-Needed TLC
We’ve mentioned the skin barrier a few times now. It’s so important to consider it when it comes to your skincare routine since not only is it responsible for keeping allergens and impurities away, but it also plays a big role in moisture retention. The weaker your skin barrier is, the faster your skin will lose moisture.
If your current skincare routine doesn’t home in on barrier support, your skincare reset should address this. How? Firstly, by ensuring that your skincare routine contains plenty of barrier-loving ingredients. From peptides to collagen to hyaluronic acid, these ingredients, which can be found in the Celestolite Mars Stellar Serum, leave the skin barrier feeling stronger and more resilient.
In addition to making sure that your skincare routine contains ingredients that your skin barrier will love, you’ll also need to check that you aren’t using any products that are unknowingly damaging your skin barrier. Active ingredients, although beneficial in many ways, are notorious for doing this. This doesn’t mean that you need to cut all active ingredients out of your skincare routine. Instead, be mindful about how you use them. Don’t overload your skin barrier with potent compounds. A slow and gentle approach, in which milder derivatives of your favorite actives are used, will be much kinder to your skin.
Invest in LED Light Therapy
Want to try something new for your skin this year? Professional procedures that can be carried out at home are becoming increasingly popular, with LED light therapy at the top of the list. Originally created by NASA, this technology has infiltrated the skincare world, bringing very impressive results with it. An at-home LED light therapy device would be an excellent addition to your skincare reset, no matter the visible skin concerns you’re dealing with.
What, exactly, can LED light therapy help with? Just about everything! The results that you’ll see will depend on the wavelength (or color) of LED light that you use. Red is known for minimizing the appearance of skin aging, while blue is a superstar at soothing the look of puffiness.
Some devices, like the Photonix-2 Eye Wand and the Photonix-3 Neck Solution, offer multiple modes, each using a different wavelength. This enables you to tailor your LED light therapy sessions to your skin’s specific needs. You’ll be able to adjust your chosen wavelength as you progress through the year to ensure truly customized care.
Tackle the Look of Puffy Eye Bags
Tired of turning to makeup each morning to conceal those puffy bags that always seem to appear under your eyes? This is something that you can change with your skincare reset. How? By investing in eye care products that are designed to minimize the visibility of puffiness and swelling.
The Celestolite Venus Sensitive Eye Cream is one of our bestsellers for this exact reason. Dab a small amount underneath your eyes, and your skin will quickly start to look smoother and firmer.
Of course, while your skincare routine may be the focus of your skincare reset, don’t forget that your lifestyle habits will play into this too. From late nights to excessive salt intake, there are so many other factors that can contribute to puffy eyes. Improving these habits will go a long way in helping your skin.
Reset Your Skincare Stash
In addition to giving your skincare routine a reset at the start of the year, it would also be a good idea to do the same with your skincare stash. Many think that there’s nothing wrong with using old or expired products, but this isn’t true at all. In fact, when certain ingredients oxidize over time, they could end up triggering oxidative stress in your skin.
So, begin by sorting through your products and tossing out any that have expired. Instead of an expiry date, most products will have a PAO symbol somewhere on their packaging. This indicates how many months a product will be good for after it has been opened. If you can’t find this anywhere, a quick online search should give you the answers that you need.
Once that has been done, go through your in-date products. If any look, smell, or feel different from what they did when they were first opened, this is a sign that they’re no longer safe to use. Even though they may not officially be expired, some products can still expire sooner than they should. This can be due to bacterial contamination, heat exposure, and other reasons.
A Skincare Reset for 2026
While it’s not necessary to completely overhaul your skincare routine in the new year, a skincare reset can be beneficial if you haven’t been seeing the results you’ve been hoping for. Start by following the tips that we’ve shared, and you should start to see some improvements in your complexion in no time!
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