How to say bye-bye to winter skin?

By Céline Champigny

Spring’s arrival stimulates certain biological mechanisms in the skin. After winter, it gradually rebalances: discomfort decreases, and texture needs change. Unlike in winter, it’s often the right time to reduce the amount of facial oils used during the cold season and increase hydration-boosting serums, so you can create lighter emulsions yourself—better suited to spring.

But first...

Here’s a gentle, detoxifying spring routine to do at home.

Avoid harsh scrubs: the epidermis may be weakened by winter, and overly mechanical exfoliation can further irritate it.

At-home spring detox routine

	1) Enzymatic exfoliation Start with an enzymatic exfoliation using our Caviar Rouge jelly powder mask (with Canadian fruits). After the mask, Gently pat the skin dry with a tissue.
	2) Oil cleansing (on dry skin) With dry hands on a dry face, apply 3 to 4 pumps of Beauté Divine. Gently massage for 1 minute.
	3) DIY steam sauna (7 to 10 minutes) Next, expose the face coated with cleansing oil to a DIY steam sauna: a bowl of hot water + a towel over your head, for 7 to 10 minutes. Steam helps dilate pores and the cleansing oil helps dislodge impurities clogging them. Massage one last time to emulsify the oil with the moisture, then: rinse with a cloth soaked in warm water, finish with a cold-water rinse. Delicate, reactive, or rosacea-prone skin should refrain.
	4) Let the skin breathe To close out this detox routine, give your skin a break: no makeup (or very little) for a few days.

Custom skincare

At Corpa Flora, we work with:

• skin hydration through hydration-boosting serums,

• skin nourishment through facial oils.

The benefit of combining two formulas is being able to adjust the amount of each according to the skin’s needs… and the seasons.

All Corpa Flora formulas can be used year-round, but here are our spring favorites.

Our spring essentials

To detoxify the skin

The Caviar Rouge exfoliating jelly mask: a perfect treatment for all skin types, delivering an immediate “beautiful skin” effect.

To plump and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Day A lightweight, fast-absorbing formula: Antidote 01 Firming facial oil, our plant-based botox. It’s excellent paired with a hydration-boosting serum: Antidote Hb5 or Antidote H+.

To boost cellular renewal in spring

Night Our bio-retinol Antidote 02 Vitality: a formula that’s especially interesting in spring, after deep winter cold. Always use it paired with a hydration-boosting serum. Antidote 02 contains 0.5% bakuchiol and can sometimes increase skin dryness in mature skin during winter. Spring is therefore an excellent season to integrate it into your routine. It’s also a must-have for oily skin, morning and night—always with sunscreen (minimum SPF 30).

To prepare your skin for spring sun

A sunscreen is recommended for skin that had little sun exposure during winter. The melanocyte (the cell that pigments the skin) is no longer “used to” UV rays, so it’s important to let the skin adapt gently with high protection.

Application guide:

• about 1 teaspoon for the face and neck,

• reapply every 2 hours.

Caviar Rouge enzymatic mask CA$50.00 Buy Now	Antidote 01 - Firming CA$70.00 Buy Now	Antidote 02 - Vitality CA$88.00 Buy Now
Antidote Hb5 CA$69.00 Buy Now	Antidote H+ - Hydration Booster Smoothing & Brightening serum CA$69.00 Buy Now	Beauté Divine CA$44.00 Buy Now