This roundup of clean and efficient skincare brands are fantastic for seasonal gifting or to see you through the season with aplomb, a rosy glow, illumination, hydration and well-nourished skin.
Viking Beauty Secrets— Organic Skincare from Iceland
Viking Beauty Secrets are crafted with natural and certified organic ingredients from Northern Europe, where “clean beauty” is assumed and taken for granted. All Viking Beauty Secrets have been Greenlife Ecocert COSMOS Organic or Natural Certification as well as Leaping Bunny cruelty-free certification, and they are sustainably made.
The Exfoliating Face Scrub with Icelandic Black Volcanic Sand, Rowmanberries and Raspberry Seed Oil is a unisex treat for the skin and has garnered six international awards. The Scrub & Night Cream combo is The Perfect Pair to prep-and-cleanse skin before applying the nutrient-rich Night Cream. The Organic Certified Eye Cream with aloe leaf juice, jojoba seed oil, chamomile, rowanberry, vitamin E, sea buckthorn fruit extract, cloudberry, and more reduces fine lines and replenishes moisture — and the Night Cream rejuvenates with vitamins C, E, and antioxidant-rich cloudberries, sea buckthorn, rowanberries, aloe leaf, and hyaluronic acid. Channel your inner Viking glow HERE.
Zen Essentials – Clean, Restorative, Vegan
The collection of five Zen Essential Products from Alexes Hazen cover all of the revitalizing, radiance-boosting bases for healthy skin in all seasons. The Zen Essential Scrub refines, brightens, exfoliates and invigorates your skin, while the Milky Facial Cleansing Drops imparts a glow as it purifies, cleanses and delivers probiotics; the Longevity Drops will plump, soften, tighten, and rejuvenate. The Zen Hydration Bomb will firm, smooth, soothe, and hydrate, and the Zen Essential Scar Cream nourishes, restores, hydrates and smooths as well. Choose from Longevity Drops, Milky Facial Cleansing Drops, Zen Essential Scar Cream, Zen Essential Scrub, and the Zen Hydration Bomb or bundle all five for the holidays. Visit Zen Essentials HERE.
Jindilli Body Melt – Indulgence Extraordinaire
Jindilli’s spa-grade, multitasking products are a boon for skin during cold months because they’re infused with pure macadamia oil to heal, repair and nourish. The Cleanse Bar, Body Butter, Jindilli Pure Macadamia Oil, Jindilli Walkabout Foot Scrub, and Jindilli Hydra-Opulence are all fantastic.There is astounding bio-nutrient richness in the red Australian soils from which their products originate. Micronutrients concentrate in the nuts, the nuts surrender these nutrients in their oil, and you benefit through their oil, lotions and scrubs.Macadamia oil is extracted using a cold-press method so as to preserve these key nutrients. These are sustainably grown Australian trees and people with nut allergens need not worry. Indulge in spa-grade barrier cream, body wraps, and much more. Check out jindilli.com/
GLO By Glen – A Powerhouse Skincare Quartet
Founded by Dr. Glenicia Nosworthy, GLO By Glen has you covered in many effective ways with their suite of skin-saving products that encompass, among many others: Glo Lactic (exfoliation + hydration with lactic acid, peptide complex, a humectant system, and micronutrients), Clarte Photo Corrector (calms, soothes and repairs with chlorophyll, green tea polyphenols, melatonin, and hyaluronic acid), L’eclat Vitality Elixir (age defying term with 20% vitamin C complex, antioxidant system, and vitamin E), and the Glo Green Tea Antioxidant Clarifier (cleanses and calms with green tea polyphenols, amblica, ectoin, Pro Vitamin B, chamomile, cucumber, and Yucca root). Visit GloByGlenSkin.com and Follow @GLOBYGLENSKIN
Geske – Relief for Weary Peepers
This warm and cool eye energizer results in bright eyes without darks circles and eye bags through the combination of several advanced technologies: a SmartAppGuided™ Warm & Cool Eye Energizer that reduces under-eye puffiness, fatigue, dry eyes, dark circles and fine lines. The SmartAppGuided™ Warm & Cool Eye Energizer dramatically improves absorption and efficacy of your favorite eye cream or serum. Its SmartSonic Pulsation Technology has more than 11,000 sonic pulsations per minute and Energizing Eye Cooling and Relaxing Eye Warming technologies, which delivers a uniform surface-heating to 45°C / 113 F for 90 seconds. Increased temperature relaxes tired eyes, encourages blood flow, and accelerates the delivery of nutrients and oxygen. The cooling aspect gently cools the skin to 19°C/66 F. In just 15 seconds per eye, your eyes are revitalized and blood vessels are constricted, making dark circles less visible and reducing eye swelling and under-eye puffiness. This useful, thoroughly fun gift can now be found at Walgreens stores and HERE.
PRAI Beauty – The Gold Standard of Facial Oil
Cold weather ushers in dull, dry skin and facial oil is just what the dermatologist ordered for creating a protective barrier against environmental stressors. To also add a luminous finish to the skin, go for the gold with the game-changing Prai Beauty 24K Gold Precious Oil Drops. Warm this oil in your hands, then gently press into skin to reduce inflammation and to impart a lovely shimmer. Avocado oil ensures intense hydration without the greasiness, and your skin will feel delightfully quenched. Shop all of the PRAI beauty offerings at PraiBeauty.com, and shop HERE for for 24k Gold Collection.
Bel Essence – Clean, Potent, Sustainable and Cruelty-Free Skincare for Everyone
Bel Essence offers full body skin care for every skin type, and especially for sensitive skin. Whether you want to banish lines and signs of aging, dry and damaged skin, oily skin and breakouts, or general all-over hydration. Reasonably priced and rife with clean-ingredients, Bel Essence offers facial moisturizers tailored to your particular skin type, as well as skin-restoring body butter cream that softens and soothes skin with deep hydration for all skin types. Find it all HERE. We especially love their Hydrating and Skin Restoring Face Balm tailored to men to moisturize and protect skin all throughout this season.
Grace + Stella Energizing Eye Masks – Energy for Your Eyes
We all need some extra vigor this season. Grace + Stella offers an extensive collection of different types of under-eye, soothing masks to impart some rejuvenation. All of their superhero eye masks offer cooling and de-puffing powers to revitalize your tired eyes, giving you a youthful, awakened glow. The Energizing Eye Masks packed with Sea moss, amino acids, and hyaluronic acid brightens, de-puffs and revitalizes — these are like an energy drink for your eyes. Load up on your favorites HERE.
