Après Skin: Your Post-Snow Skincare Essentials
How to protect and replenish your skin before, during, and after a day on the slopes.
A day on the mountain may refresh the spirit—but it challenges your skin like few environments can. At high altitudes, UV intensity increases by up to 10–12% every 1,000 meters, and fresh snow reflects as much as 80% of those harmful rays. This means your skin faces sun damage risks rivalling a summer’s day, despite the chill.
Beyond UV exposure, the cold, dry alpine air and biting winds sap moisture and weaken your skin’s protective barrier. Without thoughtful defence and replenishment, dryness, sensitivity, and dehydration quickly follow—making targeted skincare your most essential après-ski ritual.
Solar Protection Is Still Essential
UV rays don’t take a winter break—altitude intensifies radiation, and snow reflects up to 80% of it, increasing the risk of solar damage, premature ageing, and hyperpigmentation.
#3 The Tinted Serum SPF50+ is your alpine essential: a breathable, illuminating formula that delivers broad-spectrum protection and antioxidant defence, while leaving skin radiant in any climate.
Evening Barrier Support
In cold conditions, the skin’s barrier is more vulnerable—wind, SPF build-up and sweat can leave it feeling dry, tight, or sensitised, which is why cold-climate cleansing requires something gentle.
Our award-winning #4 The Cleanser is enriched with Skin Identical ceramides and lipids to gently remove impurities while boosting hydration and supporting the skin barrier. Used post-ski, it soothes wind-stressed skin and primes your complexion for recovery.
Shield and Soothe
Cold winds and dry alpine air can leave skin windburned, raw, and dehydrated. In these conditions, nourishment and barrier support are essential.
#4 The Crème delivers a rich, restorative veil of hydration. Formulated with Skin Identical lipids and soothing actives, it helps prevent moisture loss, visibly firms, and fortifies the skin barrier. Use it in the morning to shield against the elements—and again in the evening for reparative replenishment.
