Our skin falls victim to natural elements daily, from the sweat-inducing scorch of the sun to chilly gusts that smack you with wind burn (joy!). It’s rough out here?literally?which makes tailoring your skin-care routine to the weather especially important if you want to protect and preserve your complexion.
To eliminate some of the guesswork that can come along with this, five STYLECASTER staffers, each with different skin types, share their seasonal skin-care routines below. This is our definition of essential reading.

My skin-care routine is pretty consistent year-round, and while the steps more or less stay the same?cleanse, tone, moisturize to the hilt?I do make subtle tweaks with the actual products I use to account for the season. As soon as the fall chill sets in, I swap out my lightweight gel moisturizer for a thicker cream such as Bliss Labs Active 99.0 Restorative Night Cream. This is also about the time I switch over from a face mist?Repechage Algo Mist Hydrating Seaweed Facial Spray is pretty bomb?to a proper toner. Ling Skin Care Calming Hydrator is like Gatorade for your skin.
Then, when it?s full-on winter, I?ll really take the deep moisturizing to the next level with an overnight mask; the very process of applying La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Sleep Mask with a silky brush feels super indulgent, and it lets me wake up with soft baby skin. ?Cristina Velocci, Managing Editor
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