A new wave of beauty creators is changing what you expect from skincare. See how they’ve harnessed the power of Ayurvedic traditions and understood how weather could impact your skin. More innovative products are hitting the shelves, shielding your skin from modern stressors, the sun’s harsh rays, and simplifying the way to a radiant, glowing complexion.
Pour Moi Skincare
Pour Moi is the first Climate-Smart® skin care I’ve encountered. This French-made line features a Climate-Smart Rotating System. And it’s not just a simplistic recommendation. They offer you specific patented product recommendations based on your location. Pour Moi’s founder, Ulli Haslacher, a high-powered beauty executive, started to notice how her skin changed with the climate. After years of research and partnering with a leading French skin care lab, Pour Moi was born.
Unlike other brands, Pour Moi recommends the cream you should wear based on that day’s weather and the climate. (Imagine if the weather channel started offering facials and skincare regimens.) This tailored solution is particularly effective in a region like the North East, where we can experience a wide range of weather conditions, from soul-sucking humidity to crisp, breezy winds and blustery, cold winters. Like all great ideas, it seems so apparent now…why don’t more skincare brands focus on the environment that we’re in?
You can get a 3-Step skincare set that includes a Hydrating Balancer, Serum, and two Day Creams designed for the two most likely weather conditions in your hometown. Check the QR code built into the cap to learn which cream you should use that day. My region had Tropical and Cool & Humid Weather. The creams themselves protect you with skin barrier-supporting ingredients such as sugarcane-derived squalane. Plus, they’re rich with antioxidants like vitamin A, C, and E as well as anti-wrinkle peptides. And the Tropical Cream helps create a calming skin barrier that’s supportive for skin prone to redness or rosacea, like mine. All the products are both luxe and vegan, as well as cruelty-free. Pour Moi skincare empowers you to take a proactive role in your daily routine, since you choose what best supports your skin exactly where it is, every day.
Almora Botanica Skincare
Almora Botanica is a certified clean beauty brand that’s new to the United States. Blending the venerated traditions of Ayurvedic wisdom with green science innovation, it’s a COSMOS-Natural certified skincare line. Their fully vegan solutions are effective and smell amazing. What sets Almora Botanica apart is its SAPTA complex. What is that? It’s a proprietary delivery system that offers ultra-light texture, rapid absorption, and deep hydration. It’s a breakthrough method to deliver botanical actives to your skin so you get the benefits without feeling weighed down. I tried the face oil, gel cleanser, and serum. Now the products themselves are lighter in feel than typical products. The serum, for example, isn’t as thick or viscous as a conventional serum. However, don’t sleep on Almora Botanica; the positive results appear fast. I noticed an improvement in my skin’s texture in just a few days. Try the Radiance Day Face Oil, Serum for Fine Lines, and Purifying Gel Cleanser and see for yourself.
Face Yoga is another key part of the Almora Botanica brand. Almora’s skincare sets, each of which comes with its own unique mushroom-shaped gua sha tools help you practice. Plus, you’ll find face yoga tips on their site that give you simple ways to lift and boost your skin at home.
You can feel the impeccable quality and gentleness of Almora’s ingredients every time you use them. Almora Botanica reminds you that a touch as light as air can make quite a positive change deep within.
SunLux Skincare
SunLux Skincare was founded by Robin Wayman, a wife, mom, cosmetic formulator, and basal cell carcinoma skin cancer patient. Wayman transformed this challenging skin experience into a learning journey and got a diploma in organic skincare formulation. As she studied and learned about skin, she became increasingly impressed with the power of antioxidants, which became foundational to her SunLux skincare products.
I tried the Lux Sunscreen SPF 25 + Daily Moisturizer. It’s a timesaving hybrid that gives you broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection and moisturizing benefits. I found it to blend in quickly and easily. Plus, it’s lightweight, sheer, and perfect for everyday wear. It’s got both mineral zinc oxide and chemical filters. The blend includes powerhouse antioxidant botanicals such as red grape plant stem cells, as well as knotgrass, lingonberry, and birch bark extracts to nourish and replenish skin texture.
Meanwhile, the zinc oxide creates a physical barrier against the sun’s damaging rays. And it’s the ingredient that my dermatologist always tells me to look for in sun protection. The best products are the ones that you reach for again and again. SunLux’s Sunscreen moisturizer is one of those instant faves. It doesn’t leave a white cast, and this fragrance-free moisturizer sinks into your skin seamlessly, so you’re ready to face a day of errands protected.
