February is the Month of Love — a chance to be extra thankful for the love you have in your life and to celebrate it with the ones you hold dear. Although many Valentine’s traditions have changed (the holiday’s origin is a truly scary story), one holds fast, and that’s the exchange of gifts with your significant other. If the lady love in your life is a skincare lover, then we’ve got the perfect guide to gifting this February.
Advice
If you want to know what kind of niche the lady in your life likes when she buys skincare for herself, take a careful look at the products she already owns. If you see things like “lifting and firming,” she may be focusing on anti-aging skincare. If you see phrases like “even complexion” or “color correcting,” she may be trying to rid herself of some sun damage or dark marks. A cursory Google search of some of these titles should give you a good idea of which products will be most gratefully received.
The Lap Of Luxury
- Fresh Black Tea Firming Peptides Serum
Price: $165
Available from: fresh.com
Peptides are one of the golden children of skincare this year, and with good reason. This peptide-powered serum firms the skin to give the user a lifted, contoured, and sculpted appearance. The results are clinically tested both instantly and over time, so she’ll see a difference from the first use.
This is a potent face serum, and its fast-penetrating texture offers a firming effect that you can really see. The peptides and honeysuckle extract help the formula improve skin elasticity and support skin density. At the same time, the black tea complex (unique to this brand) provides antioxidant protection for a firmer and much more lifted appearance.
Everything from the packaging to the product itself is chic, luxurious, and effective…you really can’t lose with this one.
- NuFACE FIX MicroWand
Price: $195
Available From: Sephora
Remember, skincare extends to skincare tools, not just consumable products! If your lady love is looking for a microcurrent device, this one from NuFACE is an excellent place to start. This one is usable on eyes, lips, and any fine lines, so it’s not too niche of a gift. NuFACE stands by this product, providing visible results in just three minutes, too. Precise, gentle microcurrents help to depuff tired eyes for a fresh and wide-awake look; they plump lips up for a fuller and more defined look and smooth away fine lines for a flawless face.
The device is small, so it can be carried anywhere for touch-ups, and it is a clinically proven, FDA-cleared device so there’s no need for concern about using less than excellent technology here.
- Iota Supermochi Body Exfoliator+
Price: $39
Available from: iotabody.com
Skincare extends to the body, too! An exfoliating treatment for her body would be a particularly good gift in the still-freezing month of February, as sloughing away dead skin is the best way to ensure smooth, glowy skin even under layers of warm clothes. Iota’s branding is gorgeous, which will definitely get you extra points!
This gentle, next-gen scrub features a lot of skin-loving ingredients and a micro-exfoliating texture (very small beads that won’t cause damage to her skin) that leaves even the roughest winter skin baby soft. It’s a nutrient-dense product that is also important for winter when the skin doesn’t get much sun. Sweet rice, sea salt, and red bean buff away any uneven texture, while hyaluronic acid, lactic acid, and ube (extract from purple yam) leave the skin moisturized and feeling fresh.
Cost-Effective…But Still Effective
- Ilia Beauty Barrier Build Skin Protectant Cream
Price: $64
Available from: iliabeauty.com
Ilia is a skincare community favorite, and this moisturizer works for all skin types, so you don’t need to worry about getting the wrong things for her gorgeous face. If her skin has been stressing her out (sensitivity, redness, and damage), the problem may well be her skin barrier.
This rich, non-comedogenic, unscented moisturizing cream from “drugstore” brand Ilia will deliver much-needed hydration and help build up the top brier layer of her skin while healing existing damage and preventing any more from occurring. Colloidal oatmeal calms and reinforces a compromised skin barrier and helps steer her skin to becoming less sensitive with continued use.
- La Roche Posay Anthelios UV Tone Sunscreen SPF 50
Price: $39,99
Available from: laroche-posay.us
SPF is a daily must-have in the life of any skincare queen, for every human, in fact! Indoors or outdoors, summer or winter, SPF is essential to keep skin safe from the sun’s aggressive and potentially damaging rays. This one from La Roche Posay is an SPF 50, and it won’t leave any stickiness, any white cast, or any sheen behind.
Not only is this a skincare must or its sun protection factor, but the nourishing formula also reveals a radiant, smooth complexion. It is a barely there, fine-textured formula that works on all skin types, even sensitive skin, and for all skin colors.
- Naturium Urea 5% Body Serum
Price: $22
Available from: naturium.com
Moisturizing body creams are such a great gift because you’re telling her you want her to look after herself and care for her body. This cream from Naturium is a light and fast-absorbing formula, but it’s super nourishing at the same time. That skin barrier we mentioned earlier? It’s all over the body, and it needs as much support as it can get. Amino acids and 5% pure urea in the formula glide onto soft, sensitive skin and sink in fast to support the skin barrier and help repair it if needed.
Skin will appear plumped, smoothed, and even-formed from the first use. This cream can be used on its own or as an extra layer with other creams for extra care and nourishment.
Spoil Her. She Deserves It
Now you’ve got the down low on all the options for gifting your skincare queen girlfriend this love month. All that’s left is to write her a love note, get her an embarrassingly large bunch of flowers, and show her how much you love her.
*Refer to product websites for extra information on each item.
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Meg is an author at Cinnamon Hollow. She writes on a variety of topics sharing tips and ideas for daily life.
