Your Ultimate Skincare Routine for Dry Skin
Our top 10 picks to boost hydration and beat dryness
Season changes can easily make your face feel rough, tight, and dehydrated, so it’s the perfect time to build an unbeatable skincare routine for dry skin. We know it’s not easy to stay dewy and hydrated before the summer comes, so here’s an easy guide to refreshing your skincare cabinet when your complexion starts craving extra moisture.
The right ingredients in your skincare routine (like ginseng and rice extracts, two of our Hanbang-inspired favorites) are the key to beating dehydrated, dry skin. Below, we’re sharing our K-Beauty secrets to achieving glowing glass skin without using anything that feels too heavy or greasy. Keep reading for our top 10 picks to boost hydration this spring—and beyond.
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1. Cleansers
If your face feels tight and dry after cleansing, you need to switch to a gentler formula to prevent further irritation and flaking.
To remove makeup and sunscreen without stripping your skin, we love our buttery Radiance Cleansing Balm for an evening cleanse. It’s made with rice bran, which hydrates and helps protect your skin barrier, preventing further moisture loss.
Once you’ve removed your makeup, complete your double cleanse with our Low pH Rice Cleansing Bar. Using a low pH cleanser helps prevent damage to your natural skin barrier function and prevent irritation and dryness. This also makes our Rice Cleansing Bar ideal for a refreshing morning cleanse. Pro tip: You can even use it on your body to leave your post-shower skin moisturized from head to toe. It’s formulated to be gentle enough for the whole family, so it’s a great solution for sensitive skin.
2. Toner
At Beauty of Joseon, one of our favorite time-honored ingredients is ginseng. To experience the benefits of this antioxidant-rich ingredient, add Ginseng Essence Water to your dry skin routine.
Our Ginseng Essence Water is a great choice for maximizing moisture because it’s made with 80% ginseng water, which delivers long-lasting hydration to all skin types. It also contains niacinamide for an extra calming, hydrating boost. Just soak a cotton pad in this hydrating toner and gently swipe it over your face after cleansing for a dewy start to your day.
3. Serum + Eye Cream
Our Revive Serums were created to provide powerful hydration from the delicate eye area to your entire face.
After your essence sinks in, apply our Revive Serum : Ginseng + Snail Mucin. It’s formulated with ginseng and snail mucin—two popular K-Beauty ingredients for a complexion that’s bouncy and moisturized.
In the evening, we also recommend pairing it with our Revive Eye Serum : Ginseng + Retinal, a powerful eye cream with a fast-absorbing serum texture that never feels sticky or heavy. We infused it with ginseng and retinal to target the signs of aging and help brighten, firm, and hydrate your delicate under-eye area. Because it contains retinal (an ingredient that can make your skin more sensitive to the sun), we recommend applying it as part of your nighttime skincare routine only for best results.
4. Moisturizer
You’ve treated your skin to plenty of hydration, so now’s the time to lock it in with a moisturizer. Our Dynasty Cream is the perfect pick, designed with dry skin in mind. Enriched with niacinamide and squalane, it helps protect skin from external stressors (like that blast of freezing wind on the sidewalk or dry heat in your home). A little bit of this cream goes a long way, so apply a small amount first, then layer on more if your skin drinks it all up.
5. Sunscreens
No matter how gloomy and cloudy winter gets, sunscreen is still an essential step every single day. Our Daily Relief Sunscreen has a comfortable, silky texture that absorbs quickly, leaving dry skin hydrated and protected without that unwanted greasy feeling. It’s formulated to be gentle, so it won’t irritate dry or dehydrated skin.
If you want to combine your sunscreen and base step into a single easy step, your winter (and honestly, all-year-round) hero is going to be our Daily Tinted Fluid Sunscreen. This formula gives you sun protection, weightless hydration, and a sheer skin tint all in one step. We made it in 12 blendable, sheer shades and infused it with hydrating ingredients like olive lipids for the most natural-looking finish. If you have dry skin that tends to cling to cushion or full-coverage foundation, this will be a game changer for your routine.
6. Face Masks
Whenever your skin starts looking dry and rough, it’s time to use one of our hydrating, soothing face masks. For no-mess hydration in a flash, our Centella Asiatica Calming Sheet Masks are packed with deeply moisturizing and calming ingredients. Centella asiatica extract helps instantly calm inflamed skin, paired with three types of hyaluronic acid for deep hydration in every treatment.
If you prefer a wash-off mask, then go with our Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask. This all-in-one treatment provides hydration, relief for irritated skin, gentle exfoliation, and glow. Kaolin clay effectively absorbs sebum and purifies pores, while honey delivers moisture and calms inflammation.
As the season shifts and the air stays crisp, these skincare steps will help put some much-needed moisture back in your skin. And if spring breezes leave your skin feeling a little dry, it’s time to treat yourself to another face mask.
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