Apres-Ski Skincare and Hair Care for Dry, Windburned Skin

Apres-Ski Skincare and Hair Care for Dry, Windburned Skin

Apres-ski beauty is really about exposed skin, dry cabin air and helmet hair, not a different product for every hour on the mountain. The useful plan is small, sun protection that travels between hands, lips and face, and richer recovery for the room once the day is over. This edit keeps the list short enough to actually use between a lift, a shower and dinner.

A smaller packing list

By the second day, I stop pretending every altitude-related annoyance needs its own product. What actually helps is protecting skin before you go out, reapplying through the day rather than trusting one morning layer to hold through hours of glare and wind. Lips and hands dry out faster than anything else on a mountain, so those get whatever richer, more occlusive step you would normally save for the worst weather of the year. Back in the room, a heavier layer than usual undoes what the cold did outside, and the same goes for hair once a helmet has flattened it over the day. Cold weather already asks enough of you, so a small set of steps you will actually repeat beats a packed bag you keep reorganizing.

A collage of the sunscreens, rich hand cream, face and body creams and hair treatments in this apres-ski beauty edit, arranged on a white background.