From super-rich moisturisers and hand creams to lip balms and hair treatments, shop our 50 best winter beauty essentials
A combination of chilly weather, cold winds and central heating can really dry out your skin, so a super-rich, intensely hydrating moisturiser jam-packed with rose oil extract, shea butter and avocado, like Dr. Hauschka's Rose Day Cream, should be in your beauty arsenal.
Prevent dry, chapped and sore lips with Vaseline's classic Lip Therapy, which now comes in an extravagant pink champagne edition.
For thirsty skin, Chanel's Hydramax and Active Moisture Mask delivers an intense and soothing nourishment.
Show your hair some love this winter and use Aesop's intensive rose treatment to give parched and brittle locks a deep condition in the colder months, leaving your tresses soft, shiny and moisturised.
Buff dead skin cells away with Laura Mercier's good-enough-to-eat Almond Coconut Milk Scrub and reveal a healthy, glowing complexion underneath, whatever the weather.
Not only will Shu Uemura's gentle cleansing oil not strip your skin of its essential natural oils during the harsh colder months, but it also features a brightening formula that helps create smooth, translucent skin.
It's long been our go-to product for extra moisture come winter, and at a purse-friendly £2.75 it's a great affordable beauty buy. Simply massage onto damp skin after a bath or shower to lock in up to 10 times more moisture leaving skin nourished and supple.
Swap your summer scent for a richer, winter fragrance such as Vera Wang's Princess Night Eau de Toilette with its fruity and spicy notes.
This super-rich deep-hydrating masque transforms even the driest, most brittle hair into supremely soft and shiny locks. A winter beauty cabinet essential.
With the temperature dropping outside you really need to keep your skin extra nourished to prevent it from drying out. The solution? Kiehl's Creme de Corps Body Lotion. Gently massage this rich non-greasy cream into dry body areas to leave it feeling silky soft and smooth.
Show your hands some tender loving care during the colder months with The Body Shop's Wild Rose Hand Cream. Love the floral fragrance too!
It's a cult beauty staple loved by women the world over for its multitude of uses, and if you haven't already got a tube in your handbag, why the hell not? Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream is a must for the cold months ahead. Whether you use it as a balm for chapped lips, an ultra-rich moisturiser for dry skin or to add some sheen to your cheekbones and eyes, you need it in your winter skincare regime now.
Sweep over the top of your party make-up for a beautiful luminescent finish.
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Just because you don't see them often in winter, doesn't mean that they won't dry out too. So, gently buff away cracked and hard skin from your tootsies with Pretty Feet's Exfoliant to leave them looking silky smooth.
No winter beauty kit is complete without an intense body moisturising cream. Our current favourite? It has to be Jo Malone's Nutmeg and Ginger Body Creme, which once massaged onto the skin leaves it intensely nourished and smells of Christmas to boot!
If your skin is looking a little dull in the cold weather, add a sweep of this Skin Glow Highlighter from Topshop's make-up range over the top of your foundation for a gorgeous sheen.
Cleanse and quench thirsty skin with Skyn Iceland's creamy Glacial Face Wash that refreshes and purifies stressed skin without stripping it of its natural moisture.
This lanolin-based gel can be used as a lip balm or to help relieve dry skin, minor cuts, eczema, dry cuticles, cracked heels or nasal passages through lots of sniffling. A wonder product if ever we saw one.