As summer fades into fall, you may notice your skin changing—sometimes faster than your skincare routine can keep up. That’s because skin is highly responsive to its environment. Temperature, humidity, UV exposure, and wind all impact how your skin behaves and what it needs to stay healthy.
When the weather shifts from hot and humid to cool and dry, your skin barrier becomes more vulnerable. Let’s take a closer look at why this happens and what you can do to keep your skin balanced and protected.
Why Your Skin Changes in Cooler Weather
As fall sets in, several environmental factors can affect your skin:
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Lower humidity pulls moisture from your skin, causing dehydration.
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Cooler temperatures cause blood vessels to constrict, which can reduce your skin’s natural oil production.
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Indoor heating systems dry out the air—and your skin—by pulling away additional moisture.
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Wind exposure can lead to redness, irritation, and increased sensitivity.
Together, these factors can compromise your skin’s barrier, leaving it feeling tight, flaky, or more prone to irritation.
How to Support Your Skin in Fall
The skincare routine that worked for you in summer likely won’t be enough in fall. This is the time to focus on hydration and barrier support. Using science-based, nourishing products helps protect your skin from environmental stressors while keeping it soft and resilient.
Also layering of different categories of hydrating ingredients creates a superior method called a Moisture sandwich to lock in the skin’s hydration and allow each product to work at the top of its game while absorbing deeper into the dermis.
Here are some product categories to consider:
Moisturizers
• Restore Intensive Night Cream
Nourishes the skin barrier while providing long-lasting hydration. Use morning or night as the final step in your routine to lock in moisture. Bakuchiol is a botanical retinol alternative that boosts cellular renewal to smooth, firm, and refined skin texture. Gentle on sensitive skin, it delivers results without the redness or irritation of synthetic retinols and is safe for use during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
• Hydrate Moisture Accelerator
A hydrating serum that helps pull moisture deeper into the skin, enhancing the performance of your other serums and leaving skin supple. Can be used alone or layered under moisturizer for extra hydration.
Facial Oils
Packed with Omega-3 fatty acids, this oil plumps skin, reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and protects against free radical damage. Recommended for all skin types but intended for normal to slightly dry skin.
Supports cell turnover, brightens the complexion, reduces inflammation, and strengthens the skin barrier while preventing moisture loss. Ideal for overly dry/flaky/mature skin types.
Designed for combination, oily, and blemish-prone skin, Repail Facial Oil balances hydration, targets blemishes, minimizes large pores, and improves skin texture while calming inflammation.
Occlusive Balms
Made with just seven simple, natural ingredients, this balm is effective for dry areas such as elbows, knees, feet, and lips. It’s also an excellent option for eczema-prone skin, helping restore and protect the skin’s natural barrier. Lastly, this multi-purpose balm is wonderful for removing makeup + oil impurities while also being ideal as a last step in your skincare regimen to lock in your other serums and moisturizers to prevent transdermal water loss (TEWL).
Bottom Line
Your skin needs different care in fall than it does in summer. By focusing on hydration, barrier support, and protection against environmental stressors, you can maintain healthy, resilient skin all season long. Thoughtfully chosen moisturizers, facial oils, and balms can help your skin adapt to the cooler, drier months ahead.
