Multi-Moisturizing Can Help Revive Your Winter Skin: An Esthetician Explains 

Considering your skin fluctuates throughout the seasons (i.e., dryness during brittle winter; slicker skin during warmer months), you might have a few trusted formulas to swap in and out of your routine. It's a bit nuanced depending on your true skin type, but generally: Denser products are fit for dry, winter skin while keeping things lightweight is a warm-weather must. Oftentimes, though, that transition period is a lot more complicated—you don't just wake up one morning with an oily complexion after months of winter-chapped skin. 

Your skin is a complex organ—it contains multiple layers, does a variety of functions, and it's home to trillions of microorganisms, after all. And just as you have different species of bacteria spanning across your entire face, you also have varying levels of hydration and sebum1. Point being: The skin on your cheeks might not have the same needs as the skin around your nose, even though they live side by side. 

It's similar to why you might dabble in multi-masking—where you apply multiple masks to target different regions of your skin. You're treating the areas that need more hydration with soothing formulas, the areas prone to clogged pores with oil-absorbing clays and exfoliators. With moisturizers, it's the same deal: Pay attention to what different areas of your skin actually need and "Play around with different textures," Lee notes.