How can you take care of challenging skin naturally in winter? Traditional resin products are superfoods for the skin.
Winter brings with it many things that people look forward to – crisp frosty mornings, beautiful frosty windows, and the crunch of snow underfoot. However, for the skin, winter is the season when changes are often felt first and most visibly. The combination of frost, wind, and dry indoor air removes moisture from the skin and weakens its natural protective layer. The result is tight, itchy, or even cracked skin that is sensitive to the stresses of winter. People with atopic skin often find that their symptoms are worse in winter.
For this reason, many people seek gentle, natural, and simple skin care solutions—ones that support the skin's natural balance rather than burdening it further. In recent years, interest in natural skin care products has grown significantly, and at the same time there has been a return to the roots: towards traditions and domestic raw materials that have been used in skin care for centuries. One of these ingredients is resin. But how can resin products help with winter skin care?
The long history of resin and its place in winter skin care
Resin has been part of the Finnish tradition of natural medicine long before modern cosmetics. It has been used to protect, soften, and soothe the skin at a time when help was sought from what nature had to offer: forests, plants, and soil. Today, resin has found its place again, especially among those who value clear, minimalist, and natural skin care solutions.
In winter, the properties of resin really come into their own. Resin is known to support the skin's natural healing process and soothe irritated skin. It can help with dryness, cracked skin, and irritation associated with atopic dermatitis—precisely the problems that are exacerbated during the cold season. One of the concrete benefits of resin is its ability to soften thickened skin areas, such as heels and cuticles, which tend to dry out during the cold season.
Simple ingredients – versatile effects
The effectiveness of pine resin cream is based on its simple but powerful ingredients. A typical pine resin cream contains only three ingredients: spruce resin, fat, and beeswax. Together, they form a composition that protects the skin, prevents moisture evaporation, and helps the skin to recover.
Domestic Tervaskannon Pihka-Pekka Resin Balm is made using a traditional Lappish recipe with three ingredients. The balm contains 17% spruce resin, whose lignans are known for their soothing and skin-renewing properties. The effect of these compounds has been considered a kind of natural "superfood" for the skin. The simple ingredients make the cream a biodegradable and additive-free option that is suitable for many different skin types and easily incorporated into a winter skin care routine.
Why are resin products suitable for winter skin care?
The problems that are most prominent in winter skin—dryness, roughness, stinging, and irritation—are often related to a weakening of the skin's protective layer. The composition of resin cream supports this protective layer and helps the skin to recover naturally. Its fat content protects the skin from the cold, while the resin soothes easily irritated areas. Another advantage of resin products is that they are often multi-purpose. They can be used both preventively and acutely: to treat dry areas, soften cracked heels, care for cuticles, treat locally irritated skin, or even for nighttime use to relieve surface dryness.
Natural help in the middle of winter
Winter puts your skin to the test, but the right care products can make it significantly more comfortable. Resin products represent natural skin care at its best: simple, effective, and traditional. They are suitable for both minor everyday skin problems and regular skin care, bringing with them something very characteristic of Finnish nature – the soothing power of the northern forests. Pihka-Pekka Pihkavoide provides gentle SOS help for skin damaged by winter. Check out our selection of Pihkalakka products!
