How to Incorporate Red Wine into Your Skin Routine (yes really)

The beauty industry is full of trends that come and go. Some of them make the most of ingredients that you can find in your kitchen pantry, while others are so strange that you probably don’t think you’ll ever be able to try them.

Using Wine for Skin Care

Enhance beauty using red wine, inside and outside

Wine lovers are probably aware of the documented health benefits of drinking two glasses of red wine each day but extra health qualities also apply to skin care.

Red wine is jam-packed with anti-aging antioxidants. There is of course resveratrol, but there’s others too, like flavanoids and tannins. Drinking red wine can help keep your skin looking young by fighting free radicals, boosting collagen production, and restoring skin elasticity to help with sagging skin and wrinkles.

Applied topically, red wine is an incredible anti-ageing ingredient and will completely transform your personal skincare routine. Although, you can’t completely stop the signs of aging, there are ways you can slow down the process of aging and red wine can help slow down the common signs of aging skin.

There is nothing better than looking at your skin with no makeup on and actually loving it. The next time you have some left over wine, you know what to do! Here are some of the benefits of using red wine on your face.

Glowing Skin

Drinking red wine is great and over time can give you healthy-looking, youthful, glowing skin. This also carries over to topically applied red wine; using it directly on your face can double the benefits your face receives directly. One of those benefits is rejuvenation of the skin.

The same antioxidant properties that compounds in red wine provide, like resveratrol, antioxidants and vitamins such as C and A that benefit your skin when ingested, will give additional benefits when applied topically so red wine facials are being offered more and more.

These therapeutic properties will de-stress and rejuvenate your skin allowing your skin to come back to life. If you have dull skin a red wine facial may be the way to go. It helps remove dark spots and blemishes off of your skin.

Strong Teeth

Keeping your teeth looking good and healthy can improve the overall appearance of your face. Red wine contains a compound of phenolic acids, flavonoids, lignans and stilbenes, collectively called polyphenol. Numerous studies support polyphenol’s role in activating your immune system to fight off infection and can strengthen the gums and harden your tooth enamel to prevent tooth decay.

Acne Treatment

Interestingly enough, red wine can also fend off acne, helping with existing acne and preventing new breakouts. Just apply red wine directly to the affected area of your face with a cotton pad.

The antioxidants in red wine help your body fight off acne causing bacteria as well as remove any acne that you may already have on your skin. If you have oily skin, you can apply red wine soaks all over your face to combat oil and make your face look more matte.

Rosy Cheeks

Red wine can stimulate circulation too, meaning one way to get rosy cheeks naturally without using blush is to apply red wine to the face. The increased blood flow will give you a healthy, desirable rosy complexion.

Conversely, if you are affected by rosacea, redness in your skin, break outs or overly sensitive skin then drinking or directly applying red wine to your face can help you combat the very aspect that is irritating your skin. You can apply red wine as a toner and leave it on your skin, or you can use it as rinse on your face.

Red Wine Exfoliation

You can make an effective red wine scrub for exfoliation at home that will simultaneously scrub away dead and damaged skin cells while delivering the powerful anti-aging compounds right to the new skin.

Mix two tablespoons each of red wine, honey and yogurt and apply as a pack on your face. When the pack is dry, wash it off with normal water. This will give you glowing, youthful skin by exfoliating and delivering resveratrol and other helpful ingredients right to the new skin in the process.

Antioxidants for Youthful Skin

Red wine is jam-packed with anti-aging antioxidants. There is of course resveratrol, but there’s others too, like flavanoids and tannins. Drinking red wine can help keep your skin looking young by fighting free radicals, boosting collagen production, and restoring skin elasticity to help with sagging skin and wrinkles.

Reduces Fine Lines And Wrinkles

Red wines are filled with flavonoid, resveratrol and tannin these components are very good for the skin. They fight free radicals and aging by restoring collagen and elastic fibers in your face. This will help plump up any fine lines, wrinkles or sagging skin you may have as well as lighten any existing hyperpigmentation.

Improve Hydration

Hydrated skin is youthful looking skin. The simple act of drinking red wine can help stimulate the development of new cells in the skin’s outer layer and this helps to improve the hydration in your skin. If you have dry skin, you will begin to notice how your skin will appear more hydrated over time and will not need as much moisturizer because it will already look and feel moisturized.

Sun Protection

Sun exposure can cause your skin to age twice as quickly. Red wine is full of amino acids that contribute to the protection of your skin from the harmful rays of the sun. These amino acids also help boost skin renewal which makes your skin want to fight off the sun rays that cause damage and makes your skin resistant to further damage.

Shrinks Your Pores

The more makeup products you use the more your pores open up and continue to stretch which makes them appear larger. Luckily, pores can be shrunk by using a suitable toner after you cleanse your face. You can actually use red wine as a toner to combat breakouts and clear your pores.

How to Incorporate Red Wine into Your Skin Routine (yes really)

The beauty industry is full of trends that come and go. Some of them make the most of ingredients that you can find in your kitchen pantry, while others are so strange that you probably don’t think you’ll ever be able to try them.

One of the latest is incorporating wine with skin care. While you might just be used to including wine with Friday night’s dinner, or Sunday brunch with the girls, if you breakdown the ingredients, there is so much more to it.

Let’s take a look at which types of wine we think are most beneficial for your skin, and three simple ways that you can use wine for your daily skin care routine that you might never have thought of.

Which Wine is Good for the Skin?

You might have already been able to guess this, but the best type of wine for the skin is red. This is because red wine is packed with antioxidants, which are powerful enough to fight off free radicals. Red wine can also help improve inflammation as well as blood circulation, all things that go towards good skin.

• Reduces Signs of Aging: Antioxidants in wine like tannins, resveratrol and flavonoid can encourage the production of collagen, and help protect your skin from harmful UV rays and pollution.
• Help with Acne: Because wine has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, it can help clear pores and reduce the chance of breakouts.
• Boost That Glow: Red wine is known for its free radicals, as well as reducing stress levels, which means that it can help improve your skin’s glowiness, and even out the skin tone.

Make Sure to Keep it Light

Everything in moderation, right? This is true if you love a glass or two of red wine during the week, and it’s also true for the skin benefits related to wine. If you use too much red wine with your skin, it can actually lead to dehydration, as alcohol is a diuretic, which means that it can dehydrate you.

This is why it’s important to find a good balance and preserve your skin’s hydration both when you apply wine through skin care, and when you drink it.

Using Wine in Your Daily Skincare Routine

Even if you don’t typically go for red wine, you can still make the most of its naturally-occurring benefits by implementing it into your daily skin care routine. The official name for it is vinotherapy, which involves rubbing the pips and pulp of winemaking into your skin. Now, while you can’t visit your favorite winery and ask them to whip you up a daily wine scrub, there are definitely some DIY treatments you can make from home.

If your skin has been a little dull as of late, then you might want to consider trying a wine scrub. The good thing about red wine is that it can be used as an exfoliator when you mix it with sugar, and the result is a nice feeling paste. Gently rub the paste onto your skin, leave it for a few minutes, and then rinse with lukewarm or cold water and pat your skin dry.

If your skin is sensitive or you find the scrub a little bit too rough, simply add a drop of honey to soften up the texture.

Have you just run out of the toner that you usually use? Don’t worry, you don’t have to make a late-night run to the store; all you’ve got to do is get your red wine down from the shelf. Get a clean cotton ball and dip it in your red wine, and then apply it to your face and neck. Using red wine as a toner can help reduce dead skin cells, as well as oil, and clear up your pores and even fight blemishes.

If you’re not someone who enjoys a glass of red wine with a steak every now and then, the best way to benefit from its natural properties is to create a face mask that will result in radiant-looking skin. Of course, the best thing about a face mask is that you can include other ingredients that will benefit your skin.

If your skin is naturally acne prone, then there’s a good chance you’ve already tried an egg white mask. If you want to take this up a level, add a drop of honey and a few tablespoons of red wine to an egg white. Mix these ingredients together until the result is a smooth paste, then apply this to your face and neck. Allow it to sit for approximately 15 minutes before rinsing off with lukewarm water.

The red wine and egg white will work together to tighten and cleanse your pores, so that your skin appears firmer. Honey naturally attracts moisture and hydrates and soothes your skin. If you want to try a homemade wine mask, but your skin is particularly dry, then exchange the egg white for Greek yogurt. This is going to exfoliate and hydrate your skin naturally.

Getting Resourceful with Your Beauty Treatments

When it comes to natural beauty and skin care, it’s all about being resourceful. As you can see, there are many different ways to incorporate items you might have in the cupboards into your daily skin care routine, which can result in hydrated, glowy skin.

Here at Velettá, we believe in keeping our skin care range as natural as possible. This is why our natural beauty products are halal-certified, New Zealand made, 100% natural, and plant based. We know that you care about what goes on your skin, and so do we. For a natural, hydrating everyday skincare routine that will make your skin shine, try our Facial Cleansing Oil, followed up by our Facial Moisturizer. When it comes to taking care of your skin, we believe that there’s only one way to do it properly, and this is with natural ingredients. Keep it natural, and your skin will thank you for it!