Published: May 15, 2025
Usually, when someone is trying to put together a skincare routine and figure out what their skin needs, their skin type is their first point of call. However, while this may be a great starting point, it’s not the only thing to take into consideration…
Instead, your lifestyle has a huge impact on your skin too. Certain lifestyle habits could significantly influence what your skin needs, making it important to take all of these into account too.
So, how do you go about decoding your skin’s needs based on your lifestyle? Read on as CBGärdN shares some top tips.
Your Diet
“You are what you eat” is a phrase that certainly holds true for your skin. The healthier and better balanced your diet is, the healthier and better balanced your skin will feel.
If, up until now, your diet hasn’t been the best, your skin will be paying the consequences. There’s a good chance that your skin cells are lacking certain nutrients, preventing your complexion from truly thriving.
Improving your diet will be the most effective way to fix this, but it will take some time for the changes to be reflected in your skin. To speed things up, consider the nutrients that your skin needs and try to give it more of these through your skincare routine.
Giving your skin more protein, for example, will help to establish a firmer and smoother complexion. After all, protein forms the building blocks of your skin. A product like the CB Göld Velvet Silk Crème from our CB Göld Collection, which is infused with collagen amino acids, will give your skin a topical protein source. This formula also contains vitamins and antioxidants, both of which your skin will also be lacking if your diet isn’t up to scratch.
Water Consumption
Of course, it’s not just what you eat that feeds your skin from within – the fluids that you drink have a big effect on your complexion too. You’re probably aware of how you should be drinking roughly eight glasses of water a day. This ensures that all of your organs, including your skin, have access to adequate moisture.
If you aren’t drinking enough and your skin looks dull and lackluster, the two are likely connected. A lack of hydration can also lead to either excessive dryness or an increase in oiliness, not to mention the fact that all of the other processes that take place in the skin will suffer as a result of not having enough moisture.
Again, making an effort to drink more water is the best way to get around this. However, it would also be worth giving your skin some extra topical hydration. Your skin needs as much moisture as possible, so look for products that provide this.
The CBGärdN CB Replenishing Serum would be a great one to add to your skincare routine. This formula is packed with humectants, which are ingredients that bind moisture to the skin to provide immediate hydration. It also contains a blend of peptides that will leave your skin barrier feeling stronger. This will, in the long run, help with moisture retention, allowing your skin to do a better job of keeping itself hydrated.
Your Location
Believe it or not, where you are in the world will have a huge impact on your skin in a few different ways. Firstly, latitude, meaning your proximity to the equator, will affect how susceptible you are to sun damage and aging. While everyone needs to protect their skin from the sun, those who have higher UV exposure will need to be even more diligent about SPF. Keeping your skin constantly covered with an SPF 30 sunscreen, like the CB Multi-Active Moisturizer With SPF 30, will go a long way in maintaining a youthful complexion.
Humidity makes a big difference too. If you live in a humid environment, your skin will produce more grease and sweat than that of someone who lives in a dry environment. You’ll likely need a more powerful cleanser and will also need to exfoliate more often. Meanwhile, those who live in a dry climate will need to give their skin extra moisture. A rich cream, like the CB Bio-Restorative Creme, will really help with this.
Your location will also dictate how much pollution your skin is exposed to. This is something else that can drastically accelerate the skin aging process. If you live in a polluted area, your skin needs to be cleansed twice a day without fail. Use a sulfate-free cleanser that also contains plenty of antioxidants to counter the appearance of pollution-related skin damage – something that the CB Silk Facial Foaming Purifier does extremely well!
Stress
In this day and age, stress tends to be a big part of everyone’s lifestyle. While this isn’t a big deal when it comes to small amounts of stress, consistent stress is where the problems begin. Stress triggers the body to release cortisol, which is a hormone that interferes with the skin’s functions in a variety of ways. It can cause everything from increased oiliness and breakouts to excess dryness and flaking. It also drastically accelerates the skin aging process.
If stress is a big part of your daily life, then your skin needs some help! Ideally, your first point of call should be to try to lower your stress levels. There are plenty of methods out there that can help with this relatively quickly, from deep breathing exercises to taking a walk in nature.
Your skincare routine should also be geared toward tackling the appearance of stress-related skin damage. Products that reduce the feeling of inflammation in the skin, like the CB Phyto Satin Finish Cream, would be a good start. This silky moisturizer contains the likes of algae extract, peptides, green tea extract, chamomile extract, and soluble collagen, all of which are excellent at minimizing the look of inflammation in the skin.
Your Exercise Habits
Speaking of reducing stress, exercise is something else that can help with this. Of course, regularly exercising offers other benefits too, not just for your body/general health but also for your skin. Each time you get your heart pumping, circulation increases. This means that your skin will start to receive a greater amount of nutrients and oxygen, allowing your skin cells to really thrive. Of course, your blood also removes toxins and waste products from your cells. This means that the more exercise you do, the clearer and healthier your skin will feel.
If you live quite a sedentary lifestyle, try to make an effort to start being more active. Like when it comes to building any new habit, this may take a while. In the meantime, if your skin needs a circulation boost, there are other ways in which you can provide this. A facial massage while you’re applying your skincare products, for example, will help to increase blood flow and give your skin a rosy glow.
Certain skincare tools can help with this too, like the gua sha tool that’s included in the CB Thermo-Repair Collection. Research confirms that gua sha can increase microcirculation in the targeted area. It’s also effective at reducing the appearance of puffiness while helping the skin to feel firmer and smoother.
Your Sleeping Habits
There’s no getting away from the fact that your skin needs plenty of sleep. Eight hours each night is what you should be aiming for. Why? Because this is the time that your skin cells focus on regeneration and renewal. Not only will sleep deprivation manifest in the form of dark circles, puffiness, and dullness, but, over time, it will speed up skin aging, free radical damage, and more.
Unfortunately, there aren’t any topical products that can make up for a lack of quality sleep. However, if sleep is something that you struggle with, it would be worth adding more products to your skincare routine that will help to leave your skin feeling stronger and more rejuvenated.
One great pick would be the CB Midnight Melting Mask. This leave-on, overnight mask is chock-full of antioxidant-rich superfruit extracts. All of those phytochemicals will work wonders on your complexion, restoring its vitality. It also contains plenty of hydrating ingredients, which is also key when dealing with sleep deprivation as your skin will be struggling with moisture retention.
Your Vices
Finally, let’s talk about your vices – those lifestyle habits that you know are bad for you, but that are difficult to give up! Smoking is a big vice. Not only does it harm your health in many ways, but it also deprives your skin of oxygen and nutrients while causing the onset of fine lines and wrinkles. While products like the CB Gold Timeless Lift will help you to instantly hide the appearance of wrinkles/smoker’s lines and give your skin a brighter finish, the only way to help your skin, in the long run, would be to stop smoking.
Alcohol consumption is another vice that many people have. In small amounts, alcohol isn’t a big deal. In fact, a glass of red wine a day can even be beneficial! However, excessive alcohol consumption is where the problems life. It’s extremely dehydrating and also causes inflammation in the skin. This accelerates skin aging while exacerbating inflammatory skin conditions. Skincare products that have been designed to soothe the feeling of inflammation, like the CB Facial Toner, can help, but what your skin needs is for you to start controlling your alcohol intake, ensuring that it doesn’t get out of hand. Drinking a glass of water in between alcoholic drinks can also go a long way in countering the dehydration that alcohol causes.
Summary
There’s a lot to consider when it comes to figuring out what your skin needs and your lifestyle habits should definitely play a part in this. While the products that we’ve featured above will help you to circumvent any aspects of your lifestyle that aren’t ideal, the best way forward would be to try to ensure that you’re living a lifestyle that’s as healthy as possible. Not only will this benefit your skin, but your overall health, both physical and mental, will experience a big boost too.
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