Cold Remedies.

Cold Remedies

The mercury plunges; the wind howls -- and your skin suffers. Women who thrive in winter explain how they get glowing. By Lindsy Van Gelder

Most of us are rank amateurs at standing up to the conditions of winter. When the air is drier than a midcentury martini and colder than a witch's implant, we often just attempt to keep our skin covered as much as possible, racing from the parking lot or the subway station to the office, pathetically whimpering for mercy from the ice gods. Even so, our tiny forays into the great outdoors usually leave our skin utterly parched and flaky. But there's an advance guard of women who don't just meekly endure ...