Skin Food grew from one green tube into a whole face range.
I've been using the original Skin Food, the iconic green tube, forever. Mostly as a hand cream, but it has so many uses. My favourite is as a highlighter. After my makeup and powder, I dab a little on the top of my cheekbones, and when the light hits it, it lifts my whole face. I've got a demo of that on my Instagram, and there's a whole post on the 15 most popular uses if you want more.
Weleda have been making Skin Food since 1926, and the recipe still hasn't changed. They are one of the natural brands I go back furthest with. They first knocked on my door in 2014, at my very first warehouse, and I've told that whole story in 10 things I've always loved about Weleda. In November 2023 they turned Skin Food into a full face range, the same botanical blend in lighter textures, made for daily use on the face.
Weleda have a few ranges I love, and I am working on a guide for them all, but starting here with the Skin Food range.
The signature Phyto-Infusion blend
Every product in the range shares the same Phyto-Infusion, the botanical blend that's been in the original tube from the start: calendula, chamomile, rosemary and wild pansy. So they all have that same Skin Food heritage, even where the textures and scents are lighter.
Weleda Skin Food Face Care Nourishing Cleansing Balm
The range starts with a cleanser, a balm that melts into a milk. It takes off makeup and the day's build-up with organic sunflower seed oil, then you add water, it turns milky and rinses clean. It's like a double cleanse in one, a good pick if you would rather not do two separate cleansing steps.
Weleda Skin Food Super Serum
This is the one I love, and with my very dry skin it's the one I use most. It's so good that even the mainstream beauty media have talked about how well it works, which I love to see. They usually only ever talk about the typical mainstream brands (don't even get me started on that rant!). This serum is the natural dupe for CeraVe's Hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum or the Rhode Glazing Milk. It's made with hyaluronic acid for deep hydration and olive-derived Ceramide NP to help support the skin barrier and reduce moisture loss. I've written a full review of the Super Serum if you want to know more.
Weleda Skin Food Face Care Nourishing Day Cream
If you love the original tube but find it too rich for daytime, this one is the everyday face version. It's lighter, with olive squalane and organic sunflower seed oil instead of the heavy base, so it absorbs fast and sits well under makeup. It has a fresh mandarin scent, and in Weleda's four-week study, 81% said their skin looked radiant again.
Weleda Skin Food Face Care Nourishing Night Cream
At night, the Nourishing Night Cream is the richer one, made to work overnight. It's got sacha inchi oil, shea butter, olive squalane, calendula and cica, short for Centella asiatica, or Tiger Grass, a botanical known for calming and soothing sensitive skin. It's the one for very dry or winter skin, and a little goes a long way.
Weleda Skin Food Lip Balm and Lip Stick
There are two for lips, both good in cold weather. The Lip Balm is a rich liquid balm with beeswax and natural oils for very dry or chapped lips. The Lip Stick is a solid vegan balm with cocoa seed butter for a soft, natural finish.
What order do I use it in?
Step 1: Cleanse. Start with the Nourishing Cleansing Balm to take off makeup and build-up.
Step 2: Serum. Press the Super Serum into clean, slightly damp skin, morning and night.
Step 3: Moisturise. The Nourishing Day Cream in the morning, the Nourishing Night Cream in the evening.
Step 4: Lips. The Lip Balm or Lip Stick whenever lips need it.
About the Author ~ Irene Falcone
Irene Falcone is a clean beauty writer and co-host of a wellness podcast. She has spent more than 15 years reading the back of beauty labels, and is a Telstra Business Women's Awards winner and a judge for the Clean + Conscious Awards.
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