You may already have the right gear for your favorite sport, but do you have the right beauty essentials to keep you looking great too? “Probably not,” says Gretchen Monahan, owner of the Grettacole Salon and Spas in the Boston area. “I see a lot of clients with exercise-related beauty problems who haven’t taken the time to stock their gym bag or medicine cabinet with the right products. You have to choose your beauty regimen in the same way you would your workout clothes.” So whether you’re a skier or a yogini, here are the essentials you need to prevent or relieve sport-induced skin and hair problems.

Exercise essentials There’s no doubt that cold weather and harsh winds can rob the skin of essential moisture (see Beauty Rx, page 84), which is why daily hydration is so important. “Extremely dry, irritated skin can crop up quite fast, so keep a heavy-duty moisturizing cream on hand to handle those problematic areas whenever necessary,” says Tennessee Callie, R.N., a skin practitioner at New York City’s Skinklinic dermatology center. Best bet: B. Kamins Chemist Maple Treatment Cream SPF 15 ($95; bkamins.com), a superhydrating cream made from the sap of Canadian maple trees. Exercise essentials Logging a lot of miles can give your feet a beating, but daily care will keep them in fine form: Stash a tube of exfoliating moisturizer (one with skin-sloughing alpha- or beta-hydroxy acids) in your locker or gym bag and massage sore feet to help exfoliate dry skin. Editor’s picks: Babor Body Thermal Line Anti-Callous Cream with mineral oil and algae ($16; babor.com) and Propoline Pedi Care Cream with olive oil and alpha-hydroxy acids ($12; beautyhabit.com). Monthly professional pedicures are also recommended: “A lot of our clients are Boston Marathoners who come to us for a proper pedicure,” Monahan says. “That means we buff but don’t cut their calluses, which build up as a protective layer on areas where there is prolonged pressure.”

Any runner who has experienced runner’s rash or runner’s nipple, which occurs where skin rubs against fabric over long distances, never wants to repeat the misery. To prevent it, wear clothing made of moisture-wicking fabric like Dri-Fit or CoolMax. “A layer of Vaseline or zinc oxide paste (available at drugstores) will also provide a barrier between your clothes and sensitive spots like nipples and underarms,” Bodian explains. Also try Indigo Wild’s Zip’s Nip Stick ($9.50; zipsnaturalsport.com) with beeswax and shea butter. An antiperspirant with moisturizing ingredients, such as Secret Platinum & Olay Conditioners ($2.79; at drugstores), can help to keep your underarms dry–and therefore less likely to chafe.