As you probably know, summer is the most tricky season time for your skin. The scorching heat and the blazing sun can be relentless to your skin. Temperature increases during the summer months, packed with heat and humidity, often increase the activity of the sebaceous glands. Thereby, dry skin will appear rough and patchy, and oily skin may appear even oilier. As heat causes pores to open, they can get clogged with oil and dirt, trapping bacteria, and causing pimples, acne, and blemishes on the face. While the intensity of the sun’s rays causes tanning by producing more melanin pigments, it can also do enormous harmby prematurely aging your skin.
Besides the sunlight, other environmental contaminants and pollution also take away your skin’s natural radiance, leaving it oily, dull, and damaged. You surely want to avoid another summer with awful sunburns and up your skin game. In this article, we’ve prepared a list of essential skincare tips to follow this summer so you can hold on to your radiant and healthy skin during the warmest time of the year.
Keep Your Skin Hydrated All The Time
Never forget that your skin needs extra hydration and moisture during the summertime. Find yourself a suitable hydrating mask for your skin and use it a couple of times a week. Apply the mask during the night to rehydrate, repair, and soothe the surface of your face. Specific masks can treat skin conditions such as acne, skin dryness, oiliness, and more. Find the adequate face mask and spend those 15 extra minutes to wipe away the stress and fatigue from your face's skin.
As for hand and body care, take long and relaxed bath sessions with all-natural bar soaps after massive sun exposure, to soothe your skin and rehydrate it to perfect condition. Even better, half an hour before you hop into your shower or bath, massage some olive oil onto your body, hands, and feet, as olive oil is rich with polyunsaturated and saturated fats that give the skin a natural glow and keep it moisturized.
Incorporate Antioxidants In Your Skin Care Routine
We highly recommend you to invest in a decent antioxidant serum during the summer. Not only will it help with the hydration of your skin, but it will also protect your skin from environmental damage. You can also include antioxidants in your skincare regimen by adding them to your diet too. Go to the nearest grocery and get some green vegetables, green tea, nuts, citrus fruits, goji berries, and whole grains to posses younger-looking skin.
Reduce The Makeup
Summertime means that you should reduce the makeup you are wearing every day. Allow your skin to breathe more freely by wearing only minimal facial makeup when needed. Heat and humidity hold back the skin's ability to breathe, so avoid wearing heavy makeup when the temperature is high. You can go with a tinted moisturizer and tinted lip balm to give your skin some deserved rest.
Try To Use Non-Comedogenic Makeup
Start reading at your makeup product labels and tend to use those that are non-comedogenic. When a product is non-comedogenic, it's formulated without pore-clogging ingredients, and during the summer, clogged pores are the last thing you'd want to have problems with.
Exfoliate Regularly
Exfoliation is super crucial to smoother and brighter skin, as it removes dulling skin debris and piled up dead cells. Exfoliate your whole body and not just the face. You can do the procedure with a natural home remedy, like coffee grounds mixed with oil and some sea salt. Gently exfoliate and allow your skin to breathe more easily. Try not to over-exfoliate since your skin can get bruised, and you may end up getting rashes.
Feet Care Is Important Too
Summer means that sandal season is on ladies. Besides getting a pedicure, scrub off the dead, dry skin, and try to exfoliate the skin on your feet regularly. Whenever you plan on wearing sandals or other open footwear, apply some moisturizer and sunscreen before you leave your residency. Also, hold a foot scrub in your shower and scrub your feet a few times a week during shower sessions. In a matter of weeks, you'll notice a considerable difference in the softness of your feet.
Wear Sunscreen Of SPF 30 Or Higher
Don’t leave your home without sunscreen of SPF 30 or higher on your sun-exposed skin. That goes for hands, feet, ears, and lips too. Reapply every couple of hours, and make sure to pack an extra one in your bag. You can even set the alarm of your phone to remind you how important it’s to reapply sunscreen every three hours when exposed to summer sun.
Drink A Lot Of Water
Don't get us wrong, hydration is equally important at all times, but in the summer it should be your number one priority. As it keeps your skin radiant, soft, and supple, water is an essential ingredient in healthy skin tissue. It's also crucial to flush the toxins out from the skin through sweat and urine, and it helps the skin to recover after a sunburn. Carry some drinking water wherever you go and remember to drink a minimum of seven to eight glasses of water each day.
Stay In The Shade As Much As Possible
Wear sun-protective clothing when possible, wide-brim hats, and never leave your home without your sunglasses on. You certainly can’t wear a long-sleeve shirt every moment you’re on the beach, but try to reveal as little of your body as possible to direct sunlight. When on the beach, always sit under an umbrella and try to avoid the midday sun.
