Summer Skin care
With the summer heat, it is time to lighten your skin care regime.
Summer skin is oilier, or at least, less dry than winter skin, so go easy on the heavy moisturizers and adjust your skin care to suit your summer skin. Drink plenty of water as well to hydrate your entire body, replenish sweat and beat the summer heat.
Three things to remember when it comes to summer skin care.
- Skin tends to get oilier in summer. Adjust your skin care regime accordingly. Use lighter facial skin care products to avoid clogging your pores
- Rehydrate your skin after exposure to the sun, sand and salt at the beach.
- Protect your skin from the sun. The sun's UV rays can cause skin cancer, so be wise and use sunblocks.
Summer Cleansers & Toners
Considering that skin is oilier in summer, you might want to go easy on the cream cleansers. If your skin is sensitive, a soap-free cleanser followed by a swipe of alcohol free toner would cleanse your face gently, without drying your skin. Rosewater's good as a toner for dry, normal and mature skin while witch hazel's great for oily skin and skin with acne.On the other hand, my doctor swears by soap and water and says that if everyone just uses soap and water for washing their faces during hot weather, there wouldn't be so many people with acne problems. Don't use harsh soaps on your face though. If soap an appeal to you, go for clinique mild soap. Personally, I love using a wash off cleanser on a hot day. It is so refreshing. A great one for oily skin or acne prone skin is clinique facial liquid soap
In summer, the sweat mixed with the extra oil your skin produces makes it more likely for you to have acne breakouts. Combat that by switching to acne skin care products if you're prone to breakouts. Since summer is the time when pimples are more likely to flair up, exfoliate your skin with jojoba bead scrubs. Jojoba beads are actually microspheres of liquid wax suspended in the scrub. These beads do not have sharp edges that can cause tiny scratches on your skin. On top of that, jojoba oil is a wonderful after-sun treatment as it is anti-inflammatory and anti-aging.
Summer Moisturizers
In summer, you need to hydrate your skin. Yes, your skin gets oilier but you lose moisture through your sweat.The best thing you can do is to hydrate your skin from within. By drinking plenty of water. The first thing when you wake up in the morning should be to drink 2 large glasses of plain water. Throughout the day, drink at least 8 to 10 large glasses of water.When it comes to the moisturizer that you apply on your skin, go for the water based ones. You need more water, not more oil. You need to lighten up. On top of that, you need extra protection against the sun's UV rays.
For starters, get a moisturizer that's a lotion or a gel. Cream moisturizers are oil-based, meaning that the moisturizer is made more of oil. Water is suspended in oil.
For a lotions are water-based, meaning water makes up more of the formula than oil. Oil droplets are suspended in water in a lotion.
Gel is mainly water, or rather,
A colloidal system in which a porous network of interconnected nanoparticles spans the volume of a liquid medium. It is usually water that contains the active ingredients, with the product thickened to a jelly consistency.
For summer, a gel moisturizer or a moisturizing lotion would be ideal.
Sun Protection
The most important thing you could do for your skin in summer is to protect it from the sun. That means using a sunblock. This is not just to prevent sunburn. Even a tan is a sign that the UV rays from the sun are damaging your skin and increases your risk of skin cancer. To protect yourself, use a sunblock where the Sun Protection Factor is at least SPF 15 as long as you are going to step out of the house during the day. The easiest way is to use SPF 15 skincare, in your moisturizer, foundation and daycream. Make it part of your get ready to face the world routine every morning. For babies or those with fair skin that burns easily, go for at least SPF 30 sunblocks.Some sources say a higher SPF factor is unneccessary and might irritate the skin due to the extra chemicals in it, while others, like the Harvard Center For Cancer Prevention recommend an SPF that is higher than 15 for cancer prevention. Here's what to do if you do get a sunburn.
