Skin can be an issue for many people. From dryness to breakouts, skin can feel hard to manage all throughout the year. However, as the summer season approaches, it can feel like the hardest time of year to take back control of your skin. With rising temperatures and UV levels, you may struggle to know how to look after your skin, especially after the months of cold weather.
Many questions, do you still moisturise? What’s the best way to control oil production? What’s the best way to protect your skin? Well, there’s no need to question any more, as this helpful guide is here to answer these questions so you can look after your skin in the summer, allowing you to have glowing skin ready for your holiday.
So, from SPF to serums, here’s how to care for your skin this summer.
Apply SPF daily
We know that everyone stresses the importance of applying sun cream in the summer, but is it really that important? Ensuring that you use a broad-spectrum suncream or face primers with at least SPF 30 is the best way to protect your skin in the summer months. If you are on holiday or temperatures rise above 20 degrees, you may need to apply a higher SPF suncream and reapply throughout the day to ensure that you have maximum protection on your face. This can prevent skin from maturing, sun spots from appearing, and more serious issues, such as skin cancers. Although you may think that you do not need to apply sunscreen on cloudy days, UV can still penetrate through clouds, meaning that you should still apply sunscreen every day.
Hydrate inside and out
Everyone knows that in summer you need to hydrate yourself more than usual, but many do not realise the effects it has on your skin. The higher amounts of heat in summer mean that skin loses a lot more water than in winter. This means that you should drink higher amounts of water to maintain skin suppleness and hydrate your whole body. In addition, outside your body, you should switch from thicker face creams to thinner and lighter creams to maintain hydration and to prevent skin from getting clogged, which can lead to breakouts. Depending on your skin type, you may want to choose different cerams. Where dry skin may want to use cream-based products, oily skin may want to opt for gel products, as these are lighter without clogging the skin.
Use antioxidant-rich serums
Incorporating serums that contain extra vitamins and minerals for the skin is another way to support your skin throughout the summer. This includes applying serums or lip gloss that have vitamin C or E in them to help support the health of your skin barrier and protect against pollution and other environmental factors. In addition, these vitamins can help to fight UV damage as well as improve the brightness of your skin, so you can have that natural summer glow.