In this very short season of “less is more”, the difference between looking well hydrated and looking dry as a Los Cabos desert can depend on your daily skincare products and routine. After all, your skin is your best accessory and a strong barrier during the summer, so it’s important to ensure it looks healthy and glowing.
Moisture is crucial for a healthy skin barrier. This can be easily manages with these five easy tips for achieving your most gorgeous skin—like how long you should actually spend in the shower, the body cleanser you shouldn’t be using, and the Sun Protection Factor ingredients you should—to get you glowing like it’s golden hour on a summer afternoon.
1. Take shorter, cooler showers
If it’s been a long, frustrating day, you can turn on the shower and let the water wash away stress. Relax in its serenity…just not for too long or at too hot a temperature. Shower too much, and water can strip the skin of natural lipids, which ultimately causes your skin to dry out. I always suggest 5 minutes using lukewarm water.
2. Use a moisturizing body wash that works twice as hard
Make the most of your shorter showers with a moisturizing body wash—it will nourish skin while cleansing for a revitalizing shower experience. Moroccanoil Body Shower Gel is a highly concentrated, yet mild formula infused with antioxidant-rich argan oil that works immediately to hydrate skin as it cleanses. Hydrating body wash restores skin’s optimal moisture balance, helping to improve elasticity, texture and tone. Delicately fragranced with the signature Moroccanoil scent. Paraben-free. Mineral oil-free.
The ZO Skin Health Body Emulsion (only sold in clinic) is a Multi-action body treatment that improves quality, smoothness and overall appearance of healthy skin. This amazing powerhouse will stimulate epidermal renewal and collagen production and help even skin tone while providing enzymatic exfoliation to remove dead skin cells and smooth rough skin texture. It helps inhibit melanin production to help even out skin tone as well as replenishes hydration and lipids to restore skin barrier function. Designed to calm and soothes irritated skin, its encapsulated vitamins E, C and A: have a 12-hour time-release antioxidant complex to fight against free radical damage. If that wasn’t enough it also acts as a DNA repair and protection complex.
3. Exfoliate to get the most out of your products
It may not be pretty but exfoliating dead skin cells from the surface of your skin will help your products penetrate better. Use an alpha hydroxy acid, (AHA) sugar scrub or Wilma Schumann Gentle Skin Scrub…nothing too harsh. You don’t want to cause irritation.
The Wilma Schumann Gentle Skin Scrub from the European Skincare line will Invigorate and refresh your skin with a gentle and natural scrub. Its deep cleansing action removes impurities and dead skin cells and boosts circulation. Paraben-free.
4. Apply sunscreen every two hours
Many sunscreens, especially the water-resistant variety, have chemicals or plasma concentrations that can clog pores, leading to breakouts or body acne. Instead, opt for SPF options that feature natural minerals like zinc oxide. Smooth and Pore-less 100% Mineral Matte Screen, for example, is a 100% mineral primer in one translucent formula that blurs pores and mattifies skin. Wear underneath makeup for more coverage during the week, or on its own for less coverage during the weekend – and either way, you can rest assured that you’re getting SPF 40 protection. Major bonus points for the fact that butterfly bush extract helps guard your skin from blue light too. *Water resistant up to 40 minutes.
For body…
Everyday Sunscreen SPF 50 By Supergoop is water-resistant formula is perfect for everyday use on face and body. It’s fast-absorbing and lightweight, but with ultra-moisturizing results. And, it’s made with natural extracts of citrus, basil, and bois de rose, so you’ll leave that typical sunscreen smell behind.
5. Double down on hydration at night
The ZO Skin Health Body Emulsion (only sold in clinic) is a Multi-action body treatment that improves quality, smoothness and overall appearance of healthy skin. This amazing powerhouse will stimulate epidermal renewal and collagen production and help even skin tone while providing enzymatic exfoliation to remove dead skin cells and smooth rough skin texture. It helps inhibit melanin production to help even out skin tone as well as replenishes hydration and lipids to restore skin barrier function. Designed to calm and soothes irritated skin, its encapsulated vitamins E, C and A: have a 12-hour time-release antioxidant complex to fight against free radical damage. If that wasn’t enough it also acts as a DNA repair and protection complex.