Spring is a time for a fresh clean start and renewal, which includes your skincare routine.
Change up your routine to face the season with a vibrant, healthy springtime glow!
As the weather heats up, skin is more prone to become oily and sweaty, which causes breakouts and acne. Spring is also a season ripe with pollen and airborne allergens, triggering skin allergies or irritation.
With more humidity and natural oils returning to your skin, it’s time to tweak your skincare routine. Try these spring-friendly tips.
Old makeup is a breeding ground for bacteria which you’d be applying directly to your skin. This could cause breakouts or skin infections.
It’s important to either wash your makeup brushes once a week or toss the old shabby ones. Washing your brushes with lukewarm water and a gentle soap takes only minutes.
Cooler temperatures and heated air dry out skin, which is why it’s important to exfoliate. In the colder months, your skin dries out, flakes and looks dull with a buildup of dead surface skin cells.
While at-home exfoliation efforts help, chemical skin peels go deeper to improve skin texture, appearance, reduce breakouts, and clear away dead skin cells.
Chemical peels remove top level skin layers to treat and correct skin imperfections, and promote cell regeneration which reveals fresh, healthy skin underneath. Skin peels clear the way for skin to better respond and absorb nourishing and hydrating skincare products.
Switching to a lighter moisturizer in warm weather helps skin look hydrated and moisturized instead of greasy and heavy. A lighter moisturizer consistency helps keep pores clear allowing the skin to breathe.
With warmer temperatures and more sunshine, skin exposure to UV rays increases.
Since the sun is one of the top culprits for damaged and prematurely aging skin, it’s critical to slather on a 30+ SPF sunscreen. A broad spectrum sunscreen helps protect from both UVA and UVB rays.
Wear sunglasses to provide extra protection around the delicate skin around the eyes. Eye protection cuts down on squinting which causes wrinkles and fine lines.
One of the ways the sun’s UV rays damage skin is by breaking down collagen, so keeping the eye area moisturized, hydrated and protected is a good defense to combat damage to the skin around the eyes.
Add an eye cream or gel to your skincare routine to give you more protection for this highly delicate and easy-to-wrinkle area.
Cleaning up your look and getting ready for revealing more skin means hair-free, smooth skin. If you haven’t booked a waxing appointment, call an esthetician for lasting, professional results.
While at your appointment, consider cleaning up your brows and removing any facial hair.
Wearing heavy foundation and powder in warmer weather can spell big trouble for your skin. The heavy makeup clogs pores and leaves skin more prone to irritation or acne.
Instead, choose a lightly tinted sunscreen or face powder.
Wash all your makeup off each night and follow up with a creamy night moisturizer and soothing eye gel.
Put your best skin forward with a visit to Laura Skincare in Petaluma, CA. From chemical peels to waxing, our experts are ready to jumpstart your spring skincare routine.