One thing I have never taken for granted is my skin. If you are good to your skin, your skin will be good to you.
Now, when you’re in the midst of winter and suffering from ultra dry skin – it’s easy to pull out a moisturizer and slap it on. Any moisturizer helps during those cold and dry winter months. However, when the humid dog days of summer hit, do you know how to respond?
1. Begin your beauty regimen on the inside. During the summer months, trade heavy stews and soups for salads. Drink iced green tea or a cool, refreshing wine spritzer or frozen fruit daiquiri.
2. Summer signals the beginning of increased activity, which causes you to lose moisture through perspiration. Drink water before you feel thirsty. Once you feel thirst, you’re already slightly dehydrated. Carry water with you to avoid those parched moments.
3. Chlorine is not so friendly with your skin, hair and nails; it leaves them dry and brittle. Wash off chlorine as soon as you step out of the pool or hot tub. Add a water filter to your shower to trap chlorine and other chemicals. You’ll notice a difference in your skin within a few days.
4. Apply creams and lotions with a high Sun Protection Factor (SPF). Lightweight summer clothes don’t completely block the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. In fact, lightweight clothing offers very little SPF—usually around 8. When you spend concentrated time in the sun, apply a water-resistant or waterproof sun block, and use a sun block with zinc on your face. Reapply often.
5. Apply protection against insects, and reapply as necessary. Not only will you avoid bite marks and annoying itching, but you could also avoid debilitating disease. Don’t take unnecessary chances.
6. Grow an aloe plant. They’re impossible to kill. Having immediate access to an Aloe plant is like having a drugstore at your fingertips. Break off a leaf and apply the gel on the inside to provide instant relief from sunburn, insect bites, burns from outdoor grilling, and minor skin irritations.
7. Lighten up on your facial moisturizing routine. Instead of dry flakes, your skin faces eruptions from clogged pores during the summer. Clean your face meticulously, several times each day if necessary. Switch to a lighter moisturizer with fewer emollients. Consider a tinted moisturizer to eliminate the extra layer of make-up foundation. Allow your natural radiant skin to shine through without obstruction.
8. Hands and feet require special care in the summer. Keep nails short to enjoy summer sports activities. Exfoliate hands and feet regularly, and don’t lighten up on rich, emollient hand and foot creams, because parts of the hands and feet contain no oil glands.
9. With your legs exposed during the summer, you may tire of daily shaving. Consider one of the sugar-based wax formulations. It may take several applications to master the technique, but after a few false starts, the efforts are worth the learning curve. Follow-up each waxing session with a moisturizer containing aloe to avoid skin bumps.
10. If your winter lip balm didn’t contain sun protection, make sure that your summer lip balm does. Chapped lips are annoying, but sunburned lips hurt! Reapply often, particularly when you’re on the water in an open boat or riding in a convertible.
Do you have a particular summertime skin practice you’d like to share?
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Use of raw tomato or cucumber will also remove the sun burnt effect of the skin
These are really great tips for my skin. I know that every woman this much help in maintaining the health of her skin. Thanks a lot for these useful tips.
for sunburn: apply calamine lotion to alleviate itching and use plenty of moisturizer to help re-hydrate the skin.
Its good to eat one month before summer to eat a lot of carrot.)
Whenever we go swimming, I bring along a jar of sunblock, big cans of pineapple juice, big bottles of drinking water, and lots of ice. No one enjoys lukewarm drinks. Thanks for the useful info.
Great tips! Shade protection and sun screen are important elements to remember to prevent sun overexposure.
haha love the tip about keeping an aloe plant. i used to have one, and yes, it was great for insect bites and burns!
Great tips – thanks! The aloe plant really does work well for sunburn. I went to college in San Diego and we kept one handy for those days when we spent way too long at the beach – studying of course
These are some great tips..I have very sensetive and dry skin, so ill almost looking for new tips to keep my skin looking its best and as healthy as possible..The aloe plant works wonders, for minor cuts and burns too.
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Eating healthy as possible is key for the skin!
One key thing I always felt that’s good for skin is drinking lots and lots of water, and making fruits a large part of you diet.
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Good advice. I’d like to add that any old moisturizer just won’t do. Any bottle can be labeled as a moisturizer but the key to it being effective is for it to have water as the first ingredient followed by an oil like olive oil or coconut oil. Ditch the mineral oil, it just sits on top of the skin!
Revital natural skincare products are composed of organic ingredients and herbal extracts. Natural vitamins and minerals are also found in these skincare products and are absorbed easily into the skin. They can enhance the skin’s luster with nutrients and moisturizing.
Such great tips! Really love reading your blog. Will come back for more.
i used 2 tomatoes mixed with lemon juice ,apply this paste all over the sunburnt skin ,and let it dry , it helps to soothe the burnt area and adds a glow to the skin too .
These are really good tips to preserve your skin even during summers. The summers are hard and gruelling. Some of our tips serves in keeping our skin cool all the time. Thanks!
this article is what i need for so long. my skin is very dry and im feel unconfident among my friends. especially after i spent my vacation on the beach. thanks for your info. keep writing nice!
Thank you for your beauty tips are good for protecting the skin in summer I usually apply sunscreen always when a busy is out of the house and facing sunlight
Great Tips!! i’m going to ask my wife to read this . She will love it for sure
Great summer tips! I am so excited for this summer. I am going to be spending most of my time laying poolside. I know the Arizona sun can be very damaging to your skin, but who wants to be pale? The swimming pool installers just installed my new pool, so I cannot wait to lay by it every day this summer!
Love this post.
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Great way to keep your skin healthy in summers.