Thinking Spring? What should you know and do when the weather changes.

Changes in the weather and season can change the way your skin in reacting. Spring and Fall is the perfect time to reassess your beauty routine accordingly to adapt to the constant developing needs of your skin. Adapting in order to deal with the shifts in climate, sun levels and exposure to external attackers, simple beauty tricks and changes can also work wonders. Making sure you these essentials in your routine, is vital.

1.    Always use an SPF

To give yourself some protection again UVA and UVB rays as the sun gathers strength into the summer months. SPF is essential to protect skin against sun damage and premature aging. Remember that it’s UVA rays that are present all year and they are the “A”ging rays.

2.    Start Taking Supplements

Make sure to increase hydration levels by using a moisturizer high in humectants, such as Hyluronic Acid and rich in Omega oils, to keep your skin from looking dry and flaky and feeling tight after the harsh effect of winter weather and central heating. By increasing your omega supplements, these will increase you skins hydrating levels helping it to function more efficiently, restoring its barrier function for a more protected skin and removing the snaky post winter look.

3.    Focus on your Cleaning

Spring is the perfect time to invest in your cleansing routine to reveal clearer, brighter, glowing skin. Spend 1-2 minutes working with your cleanser in upwards circular motions to clean deep into the pores, focusing on any congested areas with smaller circular motions. Focus on your cleansing over the next 2 weeks daily, and it will create clearer and healthier looking skin in a matter of weeks.

4.    Don’t Forget the Décolletage (upper chest)

Spring is the start of revealing more skin, especially the décolletage area. Exfoliate the décolletage area with a sugar scrub while in the shower, then apply a soufflé or shea butter moisturizer to re-hydrate your skin and regenerating this neglected area. To help with the signs of aging, such as lines, wrinkles and thinning, slackening skin in the exposed delicate next and chest area, serums can and should be added prior to your moisturizer.

5.    Exfoliate to Banish Dead Skin

Slough off the dead and dull skin cells of winter with a gentle Exfoliate up to 2 times a week instead of harsh scratchy scrubs that will damage the skin causing micro-tears and irritation. This would also be a time to go in for peels, but you can also start using retinols to gently exfoliate dead skin without damaging action on the skin. This will allow your moisturizers to work more efficiently on the skin.