As the seasons change, it is crucial to adapt your skincare routine to make the most of your skin’s potential. With humid days and sunny summer weather on the horizon, it’s time to switch up your regimen to get the best in summer glow makeup and skincare products!
With summertime skincare, there’s a fine line between looking fresh and dewy and just down right sweaty, but with the right summer skin care routine, you can pull off beautiful, bright skin on even the most blistering of days! Learn about our expert aestheticians’ favorite tips, techniques, makeup, and the skincare you need for glowing summer skin from sunrise to sunset.
What Happens to Your Skin in Summer
Before we jump into tips and tricks, it’s important to know exactly how hot weather can impact your skin. As temps dramatically increase, your body reacts by dilating your skin’s pores and producing increasingly more sweat to keep you cool. While this is just your body’s natural way of responding to heat, sweat can drag make-up, dirt, and debris deeper into your open pores, setting off a chain reaction that could lead to acne and blackheads.
If you have dry skin, you’re not off the hook either! As we sweat, our skin loses its natural oils which can exacerbate dry skin issues. Depending on the climate where you live, how much time you spend outside, and your skin’s natural tendencies, you may find that hot weather brings about flaking skin, dry patches, or an overall loss of brightness.
So how do you get that summer glow without tons of makeup or worsening your already stressed skin?
Get a Balancing Cleanser
Just like with your winter skincare routine, when hot weather rolls around, it’s time to switch out your products and more to a summer skin care routine. Summer is the perfect time to switch up your cleanser, especially if you’ve been relying on a super creamy and rich formula throughout the winter and spring. An all-natural, high-quality cleanser will help remove make-up and wash away any impurities sweat pushed into your pores throughout the day. If you need a little extra help with redness, look for a balancing cleanser (like Biologique Recherhe’s Lait U) to create a perfectly smooth and even palette for your favorite summer glow makeup looks.
Exfoliate Like a Pro
Exfoliating isn’t just for getting rid of dull winter skin: a regular exfoliating routine should be kept throughout the summer, too!
A weekly routine and professional-quality exfoliant can help you achieve glowing summer skin by helping to control oil production, unclog your pores, and eliminate those pesky dry spots. Biologique Recherche’s beloved line of Lotion P50 exfoliators is often referred to as “a facial in a bottle” that will help you unlock that flawless summer skin you so crave. Use this, and other Biologique Recherche products for dry skin, nightly before applying your favorite serum and moisturizer to wake up to refreshed, smooth skin!
Keep Sun Damage at Bay
As the leading cause of premature aging, preventing sun damage is a crucial part of any summer skin care routine. Aside from wearing an SPF of +30 or higher every day, you’ll also want to incorporate products into your routine that can help reverse sun damage and treat any pre-existing damage that could cause wrinkles, fine lines, and discoloration in the future.
A natural skin serum targeted to your specific skin concerns is essential to neutralizing free radicals caused by harmful UV ray exposure. For a soothing, yet seriously effective treatment against the signs of sun damage, be sure to add a serum like BR’s Creme PIGM 400 to your collection to keep your skin looking youthful, bright, and even all year long!
Go Easy on the Foundation
When it comes to summer glow makeup, less is definitely more. You want to consider how the heat will affect your look, so steer clear of heavy, cakey foundations that tend to melt in the heat. Instead, opt for a lightweight mineral powder or a natural tinted moisturizer that won’t interfere with your summer skin care routine and block your pores–plus, a little added UV protection will go a long way! If you feel like you need more coverage, try to apply your concealer, all-natural tinted moisturizer, and powder in several light layers to avoid that caked-on look.
Get Sweatproof Eyes
Summer is the perfect time to experiment with dramatic new colors, but it can be hard to get the look right when you have to worry about humidity and sweat getting in the way. Whether you’re a minimalist who prefers a taupe shadow or a vintage-inspired cat eye liquid liner lover, choose products with waterproof formulas that won’t smear as the temperatures rise. A makeup primer is also a nice way to help your eye makeup stay right where you need it whether you’re sipping cocktails by the pool or lounging in the park with friends.
Pro Tip: Keeping your eye area moisturized with a natural under eye cream will keep your eyes bright and reduce dark circles, which will help you cut down on concealer that could melt or smudge. An anti-aging eye treatment — like Creme Contour Yeux Et Levres Biofixine — will also address fine lines, where makeup tends to smudge and stick.
Lock in Your Lips
Who says you can’t go for a bold lip in the summer? Whether you’re a fan of understated lip colors or like to go bright and beautiful, you can definitely hang on to your lipstick as a part of your summer glow makeup routine! For summer, we love a lightweight lipstick pen with plenty of high-pigment color to instantly brighten your look on-the-go. A coordinated lip liner is also a great tool to have in your summer makeup bag for a perfectly polished finishing touch, because it will keep your lip color from bleeding in the heat (or after enjoying a mojito or two!)
Get a Skincare Consultation for Glowing Skin All Year Round
Our last tip for the perfect summer skin care routine — talk to an expert about your unique skin type! Your skin is one-of-a-kind just like you!), so it deserves individualized attention and treatment.
