5 Beauty Hacks To Protect Your Skin This Summer

Looking after your skin can feel impossible, especially with the change of seasons. Where winter is extremely drying on skin, making skin feel tight and flaky, summer can have the opposite effect. In the summer season, high UV and increased humidity can have a significant impact on skin, especially sensitive skin. Many feel that in the summertime their skin can become dull and lifeless from overexposure to the sun as well as the temperature changes. This can not just make many frustrated with their skin, but it can take a toll on their confidence.

This is where many want to start to take control of their skin in summer and get glowy skin so they can spend the summer season feeling good about themselves and their skin. But how do you do this? Well, this guide aims to give you 5 tips on how to protect your skin this summer to maintain its glow, so you can love your skin this summer season.

1. Switch product types

In the winter, thick products such as rich hydrating creams help to maintain the skin barrier by encapsulating hydration in the skin and maintaining the skin barrier; these creams can start to become clogged. This can not just lead to breakouts but can make skin feel and look greasy rather than just hydrated. To avoid this, try to switch to lightweight gels in the summer season, which can still provide the skin with moisture and make your skin feel glowy without overhydrating the skin. This should leave you with skin which looks and feels hydrated, which makes a perfect base for makeup to stay on all day.

2. Double cleanse

Double cleansing has become a lot more popular in the last few years. This process usually involves using a micellar water to remove makeup, dirt, and grime from the face before washing your face with a gentle cleanser. Not only does this help to remove make-up and sweat which has penetrated deep into the skin, but it also helps to remove water-resistant suncreams which are difficult to dissolve otherwise and can cause breakouts.

3. Antioxidant protection

Including antioxidant protection into our routine in summer cannot only help our skin look better but also feel fresh. Applying antioxidants or vitamin C serums under your sunscreen daily can help to protect your skin from sun exposure and pollution, which acn prevent breakouts while also preventing signs of ageing and sun spots from sun damage.

4. Mist on the go

Although you may think that your skin doesn’t need more hydration in summer, as you notice your skin becoming more shiny and sweaty, this over-oil production can be from dehydration and your skin crying out for help.  Through the use of a hydrating mist, your skin can stay hydrated throughout the day and restore moisture that is sucked from air conditioning and humidity. Many choose to carry around a bottle of just water to spray throughout the day, or many skincare brands have vitamin-infused mists which do not just hydrate but replenish minerals and introduce further protection through liquid sunscreen. 

5. Commit to SPF

Many make the mistake of only applying SPF on days where they're planning on being in the sun all day or days where it is especially hot in summer; however, this is not the best use of SPF. SPF should be applied even on cloudy days, not only to protect skin from burning but also to protect from skin cancers, which can form from constant sun exposure. Ensure that you are applying this every two hours to get full protection from UV rays, whether this is a face primer or just a general SPF.

Final thoughts

Overall, protecting your skin this summer does not have to be a mystery any more. Whether you use all 5 of these tips or just a few, you should see a change in your skin for the better and start to feel confident in your skin this summer.