Prep Your Skin For Summer!

3/18/2015

Summer has officially begun and that means smaller, shorter and thinner pieces of clothing. With that said, our skin is more exposed to the sun. As you know, we always have to take care of our skin but for the summer, I advise you take better care to enjoy grorgeous looking skin the whole year round.

Here are some of the things that I do that might help you this summer as well:

Upon waking up, I take a shower and I don’t forget to cleanse my face and tone it. I have always believed that washing alone isn’t enough. So I use SkinWhite Advanced Whitening Facial Toner as it removes stubborn dirt and excess oil. It also contains micro-exfoliating technology and Witch Hazel Extract to help banish acne and helps prevent dryness with its Vitanourish Formula.

When it’s THIS hot, I usually don’t wear a ton of makeup. I just put on tinted moisturizer, powder foundation or a face cream powder just like SkinWhite Power Whitening Face Cream Powder. I actually like this a lot because it uses a unique technology that magically transform the cream into a light, matte powder once it touches the skin. It’s perfect because I always prefer a matte face since I have combination skin and this way, anything I put on will stick to my face better. I follow it with some concealing here and there, a light bronzer and some blush and of course, I groom my brows too. That’s usually it. I don’t even do eye makeup anymore. I just go for minimal makeup showing off my healthy skin.

During the day, it’s so important to keep hydrated. I know for a fact that during summer, people tend to sweat more easily and because of this, we loose water in our system. So I always bring a bottle of water wherever I go to replenish what I lost from sweating. As many of you have heard, drink at least 8-10 glasses a day.

Just like our system looses water, our skin also looses moisture because of the heat. You probably have noticed the change in your skin texture when the climate changed. Moreover, your skin color. I use SkinWhite Advanced PowerWhitening Lotion because it’s non-sticky, smells nice and it’s actually multi-purposed. It contains a Vitanourish formula that’s spiked with vitamins B3, B5 and E to give the skin intense moisture.

More than that, it also protects the skin from UV rays and further skin darkening with SPF20. Yes, it’s got SPF! Cool, right? So you can actually use the SkinWhite Advanced PowerWhitening Lotion during daytime before you head out and at night before going to bed.

Added plus? You’ll notice lighter and healthier looking skin upon application.

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To protect my eyes and also my face from the sun, I trust my handy sunglasses. They help filter light and they protect against the damaging rays of the sun. Also, they’re pretty stylish too! Try to look for lenses that block 100 percent of UV rays.

If you want to somehow block the sun from hurting the rest of your body, bring an umbrella! I have this pretty old foldable umbrella that I bring in my car or my bag. I’ve held on to this for years because there was a study in the U.S. that black umbrellas actually perform better in blocking ultraviolet rays.

Lastly, exfoliate the skin. I exfoliate once to twice a week. And everytime I do, my skin feels amazingly soft. As we get older, our skin’s natural ability to shed dead skin cells slows down so we actually help our skin when we exfoliate. If you have acne prone skin, buffing the dead skin away will actually help unclog the pores. I also find that it helps serums, creams and lotions penetrate and adhere to the skin better.

So those are some of my tips on how to prepare your skin for summer and I do hope that these help you out. Check out SkinWhite products to score insta-white beautiful skin.