In spring, you especially want beauty. ❤ But usually we greet spring with pale, dull, dehydrated and tired skin after winter, dry hands, flaky heels and electrified hair.
In this post, we will tell you how skin care differs in spring, and what products you must have in your cosmetic bag to bloom like a May rose.
Daily spring skin care
The basic stages of care - cleansing -> toning -> cream - do not change. But, of course, spring facial care has its own characteristics.
Stage 1. Cleansing
To remove makeup in spring, choose light textures - milk, hydrophilic oil, micellar water. Put off thick, thick makeup remover creams until next winter.
To wash oily and problematic skin in the spring, choose soft, sulfate-free gels. For dry and sensitive skin - airy foams. It’s good if your cleanser contains a complex of vitamins and antioxidants.
Stage 2. Toning
In spring, to tone your face, use moisturizing, antioxidant tonics or hydrosols depending on your skin type. For oily and problematic skin - witch hazel, sage, rosemary. For dry and sensitive - chamomile, lavender, linden.
After winter, the skin is dehydrated and requires additional hydration. Therefore, in the spring, add moisturizing sprays and thermal waters to your care.
Stage 3. Face cream for spring
Switch from thick protective winter creams to lighter textures - cream, soufflé, mousse, rich emulsion. But don’t rush to immediately jump to super-light fluids and gels. In spring, the skin needs lipids (oils, ceramides) to support the epidermal barrier, weakened by winter frosts, winds and temperature changes.
In addition to lipids, a competent spring face cream must contain:
- vitamins - spring vitamin deficiency directly affects the skin, and it needs additional support not only from the inside, but also from the outside;
- vasoprotectors - they stimulate microcirculation, strengthen blood vessels and refresh the complexion;
- competent moisturizing components - restore water balance, saturate skin dehydrated during the winter with moisture;
- antioxidants - UV radiation becomes more active with each spring month, antioxidants will strengthen and support the natural protective system of the skin.
Look for on the label: amino acids, urea, lactic acid, hyaluronic acid, sorbitol, algae, chitosan, squalane, collagen, elastin, aloe vera, glycerin, vitamins (especially C, E, A), alpha lipoic acid, resveratrol, peptides copper, selenium, lycopene, green tea, horse chestnut, butcher's broom, arnica, ginkgo biloba, gotu kola.
Spring is the right time for vitamin creams and creams from anti-stress and detox lines. Such products are indispensable for tired, dull, flabby skin after winter. For example, Anti-stress cream or Multivitamin cream with SPF10.
They increase local immunity and protective systems of the skin, improve microcirculation, slightly brighten, moisturize, smooth, fight signs of fatigue, revitalize, improve complexion, give freshness and radiance. Just what you need after a hard winter.
If you divide creams into day and night, remember the “golden rule”.
- When the outside temperature is above +7 degrees, apply a moisturizer in the morning and a nourishing cream in the evening.
- When the outside temperature is below +7 - vice versa - eat in the morning, hydrate in the evening.
SPF in spring cream
In March-April, the period of active sun begins, which will last until October. Free radicals wake up. After a winter vacation, they are vigorous, fresh and ready to attack defenseless, weakened skin after winter.
Therefore, if you use SPF all year round, first of all, you are great,
