Subject: Glow into Summer
Preview: How to get your skin ready for the season ahead
As we welcome the warmer months, our skin needs extra care to adapt to longer days, stronger sun, and rising humidity. Here's how to embrace a skincare routine for the summer and keep your complexion glowing and radiant - no matter what the season brings.
1. Simplify Your Skincare Routine
The summer calls for a lighter touch, using 3-5 products that work for your skin type is better than overloading the skin with an excess of products. For a simple but effective daily routine try our Active Cleansing Lotion, followed by Hebridean Marine Toner and then one of our Marine Creams. Simplifying your routine also means that you will maximise the potential of your products and use them fully before re-purchasing.
2. Exfoliate For A Fresh Start
Gentle exfoliation helps slough away dull, dry skin that may have built up over the colder months. By exfoliating 1-2 times a week, you encourage healthy skin cell turnover, reduce the appearance of congestion, and allow other skincare products to penetrate more effectively. ishga Exfoliating Face Mask is gentle and non-abrasive, so it won’t be too harsh on your skin. The fine seaweed granules will gently work on your skin without stripping it of its natural oils.
3. Boost Hydration With A Serum
As temperatures rise, so can water loss through the skin. ishga Regenerating Face Serum is designed to target specific concerns such as acne, dullness, and dryness. Serums are typically lighter, water-based formulations with smaller molecules, allowing them to penetrate more deeply into the skin barrier than moisturisers. Applying a serum beneath your moisturiser is a highly effective way to deliver intensive hydration without weighing the skin down.
4. Use A Refreshing Toner
A toner helps to restore your skin’s natural pH balance while delivering much-needed hydration on hot summer days. Our Hebridean Marine Toner is enriched with natural spring water, red mandarin oil, aloe vera, and cooling cucumber extract, leaving your skin feeling refreshed, revitalised, and beautifully balanced. Packaged in a convenient spray bottle, it can be lightly misted directly onto the skin throughout the day-perfect for an instant burst of hydration whenever you need it.
5. Don't Skip The SPF
Even on cloudy days, UVA and UVB rays can damage the skin, so it’s important to buy a sunscreen that will protect you from both. Take into account the SPF factor too. We recommend at least SPF 30, which blocks 97% of UVB rays and will reduce premature ageing and sun damage. SPF should be the last step in your skincare routine, following your moisturiser.
6. Replenish and Restore Overnight
Warm weather can take a toll on your skin, especially if you're exposed to sun, wind, or sea. While we sleep our skin goes into ‘restore and recover’ mode as it works hard to limit any damaging affects you may have encountered through the day.A quick and simple night time skincare routine is the perfect opportunity to hydrate and nourish the skin, it will allow your skin to heal and recover and leave you looking refreshed and rejuvenated in the morning.
With the right approach, your skin can thrive as you transition into the warmer summer months. With your routine sorted, you can go out and enjoy the sunshine without worrying about the effects on your skin.
