Summer and the skin

How we prepare our skin for summer and the seasonal change?

After the cold season, the skin, especially the dry face skin appears thin, slightly reddened on the cheeks; on the other hand, if your face skin is oily, the pores appear dilated and perhaps blackheads and pimples under the skin are evident. In both cases, the skin is dull, does not reflect light and is not ready to receive a luminous and uniform tan. The body skin, on the other hand, which has been covered in heavy clothes for months, now needs to re-oxygenate to regain its smoothness and elasticity. No-problem, let’s focus on the key steps to restore our skin to its splendor thanks to the summer skincare routine.

 

360 degrees preparation: food, health and beauty!

The keywords for preparing our skin for the summer season are certainly: exfoliate, moisturize and protect. As always, in any case, and according to YA.BE’s Mindful Beauty approach, that is the conscious and mindful approach to our beauty, to have beautiful, healthy and radiant skin it is important that we regain this condition from inside out and, to do this and make the most of the summer season and the moments of relaxation and rest that this season brings to us, let’s remind some basic guidelines.

The first is to supplement the daily diet with foods able to restore the nutrients the skin lacks and, as a preparation for the so desired healthy tan, the ones that makes us all look more beautiful. You can rely on the Mediterranean diet, to restore all the deficiencies of the skin and thus restore hydration (also from the inside), density, healthy complexion, tone … Choose, at least twice a day, foods rich in beta-carotene (apricot, melon, carrot, pumpkin, sweet potato, persimmon, oranges, peppers reds, tomatoes, watermelon and green leafy vegetables such as spinach, chard, watercress, chicory, lettuce, cabbage and broccoli), which stimulate the melanin for a uniform and luminous tan. By the way, do you know that beta-carotene extracted from rosehip oil is a star ingredient of the exfoliating and purifying face mask by YA.BE Start over, Start fresh?

Also, do not forget that, to keep the skin hydrated and dense, it is necessary to drink two liters of water a day between meals, in order to stimulate the elimination of toxins. Another step to prepare your skin for summer is to take some open-air physical activity. You don’t need to be an athlete or even passionate about sports, just a walk (at least half an hour in a place with little traffic) is enough. You may be wondering: “What does physical activity matters with the beauty of the skin? ” The benefits of open-air physical activity are oxygenation of the epidermal tissues and detox effect on the skin marked by smog and cold: the subcutaneous microcirculation is activated and, as a result, the skin gains that healthy glow that we all desire. But there’s more to this: thanks to the open-air physical activity, we can increase the production of vitamin D, which is essential for bones but also for proper functioning of the body with positive effects also on the circulatory and immune systems.

Let’s then move on to the specific treatment of our skin, exfoliation and hydration. We remove dead and dull cells from our face with an exfoliating scrub mask or, better, with an enzymatic action exfoliation and intense exfoliation is also required for our body. On wet skin, you can use a horsehair glove that eliminates dead cells and reactivates the microcirculation favouring skin oxygenation.

Hydration and protection

H24 hydration: we have already said how important it is to increase the water intake in this period to deeply hydrate our skin both for face and body and make it compact and elastic before exposing it to UV rays. At this regard, avoid sodium-free water which, being diuretic, would naturally be dispersed. In this season you need water with mineral salts: sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chlorides, sulphates and bicarbonates that help you maintain organic nutrition and hydrated skin, ready for sun exposure. A gem: The Aloe juice is a detox drink, a real cure-all that helps eliminate toxins. Thanks to its high content of vitamins and minerals, it helps overcoming the stress accumulated in winter. And now, let’s get to the beauty steps: in the morning and at night moisturizing cream, with a hydration ally to keep in your handbag. A moisturizing, illuminating and refreshing dew to spray on face, neck and décolleté as many times as you want, also over your make-up. It is the new Hydrating Botanical Mist by YA.BE that will ensure deep and constant hydration all day long. 

Protection always: never forget neck and décolleté which, in summer, are always “uncovered”. Let’s get the help, then, of the antioxidants that are substances capable to counteract, slow down and neutralize free radicals produced by agents such as UV rays, smog and pollution. In view of the summer season and with the aim of achieving a golden tan avoiding any skin damage (wrinkles, dark spots, skin withering), it is time to harvest them. Among the best natural antioxidant active ingredients, we find bamboo: it contains flavonoids (protectors of the subcutaneous microcirculation), as well as choline and betaine, which shield the harmful action of free radicals on the skin and, in addition, help to make the tissues more rubber bands. Furthermore, the olive leaf extract, in addition to the antioxidant properties given by rutin (vitamin P) and hydroxytyrosol, is rich in tyrosol and oleanolic acid which act over time as an anti-inflammatory preventing erythema and burns. You find all these precious ingredients in the YA.BE YY – Simply Beauty Anti-Pollution face serum which will be your top base under the sunscreen!

Last but not least, listen to the podcasts, relax and enjoy summer!