LAYERING YOUR SUMMER SKINCARE
STEP 1: VITAMIN C
No matter what your skin type is, it is beneficial to use vitamin c serum on as a first step of your skincare routine - preferably in the morning (dermatologists recommend incorporating vitamin C serum into your morning routine, as opposed to using it at night). The reason for this recommendation relates to its ability to protect the skin. It’s especially great in summer because it helps fight free radicals from UV rays and other environmental factors while brightening, clarifying, smoothing, and refining the texture of skin.
STEP 2: SERUM
We suggest spritzing the face with some water or applying applying serums to damp skin (this increases the product absorption). With your skin damp from your spritz, a treatment face serum penetrates the skin barrier more effectively and helps when addressing issues like breakouts, dull skin, and more. Each of these is targeted for specific benefits, and the results are powerful.
STEP 3: MOISTURISE
Most skin types benefit from extra hydration even when it’s warm or in humidity, this is generally because the body and skin needs more hydration. Stay moisturised and look for lighter textures to refresh and rehydrate the skin
STEP 4: MINERAL SUNSCREEN
We advise a mineral sunscreen as this sits on top of the skin and creates a protective barrier, concluding your skincare routine.
MINTD RECOMMENDS:
MURAD Correct & Protect Broad Spectrum SPF 45
A perfectly sheer, satiny-smooth serum with 100% mineral SPF. This product delivers broad-spectrum, mineral-based UV protection, with Carotenoid technology to reflect UV light from the skin, as well as acting as a powerful antioxidant to brighten, protect and reduce discoloration and future hyperpigmentation. This SPF boasts of a ‘one-size fits all’ approach, having been tested successfully on Fitzpatrick skin types 1 to 6.
VERSO Daily Glow Retinol 8 + Vitamin C
The Daily Glow gives a dewy finish that looks just like your skin made it. Encouraging plump, youthful, energised skin, the brand’s proprietary vitamin A Retinol 8 Complex works to restore and improve skin texture while being gentle enough to use every morning; vitamin C brightens and protects; and vitamin B3 niacinamide soothes and reduces redness. A boon for improving overall skin health, moisturising and encouraging elasticity, use this formula for a soft, shimmery, glowing finish.
