Oh! You caught me right out of the shower. Hot weather means sweaty pimples,
sunburns and special attention needed for hot weather skincare.
So today I have my top 10 summer skincare products with a showcase of my
favorite Neutrogena sunscreens which I've been using Neutrogena since
I started getting acne and I needed some good affordable acne friendly products
from the drugstore. Let's start with cleansing this. I don't
know about any of y'all, but I haven't been wearing makeup lately so
I don't really need heavy duty cleansers but I do
need a fresh start, and to minimize congestion.
My favorite cleanser right now is the Consonant foaming face wash.
It's gentle and refreshing and basic which is
the most important for face wash. Look, no stinging! And just listen.
And depending on how hot it is outside I'll use the Dermalogica daily
microfoliant. This microfoliant is great for
preventing sweat congestion. So you just put in a little bit, like so.
Add a couple of drops of water, then you take it into a little paste. So this is
rice powder base, which is really really cool but it also
has salicylic acid in it, which helps with the congestion.
And then once a week I use a clay mask. Innisfree has a
volcanic clay pore clearing clay mask. I think the biggest mistake that people
do is they try to dry out their skin too much in the summer, and I have
combination skin, but it's acne prone all over. I actually
only apply this clay mask on my t-zone. This clay
mask has lactic acid which is a milder
AHA and clay is well known to be great at getting out
all the grimy bits. And that's it. Nowhere else.
If you have a spot I would put it over a spot.
Really trying to keep it minimal. Surprisingly moisture
is key all year round. So now I'm going to make a summery lunch that I like to
eat a lot, and I'm going to give you guys a little
bonus recipe and then we'll jump into skincare after this mask dries.
Needs hot sauce.
So as you can see I have some breakouts left over my forehead,
and around my chin but really not bad. So to combat some of these spots
that are in the process of healing I use a serum that is dedicated for
discoloration. This is the Skinceutical discoloration defense serum.
There are a couple of ingredients that is like universally
good for people that are acne prone. One of it is niacinamide, and niacinamide
increases collagen production. It helps retain moisture. This serum also
has kojic acid. This one only has one percent so it's
doing like a subtler brightening effect to your skin
over time. So during the winter I use stronger serums that have exfoliants in
it, but in the summer because any of those
products that contain AHAs would make you sensitive to the sun I
just avoid it all together. I've really cut down on steps for the summer for
skin care, and I just go right to moisturizer. The one
I'm using right now which I've been loving is the
Dermalogica skin smoothing cream. First of all, more
moisturizers need to come in a squeezy tube. There's just way too many germs
coming out of jar moisturizers and moisturizer is something that
I dip into all the time. It has hyaluronic acid in it. It's just meant to
retain moisture on your skin. It doesn't irritate, it's not heavy in fragrances
and it has a great balancing texture of gel and cream. I should definitely get
into the habit of eye cream a bit more sometimes I forget.
I go through phases of like oh yeah I remember eye cream then sometimes I
don't. And then as an extra topper for moisture
I do a little bit of the consonant vitamin E
oil. Vitamin E is just one of those things that was very scary
because it's a very thick oil, but I used it in the winter loved it. I just
use a little less of it in the summer like
this is how much I use that's it. And I only use it in
my drier areas, so cheeks, around my mouth and then here
I actually get pretty dry. Now sunscreen. After getting picosure for this sunspot
last year I have been so good about putting on sunscreen.
I want to do my dermatologist proud the last thing that I want to do is
reverse all the work that's been done and so I
really need sunscreen everywhere. So there's the biggest argument
of when should you put on sunscreen. Is it under all your moisturizer,
over all your moisturizer, and I do a combination of both.
This is my favorite invisible sunscreen. It also
acts as a moisturizer, so if you really want to pare down
on your skincare steps this can be worn right after your serum.
So I put this on after my moisturizer. You cannot skimp
on quantity. You have to get coverage all around. I feel like I'm calling
everybody out here, but nobody would ever take off all their
makeup just to reapply sunscreen and put it on again
when they're out for the day. If anybody does that I commend you for your
dedication, but I have the solution for you. Right
here when Neutrogena came out with a misting sunscreen spray I... It's oil
free, and it is the easiest thing to just
throw in your purse and carry with you for touch ups throughout the day. If you
have very acne prone skin and your skin is very sensitive,
they have a product that I haven't tried yet. It's called the Neutrogena clear
face sunscreen, and it's made specifically for acne
prone skin. Says on label won't cause breakout. Now
if you happen to forget sunscreen that day,
and you are extra burnt this gigantic Face Shop aloe gel
is perfect. The plan for me is to get my own aloe plant and
cut it up and use it, though for some reason I kill aloe plants pretty easily,
so this is the next best thing. The trick is that I also use this as a
sleep mask sometimes, but it's also great for body. I'll tell
you a secret. I don't wear deodorant I have a sweat
condition.I have hyperhidrosis on my hands and
feet, so my hands and feet get deathly sweaty.
I didn't hold Stefan's hands for like the first year of our relationship. But
my entire body does sweat when it gets to a certain degree of
celsius, so I still get smelly pits, but the temperature
standard is just a bit higher and this is where deodorant finally comes into
the picture. I use pharmacies freshen up deodorant and it's
great it's made with coconut oil, and it has menthol in it so it has
a bit of a cooling effect. It's just the perfect deodorant
for me. So if you're a heavy sweater I don't know if this will work for you,
but if you have pits like mine, this, I highly recommend.
So those are my top 10 summer skincare products. Please let me know if you have
any recommendations below. I'm out to spend the rest of the day in
the sun, so I will see you guys next time bye!