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Summer Skincare Must Haves
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items My dry skin doesn’t care that it’s summer. 😅 These are the lightweight face and body products I reach for when I need hydration, glow, and barrier support without feeling like my skincare is wearing me.
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Cleanse That SPF Away
Lightweight Face Hydration
Summertime Serums
Sweat, Heat & Skin Refresh
Weekend Recovery Plan
Lightweight Body Hydration
Cleanse That SPF Away
When my skin became congested after a beach vacation, I did some research and realized even though I used a great gentle cleanser, it wasn't cutting through my sunscreen to get it off. So now I like to use either an oil cleaner or a cleansing balm fi...
I didn’t realize how difficult water-resistant sunscreen can be to remove until I came home from vacation covered in tiny bumps and clogged pores. Now I use an oil cleanser after beach and pool days to help break down layers of SPF, sweat, and makeup...
Why My Vacation Skin Was Breaking Out
This is the cleansing oil I reach for when my skin feels irritated, flushed, or reactive after long days outside. It helps dissolve stubborn sunscreen while centella helps calm redness, making it perfect for post-beach or post-pool skin recovery.
The Cleansing Oil I Reach For After Too Much Sun
If you prefer a balm over an oil cleanser, this is the one I keep coming back to. It melts away water-resistant sunscreen without leaving my dry skin feeling stripped or tight. Summer breakouts taught me that removing SPF properly matters just as muc...
My Favorite SPF-Melting Cleansing Balm
After a few days of sunscreen, sweat, and humidity, my skin starts feeling congested and I notice those tiny red bumps showing up. This helps give my cleanser a deeper clean so leftover SPF, oil, and buildup don’t linger in my pores. I especially lov...
The Tool I Reach For After Heavy SPF Days
After several days of water-resistant sunscreen, regular body wash doesn’t always feel like enough. An oil cleanser helps break down stubborn sunscreen, sweat, and buildup without stripping already dry summer skin.
The Body Version of Double Cleansing
Lightweight Face Hydration
Face products that still give dry skin moisture, but don’t feel thick, greasy, or suffocating in summer heat. These are the lighter hydrators I’d use when my usual rich creams feel like too much.
When my favorite hydrating serum came out with a mist, I knew I had to have it. This is the ultimate base layer before putting on a gel cream mositurizer in the summer because it has ultra-hydrating ingredients but goes on as a mist so adds no weight...
Super Hydrating Facial Mist
This is even lighter than a traditional cream, which makes it great for hot days when my dry skin still needs moisture but my face cannot handle anything heavy. I’d use this when I want hydration without that coated feeling.
Ultra-Light Fluid Moisturizer for Summer
This is exactly the kind of moisturizer I want in summer — hydrating enough for my dry skin, but not so thick that my face feels heavy or greasy. I like it for daytime when I still need moisture but don’t want my skincare melting off in the heat.
AM/PM Daily Face Moisturizer For All Skin Types
Summertime Serums
Summer can be surprisingly hard on dry skin. Heat, sun, sweat, travel, air conditioning, and daily SPF can leave skin feeling dehydrated, congested, irritated, or uneven. These are the serums I use to help my skin recover, stay balanced, and bounce b...
I always make sure to use Vitamin C as a base layer during the day in the summer since it helps fight free-radical damage from sun exposure. One thing I like about this formula is the addition of CoQ10. It’s an antioxidant that helps protect skin fro...
UV Damage Has Entered the Chat
Nothing worse than breakinf out on vacation thanks to all that SPF. This is one of the products I reach for when my skin starts feeling congested, irritated, or reactive after a few days of sunscreen, heat, sweat, travel, and summer activities. It co...
When All That SPF Makes My Skin Mad
This is the serum I reach for when summer starts leaving little reminders behind, which seem to get more stubborn after 40. The combination of kojic acid and alpha arbutin helps target the appearance of dark spots and uneven tone, while niacinamide s...
Overnight Sun Spot Damage Control
Sweat, Heat & Skin Refresh
Summer skin needs a little reset sometimes — especially when you’re sweaty, outside, or feeling sticky. These are the sprays and mists I like for refreshing skin without adding another heavy layer.
This is such a good summer skin reset when I’m sweaty, hot, or need to refresh without washing my face. I like keeping it around for after being outside, running errands, or anytime my skin feels irritated and needs something simple. I’ve noticed les...
Hypochlorous Spray for Sweaty Summer Skin
I like this for refreshing my skin later in the day when it starts feeling dry or tight. It’s lightweight, easy to spray on, and gives that quick hydration boost without having to redo my whole skincare routine.
Hydrating Face Mist for Summer Dryness
After being outside in the summer heat, after a sunburn or when you need an extra lightweight hydration layer, this Avene Thermal Water spray is truly the best water spray I’ve ever found. Was given to me by a dermatologist after I got Morpheus 3 don...
Cool Down Your Face Fast
Weekend Recovery Plan
Not every skin issue needs a new daily product. Sometimes your skin just needs a weekend intervention. 😂 These are the treatments I reach for when my skin feels dry, stressed, rough, congested, or generally annoyed by summer life.
Summer is when my skin somehow manages to be dry, sweaty, congested, and dull all at the same time. 😂 This serum helps keep my skin smooth, bright, and clear without feeling stripped. I especially love the combination of mandelic acid, niacinamide, ...
Gentle Exfoliation to Cleanup Sweat and SPF Congestion
This is the type of mask I reach for when my skin has officially had enough. 😂 After a few days of sunscreen, heat, sweat, swimming, and sun exposure, my skin can start feeling red, congested, and irritated. I like this mask because it focuses on co...
Angry Summer Skin Mask
Not every summer skin problem needs exfoliation. Sometimes my skin simply needs moisture. This is the type of mask I use when my skin feels dry, tight, or tired after a busy week, beach vacation, or too much time in the sun.
Dehydrated Skin Fix
Lightweight Body Hydration
Body hydration for when dry skin still needs help, but body oil or thick lotion feels too heavy. Think lighter layers that keep skin soft without that greasy summer feeling.
A hydrating body serum?? Yes please!! I like using this when I want my skin to feel soft and hydrated, but still light and non-greasy.
Lightweight Body Serum for Dry Skin
Some days in the summer I don’t even want to put lotion on because I know I’m about to sweat it off. But this OG lotion is so lightweight yet incredibly hydrating that my dry skin feels soft hours later. It may not be fun or trendy, but it’s still ar...
Boring But Simply The Best Lotion for Summer
SPF Options
Living in Florida and being over 40, SPF has become more important to me in the last couple of years. But typical formulas were making me less inclined to wear sunscreen, so I went on the hunt for formulas that actually make me want to use and reappl...
I recently learned that despite having dry skin, my face doesn’t like it when I layer moisturizer under my SPF in the summer. So I’ve had to rely on one product to do both jobs. And this is the one - incredibly lightweight, yet moisturizing all day. ...
Moisturizing SPF - All You Need On Hot Days
Living in Florida, it can feel like the sun is burning right through you in the summer. I hate putting on sunscreen so I had to find a different way. Enter Supergoop Play. The price still is a jump scare for me, but after using it, the formula is so ...
Body Lotion With SPF For Daily Wear
This stick form of SPF has helped me stay so much more consistent with reapplication. I keep one in my purse so I can reapply throughout the day, and it’s hydrating and doesn’t leave a residue. It’s also been a game changer with my kids!
Sunstick For Face and Body
With my dry skin, I’ve been loving body oil sunscreen. It doesn’t dehydrate your skin the way regular sunscreen can, plus it gives you a nice glow and the Sea Salt Vanilla scent is amazing!
Vanilla Sunscreen Body Oil - SPF 50