Ahhh, Spring! The time to push those snow boots to the back of your closet and pull out those lighter jackets that don’t make you look like a marshmallow from behind the closet. It is indeed a glorious time! But blooming flowers and less layers aside, Spring brings with it a mix of warmer winds and summer days. What does this mean for your skin? Simply that as you start moving into warmer weather, your skin might not be quite spring ready yet. In other words, if you’re still dealing with dry, flaky skin, exfoliation and hydration this time of year are key! Here are 5 steps to take right now to get your skin glowing this Spring:
1. Layer Up With Sunscreen
If you skipped out on SPF during winter (shame on you!) Spring is the time to get your SPF game back on track. As a general rule, if there’s daylight out, you need sunscreen! No excuses! We love Image’s Prevention Plus line of SPFs, which offers four different levels of SPF, as well as a tinted or matte moisturizer with SPF option, so you can customize the SPF to your specific needs.
2. Exfoliate
Perhaps winter was so harsh that you had to dramatically cut down on exfoliating your skin. Well, friends, exfoliate again! Although winter is gone, your skin may still be flaky and dry, and the easiest way to fix that, is to exfoliate. There are many ways to exfoliate your skin. If you’re looking for an easy, at-home method, nothing beats leaving Image’s Ageless Total Resurfacing Masque on for 10-20 minutes. If you’d rather come in and entrust your flaky skin in the hands of professionals, this is the ideal time to treat yourself to a Microdermabrasion treatment. Intrigued? We’re now offering our Microderm treatment for only $80 until March 28th! Book online here or give us a call at 303-440-9493. If you’re unsure of what a microdermabrasion actually is, you can read all about it on our blog.
Ageless Total Resurfacing Masque, $28.00
3. Update Your Skincare Products
Nothing against those lotions and potions you stocked up on during winter, but with Spring’s arrival your skin will produce more oil, so changing your products according to your skin’s needs is a must. This simply means that you many no longer need to use that super hydrating moisturizer and can instead make do with an oil free, lightweight moisturizer. Extra points if that moisturizer has an SPF of 30 or higher, like Image’s Prevention Plus oil-free Daily Matte Moisturizer SPF 32.
Prevention Plus Daily Matte Moisturizer, $33
4. Protect Your Pout
Still experiencing dry, chapped lips? Don’t panic, this is actually very common this time of year. Still, this doesn’t mean you should live with dry lips! So invest in a protective lip balm with hydration, like the Ormedic Balancing Lip Enhancing Complex, and get ready to say goodbye to all other lip balms you have used before- this balm will make your lips shiny, glossy without being sticky, and will actually hydrate them from the inside out, instead of merely coating them with petroleum, like so many other lip balms currently in the market.
Ormedic Balancing Lip Enhancement Complex, $17
5. Try a Face Mask
Give your skin some TLC after those cold, winter months and prepare it for the gorgeous Spring days ahead with a face mask! There are so many different types of masks out there for you to try! We recommend an exfoliating mask like the Ageless Total Resurfacing Masque (mentioned above) to get rid once and for all of any traces of winter left behind on your skin.