Spring is almost here! That means it’s time to get ready for Spring Break, choose your Derby attire, and start preparing for the hot summer months ahead! If you’re feeling overwhelmed already, don’t fret- we have all the treatments necessary to firm, tighten, and tone your skin just in time for the fancy dress and hat or that Summer beach vacay. Or both!
Are you ready to shed that reptilian Winter skin? Just follow the three steps below and you’ll become the muse of the Summer in no time!
EXFOLIATE
It’s been a long, dry Winter and that dead skin just hanging around is not going to do your Spring Break photos any favors. Plus, a new season means you should start with fresh skin, and the best way to do that is… you guessed it- Exfoliate! The best thing about exfoliation is that it’s super easy to do, so no excuses! You can exfoliate at home while you watch The Bachelor with Image’s Ageless Total Resurfacing Masque ($28). Simply apply it to cleansed skin, leave it on for 10-15 minutes, wash it off, and say hello to all that pretty, new skin you were hiding under there.
Rather leave it to the professionals? Book an appointment with us for a microdermabrasion, an exfoliating treatment done with our diamond tip microderm machine and which requires literally zero downtime. That’s right folks- you can get a microderm and then board that plane headed straight to paradise.
PREVENT
We get it- with warmer temperatures, you’ll want to spend more time in the sun. But time in the sun also leads to premature aging of skin, so how about you start preventing all that now? Before heading outside, be sure to add a good moisturizing sunscreen to your daily morning skincare routine. We said it before and we’ll say it again: we are obsessed with Image’s Prevention Plus Tinted Sunscreen ($37) and would consider wearing anything else skincare blasphemy. Before you say “but I can never find a tint in my skin tone…” come in and grab a sample, or just ask us for a drop next time you drop by so you can experience for yourself this miraculous formula that works with (and we swear by this) every skin tone!
HYDRATE
Just because the weather will get warmer and warmer for the next few months does not mean you can forget about the importance of hydrating skin on a daily basis. Especially if you live in this dry Colorado weather! In addition to your morning moisturizer with SPF, you should also invest in a quality, hydrating night cream. Night creams are vital to healthy skin because it is at night that your skin switches into repair mode, right along with your biorhythms and sleep patterns. The purpose of a night cream then is to support your skin through that and to make it more efficient at giving you that healthy complexion. Plus, if you have the heater going, your skin will need something thicker and heavier overnight than your light daily moisturizer!
Short on cash? Take care of that dry skin with a face mask! Image’s Vital C Hydrating Masque ($32) is great and shhhhh! insider tip: it also can double as a night moisturizer for those nights when your skin is just screaming for moisture!