We often think the spring and summer months are the most healthy and radiant for our skin, but the truth is it’s likely to have been put through the ringer with damaging UVA exposure, leaving pigmentation and dryness.
With these effects often dragging into the winter, we’re then tested by the elements as the cold, wind and rain starts to bite. Central heating, colds and bugs, changes to our diet and our want to go into hibernation all taking their toll on your complexion, areas of redness or sensitivity can rid you of your natural glow.
A time to really care for your skin before the excesses of the festive season starts, the autumn is the best moment to repair, rejuvenate and replenish your skin for happy, healthy luminosity.
Helping you be kind to your skin, here are our tips on how to reclaim your glow.
Exfoliate
Gently exfoliating your skin once to twice a week buffs away impurities, increases blood circulation and evens skin tone, offering an instantly fresher looking complexion.
Refining Skin Polish is a deeply cleansing, super-fine exfoliator to smooth and add radiance to dull or congested skin. To use smooth a small amount over a damp face, neck and décolleté working in small, circular movements – rinsing away with lukewarm water.
If you have redness or sensitivity however, add to Hydrating Cleansing Milk for a gentler, calming exfoliation.
Treat
Facial oils are amazing at protecting the skin by strengthening and maintaining its moisture barrier. Helping to counteract environmental influences, they aid hydration, rejuvenate and bring back your glow.
Great for all skin types, but especially those with dry, dehydrated skin showing early signs of ageing, Replenishing Face Treatment Oil is our deeply nourishing, hydrating oil that replenishes and protects the skin.
Ideal to use at night after cleansing, gently smooth over face, neck and décolleté until fully absorbed. Either follow with your moisturiser or use alone and wake to beautifully soft radiant skin.
Guard
Prevention is always better than cure, which is why treating skin of any previous damage as well as protecting against further environmental aggressors will help create better habits when it comes to looking after your skin.
Choosing a moisturiser that can restore balance, repair damage as well as specifically protect against your environment, will help lock in all the good work you’ve done through your cleansing routine. Repair & Restore Moisturiser offers an instant boost of hydration, soothing and restoring moisture while helping to provide protection from environmental pollution.
Calming and comforting the complexion it’s suitable for all skin types, but especially sensitive skin, so apply over your Replenishing Face Treatment Oil at night or under Optimal Skin ProDefence SPF15 in the morning.
Once a week
Helping to manage excess oil and improving the appearance of pores, using a mask once to twice a week improves the overall look and feel of your skin and leaves you with softer, smoother skin with a radiant, fresh glow.
Skin Radiance Mask is our brightening mask that works to refine and revitalise skin – revealing a smooth, radiant complexion. Suitable for all skin types, but especially dull or tired skin, after cleansing, smooth over your face, neck and décolleté. Leave for 10-15 minutes before rinsing away with lukewarm water to reveal an enviable radiance whenever you need it.
However, to enhance this glow even further, follow with Skin Radiance Intensive Serum and Skin Radiance Moisturiser.