Article: 9 Home Beauty Tips
1. Summer signals the beginning of increased activity, which causes you to lose moisture through perspiration. Drink water before you feel thirsty. Once you feel thirst, you’re already slightly dehydrated. Carry water with you everywhere, to eliminate the possibility of drinking tap water.
2. Apply creams and lotions with high sun protection factor (SPF). Lightweight summer clothes don’t completely block the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. When you spend concentrated time in the sun, apply a water resistant or waterproof sunblock and use sunblock with zinc on your face. Reapply often. Even with sunblock, you’ll get some color in the summer. Until you do, fake it with one of the many self-tanning lotions on the market. Whatever you do, don’t attempt to get a suntan the old fashioned way. Wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your face from the sun.
3. Lighten up on your facial moisturizing routine. Instead of dry flakes, your skin faces eruptions from clogged pores during the summer. Switch to a lighter moisturizer with fewer emollients. Consider a tinted moisturizer to eliminate the extra layer of make-up foundation.
4. Make sure your summer lip balm contains sun protection. Chapped lips are annoying, but sunburned lips are painful. Reapply often. Particularly when you’re on the water in an open boat or riding in a convertible. Wind is just as damaging as sun, and the two together ensure a bad burn for unprotected skin.
Article: Lemon Benefits for Beauty
5. Chlorine doesn’t play nice with skin, hair and nails; it leaves them dry, brittle and flakey. It adds an additional load to your body – another chemical for your body to assimilate and eliminate. Wash off chlorine as soon as you step out of the pool, hot tub or sauna. Add a water filter to your shower to trap chlorine and other chemicals. You’ll notice a difference in your skin within a few days.