When you’re on vacation, it’s easy to relax and let go of daily routines. While this is an essential reason for taking a vacation, it’s not always ideal when this also means easing up on skincare regimes and neglecting to use daily essentials. If you’ve just come back from vacation and are worried that your skin has suffered some sun damage, check out these tips on ways to reduce this and to soothe your skin.
SPF
We all know that wearing a broad spectrum SPF daily is essential, but did you know that as well as preventing further damage, this skincare product can also undo some of the signs of damage that has already occurred? Make sure you’re applying it daily, and top up in the afternoons if you’re outside all day.
Retinol
Retinol has long been hailed as a miracle beauty ingredient, and it’s great at tackling tricky sun damage. The product encourages a faster turnover of healthy skin cells, meaning that areas of pigmentation and dryness can be healed faster when you’re using a retinol. If you’re going to be reaching for a retinol nightly, daily SPF is even more of a necessity as retinol makes the skin more susceptible to UV rays.
Vitamin C
Serums which include vitamin C are renowned for their abilities to reduce dark spots and lessen pigmentation. It will take persistent use before you start seeing the benefits, but if you layer a small amount of vitamin C serum over your skin each morning before applying your SPF, you should start to see the effects of sun damage decreasing.