We are officially in the throes of spring, and just as you switch up your wardrobe with the seasons, so should you switch up your grooming routines. We take steps to prepare our homes for spring, and we should do the same when honoring our body and skin care as we transition out of the cold, dry weather into warmth and sunshine.
Whether you are a grooming enthusiast or just looking to upgrade the products and tech you use to look and feel your best keep reading on some easy ways to overhaul your spring grooming routine and put some pep in your step this season.
1. Exfoliation is Essential
Exfoliating is an important step in any solid grooming routine, but it becomes essential during the spring and warmer seasons. We use many products, from body lotions to SPF, and it’s important to not only cleanse our bodies of those but also slop off dead skin cells and reveal beautiful new layers underneath.
In the spring, you wear more revealing clothing, so you want your legs and arms to look their best. When it comes to your face, you want to use a liquid exfoliant that contains acids that will help with skin cell turnover and reveal a beautiful dewy complexion.
2. Spring Scented Products
The fragrance has the power to not only boost your mood but boost your health from emotional well-being to the right sense helping with common ailments like headaches and nausea, so overhauling the heavier and deeper fragrances that you likely use during fall and winter for more spring oriented scents is the first step to embracing this beautiful and refreshing season.
Lavender or rose scent lotion should replace vanillas and sandalwoods, eucalyptus bath bombs over muskier ones, and even the candles you’re burning throughout your home should reflect a more citrus and floral-based season.
3. Get Your Beauty Rest
You may not even consider your physical health regarding your spring grooming, but your health is a key indicator of looking and feeling your best. Ensuring you get enough beauty sleep – at least eight to nine hours a night – is key to reaping the benefits of any products you use. Getting enough sleep will have you feeling right as spring rain when you wake up each day.
4. Eat Seasonally
Our skin is the body’s largest organ, so a huge factor in our skin health and grooming is what we eat. Thankfully, spring is a season where we can take advantage of delicious, seasonal foods. Antioxidant-rich berries are in season and go hand in hand with your anti-aging skincare products. Join a local farmers co-op to access the freshest seasonal products or grow your own – you can enjoy the freshest produce and reap the benefits of sunshine on your skin.
5. Apply SPF Consistently and Often
While the importance of using SPF year-round cannot be overstated – it is, in fact, the number one thing the American Academy of Dermatology recommends for healthy skin – using a high-quality SPF in your grooming routine is key.
You want to use a separate SPF formulated for your delicate facial skin as part of your skincare routine and another option for your body. SPF not only protects you from harmful UV rays, but it also prevents fine lines and wrinkles as well as other sun damage like melasma or skin cancer.
6. Red Light Therapy
Dealing with skin concerns that topicals can’t touch? Red light therapy masks or handheld lamps are a go-to for celebrities and medical spas to reduce the appearance of stubborn skin concerns like hyperpigmentation, scarring, and other problems. Today, you can give your at-home skincare the spring upgrade it deserves by investing in this innovative tech that will improve your complexion on a multitude of levels.
Caring for your skin changes with the seasons, but by honoring the spring season through citrus and floral fragrance, eating the fruits of the season, and curating routines that incorporate tech and natural habits, you’ll look and feel your best all through spring and into summer. These habits, when observed diligently, provide results that can last a lifetime in the form of improved appearance and confidence. Happy Spring!
