With autumn fast on the heels of a fading summer, it's not just our wardrobes that receive the seasonal switch, it's our skincare too.
The transition from warm, humid days to cooler, drier ones can have a significant impact on our skin. To keep your skin healthy and hydrated all year round, it's important to adapt your autumn skincare, just as each weather season change and here's how to switch-up your skincare routine as we head into autumn.
Autumn Skincare - The Seasonal Switch
1. Max your moisturiser
Throughout the summer, you likely relied on a lightweight moisturiser to provide hydration without feeling heavy on your skin during the hot and sticky humid days. However, as the temperature now drops and the air becomes drier, your skin needs more nourishment.
What to do:
Switch to a richer moisturiser: Opt for a cream-based moisturiser, like L'ORGANIQ Caffeine Rich Anti-Ageing Moisturiser, that offers intense hydration with a blend of natural oils with vegetable glycerin to lock in moisture and coffee extract to stimulate cell renewal and boost elasticity.
Layering Hydration: Consider incorporating a hydrating serum with hyaluronic acid underneath your moisturiser - L'ORGANIQ Hyaluronic Acid Triple Fruit Serum - an extra layer of hydration to prevent your skin from becoming dry and flaky.
2. Address Post-Summer Sun Damage
After a summer of sun exposure, your skin might be dealing with some damage, including dark spots, uneven texture, and dullness. Autumn is the perfect time to repair and rejuvenate sun damaged skin.
What to Do:
Brightening Ingredients: Introduce a daily serum rich in vitamins A, C and E, like L'ORGANIQ Vitamin Boost Facial Serum to help fade hyperpigmentation, even out your skin tone, and restore a healthy glow.
Gentle Exfoliation: Exfoliation is key to removing dead skin cells and allowing your daily routine products to penetrate more effectively. Choose a gentle exfoliant, such L'ORGANIQ Clarifying Skin Polish, rich in nourishing avocado and apricot oils that will also unclog pores and feed your skin, without causing irritation.
3. Focus on Barrier Repair
As the weather cools, your skin’s barrier can become compromised, leading to increased sensitivity, dryness, and irritation. Strengthening your skin’s protective barrier is crucial in the cooler weather.
What to Do:
Barrier-Repairing Ingredients: Look for skincare products containing natural fatty acids and rich in vitamin E, such as avocado oil. This super ingredient works to reinforce your skin’s natural barrier, keeping it resilient against the harsher elements of autumn. Our L'ORGANIQ Clarifying Face Wash uses just such ingredient, blended with coconut and sunflower oil
Facial Oils: Incorporating a lightweight facial oil, such as a couple of drops of L'ORGANIQ Marula Oil Facial Serum into cleansed skin morning and night, will quench thirsty skin and provide extra nourishment. Oils help to seal in moisture and add a protective layer against the drying effects of cooler weather and this quick to absorb, non-greasy facial oil is just perfect for this.
4. Don’t Forget Sun Protection
Even though the sun might not feel as intense in autumn as it does in summer, UV rays can still cause damage. It’s essential to maintain your sunscreen protection all year-round.
What to Do:
Continue Using SPF: Choose a broad-spectrum sunscreen with at least SPF 30, and make it a part of your daily routine like ALTRUIST Face Fluid SPF30. Autumn’s softer sunlight can be deceiving, but UV rays remain a significant factor in skin ageing and damage.
Hydrating Sunscreens: As the air gets drier, consider using a moisturising sunscreen that combines hydration with sun protection. This can help prevent your skin from drying out while still shielding it from harmful UV rays.
5. Adjust Your Cleansing Routine
With the build up of consistent SPF application, increased sweat and oil production throughout the summer, now is the time to rebalance. However, as autumn approaches and your skin becomes less oily, so it's important to switch to a gentler option.
What to Do:
Gentle Cleansing: Opt for a hydrating or creamy cleanser like L'ORGANIQ Radiance Cleanser which gently removes impurities without stripping your skin of its natural oils and returns radiant skin. Remember, over-cleansing can exacerbate dryness, so choose products that balance cleanliness with hydration, especially when you double cleanse.
Avoid Over-Exfoliating: With cooler temperatures, your skin might not need as much exfoliation as it did during the summer. Scale back to exfoliating once or twice a week to avoid irritating your skin.
6. Prepare for Indoor Heating
As the temperatures drop and we spend more time indoors with the heating on, this significantly dries out both the air—and your skin. Preparing for this change can help prevent dehydration.
What to Do:
Skin sleep repair: After cleansing before bed, don't forget to use your daily moisturiser or serum to lock in moisture as you sleep.
Bedtime Masks: Incorporate a nourishing mask an hour before bed, once or twice a week. Our L'ORGANIQ Green Tea Clay Mask is the perfect detoxifying skin mask to draw out the impurities of the day, rebalance and improve the elasticity of your skin and leave you with a healthy glow the following morning.
Switching up your skincare routine from summer to autumn is about nourishing, protecting, and repairing your skin as it adapts to cooler, drier conditions. By making these adjustments, you can keep your complexion healthy, hydrated, and glowing throughout the season, especially in the run up to the even cooler climate of winter. Remember, your skin's needs will continue to evolve as the weather changes, so stay attuned to how it responds; your skin will thank you for it.
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