Ice cream treats, barbecues, swimming and beach days – for most people, summer is the most beautiful time of the year. With the right care, our skin can glow with happiness too. However, there are a few important things to keep in mind when it comes to summer skincare.
Whether you’re relaxing in your own garden, on vacation by the sea or in the mountains, or enjoying an ice cream in the city – in summer, life for most people happens outdoors.
Our bodies benefit from summer as well, for example through increased vitamin D thanks to longer daylight hours. At the same time, the risks of excessive heat and sun exposure are now well known and very present.
Neben ausreichendem Sonnenschutz gibt es bei der Hautpflege im Sommer noch ein paar Punkte zu beachten, damit die Haut mit der Sonne um die Wette strahlt.
Adapting Your Facial Skincare Routine to Warm Temperatures
When it comes to facial skincare in summer, it’s important not only to protect the skin from harmful UV rays, but also to keep the skin’s oil balance in check. If skincare products are too rich and combined with perspiration, pores can become clogged – leading to blemishes and breakouts.
The Right Cleansing Products for Your Skin in Summer
An ideal summer facial skincare routine starts with proper cleansing. If you skip makeup during the day, a light cleansing gel or a mild cleansing cream is usually sufficient in the evening to remove sunscreen and everyday impurities.
If you do wear makeup, be sure to use your regular makeup remover before cleansing. Waterproof makeup in particular can only be thoroughly removed with suitable products such as a cleansing oil.
To remove dead skin cells and deeply cleanse the pores, a peeling is also recommended in summer—especially for oily skin prone to blemishes. However, caution is key: the exfoliant should be gentle on the skin and ideally used in the evening. Exfoliated skin is particularly sensitive to UV radiation.
Extra tip: A mild toner helps rebalance the skin after cleansing by regulating oil levels. This can prevent both excessive sebum production and excessive dryness.
Optimal Moisture Care for the Face
The basic rule for facial moisturizers in summer: not too rich and tailored to your skin type. Especially after a day filled with sunshine and swimming, facial skin needs time to regenerate. To support this process, moisture reserves must be replenished. Summer face care should therefore have a lightweight texture while still meeting the specific needs of your skin type.
Sensitive skin benefits from a combination of soothing and nourishing ingredients such as aloe vera, marigold and chamomile paired with hyaluronic acid.
If you are prone to very dry skin, you should not skip your usual moisturizer in summer. Applying it preferably at night allows the skin to get what it needs without feeling too rich during the day.
Even combination and oily skin should not go without moisturizer, as skipping hydration can throw the skin further out of balance. Blemishes should be treated selectively and spot-on whenever possible to avoid unnecessarily drying out other areas of the skin.
Body Care in Summer with Gentle Shower Gel and Body Lotion
Not only the face, but the rest of the body is also exposed to more environmental stressors in summer. Sweating, sun exposure, as well as chlorine and salt water all place extra demands on the skin. This makes proper cleansing all the more important.
A refreshing shower is a true treat in summer, and for many people, showering becomes more frequent during the warmer months. Using a shower gel that is gentle on the skin is therefore essential.
How can you tell if a shower gel is skin-friendly?
A skin-friendly shower gel should have a pH-skin-neutral formulation, meaning a pH value of around 5.5. In addition, mild cleansing surfactants as well as the absence of parabens, mineral oils, and microplastics are desirable. The inclusion of replenishing ingredients and other skin-caring substances helps protect the skin barrier during showering.
Herbacin herbal shower gels, for example, combine replenishing glyceryl oleate with additional natural plant extracts and essential oils. This makes showering not only a gentle cleansing experience for skin and hair, but also a fragrant treat for the senses.
Cleansing the skin with water alone, instead of using a skin-friendly shower gel, offers fewer benefits. The foaming surfactants in shower gels remove dirt and excess sebum from the skin more effectively than water alone. In addition, water itself is not pH-neutral to the skin and can therefore place strain on the skin’s sensitive natural protective barrier.
Use Body Lotion Regularly
Applying body lotion again—already? If you don’t suffer from particularly dry skin, you might be tempted to skip moisturizing your body when you’re short on time. It’s true that the skin on the body is somewhat thicker than facial skin and therefore not quite as sensitive. However, neglecting body care quickly becomes noticeable in summer.
Short clothing, beach days, and time spent swimming expose the skin on the body to increased environmental stressors such as dirt particles and UV radiation. The result can be dry patches or so-called “strawberry skin.” Fortunately, there are excellent body lotions with lightweight formulations that care for the skin intensively without feeling sticky.
Our tip for irritated skin: Herbacin kamille Body Lotion with nourishing argan oil as well as soothing chamomile and aloe vera. Gently cares for sensitive skin, even after shaving or in cases of sunburn.
Our tip for rough skin: Herbacin Intensive Moisture Body Lotion with schisandra berry extract and hyaluronic acid provides rich moisture to very dry, rough skin—without leaving a sticky feeling.
Our tip for heavy legs: Herbacin Leg Lotion is a true treat for tired legs. Rich moisturizing care meets extracts of horse chestnut and red vine leaves, which promote circulation and help strengthen the veins.
Skincare in Summer – Don’t Forget Your Feet!
Out of closed shoes and into summer sandals – summer is the time to let your feet breathe. Naturally, the skin on your feet should look smooth and healthy, too. Instead of removing too much of this important protective layer with callus files, a good foot cream is often enough to visibly improve the skin on your feet and keep calluses soft and supple.
Foot creams with urea have proven especially effective. Combined with soothing ingredients such as chamomile, allantoin, and panthenol, they support the regeneration of the skin on the feet. On particularly hot days, or if you’ve been on your feet for a long time and tend to experience swelling, a cooling foot gel can be the perfect combination of moisturizing care and refreshing relief. Carnosine, menthol, or camphor are popular natural helpers that help revive tired feet.
The Perfect Summer Skincare Starts from Within
The skin is not only a reflection of the soul, but also of our lifestyle and dietary habits. Especially in summer, it’s important to focus not only on the right skincare and body care products.
For a fresh, healthy complexion, one rule applies more than ever in summer: drink enough fluids – preferably water or unsweetened teas – at least 2 liters per day. Extended sunbathing should be the exception rather than the rule, as should spending too much time in the sea or swimming pool.