SIZZLING SUMMER

MASTERING YOUR HOT-WEATHER MAKEUP LOOKS AND BEAUTY ESSENTIALS.

We can all be guilty of over indulging our skin when the warm weather arrives - I mean who doesn’t enjoy the warmth of the sun’s rays on your body and a bronzed healthy glow? The truth is protecting skin against the harmful UV rays should be a year round commitment. Aside from potentially causing skin cancer, the ravages wrought by the sun’s UV rays also degrade collagen in skin which causes unnecessary wrinkles as well as an overproduction of ‘melanin’ (our skin pigment) creating pigmentation flaws and age spots.

There are two types of UV radiation that can affect your skin; the longer UVA rays which penetrate deep into the dermis resulting in premature ageing and the shorter UVB rays which can lead to sunburn and superficial damage to the epidermis with excessive exposure. SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor and is a measure of how well a sunscreen will protect the skin from UV rays. Whether it’s winter or summer, rain or shine, any time spent outdoors can leave the skin vulnerable to sun damage, so it is always important to safeguard the skin by using an SPF.