Don’t Do Summer Without These 5 Things

You’ve got your beach break booked, your new sandals are waiting by the front door and you’ve stocked up on high-factor SPF. You’re all set. Or are you? SPF and self tan are essentials, but ask any beauty pro and they’ll tell you there are a few other skincare steps that will take your summer beauty to the next level. Let us break them down…

1. The Spray That Helps Your Makeup ‘Grip’

Summer beauty is all about longevity: helping things stay put, stopping the slide and managing shine. If you want your summer makeup to look as good at the end of the day as it did at the start, you’ll need a little extra help.  Enter Wonderfilter Blurring Skin Primer & Setting Spray. It preps, sets and boosts staying power for total pre-and-post-makeup magic. It’s infused with 5% Niacinamide to brighten and Aloe Vera to help nourish skin while providing a soft-focus “shield” to fix your look in place for hours on end. It’s a summer-time must. 

2. The Facial Scrub Everyone Needs

Your summer skin can be more prone to congestion, even if it’s dry, because as well as clogged pores, the warmer weather can lead to an increase of oil and a build-up of dead skin cells. If you want that coveted summer glow, a good facial scrub is key: regular exfoliation is the best way to ward off congested pores and sebum and product build up. Wonderscrub is amazing - it has the perfect ratio of super gentle Volcanic Scrub Spheres, hydrating liquid Shea Butter and super-fruit nutrient Pineapple Enzymes, a pea-sized dose will clear, brighten, purify, smooth and re-energize your skin. 

3. The Energising Dry Skin Obliterator

For your body, you’ll need to scrub regularly to keep skin smooth and velvety, as well as to get the most from your self tan. Supertonic Peppermint Leg & Foot Scrub will help to buff away areas of stubborn dead skin (think heels and knees in particular!) thanks to mineral-rich Blue Persian, Dead Sea and Pink Himalayan Salts, and the cooling-mint and conditioning Vitamin E mean it’s like a leg-spa in a jar. Use it once a week (at least). 

4. The Foot Cream That’s Nothing Short Of A Miracle

Let’s face it; you’re probably going to need a thorough pedicure to kick off sandal season. - but with a little at-home maintenance you’ll prolong the effects for months. You’ll need a skin-softening foot cream, specifically designed to target hard skin that tends to build up on heels and the balls of feet. Footopia Super Softening Foot and Heel Cream is formulated with deeply nourishing Cocoa and Shea Butters, cracked-heel smoothing Cactus Enzymes, Syn-Urea+ for the most powerful exfoliating and hard-skin softening. 

5. The ‘Everything’ Body Cream

Even if you’re lax about body lotion the rest of the year, in summer, you should get into the habit of applying it after every shower. Ideally, you’ll want something sunny and uplifting that’s also fully loaded with super-moisturisers, too. The Brazilian Lime, Fig Leaves & Tea Uplifting Body Moisture Crème contains Shea Butter to nourish, Yuzu Phytoceramides to help maintain a healthy skin barrier, and Kombucha to help skin feel energised and a clean, sophisticated scent of Lemony Limes, Brazilian Orange, Black Tea, Fig Leaves and Cedarwood.