The Summer Skin Edit
5 ways your routine shifts when the season does
Summer changes what your skin needs. More sun, more sweat, more time in salt water and chlorine - and the products that carried you through winter aren’t always the same ones that work now. Here are five shifts worth making.
1. Start with a proper cleanse
SPF, sweat, salt water, city dust. Summer adds layers your morning splash can’t lift. Switch to a proper end-of-day cleanse - Vital Foaming Cleanser breaks through SPF and sebum without stripping. For sensitive or post-sun skin, Gentle Cleansing Milk does the same job more softly.
2. Lead with vitamin C in the morning
UV exposure generates oxidative stress in the skin. Vitamin C is one of the most studied defences against it - and one of the most unstable ingredients in skincare. Pure ascorbic acid begins to oxidize within weeks of being mixed, which is why most vitamin C serums underdeliver on what’s printed on the bottle.
Supreme-C Serum keeps the ascorbic acid separate from the base until you’re ready to use it. Press, shake, activate. From that moment, you have a 7.5% vitamin C serum at full strength - brightening and firming. Pair with SPF to protect against the oxidative load of summer days.
3. Keep your renewal step, without photosensitivity
Most retinol users pause through summer because of photosensitivity. Sytenol® A - the bakuchiol-derived active in Infinity Bio-Fusion A+ Serum - works on the same skin pathways as retinol and is 3x more active in clinical studies, with no sun restriction. Morning and evening, year-round. No interruption to the work your skin is already doing.
4. SPF, Daily, Generously
The foundation of every summer routine. Mineral Defence Sunscreen is broad-spectrum, mineral-filter, and sits cleanly over the rest of the routine. Apply every morning, reapply through the day.
5. Replenish after sun, salt, and chlorine
End summer days with a lukewarm rinse rather than icy or hot - both can strip the lipid layer that’s already taken a beating. Then replace what’s been lost. Vital Body Balm restores the barrier without sitting heavy on warm skin.
