Everyone remembers to apply sunscreen. Very few people remember what comes next.
It makes sense: when the sun goes down, it seems like the work is also over. But the skin doesn't see it that way. It has spent hours in the sun, wind, chlorine, salt, and comes home asking for the exact opposite of what we gave it all day: calm.
This is what we apply when the day at the beach (or on the terrace, or hiking, or simply being outdoors) is over.
Using sunscreen is only the first half of the equation. Gun Ana's Face Cream SPF 50 or Body Mist SPF 50, with that cucumber and mint scent that is already the brand's signature, cover that part of the day.
The second half happens at home, with clean skin. That's where another type of product comes in. One that no longer protects: it repairs.
Body moisturizer: what the whole body asks for
Gun Ana's Body Repair Serum is designed exactly for this: for after sun exposure, wind, or a whole day outdoors. It calms, repairs, and hydrates, with or without sun, which is the best part: you don't have to wait until August to use it.
It's Swedish, smells like fig, and absorbs quickly. We use it all year round.
Body moisturizer for very dry skin: a step further
Some skin types aren't satisfied with regular moisturizer, especially in summer, when the sun dries it out more than we'd like. For them, Bodyologist's Skin Gloss: an ultra-nourishing body oil that can be applied alone or mixed with your body moisturizer to boost its effects.
Bodyologist took a year and a half to formulate it. You can tell.
Face: the calming facial cream is not the same as for the body
The skin on the face has been exposed just like the rest, but it's thinner, reddens faster, and takes longer to calm down. The same cream we use on our legs won't work there.
Mantle's The Barrier Cream rebuilds, restores, and strengthens sensitized skin, day and night. It gives it balance.
Apply it to clean skin, morning or night. Or both, if it's been a very sunny day.
Calming facial mask for those ten extra minutes
And if one day your skin asks for something more, there's Pai Skincare's Resurrection Girl Mask: gel texture, blue color, ten minutes on clean, dry skin. For days when your skin feels tight, dry, or reddened and there's no time, or desire, for a long routine.
Apply it before showering or while brushing your teeth. Let it act for 10 minutes.
