Even in the ‘New Normal,’ skin care is must because it is part of your hygiene and helps maintain your skin in its best condition. Though we are mostly at home, we can’t escape the summer heat from living in a tropical country and finding the best products to use in our skin and the weather is difficult.
If you’re still confused in which product you should buy or just have no idea what to buy at all, we made a must-have summer beauty and skincare list fit just for Filipinas and the hot weather. Get ready for a glowing new you!
1. Cleansing Balm
Many aren’t aware of this fact: You need to double cleanse! A single facial cleansing at night doesn’t take the whole day’s grime off of your face. A double cleanse consists of an oil or balm cleanser and water-based facial cleanser.
Practice this routine with Pond’s Cleansing Balm followed with your facial cleanser for a perfect clean and bare skin for the next skincare products you’ll put in your face. Trust us, your skin will thank you for it.
This balm cleanser can help eliminate dirt and make-up in the surface of your skin so your cleanser can penetrate deeper to your skin and what’s better is that it has 100% organic French Rose Extract.
Get it here: Pond’s Cleansing Balm
2. Facial Cleanser
Give your face a good cleanse with the COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser. It’s made with a lightweight gel formula, salicylic acid to unclog pores and tea tree oil to banish breakouts.
The pH is 1 – 14 scale, with a neutral point being 7. Our skin is slightly acidic and should remain within this range to maintain a pH of about 4 to 6 and to remain healthy. By using high pH cleansers, the acidity of the skin can be disrupted by increasing skin pH levels — causing many issues including flare-ups, eczema and rash.
Choose a cleanser with a low pH, such as the COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser and get the excess oil from your face to achieve a healthy skin.
Get it here: COSRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser
3. Gel Moisturizer
Let’s face it: It’s always hot here in the Philippines. The weather isn’t always forgiving. While rainy season sometimes make the temperature better, most of the time the scorching hot sun is haunting us.
Did you know the perfect moisturizer for this kind of weather are the gel type ones? Aloe vera is your number one ally to moisturize your skin. It creates a barrier in our skin that protects us from the harsh environment thanks to its antibacterial properties, gives a cooling effect, and its texture makes it easier for your skin to absorb.
Nature Republic Soothing & Moisture Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel is a light moisturizer that instantly sinks in to your skin while leaving a cool feeling.
Get it here: Nature Republic Soothing & Moisture Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel
4. BB Cream
This pandemic season where most of the time half of our faces our covered with a face mask, ditch your heavy foundation and switch to a lightweight BB Cream that won’t irritate the skin but at the same time improves complexion.
Careline BB Cream Whitening offers a derma-tested formulation that guarantees to protect you from the unwanted breakouts and whitens the skin while evening out your skin tone. It’s available in five shades that flatter the Filipino skin.
Get it here: Careline BB Cream Whitening
5. Smudge-free Lipstick
Yes, we wear face masks daily nowadays, but what’s stopping a woman from wearing her favorite lipstick? The fear of leaving a stain in your mask? Forencos is a Korean brand in the market for over 32 years now that offers high-grade beauty products.
Check out their Tattoo Mattoo Tint collection that gives you the ultimate MLBB (My lips, but better) look so you can confidently wear it for a long time without leaving a stain for almost 69 hours.
Say good bye to lipstick stains in your face mask with Forencos!
Get it here: FORENCOS Lip Tattoo Mattoo Tint
6. Blotting Paper
Oil, oil, oiliness everywhere! It’s very frustrating when you’re going out and after a few hours you feel your face all sticky and covered with grime. Control the oil in your face while on the go with a blotting paper.
The Luxe Oragnix Green Tea Blotting Paper is a must-have in your beauty purse to keep your face from looking shiny due to oil all throughout the day.
Get it here: Luxe Oragnix Green Tea Blotting Paper
7. Antibacterial Facial Mist
Do you ever get the feeling you wish you could splash a cold refreshing water on your face just because it’s so hot outside? Well, you probably need face mist in your life. Face mists is a skin product you spray on your face to provide an instant moisture in your skin or sometimes to just refresh your complexion.
Pond’s has leveled up their game to the face mist scene as they introduce their Antibacterial Facial Mist. Wearing a face mask does protect your health but it doesn’t protect you from developing ‘maskne’ (acne caused from wearing a face mask) This facial mist gives you a moisture boost and also fights 99% of germs and acne-causing bacteria.
Get it here: Pond’s Antibacterial Facial Mist
8. Facial Mask
For those who aren’t aware, Hyaluronic Acid (HA) a holy grail for a wrinkle-free complexion. When applied onto the skin, it attracts or draws moisture from the air and instantly makes your skin plump and healthy.
Treat your skin at night with a Hyaluronic Acid-infused facial mask (pro-tip: store your facial masks in a fridge for an instant cooling effect!) to give it a moisture boost before topping it with your favorite moisturizer.
Get it here: LANBENA Hyaluronic Acid Serum Facial Mask
9. Sunblock
You may be busy snapping photos of your sun-kissed skin during the golden hour, but remember, the sun’s rays are actually harmful to the skin!
Most people neglect using sunblock, but it is actually one of the key players to a healthy, beautiful skin as it protects you from developing dark spots, skin cancer, and much more!
The Skin Protect Brightening sunblock from Lana PH contains SPF 80 while protecting you from UVA and UVB rays. The best part? It doesn’t feel sticky to the skin like your traditional sunblocks in the market and it can be used as a substitute to a make-up primer.
Get it here: Lana Skin Protect Brightening Sunblock SPF 80
10. Water, Water, WATER!
…and finally, remember to stay hydrated! You can’t keep on spending on your skin care routine when you’re not drinking the amount of water your body needs. Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and it needs water to be at its best. Water helps you remove toxins from your body resulting for your skin to have a better complexion.
Whether it’s the new normal or the summer heat, we should never neglect our skin. Always remember people, skin care is self care.
