This Is What Springtastic Skin Looks Like

Clear, even, and bright are our new-season skin goals – and this is what we’re doing to achieve them. Ready? Set. Spring!

STEP 1: Get Clear

Coming out of Winter, skin can look and feel sluggish, dehydrated, and dull and in need of a detox. As we age, cellular renewal moves into slow mode, which means your skin becomes less efficient at ridding itself of expired skin cells. They can sit there stubbornly, building up on the surface layers of your skin, blocking the light (hello dullness) and causing congestion and breakouts.

Clarity begins with diligent cleansing with the right cleanser not just for your skin type but its current condition. In Spring, it might be time to step up from your Gentle Cleanser to something that contains cell-stimulating AHAs like our L-Lactic Cleanser with Lactic Acid or you could take it up another notch to our Glycolic Cleanser 12% with Glycolic Acid. Both will help refine skin texture and tone and hydrate your skin, while prepping it beautifully for Steps 2 and 3 to follow.

STEP 2: Get Even

Rhetorical question: who doesn’t want the most even skin tone and texture possible. We’re particularly prone to pigmentation in the Southern Hemisphere thanks to the intensity of the UV light we experience. Add hormonal changes and even bad breakouts that can leave their mark on the skin and pigment production can be pushed into overdrive.

Here’s how we get even: first we start with one of our institut all-stars: Glycolic Scrub 14%. If your skin is familiar with and can tolerate Glycolic Acid, you can use it neat on the skin to exfoliate skin both manually with biodegradable Jojoba Beads and chemically with Glycolic Acid. [SKINTEL: It’s also great used as a body scrub to help budge dry patches of skin and remove fake tan.] If your skin is on the more sensitive side, we suggest mixing a little scrub in with your Gentle Cleanser for a more efficient clean with some easy-does-it exfoliation.

Then we move onto our Queen Corrector: Even Blend Serum. With the aim of even skin in its sights, this targeted serum uses Glycolic Acid and botanical brightening agents like Wakame and Daisy Flower and is especially amazing for pigmentation and acne sufferers, helping to smooth both texture and tone.

STEP 3: Be Bright

Steps 1 and 2 will help lighten and brighten your skin, without doubt. But for those who really want or need to be their best and brightest, Vitamin C will get you there. Our Vitamin C 100% is the multi-tasking vitamin at its most pure and concentrated; the superfine powder can be added into a number of your favourite products to dial up hydration, skin refining, and of course radiance. Check out our Vitamin C-compatible partners here.