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How to prepare your skin for the sun?
Summer is just around the corner, and with it, beautiful sunny days !
But before relaxing on the beach or enjoying the rays of the sun on the terrace, it is important to prepare your skin well.
Discover our advice on how to prepare your skin for the sun and enjoy the summer season safely.
When should you prepare your skin for the sun?
Why prepare your skin before exposure to the sun?
At the end of winter, our skin has become accustomed to the grayness of the cold season. The first rays of the spring sun are particularly aggressive for our slightly pale complexion.
Preparing your skin for the sun allows you to enjoy all the benefits of the first rays of sunshine, while protecting yourself from the dangers of UV rays.
When should you prepare your skin for the sun to get a good tan?
In France, the period of maximum sunshine is between May and July. It is therefore advisable to prepare your skin for the sun in spring, even if you are not going on vacation to the sea.
Mountain hikers or gardeners who love your flower beds: you also expose yourself to the sun, its benefits and its harms.
Determine the right time before a vacation in the sun
If you are going out in the sun, especially in the middle of winter, it is necessary to anticipate your stay to prepare your skin for the sun. Allow one month before your departure.
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How to prepare your skin for the sun: 5 steps to follow
Step 1: Exfoliate the skin
A scrub is the first step to properly preparing your skin for the sun. It cleans the surface of the epidermis of dead skin to then tan more evenly.
Preferably use a gentle scrub, as natural as possible, based on sugar or coffee for example, and above all adapted to your skin type.
The scrub also introduces the second step of your preparations: hydration!
Step 2: Moisturize the skin
Moisturizing your skin after exfoliation allows the upper layers of the epidermis to better absorb the cream.
You can also hydrate your skin from the inside. Drinking enough water is essential for beautiful skin and helps to properly prepare your skin for the sun.
Step 3: Protect skin from the sun
Preparing your skin for the sun also means anticipating by protecting it from the sun.
The sun's rays , especially UV rays, are dangerous for the skin . They can cause burns initially, but also destabilize the balance of the skin, and cause premature aging of our skin cells.
Sun protection is therefore essential . From the first exposures, in spring, protect yourself with a sunscreen with an index adapted to your skin, and even clothing and a hat during the most intense hours of the day.
Step 4: Adopt a healthy and balanced diet
A good diet helps you have beautiful skin. Healthy skin is more resistant to external aggressions such as wind, pollution and UV rays.
Foods that can protect your skin from the sun are colorful foods, very rich in antioxidants.
Eat color: foods rich in vitamins and beta-carotenes such as carrots, spinach, melon!
Step 5: Supplement with the right supplements
How to find the right food supplement?
The one that will prepare your skin for the sun with the right vitamins and trace elements?
We developed the Sun Formula expressly for this purpose!
Rich in beta-carotene, it allows the skin to better resist the attacks of the sun. It also contains Vitamin E and copper which are directly involved in the synthesis of melanin, the natural pigment responsible for tanning.
Choosing the right food supplement formula also means selecting a dosage form that is practical and easy to ingest. Forget complicated dosages, pipettes, the number of capsules to calculate. To follow an effective treatment, it must be simple: 2 capsules per day, and that's it!
What vitamins to prepare your skin for the sun?
Many vitamins are involved in the beauty of the skin:
Vitamin C, an undeniable ally of our shape, has a role to play for our skin. It is a powerful antioxidant that can help protect the skin against damage caused by free radicals generated by UV rays. It can also stimulate collagen production for firm, elastic skin.
Vitamin A, also called beta-carotene, is also a powerful antioxidant agent.
Vitamin E also protects the skin from oxidative stress.
Mistakes to avoid when preparing your skin for the sun
Preparing your skin for the sun requires a little rigor. To avoid the dangers of exposure to the sun, it is best to avoid these few missteps.
Excessive use of scrubs
By wanting to have skin that is too smooth, we end up attacking it with repetitive or overly abrasive scrubs. Exfoliation removes dead cells from the surface of the epidermis. When this type of body care is too frequent or too intense, it becomes harmful to the skin by making it more fragile and more sensitive to aggression.
Forgetting to hydrate
Hydration : it’s the basis of any healthy body!
For the skin and for the entire body, we can never repeat it enough: you must hydrate regularly. During your outings or vacations, don't go out without your water bottle so you can quench your thirst throughout the day.
Then, when you return, applying a moisturizing body balm will have beneficial effects on the outer layers of the epidermis.
Forgetting sun protection
This is starting to become a common practice: no one goes to the beach without their tube of sunscreen anymore.
However, there are still many situations where applying sun protection is not a reflex!
Think about that first sunny spring day you spent in your garden. And this trip to the city with friends? During these moments, the effects of the sun are very present: the good and the bad. It is necessary to guard against it as soon as possible.
Use of unsuitable products
Besides forgetting your sunscreen, other practices can be really bad for your skin. Some products are photosensitive and can be denatured by the sun. Which can lead to more intense sunburns or an irregular tan with brown spots. To avoid these unpleasant surprises: forget to apply perfume, essential oil and even monoi before exposure to the sun.
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Synergy of 7 active ingredients to prepare and support your skin in the sun.
- ✅ Sublimated tan
- ✅ With natural carotenoids
- ✅ 100% clean (guaranteed without additives & coloring)
- ✅ 1 month of treatment
The benefits of successfully preparing the skin for the sun
As you can see, preparing your skin for the sun cannot be improvised. But what benefit do we get from it?
Naturally more resilient skin
Dehydrated skin is dry, dull and very sensitive to burns and external aggressions. Preparing your skin for the sun is a bit like setting in motion a virtuous circle for our health and beauty. The skin is better nourished and better hydrated: it produces more melanin, so it resists the sun's attacks better and tans more easily.
Easy, right? To go further, we explain here how to keep your golden skin for longer .
Softer, smoother skin
Healthy skin does not feel tight. Soft, smooth skin is well-hydrated and well-nourished skin.
A more uniform and luminous tan
Not all skin types tan with the same intensity. Whatever your skin tone, a beautiful tan is first and foremost an even tan. Proper preparation for the sun allows you to obtain a more uniform tan. The skin is free of dead cells and well hydrated. The synthesis of melanin in the skin is then more regular.
To summarize, preparing your skin for the sun is quite simple. Above all, it is about having a healthy lifestyle to:
- Moisturize it from the inside and out!
- Feed it with foods rich in vitamins and essential fatty acids and suitable food supplements.
- Pamper her with gentle scrubs.
- And above all, protect her!
The skin is fragile. To keep it healthy, it is necessary to take care of it throughout its life, and preparing it for the sun is part of this.
Lucas PINOS
Co-founder of NOVOMA
Passionate and expert in micro-nutrition, Lucas founded Novoma in 2012. It is with conviction that he develops food supplements with effective, carefully chosen and 100% clean active ingredients, to best meet the body's needs.
