Your Essential Spring Skin Care Regimen Update

With springtime comes warmer weather, increased humidity, and more sun exposure—all things that affect your skin condition. Now is the time to adjust your skincare routine to adapt to shifting environmental factors and renew following the stresses of winter.

Winter’s cold and dry air pulls moisture from the skin, leading to a buildup of dead cells that can leave skin looking dull and contribute to clogged pores. To clear away the season’s accumulation of cellular debris, exfoliation is job one.

Scrubs can provide physical exfoliation, helping to gently polish away surface buildup. Vivant’s Buffing Grains are a simple way to add physical exfoliation for any skin type. If you have a cleanser you’re already in love with that doesn’t contain microbeads, you can mix it with Buffing Grains to turn it into a scrub to polish the skin and promote renewal.

Acids are chemical exfoliators that clear away dead cells by dissolving the cellular “glue” that binds them together. They are essential for decongesting pores, improving skin texture, and giving skin an instant, brightening refresh. Mandelic Acid is a popular choice, known for helping to promote a more even-looking complexion while supporting smoother-feeling skin.

Want to take your skincare spring clean to the next level? Book an appointment with an esthetician for a deep cleansing facial. An esthetician can also recommend other treatments and help you with refine your overall skincare plan.

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If you scaled back on vitamin A during the winter due to concerns about dryness or irritation, now is a great time to reintroduce this essential skin-renewing ingredient into your routine.

With increased humidity, skin often feels more balanced and better able to tolerate active ingredients. Vivant’s patented Vitamin A Propionate (Ret(RP)) is formulated to help support skin renewal while being suitable for those mindful of potential irritation commonly associated with retinoids. Known for its advanced delivery and stability, Vitamin A Propionate (Ret(RP)) helps promote the appearance of smoother, more even-looking skin.

Warmer temps can mean increased sebum production, making this an excellent time to bump up to a more advanced toner, especially if your skin is oily. Vivant’s Normalizing Tonic balances glycolic Acid and lactic Acid to unclog pores and reduce sebum without overdrying. For skin too sensitive for glycolic Acid, Skin Nourishing Toner is a gentle mandelic acid-based clarifier.

Now is the time to swap heavier creams for lighter-weight gels or lotions. A lightweight oil-free gel like our Totaloe Calming and Hydrating Gel is perfect for oily or acne-prone skin. It calms inflammation, kills bacteria, and promotes healing, plus it’s quickly absorbed to give skin needed hydration without adding greasiness or clogging pores.

Warmer weather means more time outdoors and more exposure to the damaging effects of UV. SPF should be worn daily to protect skin from damage and delay signs of aging. Vivant’s Day Treatment Lotion SPF 15 is non-comedogenic, non-ghosting, and non-drying. And it’s lightweight and non-greasy, so it works well under makeup or on its own without adding shine or clogging pores.

You can increase your protection by adding a powerhouse vitamin C and E serum to your daily regimen. When combined, these two antioxidant heroes have a synergistic action that increases photoprotection four-fold.

Apply Vivant’s Pure C + E daily to protect skin from damaging UV and environmental stressors. Vitamin C is also an essential component in the synthesis of collagen and an inhibitor of tyrosinase, the enzyme responsible for pigment production, while vitamin E repairs and protects cell function.

Spring clean pores with a cleansing scrub and a toner with glycolic, salicylic, or mandelic Acid. Mask once or twice a week with Sulfur Clay Mask for a deep clean and texture refinement.

Winter is full of triggers for redness and irritation. Go into recovery mode with barrier-boosting ingredients like niacinamide, peptides, green tea, and grape seed oil. Our gentle Green Tea Antioxidant Cleanser is a great foundation for a calming, nourishing regimen.

Mandelic Acid is your even tone hero. By gently exfoliating the skin’s surface, it helps improve the appearance of uneven tone and discoloration for a brighter, more balanced-looking complexion. It’s also well-known for supporting clearer-looking skin and helping to minimize the look of redness associated with common triggers of uneven tone.