As summer unfurls and the sun climbs higher in the sky, July's UV Awareness Month serves as a timely reminder to prioritize sun protection. At Skin Actives Scientific, skin health is our top priority. We understand the delicate balance between enjoying the sunshine and safeguarding your skin.

The skin is the largest organ of the human body, and it acts as a barrier against external threats, including the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. It varies in texture and thickness from one person to the next, requiring unique care for everybody. Throughout UV Awareness Month, we will delve deeper into understanding UV radiation, its harmful effects on your skin, and explore essential strategies to protect your skin while embracing the summer season with our best selling products to defend and repair your skin.

Key Benefits of a Cleanser During the Summer

As with everything, a good routine is a good practice to follow. For a skincare routine during the summer, we recommend a mixture of different products to provide care for various age groups and different skin types. It is typically recommended to wear sunscreen daily, at least SPF 30, to act as a barrier against the sun and layer over your applied skincare. But before we get there, let’s explore what different types of cleansers, serums, creams, and moisturizers can do to maintain a healthy skin barrier for everybody.

A good first step in establishing a proper skincare routine in the summer always starts with a good enough cleanser. When considering your routine and your unique skin needs, it is crucial to consider a cleanser that works well for your skin type. Whether you wash your face in the morning, night, or twice a day, here are some of our favorites to choose from:

• Gentle Cream Face Cleanser: This is a top selling, and gentle formula that nourishes and soothes for night or day cleansing. This gentle cleanser is perfect for sensitive and dry skin, but can be used by all skin types. It won't strip natural oils and provides soothing and moisturizing ingredients, leaving your skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated.
• Salicylic Cleanser: The Salicylic Cleanser gently exfoliates without drying the skin, making this a great addition to your summer routine to allow for repairing with oily and blemish-prone skin types. A more intense cleanser that contributes to clearer pores and helps to improve overall skin texture.

As far as cleansers are concerned, you want to make sure that whichever you intend to choose is good enough for your skin type. Every skin type is different, and so choosing the right cleanser is paramount in establishing a happier and healthier skin barrier. Here some key takeaways:

• Cleansers remove dirt, grime, and sweat that can trap UV radiation.
• A gentle formula, like Gentle Cream Face Cleanser, soothes skin potentially irritated by sun exposure.
• A cleanser maintains skin's natural moisture barrier, crucial for healthy defense against UV rays.

Serums

Reducing physical aging starts with reducing free radical exposure, and this is something that everyone can do. You can help thwart this by applying serums to your skin after cleansing but before moisturizing so the active ingredients in our formulas can be better absorbed.

• High Potency EGF Serum: Packed with 10 times the amount of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) compared to other serums, this powerful formula is also available in the High Potency EGF Spray, convenient enough to take with you wherever you go. The spray application minimizes the need for rubbing, making it gentle on damaged skin, and perfect for on the go applications.
• Vitamin A Serum: The Vitamin A Serum helps keep pores clear and keep skin renewed without adding extra oil to the skin. This water-based serum is gentle on your skin and will not cause side effects like other stronger forms of retinol because we use a mild form of Vitamin A, retinyl acetate. This active helps keep pores clean and helps remove excess oil which contributes to blemishes. We recommend using this one at night for skin renewal in the summertime as a retinol can cause the skin to become irritated in the sunlight.
• Antioxidant Serum: This serum packs a powerful punch against free radicals generated by UV rays, pollution, blue light, and heat – even more effectively than Vitamin C alone! This comprehensive defense system helps protect your skin from premature aging and environmental damage, promoting a healthy, radiant complexion.

By incorporating targeted serums like our High Potency EGF Serum and Antioxidant Serum into your summer skincare routine, you can address specific concerns caused by sun exposure. The High Potency EGF Serum can promote cellular renewal and potentially aid in sun damage repair, while the Antioxidant Serum offers a comprehensive defense against free radicals generated by UV rays and other environmental factors.

Remember, consistency is key! By faithfully following a sun-safe skincare routine that combines broad-spectrum sun protection with targeted serums and other nourishing products, you can ensure your skin stays healthy and radiant throughout the summer months and beyond.

Creams, Oils, Moisturizers, and Sunscreen!

At this point in our routine, we can consider applying specialty creams and oils before we layer on a moisturizer, and of course top it with sunscreen (our SPF 30 Advanced Protection Sunscreen is a great option!) We offer oils for blemish-prone skin, eye creams to target the delicate skin around the eyes to target puffiness, dark circles, and wrinkles, and specialized creams and moisturizers.

• Ultra-Clarifying Blemish Oil: The versatility of oils makes them suitable for a wide range of skin types for men and women. Skin Actives emphasizes that everyone can benefit from the right oil serum. Men with oily skin can embrace the benefits of oils with the right formulations. For men with blemish-prone skin, this is a gentle spot treatment combining salicylic acid and retinol to encourage skin renewal and target imperfections, as well as Rosehip Seed Oil to help repair the skin barrier.
• Triple Correction Eye Cream: From dark circles to wrinkles, the list of common eye concerns seems endless. Factors such as genetics, lifestyle choices, and environmental influences contribute to these issues. Dark circles, bags, wrinkles, thinning skin, and itchy eyelids are among the top concerns that plague many individuals. But, targeted skincare solutions can help mitigate these problems effectively.
• Antioxidant Day Cream: A lightweight, elegant formula that seamlessly layers under makeup, sunscreen, and other morning products. Packed with more active ingredients than most antioxidant serums and creams, it provides comprehensive protection against environmental aggressors, including UV rays. This antioxidant powerhouse helps shield your skin from daily damage caused by pollution and other stressors, while soothing and hydrating for a healthy, radiant complexion.
• Vitamin A Cream: Our Vitamin A Cream uses Retinyl Acetate which is a gentler and more stable version of vitamin A. Retinols at higher concentrations can sometimes damage skin and thin the skin barrier. So our Vitamin A Cream is just enough to promote cell turnover rate without causing sensitivity issues in most people. Skin Actives Vitamin A Cream contains our exclusive Sea Kelp Bioferment with its full array of nutrients plus polysaccharides, which will moisturize your skin and protect it from pollution and bacteria. For men 55+, we offer an improved formula, with added Apocynin and ROS BioNet. Apocynin decreases oxidative stress and promotes the synthesis of Collagen which will promote skin health and vitality. ROS BioNet is an exclusive combination of antioxidant proteins created by Skin Actives Scientific.

TLDR; we also offer kits of all kinds to support all different skin types in a streamlined fashion:

• For blemish-prone skin: Zit Ender and the Flawless Collection
• For aging skin: Ageless Kit and the Advanced Ageless Kit
• For dry skin: Try our Hydrating Collection