Tips For Improving Your Spring Skincare Routine

Daffodils are blooming, the sky is blue and temperatures are rising. We survived winter, and spring has finally sprung. While you’re shedding your winter layers, it’s important to consider transitioning your skincare for spring as well.

Products that kept your skin nourished through winter might be too heavy for milder days. With just a few product switches, you’ll be able to create the perfect spring vegan skincare routine and maintain your radiance right through the year.

As we move from cold weather to warm weather, the temperature and humidity change, along with many other environmental factors. This will inevitably affect how your skin retains moisture and reacts to external elements.

Spring skincare tips

Cleanse for freshness

Every good skincare ritual begins with a good cleanser. Add a gentle cleanser to your morning and evening skincare routine to remove skin-cell build-up without irritating or stripping skin. Our Gentle Facial Wash or Light Cleansing Lotion are perfect springtime cleansers.

Switch to a lighter moisturiser

Winter calls for heavy formulas, but spring is all about lightweight, hydrating creams. Ideally, every morning after cleansing, reach for Oleo's Light Facial Moisturising Cream. This lightweight, easily absorbed daily moisturising cream helps protect the skin, leaving it feeling soft, smooth and radiant.

Alternatively, you might like to try our Frankincense Day Cream. The rejuvenating properties of frankincense make it one of the most important essential oils for improving skin tone and treating skin that isn't as young as it used to be. Enriched with skin-loving vitamins E and B5.

Nourish the body

For the skin on your body, any of our vegan body lotions will nourish your skin with their carefully selected blend of plant oils and therapeutic essential oils. Choose from:

• Peaceful yet invigorating Neroli & Rosewood Body Lotion
• Relaxing and uplifting Geranium & Orange Body Lotion
• Irresistible, lingering and sophisticated Luscious Body Lotion

You'll be spoilt for choice.

Sunscreen is a must

The sun gets stronger in spring, so use an SPF 30 moisturiser every day — even if it is cloudy. The Oleo Protect & Hydrate SPF30 Face Cream is hydrating and soothing and has been formulated to protect skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays with 100% mineral filters. It is packed full of butters and oils to keep skin protected and moisturised, while also strengthening the skin's barrier.

Exfoliate for a fresh glow

Shed winter’s dry skin with a gentle exfoliant. Skin can look a little dull after harsh winter weather. Luckily, Oleo's Gentle Facial Exfoliator — with gentle, natural exfoliants blended in a creamy moisturising formula — will leave the skin softer, smoother, fresher and brighter.

When you're finally able to shed your winter woollies, our Lemon Sugar Scrub Bar will not only exfoliate your skin with cane sugar and poppy seeds, but also nourish it with the moisturising benefits of cocoa butter. The refreshing citrus scent of lemon and may chang essential oils will certainly help to put a spring in your step. This fantastic combination of natural ingredients will leave your skin soft, radiant and delicately scented. Use it regularly on the body and feet.

Hydrate with a lighter facial oil

If your skin is not overly dry, try swapping your heavier facial oil for a lighter version. We would definitely recommend our Skin Balancing Facial Oil. This beautifully scented treatment oil is easily absorbed, purifying, conditioning and delivers light moisture and softness. It is infused with mildly astringent lemon and geranium essential oils and detoxifying juniper essential oil.

Refresh with a facial mist

A cooling mist can help keep your skin fresh as the days get warmer. The perfect product for this is pure floral waters. These are the waters collected during the essential oil distillation process. They are valuable therapeutic materials in their own right — offering the same therapeutic effects, while being suitable for direct skin application. You'll find several different waters at Oleo, each having different therapeutic properties. Choose from:

• Geranium – Hormone and skin balancing. Ideal for combination skin types.
• Peppermint – Antiseptic and useful on burns and sunburn. Great for springtime or cooling down.
• Tea Tree – Refreshing and cleansing. Known for its antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and astringent properties.
• Frankincense – Ideal toner for mature and dehydrated skin; revitalises and brightens the complexion.
• Orange Blossom – Boosts circulation and supports the skin’s natural glow and rejuvenation.
• Lavender – Fresh and fragrant, with calming, rejuvenating and regenerating properties.
• Chamomile – Versatile and gentle. Purifies, soothes inflammation, and revitalises tired skin.
• Rose – Soothing and hydrating. Stimulates skin regeneration and offers a naturally fragrant refresh.

Glow into spring!

Glow into spring with Oleo Bodycare. Explore our hydrating, vegan skincare essentials and keep your skin fresh, radiant and ready for warmer days.

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