How do I properly prepare my skin before sun exposure?
Three weeks before the big vacation day, start eating a variety of fruits and vegetables that are high in beta-carotene and lycopene. You can easily find these in common fruits and vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, watermelon, apricots, red peppers...
These natural products rich in antioxidants help your skin prepare for the sun and protect itself from harmful rays.
Consuming vegetable oils such as walnut, rapeseed, or soybean oil, and fish (tuna, sardine, salmon...) which are high in omega-3s, also helps your skin protect itself from dehydration caused by ultraviolet rays.
Beauty Principle 2 – Affordable Tanning Moisturizing Care:
Daily hydration: a key factor for success
Carefully hydrating and nourishing your skin every day is essential for a dream tan… But daily hydration during the days of sun exposure is not enough; moisturizing before the big day is indispensable. Well-hydrated skin will be much more resistant than dry skin to the sun’s dangerous attacks (sunburns)! Get your moisturizers, mousses, gels, or other hydrating sun protection ready… Hydrate yourself daily, and not just your face, but your entire body as well. Similarly, drinking water greatly helps to hydrate your body!
Beauty Principle 3 – After-sun Exfoliating Care:
Exfoliation: fresh skin before the big day!
A few days before you leave, don’t forget to do a body scrub, peel, or exfoliation… to purify your skin of dead cells present on the surface! Your skin will tan faster and you’ll get a more even, radiant tan. However, preparing does not mean protecting, so it’s important to protect your skin with an effective sunscreen and after-sun protection, especially during the first exposures. Even if your skin is perfectly prepared, it will never be immune to the sun’s harmful rays.
Diet, hydration, and exfoliation are the three beauty principles to remember and apply for tanned and protected skin. Don’t forget them for even more beautiful skin!
