Think Dirty’s Clean Skincare Must-Haves for Summer 2024
Ah, summer, when thoughts turn to sunshine and swimsuits. And, like the Think Dirty team, you’re probably thinking about beauty and skincare, too, because skincare needs to change throughout the year.
What worked for your skin during the winter may not be as effective during the toastier months. Summer skincare means using products can stand up to heat, sweat, and sun exposure, so you can probably hit pause on that thick moisturising cream.
Well, no sweat (pun intended) — we’ve curated a list of summer products to help you maintain healthy and great-looking skin throughout the season. Learn all about them, and choose your favourites, from the article below.
The Golden Secrets: Aphrodisiac Glow Oil
Want a light tan this summer, but not the damaging effects of the sun? Then meet the Think Dirty-verified Aphrodisiac Glow Oil, a natural bronzing body oil crafted to deeply hydrate your skin and give you an instant, subtle tint of colour. You can also use it on your hair, cuticles, and other dry areas. This versatile oil works to restore your skin’s elasticity, boost cell renewal, and fend off free radicals. Made with intoxicating jasmine, it has been formulated to raise your confidence, balance your hormones, fade imperfections, and deliver the healthiest, youthful, natural glow. For that extra golden shimmer, spritz liberally on your legs, arms, and shoulders. Use it as a highlighter on your face as is, or mix a few drops with face oil, SPF, or foundation.
Suntegrity: Moisturizing Self Tanner
Indulge your skin and pick up a sunless tan with Suntegrity’s Moisturizing Self Tanner. Its non-greasy formula cuts across traditional self-tanners by blending antioxidant-rich goji, açai, mangosteen, pomegranate, and raspberry extracts with hydrating coconut, sunflower, and sweet almond oils, as well as nourishing shea and mango seed butter. Organic rosehip oil, meanwhile, helps regenerate your skin and brighten your complexion. The formula allows for layering, letting you control the depth of your tan for a natural, streak-free, and sun kissed-like radiance. Vegan and cruelty-free. Suitable for all skin types, with a light strawberry scent.
Standard Self Care: Hyaluronic Daily Moisturizer
It’s a 10/10! The Hyaluronic Daily Moisturizer has received a perfect clean rating by Think Dirty, all while having the anti-aging and ultra-hydrating results you want from science-backed skincare. This glow moisturiser combines hyaluronic acid and Kakadu plum (which is high in vitamin C), transformative ingredients that work to leave your skin hydrated, lifted, and radiant. This moisturiser is powerful enough to produce results, yet gentle enough to use daily.
Standard Self Care: Hydrating Omega+ Cleansing Balm
How cool is this: The Hydrating Omega+ Cleansing Balm works to remove impurities from your skin without disturbing your skin’s barrier. A cleanser and makeup remover, it has been formulated with omegas 3, 6 and 9 to soothe and soften your skin, and leave it feeling clean and hydrated. The clean formula is also powered by plants, including turmeric root, and mango, moringa, and sea buckthorn oils, to help nourish your skin from the inside out.
Standard Self Care: Omega+ Cell Regenerating Eye Cream
Transform the skin around your eyes from deep within its layers with an eye cream that specifically targets discolouration, fine lines and wrinkles. Formulated to add visible plumpness to your skin, the cream’s ingredients include botanical plants, like bilberry, maple sugar, sea buckthorn oil, and Albizia julibrissin (Persian silk tree) bark, as well as hyaluronic acid. This combination gets to work to enhance collagen production and make your skin even more radiant with every use.
Rejuva Minerals: Daily Wear Face Protection Sunscreen — SPF 16
Save your skin from the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays with the broad-spectrum Daily Wear Face Protection Sunscreen. This lotion is lightweight enough to use under Rejuva Minerals’ clean makeup, while it provides mineral-based protection with reef-friendly 17.5% zinc oxide. Formulated with sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronic acid) and firming peptides, including Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, it helps improve moisture, smooth out wrinkles, and promote healthier-looking skin. With SPF 16, the sunscreen consists of naturally derived and organic ingredients, including sandalwood, an aromatic antioxidant. Enjoy a sheer, dewy finish without a white cast on your skin.
Blossom Essentials: Hydration Recovery Face Cream
Ahh, a luxurious day and night cream to help revive the look of ageing skin and restore a healthier, more youthful appearance. Featuring seven long-lasting active ingredients, the cream combines adaptogenic botanicals and micro-algae to provide all-day hydration and a powerful boost of nourishment to dry, tired skin. Chlorella, tremella mushroom, and hibiscus work together to firm, brighten, hydrate, and retain moisture, leaving your skin revitalised. Chlorella feeds your skin with nutrients that promote a radiant, youthful appearance; tremella mushroom holds 500 times its weight in water (more than hyaluronic acid); and hibiscus promotes an even skin tone and smooth complexion. Other ingredients, such as borage seed oil and tamanu seed oil, calm inflammation and provide antimicrobial properties, respectively. This cream is thick but not greasy or heavy, and free of talc, fragrance, silicone, sulphates, parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and petrochemicals.
Hello Joyous: USDA Organic Natural Dry Shampoo — $21USD
Giver your hair a refresh, naturally, with an organic blend of kaolin and bentonite clay, and tapioca and arrowroot starches. With Hello Joyous’ dry shampoo, you’ll be able to remove excess oil and grease from your roots and go longer between washes. Add volume and texture for your best hair days with just a few shakes of this dry shampoo. Other ingredients include organic chickweed extract and organic rosemary leaf oil, which support healthy hair growth. Vegan, and suitable for all hair types.
Rocky Mountain Soap Company: Breakout Buster
Consider Breakout Buster your super versatile magic stick — you’ll want one for home, work, your car, and your handbag. This balm is a blend of natural ingredients that help minimise the look of bumps and pimples. It’s filled with grapefruit and tea tree oils, calming chamomile and lavender essential oils, as well as skin-loving vitamin E and enriching beeswax. Apply Breakout Buster from head to toe. This mighty stick is so multi-purpose (for example, try it on bug bites or chapped lips), you won’t want to go anywhere without it. All natural, and not tested on animals.
Emani: Perfect 10 Primer Serum
Firm, moisturise, and soothe your skin! You can protect your skin from harmful environmental stressors that accelerate ageing with Perfect 10 Primer Serum. And while you’re at it, reduce redness, breakouts, and inflammation, as well, thanks to a blend of 10 healing plants with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. You can also use this serum whenever your skin needs immediate soothing relief. Vegan, silicone-free, and safe for sensitive skin!
Kosmatology: Bug Repellent Balm
When you think of bug repellents, you might think of a spray. And while these repellents may be safe for your skin, it doesn’t mean the spray should end up in anyone’s lungs. Which is why Kosmatology set out to make a bug repellent that’s safe and effective for the entire family. A solid bug balm is made with coconut oil, which creates a surface that’s too slippery for mosquitoes to land on, and because the balm doesn’t include water, it doesn’t require harmful preservatives. Another benefit you’ll love is the balm is easy to travel with since it won’t spill.
The Last Word on Clean Beauty Products for Summer 2024
Now that you’ve compiled your summer skincare and beauty shopping list, there’s one more thing you can do to keep your skin looking and feeling great: download the Think Dirty app.
Take it shopping with you, and use it to scan your summer products’ barcodes. You’ll instantly see what ingredients are in the products, and whether they’re toxic or safe for your body. It’s like having an expert by your side as you shop, helping you improve yourself by learning about what ingredients/products to use in your skincare and clean beauty routines this summer.
Shopping for beauty and skincare products made with natural ingredients has never been faster or easier. Download the Think Dirty app from the App Store or Google Play today.
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