Published: May 15, 2025
Now that summer is officially here, you’ve probably already noticed a few changes in your skin. The hottest months of the year can really take a toll on your complexion, making it important to ensure that your skincare routine is up to scratch.
Want to know if your current skincare routine is capable of handling the heat of summer? Ask yourself the following questions, and you’ll soon find out. Don’t worry, even if your skincare routine ends up needing a few tweaks, you’ll find a fantastic summer skincare stash at Avinichi!
Will Your Cleanser Cope With Extra Sweat, Sebum, and SPF?
One of the biggest challenges thrown at the skin during the summer months is how it has to deal with such an increase in impurities coating its surface. For starters, sebum production rises when the weather warms up. This means that there’ll be a lot more grease covering your skin. This is joined by all of the extra sweat that your body produces when temperatures are high. Add to this all of the extra SPF that you’ll hopefully be wearing during the summer and, as you can imagine, this results in a whole lot of extra work for your cleanser!
While gentle cleansers are recommended during the colder months of the year, the summer season calls for more cleansing action. Gel and foaming cleansers tend to be best for this time of year, so long as you opt for a skin-friendly, sulfate-free formula.
If your cleanser already meets the mark, then you’re good to go! For everyone else, consider giving the Avinichi Noni Clarifying Lather Purifier a try this summer. It’s a gentle foaming cleanser that’s packed with ingredients that will leave your skin feeling softer yet stronger. Between the numerous peptides and plant extracts in this formula, you’ll be ensuring a thorough cleanse that won’t cause any damage to your skin’s natural protective barrier.
How Will You Be Hydrating Your Skin?
Giving your skin adequate hydration is crucial year-round. Sure, your skin produces extra sebum during the summer, which will help with moisture retention. However, at the same time, the stronger UV rays that your skin will be exposed to have a very dehydrating effect. They interfere with skin barrier function, preventing your skin from locking in moisture in an effective way.
With that said, you need to be careful about how you hydrate your skin during the summer months. At this time of year, clogged pores and breakouts become more prevalent. The last thing that you want to do is exacerbate this by weighing your skin down with heavy products.
This is why your summer skincare routine should feature plenty of humectants. These are lightweight ingredients that bind moisture to the skin without running the risk of pore blockages, congestion, or other problems. You’ll find some of skincare’s best humectants in the Super-Dewy Bead Serum from Avinichi’s Mulberry Hydrating Regimen.
Of course, moisturizers provide hydration too. It’s important that you don’t skip this set in the summer. However, if your current face cream is quite rich or thick, you may want to swap this for a lighter blend, like the Spirulina Cooling Moisturizer from the Avinichi Spirulina Collection. As you can tell from its name, this cream imparts a cooling sensation on the skin, making it feel particularly refreshing on a hot summer’s day.
Is Your Sunscreen Broad-Spectrum?
It goes without saying that sun protection is crucial during the summer. Yes, it should be worn year-round, but extra diligence is needed once the weather warms up and UV rays intensify. This means paying attention to more than just SPF…
While SPF gives you a great indication of how well a sunscreen will protect you from UVB rays, which is what your skin is exposed to the most in the winter, it doesn’t tell you how well that product will work with UVA rays. For this, you’ll need to keep an eye out for the UVA star rating system. If a sunscreen protects against UVA rays, you’ll see the star rating somewhere on the packaging. Ideally, you want a product that offers at least four or five stars – this means that it will provide adequate broad-spectrum protection. If the sunscreen you were using in the winter doesn’t offer this, it’s time for a change.
Experiment with different mineral and chemical broad-spectrum sunscreens to see which best suits your skin. It’s worth taking the time to find the perfect sunscreen as this step of your skincare routine will go a long way in keeping your skin feeling youthful and healthy.
Does Your Skincare Routine Contain Enough Antioxidants?
Just like SPF, antioxidants are important year-round. These powerful compounds are used by your skin cells to neutralize the appearance of free radical damage. Your skin is exposed to a large amount of environmental aggressors during the summer, making antioxidants essential if you want to keep your skin looking healthy and vibrant.
One thing to know about antioxidants is that they always work best when they’re combined with other antioxidants. To maximize the results that you see, try to incorporate antioxidants into a few different stages of your skincare routine.
Start with an antioxidant-infused toner after cleansing. The Avinichi Noni Pore Purifying Toner contains an array of antioxidant-rich plant extracts. You should then move on to an antioxidant serum – a vitamin C serum would be a great choice for the summer. A formula like the Avinichi Hydrating Multifrut C-Serum, which contains two forms of vitamin C plus a boatload of other antioxidants, will do your skin well. Finally, finish up with an antioxidant-laden face cream. Again, you’ll find plenty of options at Avinichi, such as the Mulberr-E Moisture Infusion Cream from our Phyto Thermal Collection. With grape stem cells, mushroom extract, rose fruit extract, and more, you’ll be treating your skin to some truly potent antioxidant compounds.
Do You Have Any Summer-Specific Skin Concerns?
It’s normal for your skin’s needs to change with the seasons, meaning that the same can occur with your skin concerns too. While it’s common to be plagued with severe dryness and flakiness during the colder months, the arrival of summer usually brings an end to this while signaling the onset of new issues.
Hyperpigmentation, for example, often becomes a bigger problem in the summer. It’s most commonly caused by UV exposure, with the sun’s rays triggering your skin into producing extra melanin – the pigment that gives your skin its color. Once too much melanin is produced, those pigment cells cluster together in small groups under the skin, giving the skin above a darker color.
To stay on top of this and prevent your skin from looking discolored, you’ll need to adjust your skincare routine. Adding in extra antioxidants will help, but it would also be worth exploring products that have been designed specifically to lighten the look of hyperpigmentation, like the Avinichi Mulberry Velvet Silk Creme from the Mulberry Collection.
Breakouts can also be a big skin concern during the summer months. If your skin often feels congested, consider adding a clay face mask to your summer skincare routine. The Avinichi CamuGlow Transforming Mask, which is filled with antioxidants and hydrating ingredients, would be a great choice. It makes use of both bentonite and kaolin clays, ensuring that your skin won’t feel weighed down by excess sebum.
Is Your Exfoliator Gentle Enough?
With the increase in sebum and sweat during the summer months, people often switch their gentle winter exfoliator for a more powerful version. However, this can lead to a few different problems…
Firstly, using an aggressive exfoliator runs the risk of damaging your skin’s natural protective barrier. This will then leave your skin more susceptible to environmental damage, including sun damage. Over-exfoliating your skin can also stimulate your sebaceous glands to produce even more oil. This is definitely not what you need in the summer!
So, although you may be reaching for a more powerful cleanser this summer, don’t do the same with your exfoliator. Instead, stick with a gentle formula, like the Avinichi Noni Polishing Peel. However, increase how often you exfoliate, so that you’re exfoliating a little more often in the summer compared to the winter.
Of course, don’t forget that exfoliation leaves your skin temporarily more vulnerable to sun damage. When exfoliating in the summer, it can sometimes be safer to do this at night. This gives your skin several hours to recuperate before it faces the sun once again.
How Many of Your Skincare Products Are Oil-Based?
As we’ve mentioned a few times now, sebum production increases in the summer. This is why you need to ditch those heavy oil-based skincare products that you were using in the winter and swap them for lighter alternatives.
Water-based formulas tend to be best in the summer. They’re not as rich as oil-based alternatives. Better yet, they’ll give your skin an extra burst of hydration too.
How can you tell if a skincare product is oil-based or water-based? It’s simple – take a look at its ingredient list. If the first ingredient is water or aqua, then this means that it’s a water-based product. On the other hand, if plant oils or butters are at the top of the ingredient list, then this shows that it’s an oil-based product.
You’ll find plenty of summer-friendly, water-based skincare products at Avinichi, including all of those that we recommended above. Keep your skincare routine light with these formulas and your complexion will thrive this summer.
Summer Skincare With Avinichi
While you most likely won’t need to overhaul your entire skincare routine to make it summer-suitable, it’s important to make any necessary adjustments. From changing how you hydrate your skin to getting more serious about SPF, ensure that your skincare regimen is capable of helping your skin hold up to all that the season throws at it, and you’ll have much healthier-looking skin as a result.