Thankfully there are a plethora of beauty hacks to discover that also keep you cool. Here are five of our favourites, with some handy product recommendations alongside them, to save you Googling.
Cooling face mists
When you’re out and about wearing makeup in summer, it makes it near impossible to cool down your face without smudging all your precious hard work – even a swift splash of water can be a risk, especially if wearing mascara or eyeliner. Instead, invest in a cooling face mist so you can regularly rehydrate your face and cool yourself down, sans smudging.
Cryo rollers and globes
Anyone who’s stuck a pair of spoons in the fridge the morning after a big night out (or a big cry) knows the science behind these bad boys, but I’ll explain it anyway for the uninitiated: the application of a cool roller to the face helps reduce redness and puffiness because it counteracts it, like applying ice to swelling or a bruise. There’s more, though: the roller aspect helps to boost collagen, the protein responsible for skin elasticity, when you roll it about on your face, and the coldness helps to disrupt collagen layers, which then helps to initiate the production of brand-new collagen. And who doesn’t want a bit more collagen?
Move from a night cream to a gel
If you’ve been putting on your night cream recently only to feel like you’re going to sweat it off before your head even hits the pillow, you’re probably right, you will. So, instead of a thick, heavy nightcream, you could switch to a gel for the summer period, which can absorb faster and induces less sweat. And if you’ve been out in the sun all day, then it’s the perfect time to apply a nightcream with aloe vera in it, to reduce any possible signs of burn or redness.
Get your hair out of the way
Is there anything more annoying in the heat than feeling your fringe interact with your forehead sweat, or getting your hair get stuck to the back of your neck? I find myself almost endlessly lifting my hair to give my neck some breathing room, when really I should have just put it up in the first place.
put your skincare in the fridge
If you’re not already doing this, please take our word for it this summer. Your beauty products hate hot rooms as much as you do, and it increases the chance of them ageing faster, separating or melting. This especially applies to any skincare or makeup with active ingredients, or anything heat and light sensitive, like vitamin C and retinol.
It doesn’t need to be everything – mascara et al can stay out, as can eyeshadows and powders, but if you have room amongst the milk for your core face products (moisturiser, toner, foundation etc) whack ‘em in there – it’ll be a gorgeous treat when you apply an uber-chilled night time routine before bed.