Your skin care routine should be something that’s always evolving. Between a surprise breakout to dry skin after a weekend away from home, there’s daily changes and there’s seasonal changes. As we approach summer, heat and humidity can make your skin sticky or dry. Increased sun exposure can also damage the skin, so switching to a daily moisturizer with SPF is also a good thing to consider, especially if you regularly spend time outside.  

You wake up, you wash your face and while it can be tempting to use your toner and/or serum and call it good for the day, we don’t recommend you skip moisturizer all together. Even thought you might feel greasy or oily during the day, you still need a daytime moisturizer. Do not interpret that sweaty face into oily skin that needs less moisture. Your skin likes balance and this is a game of balance.

Here’s a guide to our favorite lightweight summer moisturizers based on some our winter favorites:

Beech Tree & Ginseng Daily Moisturizer
In the winter you like this: Naturopathica Calendula Essential Hydrating Cream
Try this in the summer: Naturopathica Beech Tree & Ginseng Daily Moisturizer
Skin types: dry and normal skin

Beech Tree & Ginseng Daily Moisturizer is a nourishing moisturizer that helps visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles with antioxidant-rich Beech Tree and Goji Berry Extracts and a firming Ginseng Complex.  Ideal for dry and normal skin types, this daily moisturizer has a lightweight texture and an antioxidant-rich formula that improves skin elasticity and diminishes the visible signs of aging.\
Key Ingredients:

• Beech Tree Bud: moisturizes the skin and diminishes signs of aging.

• Ginseng Root Extract: improves skin elasticity.

• Trehalose: prevents damage caused by dryness.

• Goji Berry: berries from this famous Tibetan plant grown in the Himalayan Mountains are vitamin and nutrient rich, containing beta-sitosterol, beta carotene, niacin, pyridoxine and Vitamin C.

GREEN APPLE Age Defy Moisturizer
In the Winter you like this Juice Beauty STEM CELLULAR Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer
Try this in the Summer: Juice Beauty GREEN APPLE Age Defy Moisturizer
Skin Types: all skin types

Juice Beauty's GREEN APPLE® Age Defy Moisturizer is ideal for 20's and up, and is especially beneficial for skin with dark spots, discoloration, uneven skin tone and texture. NOTE: Juice Beauty's GREEN APPLE® Brightening Collection is not designed for very sensitive or rosacea skin due to the alpha/beta hydroxy fruit acids--if you have this type of skin, see the Stem Cellular or Daily Essentials Collection.

Benefits

• Helps even skin tone and texture with a potent dose of malic acid from organic green apples.

• Smooths appearance of fine lines with alpha lipoic acid and CoQ10.

• Antioxidant-rich hydration from organic aloe, shea, jojoba, and rich botanicals like organic primrose, linseed and borage.

• Provides plumping moisture to the skin with plant-derived hyaluronic acid.

• Helps fight free radicals with rich antioxidants and Vitamin C.

Looking for an option with SPF?
Naturopathica Daily UV Defense Cream SPF 50
In the Winter you like this: Naturopathica Lavender Protective Moisturizer SPF 17
Try this in the Summer: Naturopathica Daily UV Defense Cream SPF 50
Skin Types: all skin types

Naturopathica Daily UV Defense Cream SPF 50 is a lightweight daily cream that protects against UVA/UVB damage. Zinc oxide provides clean, broad spectrum protection while antioxidant green tea extract and strengthening deep sea enzymes reinforce the skin's natural defenses.
Key Ingredients:

• Micronized Zinc Oxide: Acts as a physical barrier to reflect UVA and UVB rays

• Thermus Ferment (Deep Sea Enzymes): replenishes the skin's moisture barrier

• Camellia Oleifera (Green Tea) Leaf Extract: an antioxidant-rich ingredient that protects against environmental stressors