Skin Council

How to cool and soothe skin in summer

How to cool and soothe summer skin

From longer, brighter days, to warmer weather and trips to the seaside, there’s so much to enjoy in the summer months. But if you find that more time outdoors and greater exposure to the sun is problematic for your skin, then you aren’t alone. In fact, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, the summer months can present a host of concerns – from skin irritation, itchiness and sensitivty.

But with a little forward thinking, you can help to prevent such problems from occurring and leave your summer skin feeling cool and soothed. Here’s how…

Skin care after a laser treatment

Discover how the right skincare can help to enhance the results of a professional laser treatment Clinical skincare procedures such as lasers are an effective way of achieving healthy-looking skin, but when followed with advanced skincare at home you can help to extend and maintain the results while aiding recovery. Read on to find the answers to your most common questions with dermatologist Dr Haus, and discover which products work best - pre and post-laser treatment.

Discover the Brightening Skin Routine

Find out how our recommended Brightening Skin Routine can help to address discolouration and dullness. If your skin is prone to dark spots, hyperpigmentation and discolouration, you’ve probably found it tricky to restore a more even tone to your complexion. That’s why we developed our Brightening Skin System that effectively targets these concerns with formulas enriched in triple-action antioxidants and gentle exfoliants that accelerate skin cell turnover. Discover how each product in the system works and the way its ingredients work together to help you achieve visible at-home results.

Benefits of using more than one serum in your routine

Benefits of using more than one serum in your routine

Serums are a big part of the SkinCeuticals range and can help you to achieve the results you desire – from ageing signs, to blemishes and discolouration. Layering serums together can also be a really effective way of treating multiple concerns at once such as ageing and oiliness, or dehydration.

Here we take a look the cult SkinCeuticals serums to invest in, differentiated by skin concern, and how they can complement one another.

How to target and prevent blackheads

How to target blackheads  Blackheads are a common yet tricky skincare complaint that can affect all skin types, often appearing across the nose, chin and even cheeks. But how can you help to minimise them effectively and prevent more from developing in the future? Follow our expert guide to help keep your pores clean, clear and blackhead free.

Sunscreen for face: For brighter, more even looking skin

Adding a sunscreen to your beauty regime is just as important, if not more so, than applying a moisturiser or cleanser. Whatever the weather, you should always be wearing an SPF, especially on your face. An SPF can protect your skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays which can damage skin all year round. Skincare experts will often recommend applying a sunscreen on to your face every morning after moisturising but before your makeup. It’s also worth noting that you should be applying this 20 minutes before heading out to give it time to absorb into the skin so it really works as a protective layer.

Ask a dermatologist: Skincare advice and FAQs

We recently held a live Skin Schools chat via our Skinceuticals Instagram page to answer some of your most pressing skincare questions. From how to calm angry, red skin, to which cleanser to use to improve blemishes, here’s a selection of some of the most common questions from the live Q&A.

Tips For Achieving Youthful Skin Overnight

Youthful skin overnight? You may be sceptical and we’re certainly not promising how to get clear skin overnight and reverse time travel while you dream, but science is increasingly showing us why products for use during our hours of sleep should be different to those we use during the day. By Vivienne Parry

What are the different types of acne?

What are the different types of acne?

When it comes to acne, there isn’t a one size-fits-all solution and there are a few things to think about when treating your own concerns. From whiteheads, comedones and acne vulgaris, here’s how to identify a range of acne symptoms and the most effective at-home treatments to use.

Sunscreen Ingredients Explained

The sun is one of the skin’s greatest enemies when it comes to premature ageing. At SkinCeuticals we recommend wearing a broad-spectrum, high SPF sunscreen (SPF 30 or above) every day, every day of the year. The trick is to find a sunscreen with a lightweight, non-greasy texture that you like and feels good on your skin.

My 5 All-time Favourite SkinCeuticals Products

Skincare expert Linda Blahr, our Education and Science Manager at SkinCeuticals, is passionate about beauty. Having worked with the brand for over ten years, here, she chooses the five products she would be pushed to go a day without.

A Dermatologist On Anti-Pollution Skincare

We think of air pollution as being a problem of smog bound Asian cities. But a 2018 WHO report showed that particulate matter air pollution exceeds health limits in the UK too, not just in London but York, Leeds, Leicester, Leamington Spa and many other towns. As for nitrogen oxides (which come principally from car exhausts), some streets in London have exceeded their annual safe limits by the end of the first month of 20181.