Monsoon season caise a rise in humidity. High humidity levels can make your skin look super dull if it is already oily. Also, it can lead to frequent acne breakouts. Additionally, sweat on your skin can catch pollutants and clog the pores making your skin susceptible to more certain problems. So, it is important to change your skin care routine based on the season
1. Exfoliate Your Skin
Exfoliate your skin
To unclog the skin pores and get rid of the dead skin cells, you need to exfoliate your skin. You can use mildly abrasive kitchen ingredients like coffee, papaya, yogurt, tea bag, baking soda etc. to do the same and stimulate the growth of new skin cells
2. Tone your Skin
Tone your skin
Leaving your skin pores open can again lead to accumulation of dust in them resulting in acne breakouts. So, toning is essential. Natural toners like lemon juice, cucumber water and green tea can be used to remove the leftover dirt and close the skin pores.
3. Do Not Forget to Clean
Cleaning
Cleaning is very important. If possible, do it at least thrice a day during monsoon season to avoid excess dirt accumulation and fungal infection. To clean your skin and open its pores, you can use rose water, lemon, aloe vera, apple cider vinegar etc
4. Don’t forget moisturizer
Moisturizer
It is recommended to use water based moisturisers to avoid excessive oil secretion on your skin, if you have naturally oily skin. Use a nourishing moisturizer to make your skin moist, supple and healthy. If oily skin is your problem then moisturizers that are water based are a great option to help keep oil secretion in check
5. Always clean your Makeup
Remove makeup
Makeup has harsh chemicals and they can ruin your skin. Always wash off your makeup before going to bed. Clean your face thoroughly and softly so that you don’t have rough and dry skin afterwards.