Struggling with a dull, uneven, or sensitive complexion? You’re not alone. Daily exposure to sun, wind, pollution, and even stress can cause skin to lose its natural glow. Coming out of winter and into the first few days and weeks of spring can also leave skin feeling dry, reactive, and lackluster as you make this transition.
Brighter Days Lie Ahead
And a brighter, calmer complexion as well!
Spring is the perfect time for a skin care regimen refresh. And Pure Haven is here for it, with the return of our brightening and soothing serums! Read on to learn how these safe, effective products can help rejuvenate your complexion for this season and beyond.
Why Skin Struggles in Early Spring
Winter takes a toll on skin, often sapping it of moisture, leaving it dry, chapped, and reddened. Then, when spring comes along, as temperatures fluctuate and humidity rises, skin can struggle to regulate oil, hydration, and barrier function all at once. This can leave your complexion even more dried out or overreactive, causing an emphasis on the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, dark spots, and breakouts.
It’s important to approach these changes in your complexion carefully, with the proper products to address your concerns. Of course, products made with only safe, non-toxic ingredients are best for your skin. Beware of products made with harsh ingredients that promise great results but backfire, exacerbating concerns or causing new ones. (Click here for a handy list of ingredients to avoid.)
On the bright side, with just a few intentional changes you can help your skin reset for the season.
Getting Back to Basics: Your Spring Skin Care Routine
Now is a perfect time to go back to basics – cleanser, toner, eye cream, moisturizer – and build a new skin care routine to suit your skin’s needs for the season. In addition to these core products, we always suggest adding hyaluronic acid to your basic morning routine and refresh night serum in the evening.
Hyaluronic acid is an intense hydration must-have. It’s made with ingredients known to help:
- Hydrate and plump skin
- Restore elasticity
- Firm and tone skin
- Reduce appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
Our refresh night serum with probiotics helps repair skin overnight, while you rest. It can help:
- Balance skin’s microbiome and strengthen barrier function
- Defend against free radicals, contributors to aging skin
- Promote renewal and repair
- Revitalize complexion
- Improve tone and texture
The Two Serums Your Skin Craves Right Now
Brightening serum is a lightweight, fast-absorbing serum with a non-greasy feel. It’s especially helpful if you’re noticing uneven tone, post-winter dullness, or sun-related discoloration.
The key ingredients in this serum include:
- punarnava root extract is known to lighten and brighten the skin, even skin tone, diminish dark spots, and help nourish, balance, and rejuvenate skin
- caffeine helps make skin appear brighter and smoother thanks to its vasoconstrictive properties, which tighten blood vessels, and neutralize free radicals that can cause signs of premature aging
- mallow flower extract helps nourish dry and damaged skin and soothe blemish-prone and sensitive skin thanks to its high flavonoids and vitamins C and E content
Brightening serum can help:
- Brighten and even out skin tone
- Reduce appearance of dark spots
- Improve skin tone
- Boost natural glow
- Combat signs of aging
Soothing serum is also lightweight and fast absorbing with a non-greasy feel. It’s ideal for sensitive, reactive, or redness-prone skin, especially during seasonal transitions.
Soothing serum is made with:
- buddleja davidii (more commonly known as the butterfly bush or summer lilac) leaf extract offers antioxidant properties to help fight inflammation and the appearance of aging skin
- hops extract is rich in polyphenols and antioxidant properties that have a calming and soothing effect on sensitive skin
- melatonin helps with minimizing inflammation and the appearance of wrinkles and defending against external stressors
Soothing serum can help:
- Calm sensitive or irritated skin
- Promote a healthier, more balanced complexion
- Enhance hydration and barrier repair
- Reduce redness and inflammation
Day vs. Night: When to Use Your Serums
Morning Routine:
Brightening serum is a helpful complement to your morning skin care routine. After cleansing, toning, and applying eye cream, apply brightening serum to face, neck, and decolletage. Follow with hyaluronic acid and mineral face moisturizer.
- refresh cleanser with pre+probiotics
- refresh toner with pre+probiotics
- refresh eye cream with pre+probiotics
- brightening serum
- hyaluronic acid
- mineral face moisturizer
Night Routine:
Add soothing serum to your nighttime skin care routine. After cleansing, toning, and applying eye cream, apply soothing serum to face, neck, and decolletage. Follow with night serum then refresh moisturizer, and/or overnight firming cream.
- refresh cleanser with pre+probiotics
- refresh toner with pre+probiotics
- refresh eye cream with pre+probiotics
- soothing serum
- refresh night serum with probiotics
- refresh moisturizer with pre+probiotics and/or overnight firming cream
Get Ready for Your Spring Skin Care Reset
Incorporating brightening and soothing serums into your daytime and nighttime routines can help you achieve a more balanced, bright, and smooth complexion that’s more youthful and radiant — just what you want for entering this season of renewal.
Not sure which serum your skin needs most this season? We’re here to help. Shop our brightening and soothing serums here or reach out for help creating a personalized, non-toxic routine that supports your skin through spring and beyond.