One of the best things about summer is that you can spend long hours at the beach alone, with friends or your entire family. People especially make trips to the best beaches from across the world and spend big bucks to reach there. But spending long hours under the sun along with the added effects of the salt water and exposure to the coarse humid and brackish air can be very damaging to your skin and your hair. So, boys and girls (though applies to girls more due to their longer hair and comparatively softer skin as opposed to men) we are going to be talking about some of the solutions that will help you keep your follicles in place and your membrane in good shape too.
- Protective Spray
When you’re out in the sun for a long period of time your hair loses moisture and dries out. That is why so many women, even men with longer hair complain about split ends at the end of the trip to a beach. To remedy that situation, you should always apply a protective spray to your hair before you reach the beach. The spray will provide protection from the harmful UV rays and if you have color on your hair, it will also protect it from the sun and prevent it from premature fading.
- Choosing your sunscreen
Choosing the right sunscreen is the trick though. Generally, in beaches, if you can use an oil-based sunscreen that does the trick better as you lose a lot of essential oil from your skin when you come in contact with the salt water. So, try to get some dry oil sunscreen for yourself. But, on the other hand, please keep a check on your skin time. If it is sensitive and oily then maybe using an oily sunscreen is not the best idea in the world. In that situation, you have to look for water-soluble sunscreen gels, but even in that, you can’t always be sure about the fact that a sheer lotion does not have any oil in it. So all in all, if you have even barely a sensitive skin then choose your sunscreen wisely.
Top dermatologists suggest applying sunscreen before the bed from at least two weeks before making the trip to the beach. It may sound a bit extreme to follow this regime, but when you do that you will realize the effects when you reach the beach finally. The regime builds up the stratum corneum which consists of keratinized cells and decreases the chance of burn on the skin. So, when you’re done choosing a sunscreen that suits you, follow the regime strictly before you hit the beach.
- Leave-In Conditioner and soaking your hair beforehand
Leave-In conditioners generally work as a protective coating over your strands and help prevent the damage to a greater extent which is bound to happen when you dip your head in the water though.
Another small but effective measure that you can take to protect your lustrous locks further is to wet your hair in fresh water before submerging your head in brackish water which prevents damage to your hair to a large extent as it averts the complete soaking of saltwater to your strands compared to when its dry and it comes in direct contact with salt water.
- Moisturize
Don’t forget to moisturize before heading towards the beach because your skin needs it as much as your hair does. Use body butter or body soufflé from a good brand and apply it on your skin before starting your day under the scorching sun.
- Facial Mist
This is also a way of safeguarding your facial minerals without which it can become horribly dry and your face can lose its glow, so it is a good idea to carry a facial mist which is suitable for you to carry to the beach with you and use it every couple of hours.
- Taking care of the lips
People often forget to use, more importantly, pack something as essential as lip care supplement among the humdrum of all the big things. Taking care of your lips is imperative to avoid chapped lips and cracked skin when you’re under the sun for a long period of time. Don’t forget to apply your sunscreen every couple of hours. This doesn’t only apply to beach day-outs but also for your everyday regime when you go out of your house.
- Stay hydrated
One of the most important elements which you lose when you’re under the constant sun is minerals when you sweat it out. So, keep yourself hydrated at all times when you’re at the beach. Keep drinking water, coconut water and juice from the beach juice stalls, maybe, but never forget your fluid intake when you’re out in the sun all day long.