Fitting in time for your workout sessions is vital for your mental and physical health. If like me, you work out regularly you already know all about the importance of quick recovery. Making sure that your skin recovers quickly after a workout is just as important.
Here is how to have beautiful skin after every workout:
- Remove Sweat From Your Skin As Soon As You Can
- Clean Away All Makeup Residue So Your Skin Can Breathe
- Exfoliate If You Haven’t Already Done So This Week
- Replenish Your Skin With Moisture
Let’s look at the 4 hacks you can use to make your skin look great after your workout and for the rest of the day.
Remove Sweat From Your Skin As Soon As You Can
When you build up a sweat you release toxins from both your body and your skin. This is a good thing because sweating allows you to flush out your skin.
However, leaving that sweat on your face after a workout can lead to some unwanted breakouts. Sweat that’s built up on your skin can mix with excess oil and residual makeup and cause congestion of your complexion and clog your pores. In addition, your sweat will have a high salt content and salt on your skin will draw out moisture, dehydrating your skin.
Avoid skin blemishes by prepping your skin with a non-drying toner and then cleansing your skin with a facial towelette that is formulated to both clean and nourish your skin.
If you are working out in a gym, keep a sweat towel handy and use it often.
Clean Away All Makeup Residue So Your Skin Can Breathe
After you’ve removed excess sweat and oil from your skin, you may notice a little makeup residue still remaining.
Target these areas with a little extra care by running your non-drying facial wipe across your skin once more.
What I do is pack some micellar water in my gym bag for just this reason. These skincare essentials gently cleanse the skin and remove makeup, without drying out your skin.
Exfoliate If You Haven’t Already Done So This Week
Very importantly, don’t do this after every workout. Exfoliating your face should be limited to once per week. Too much exfoliating risks damaging your skin.
Consider gently exfoliating your skin after getting it clean to ramp up your glowing skin potential. Typically, your skin can develop a nice radiance after a good sweat, but it is temporary; as your heart rate returns to normal that healthy glow will most likely fade a bit too.
Gentle chemical exfoliation can help dissolve away dead surface-skin cell build-up, to reveal younger brighter cells. With only a few simple swipes of a pre-soaked glycolic acid peel pad, your skin can appear more radiant and fresh.
Replenish Your Skin With Moisture
The vital step of any good skincare routine is moisturizing to help keep your now glowing skin, hydrated throughout your day ahead.
Look for moisturizing skincare essentials with SPF broad-spectrum protection so that your skin not only looks nourished and beautiful but so that it is also protected from the sun’s harmful rays.
You can also consider looking for a formula with antioxidants like vitamin C, to further shield it from the elements.
Remember that moisturizing doesn’t only come from what you apply to your skin. It also comes from within. After completing your workout make sure that you stay hydrated. It is great for your skin and helps you recover from your workout.
If you need to be somewhere after your workout, you can leave the gym feeling and looking your best with the help of these few simple beautiful skincare tips and by keeping a few skincare essentials permanently in your gym bag.
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When it comes to my choices for makeup and beauty products, I only use L’Oréal Paris (Available on Amazon). I have really sensitive skin and never once have I had any negative reaction to any L’Oréal product.