There’s no greater season than summer. Endless outdoor barbecues, beach holidays, and cocktail hours - it’s pure bliss. Only problem is that when it all ends, not only are you left with a drained bank account - but you also have to deal with the dull, pigmented skin and dry, damaged hair that comes part and parcel with too much time spent in the hot summer sun.
Here, we look at the 20 post-summer damage treatments turning your summer woes into autumn woo hoos.
Skin
1. - Just like your body needs a good detox following the summer party season, so does your face. This clarifying face mask features Hawaiian sea water and mineral-rich Amazonian white clay to help detox the skin and remove impurities.
2. DMK - Using citric acid obtained from fermented orange oil, this gel is perfect for skin that has seen a little too much sun thanks to its hydration and brightening benefits.
3. - This multipurpose moisturiser works to repair skin as it hydrates, as well as forming a shield against free radicals and aggressors to help protect and perfect the skin.
4. - Addressing a multitude of post-summer sins, this healing balm helps with sunburn, chapped lips, the appearance of scars, cuts and grazes, and nappy rash.
5. Medik8 - Specially formulated with brightening active ingredients that target skin colouration, this serum helps hide dark spots, age spots, freckles, blotches, sun damage, uneven skin tone and melisma.
6. - Too much summer sun exposure may leave you with dull skin, but this serum contains active brighteners to help reduce the appearance of existing pigmentation and discourage new spots from forming - leaving you with bright, illuminated skin.
7. - Featuring an antioxidant-rich formula containing glycolic acid to exfoliate and smooth skin, this hydrating body lotion works to improve the appearance of dry, sun-damaged skin on the body.
8. - With potent skin regeneration properties, this rosehip oil nourishes the skin to achieve a radiant glow by repairing sun-damaged skin and pigmentation.
9. Sisley Paris - The perfect complement to a summer’s holiday, Sunleÿa Age Minimizing After Sun Care repairs and soothes skin stressed by sun exposure, prevents the external signs of skin ageing, and prepares the skin for the next day’s sun exposure.
10. - Enriched with the natural powerful antioxidant of Australian jojoba, this oil helps reduce pigmentation, age spots, freckles and uneven skin tone.
Lips
11. - Long beach days may come hand-in-hand with chapped, dry lips - but Alpha-H is offering a multitasking saviour. This lip treatment combines a serum and balm to nourish, condition and moisturise lips, as well as providing UVA and UVB protection and working to reduce signs of ageing.
12. - This dual-action lip balm delivers healthier-looking lips post-summer thanks to its hydrating formula that locks in moisture for eight hours. On top of this, it has a long-lasting skin protectant formulated with aloe vera.
Hair
13. De Lorenzo Essential Treatments Equilibrium - Spell the return of healthy, lustrous, shiny hair post-summer with this deep treatment mask using organic rosehip and oat peptides to restore, repair and revive hair.
14. - After a summer of swimming pool dips, this creamy clarifier removes product build-up, mineral deposits and chlorine in the hair - leaving it clean, moisturised, smooth and easy to comb.
15. - If hair was put through the wringer this summer, then this mask might just be the choice of champions - repairing the structure of severely damaged hair while giving it nourishment, shine and strength.
16. - Rid your hair of the summer build-up of sweat, sea and sand with this shampoo working to reduce hair breakage and soothe damaged hair. Plus, this one features a UV complex to filter out harmful sun damage.
17. - Make autumn your best hair yet with this mask which deeply nurtures and conditions hair from inside the hair fibre for advanced repair. Read soft, shiny locks.
18. - Removing 75 per cent more chlorine than shampoo, VO5® also works to quench thirsty hair - locking in moisture and instantly repairing locks in just one minute.
19. - Give your hair a fighting chance at survival post-summer by using a dryer that focuses on the health of the hair. This 3Q High Performance Dryer has advanced brushless motor technology to ensure less hot spots on the hair - minimising overall heat damage.
Teeth
- After a season of cocktails and wine leading to stained teeth, bring back the pearly whites with this teeth whitening kit that features 10 pre-loaded upper and lower mouth trays for an easy, mess-free application.