7 Simple Tips to Improve Your Skin Today

With thousands of products out there to choose from, the world of skincare can sometimes feel a little overwhelming. Do you really need to follow a complex, 10-15-step routine twice a day in order for your skin to look its best? Is it really necessary to invest in quite so many skincare products?

Fortunately, the answer to that is no. While there’s nothing wrong with going all out when it comes to your skin, it’s also very possible for good skincare to be simple and basic too. Read on as Nubi shares seven easy-to-follow skin tips that will have your complexion glowing in no time!

1. Keep Your Skin Topically Hydrated

In order to function properly, every cell in your body, including your skin cells, needs plenty of moisture. Some of this will come from the water that you drink. However, even if the rest of your body is hydrated, your skin can still quickly end up dehydrated due to environmental influences, such as UV exposure. This is why it’s so important to top up your internal hydration with topical skincare products.

Give your skin some extra hydration and you’ll notice that it starts to look plumper and fuller. Hydrated skin emits a radiant glow that dehydrated skin lacks, meaning that this one simple fix could be exactly what you need to restore luminescence to your complexion.

How should you hydrate your skin? Look for skincare products containing humectants and plant oils. The Nubi Facial Day Moisturizer would be a great buy. This exquisite cream contains a variety of humectants, meaning ingredients that bind moisture to the skin. From betaine to shea butter, these compounds will leave your skin feeling deeply hydrated. Meanwhile, the sunflower seed oil in this cream will lock all of that moisture in, preventing it from evaporating to quench your thirsty skin for longer.

2. Use a Cleanser That’s Suitable For Your Skin Type

Ideally, you should be cleansing your skin at least once a day. If you have oily or combination skin, then you may need to increase this to twice a day. If you aren’t already regularly cleansing, then make this the first of our skin tips that you follow. Doing so will make a huge difference to your complexion. You’ll be able to remove the dirt, sebum, and dead skin cells that dull your appearance, leaving your skin looking brighter and fresher.

Regular cleansing provides long-term benefits too. By stopping all of those impurities from settling into your pores, you’ll be able to prevent the appearance of acne while also slowing down the visibility of skin aging. 

Of course, you’ll only reap those rewards if you use a cleanser that’s suitable for your skin type. If you have dry or sensitive skin, then the cleanser that you pick needs to be extremely gentle. Cream cleansers are known for their mild and moisturizing nature, making these formulas a good choice.

Meanwhile, if you have oily or combination skin, you’ll need a more powerful cleanser. The formula that you use needs to be capable of thoroughly removing any excess sebum from your skin.

3. Don’t Neglect SPF

If you want your skin to look its very best, then sun protection is essential. There are numerous studies out there confirming that sun protection is more than capable of slowing down the visible signs of skin aging. In fact, one study found that even those who only start regularly wearing sunscreen in their 40s and 50s displayed reduced signs of aging, meaning that it’s never too late to start getting serious about SPF.

Where many people fall short is knowing when to wear sunscreen. It’s very common for people to only apply sunscreen when they plan on spending a significant amount of time outdoors. However, UV rays will start to damage your skin after just a few minutes of exposure. Even worse, they can penetrate through both cloud and glass. This means that saving your sunscreen usage for hot and sunny days won’t give your skin the full protection that it needs.

Even then, you need to make sure that you’re applying enough sunscreen for the product to make a difference. To adequately protect your face and neck, you need to use about two tablespoons worth of sunscreen. This same amount then needs to be reapplied every couple of hours to keep your protection topped up.

4. Add a Toner to Your Skincare Routine

There’s nothing wrong with keeping your skincare routine simple, which we’ll talk about in the next of our skin tips. However, sometimes, non-essential products are capable of producing significant improvements in the complexion, making it worth spending an extra 30 seconds or so on your skin each day to encompass this.

One underrated product that does exactly that is a toner. Designed to be applied to the skin after cleansing, toners perform a number of roles. Most importantly, they keep the skin’s pH feeling rebalanced, which is something that cleansing can interfere with. In the long run, an imbalanced pH can lead to everything from acne to dryness. This is why it’s a good idea to address any pH problems as soon as they occur.

Since they’re applied directly to freshly cleansed skin, toners are also a great way to give your skin an additional boost of hydration.

5. Keep Your Daily Skincare Routine Simple

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by skincare when you’re trying to put together a long and complicated skincare routine. No matter how many skin tips you read, knowing exactly which formulas to pick for your skin can be challenging. 

Plus, for many, an overly long daily skincare routine simply isn’t realistic. Whether you’re often running late in the mornings or you find yourself exhausted each evening, there will likely be many occasions where the thought of having to spend half an hour pampering your skin doesn’t seem very appealing.

So, instead, put together a shorter and more basic skincare routine that will only take you a few minutes to carry out each day. You only need a handful of products for this; a cleanser, a toner, possibly a serum, and then a moisturizer, plus SPF during the day. The easier your skincare routine is to follow, the more likely you are to do so.

On days when you do have some extra time for your skin, you can then expand your routine to add in a few extras. From exfoliants and face masks to additional serums and essences, all of these products can be very beneficial, so long as you’ve first mastered the basics.

6. Pay Attention to Your Body Too

Most of the skin tips out there focus on the face. However, the skin on your body needs some love and care too. Sure, it may be thicker than the skin on your face, meaning that it isn’t quite as prone to the same visible skin concerns that the face is susceptible to, but it still requires a little attention.

Fortunately, this is pretty easy. It all begins in the shower with the body wash that you use. Pick a formula that isn’t filled with harsh surfactants and harmful chemicals. Instead, look for a blend that moisturizes your skin while it cleanses.

Every few days, you should also be exfoliating the skin on your body. Physical exfoliants, such as the Nubi Exfoliating Body Scrub, are perfect for the thicker and tougher skin on the body. This formula relies on a salt base. Salt is one of the best natural exfoliants out there, with a mineral content that leaves the skin feeling so much healthier. 

Once you step out of the shower or bath, gently pat your skin with a soft and clean towel to remove excess moisture. However, don’t completely dry your skin. Instead, while your skin is still damp, slather on a layer of Nubi’s Deep Body Butter. Infused with shea butter, glycerin, and sea salt, this rich body butter will lock in all of those extra water molecules on the surface of your skin, leaving your skin feeling decadently soft.

7. Make Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Most of the skin tips that you read will talk about how to care for your skin topically. However, even if you have the very best skincare products in the world, they won’t be able to produce the results that you’re hoping to see unless they’re paired with healthy lifestyle choices.

For starters, your diet has a huge impact on your complexion. For skin that looks clear, bright, and smooth, you need to be eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with lean proteins and whole grains. Nuts and seeds also contain vital essential fatty acids to keep your skin feeling supple. On the other hand, foods that are heavily processed or high in salt or sugar will only cause problems for your complexion.

If you have any vices, such as smoking or excessive alcohol consumption, working on these will benefit your skin too. Smoking starves your skin of oxygen while alcohol dehydrates the skin, both of which accelerate the skin aging process.

Finally, make sure that you’re getting enough beauty sleep each night. This is the time during which your skin cells heal and regenerate, repairing the damage that they’ve encountered over the course of the day. A lack of sleep prevents them from doing this properly, which, again, speeds up how quickly the skin ages. Try to make sure that you’re getting seven to nine hours of quality sleep each night if you want your skin to look its best.

Improve Your Complexion With the Skin Tips From Nubi

As you can see from the skin tips we’ve shared above, skincare doesn’t need to be difficult or complex. Instead, keeping things simple will make it much easier for you to regularly care for your skin, especially if you’re pampering it with the exquisite skincare formulas from Nubi!

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