Getting Ready for Summer - 3 Things to Think About (With Product Reviews!)
1. Shining Skin
Sure, summer means that we're all going to be tan by the end of it, but who wants to start the season off with those pale winter legs and arms? While some people are comfortable with UV-tanning and one-time fake-tan sprays or lotions, others can be understandably hesitant about such measures, especi 
ally since they could result in overdosing on the fake-bakes and coming out orange - not a good look.
A good compromise between the extremes of facing a self-tan gone bad and living with winter skin is a gradual self-tan. One good product for this solution is the Dove Energy Glow Beauty Body Lotion. This body lotion actually smells nice - as opposed to usually acrid smelling self tanners - and gradually enhances your skin tone over a few weeks rather than in one fell swoop. Although this measure takes more time than a one-time self tan, it allows you to see if you like what the lotion is doing and whether or not its color suits you, and therefore - most importantly - letting you decide if you want to keep with it or not before anything too drastic happens. To speed up the process, you could also just moisturize with it several times a day. This lotion is available in different forms both for body and face, and provides a range for fair-tone, medium-tone and dark-tone skin.
2. Being Safe
Doctors and laypeople alike are talking more and more about the dangers of over-exposure to the sun, so the smartest thing a skin-saving girl (or guy) can do in the hot summer months is to slather on some SPF. Neutrogena, in particular, has a good number of sun and skin friendly products that offer protection from harmful rays, even while helping you look and feel good. For example, the Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture SPF 15 is a great facial moisturizer for all-day wear. It's non-greasy, absorbs quickly into the skin, and is light enough so that it doesn't clog your pores. It leaves your skin free from dryness and flaking, and makeup also goes over it really well. And, since it helps block your skin from the sun's harmful rays, it'll put off the appearance of those sun spots and wrinkles!
Sure, summer means that we're all going to be tan by the end of it, but who wants to start the season off with those pale winter legs and arms? While some people are comfortable with UV-tanning and one-time fake-tan sprays or lotions, others can be understandably hesitant about such measures, especi
A good compromise between the extremes of facing a self-tan gone bad and living with winter skin is a gradual self-tan. One good product for this solution is the Dove Energy Glow Beauty Body Lotion. This body lotion actually smells nice - as opposed to usually acrid smelling self tanners - and gradually enhances your skin tone over a few weeks rather than in one fell swoop. Although this measure takes more time than a one-time self tan, it allows you to see if you like what the lotion is doing and whether or not its color suits you, and therefore - most importantly - letting you decide if you want to keep with it or not before anything too drastic happens. To speed up the process, you could also just moisturize with it several times a day. This lotion is available in different forms both for body and face, and provides a range for fair-tone, medium-tone and dark-tone skin.
2. Being Safe
Doctors and laypeople alike are talking more and more about the dangers of over-exposure to the sun, so the smartest thing a skin-saving girl (or guy) can do in the hot summer months is to slather on some SPF. Neutrogena, in particular, has a good number of sun and skin friendly products that offer protection from harmful rays, even while helping you look and feel good. For example, the Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture SPF 15 is a great facial moisturizer for all-day wear. It's non-greasy, absorbs quickly into the skin, and is light enough so that it doesn't clog your pores. It leaves your skin free from dryness and flaking, and makeup also goes over it really well. And, since it helps block your skin from the sun's harmful rays, it'll put off the appearance of those sun spots and wrinkles!