The Best 5 Summer Skincare Essentials for College Girls

I love a long, hot summer. I also love properly taking care of my skin! It’s especially important to properly adapt your skincare routine when sun exposure is at its highest.

With glowy, natural skin all over Instagram, it’s hard not to want to wear less makeup. How does one get that dewy glow naturally, though?

Here are my top 5 favorite skincare essentials and products for summer! These products should help you achieve healthy, happy skin.

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1. Sheet Masks

Sheet masks are my favorite way to feel refreshed and wake up my skin. I love using these in the morning or night after washing my face. There are so many different kinds out there that cater to different skin types and needs.

This one from the Patchology brand at Ulta is one of my go-tos. The “Just Let It Glow” sheet mask restores and boosts your skin’s natural healthy glow and brightens your skin in just ten minutes.

Key Ingredients & Benefits:

• Pear Fruit – Helps skin regain moisture
• Seaberry Extract – Delivers potent antioxidants
• Niacinamide – Evens out skin tone

2. Eye Cream

This product is a skincare essential for all seasons, not just summer! Using an eye cream at night can really help waken up your eyes. I am always on the hunt for a brightening one formulated to target those dark circles that pop up after late nights spent studying.

This Bliss Bright Idea eye cream has Vitamin C and Tri-Peptide Collagen to protect your under eyes. It also will smooth and revive them for a bright and refreshed look.

Key Ingredients & Benefits:

• Spa-grade collagen protects elasticity
• Proprietary vegan blend moisturizes while reducing the appearance of fine lines over time
• Cruelty-Free and Vegan

3. Moisturizer w/ SPF

Moisturizing your skin is so important, it doesn’t matter the season or the weather. Moisturizer with SPF is an easy way to protect your skin from the sun without the additional step of using sunscreen.

This Aveeno moisturizer has SPF 30 and helps even skin tone. It improves tone, texture, dullness, blotchiness, and dark spots.

Big plus: this summer skincare essential feels light on the skin because of its non-greasy formula.

Key Ingredients & Benefits:

• It won’t clog pores! Oil-free, hypoallergenic, and non-comedogenic.
• Works to even tone and texture while fighting early signs of skin aging and reducing the look of dark spots.
• Includes broad spectrum SPF 30 sunscreen.

4. Facial Mists

Face mists are both refreshing and hydrating. They have a cooling sensation when you spritz them and they will give you that perfectly dewy look.

This e.l.f. facial mist is a summer dream. The mist is lightweight, hydrating, and has an amazing coconut smell. It soothes, refreshes, and balances your skin.

Use before and after makeup application or as a moisturizing pick-me-up!

Key Ingredients & Benefits:

• Great for all skin types
• Vegan and cruelty-free
• Coconut Oil and Vitamin B5 – soothes and hydrates
• Vitamin E – nourishes and softens skin

5. Facial Roller

This Daily Concepts jade roller is my new favorite skincare essential this summer!

Facial rollers are great for de-puffing and increasing circulation in your cheeks, forehead, neck, eye area, and temples.

I love putting mine in my mini skincare fridge so it’s cold when I use it under my eyes in the morning.

Benefits & Features:

• Increases circulation and reduces puffiness in the face

What is your favorite summer skincare essential?

What are some of your summer essentials to take care of your skin? Let me know in the comments below!

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