To avoid sunburn from the first rays, it's essential to properly prepare your skin for tanning. Ideally, this should be done the month before your first sun exposure. Discover our tips for a beautiful, even tan all summer long.
Prepare your skin from the inside out
Cooking colorful meals
Nature is well-made; it leaves defense nutrients within our reach. Starting in May, create colorful plates based on seasonal fruits and vegetables. Rich in antioxidants, these strengthen the epidermis's protective film and help it fight against the harmful effects of free radicals generated by ultraviolet rays. In this way, they prevent skin aging. Beta-carotene is also an excellent asset for preparing the skin for the sun. This natural pigment gives fruits and vegetables that contain it a beautiful orange-yellow color. Carrots, mangoes, sweet potatoes, and apricots promote healing and skin cell renewal, and strengthen the skin's protective barrier against radiation.
Drink water regularly
Sun exposure tends to dry out the skin at high speed. The enzymes requisitioned to defend the skin against radiation are very water-intensive. As a result, the hydrolipidic film has more difficulty maintaining the water balance of the skin's layers. While external hydration is essential, as we will see, drinking a sufficient amount of water every day contributes to the proper functioning of the epidermis's protective shield and puts the skin in good condition for tanning.
Prepare your skin from the outside
Exfoliate to clear skin
Exfoliation removes dead skin cells, smooths the skin's texture, and stimulates cell renewal to allow the skin to tan evenly. Pre-summer is the ideal time to renew your skin, as ultraviolet rays are less present. During the summer, it's best to leave your skin alone, as it thickens slightly to protect itself from the sun. Once or twice a week, exfoliate your face and body, paying particular attention to rougher areas like your knees, elbows, and heels.
For the face, the Exfoliating Oil Jelly gently exfoliates. It captures all the impurities accumulated on the skin's surface, without damaging it. Its jelly texture transforms into a divine oil upon application, then changes to a generous milk upon contact with water to leave the skin soft and comfortable. For the body, the Exfoliating Granite combines rose quartz microcrystals and argan shells for a double exfoliation. Composed of 85% natural ingredients, it envelops the body in delicious notes of jasmine and musk.
Moisturize for an even tan
Once exfoliated, the skin needs to be hydrated. Applying a moisturizer allows the epidermis to maintain good defenses and operate at its peak capacity. It replenishes the hydrolipidic film with water while helping it maintain this moisture supply in the inner layers of the skin. Hydrated skin is supple, smooth, and bouncy, and contributes to a more even tan.
The new Source range offers skin tailored hydration. It boosts its natural hydrating power with formulas inspired by nature. In the spotlight: the Reishi mushroom and a Breton marine algae, two extraordinary adaptogenic species that have been adapting to their hostile and changing environments for millennia. Immerse your skin in a revitalizing and comforting bath with Source's moisturizing cream, fresh jelly, thirst-quenching serum, multi-protective spray, and decongestant eye stick.
Go gradually
For a perfect tan, it's recommended to gradually expose your skin to the rays. Melanin, the pigment responsible for protecting and giving color to the epidermis, is then stimulated in stages. Its production increases gradually, and the tan develops step by step. This gives the skin a smooth transition, and your tan will last longer.
Protect to avoid sunburn
No, sunscreen doesn't prevent tanning. On the contrary, it helps prevent sunburn and potential skin peeling for a beautiful, even, golden tan, safely. It's important to remember that while tanning gives you a healthy glow, it's primarily a defense mechanism that protects your skin from ultraviolet rays and their destructive free radicals.
On the day of the exhibition, use and abuse sunscreen with an SPF adapted to your phototype.
You are now ready for a perfect tan!