Prepare Your Skin For Summer

If you are a fellow pale skinned English girl, or indeed a pale skinned girl of any nationality, you will know the drill. One day you are in the depths of winter and have 15 layers of clothing on to try and combat the chill. The next day the sun comes out and everyone is walking around in t-shirts and maxi dresses! Such is the British weather! Here in the North of England we rarely see the temperatures enjoyed by fellow Brits in the South of our beautiful country however temperatures here have been known to rise above freezing at times! On the odd occasion we want to get our legs out we realise that they are very pale and starved of fresh air and sunshine! In short, our skin is not looking it's best!

Now that we are well into Spring and Summertime is fast approaching we have decided that it is time to prepare ourselves for the day we have to take our jeans and boots off and let our skin see the light of day! Here are some of our favourite products to prepare our skin for the sunshine!  

Shave

If you don't want to resort to waxing, shaving is, of course, the answer. We discovered the Venus Snap last year and took them on holiday with us to Florida. They are so cute and dinky in their portable case! They have a mini handle and the blades have a water activated moisture ribbon for a comfortable and close shave. We would not be without the Venus Snap when travelling! Currently £9.99 but often available for the offer price of £4.99. To go hand in hand with our favourite razor we love the Bic Soleil Lady Gel and this handy 75ml travel size is great to pop into your case when you go on holiday!£1.99 for 75ml

Exfoliate

When your skin is neglected it really needs a good scrub to wake it up again! There are so many affordable body scrubs on the market today and one of our favourite is the Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub. It smells delicious and has lots of 'scrubby bits' that wake your skin and make you feel alive! £8 for 100ml

Moisturise

We put our hands up and admit, we are lazy when it comes to body moisturising! If we can skip this step we will. That is why the Nivea In Shower Moisturiser changed our lives! (yes, really). No longer do we have to get out of the shower, dry myself, moisturise and then stand and wait for a sticky moisturiser to dry before getting dressed! We can moisturise IN the shower! YAY! Thank you Nivea! £3.70 for 100ml

Sunless Tanner

As previously mentioned we are pretty pale skinned and don't like to expose our skin to the sun for long periods of time. It so ageing! Therefore fake tanning is essential to give us a bit of a glow and the confidence to expose our legs in public! We have tried all kinds of fake tan however our current favourite is the St Tropez Instant Tan Lotion in Light/Medium £10 for 100ml. We recently got our hands on the St Tropez Gradual Tan as a sample and would also highly recommend this as an alternative tanner £15 for 200ml.

By the time we have followed the steps above for a couple of weeks we are feeling a lot more confident about getting our limbs out in public! So if you are feeling like the winter weather and long dark nights have taken their toll on your skin try a couple of weeks of pampering like we do. It will be worth it!

Love Elle and Mimi x

What are your tips for getting Summer ready skin? We'd love to hear from you!