5 Ways to Prep Your Beauty Routine for Fall

When it comes to your beauty regimen, there are two ways to approach the fall: You can keep that lazy summer mentality, let your skin burn, your frizz fly, and tell yourself you’ll shape up next month…or, you can slowly start tailoring your beauty disciplines with the fall in mind now so that your hair and skin is prepared for the upcoming season. 

We highly recommend the latter, because when it comes to beauty, things will go south really fast if you slack off on caring for yourself. With that in mind, here are 5 beautifying tips you can start in August to prep you for your prettiest autumn yet.

1. Oil change. After your shower, apply natural oils on your body, face, hands and feet. Quality essential oils are a great method for adding necessary vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants into the skin; they’re derived from high-grade botanicals, so they work to not only cleanse and nourish the skin with concentrated moisture, but they combat damaging toxins and pollution.

2. Add a dash of salt. Treat yourself to at least two or three sea salt pedicures before the fall starts back up. This will help eliminate any dry, dead skin while also replenishing moisture, preparing your skin for the dryer months to come.

3. Hair Accessories. While you’re in the process of deciding what your fall hair color and look will be, make things fun and low maintenance by experimenting with hair accessories, including clips, headbands and pins. In the August heat, you’ll probably be wearing your hair up anyway, so jazz things up while you pull it back and look for fall inspiration.

4. Tone up. Add a quality toner in your facial skincare regimen. Toners help to clean and nourish skin while shrinking pores, so you’ll stay blemish free in the last weeks of summer when the sun is the strongest, while also balancing out your skin long-term.

5. Love your scalp. Beautiful hair starts with a healthy scalp. Instead of waiting for the dead of winter when your locks are already dried out and stressed, get a scalp treatment at your salon now; not only are they relaxing, but scalp treatments help stimulate blood flow, so that all the proper nutrients can nourish and reach your scalp properly. The result? Gorgeous, healthy hair all season long.