The summer heat can be survived not only with air conditioning. Today, there are many beauty products and accessories that cool the skin, reduce puffiness, and restore a sense of comfort — from classic fans to cryo-balls, cooling gels, and high-tech underwear. Here’s a guide from vogue.ua: what to do during the day to feel better, and what products really work against the heat.
Start your day with a cool shower
A cool shower helps you refresh after sleep. But don’t try to stand under icy streams: a sharp temperature difference will only cause your blood vessels to dilate again.
Look for menthol, peppermint, eucalyptus, rosemary, and aloe vera in your shower products.
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Refresh your hair
Loose hair warms you up like a warm scarf. Therefore, it’s better to wear it tied up: silk scrunchies will help.
In hot weather, scalp oiliness feels more pronounced, so look for menthol, mint, and caffeine in shampoos — they perfectly tone the scalp and create a feeling of a light breeze.
Hair mists work wonderfully — in hot weather, they are suitable to use instead of perfumes (the latter can overload the nervous system and be suffocating).
Dry shampoo can be applied at night to absorb sebum and help prolong the feeling of hair freshness.
Keep some skincare in the fridge
Cold itself works no worse than expensive formulas, so it’s worth chilling the items in your daily rotation. You can put the following in the refrigerator:
• Eye cream;
• Hydrogel eye patches;
• Sheet masks;
• Face mists;
• Thermal water;
• Serum
• Roller, massager, or gua sha;
• Cryo-balls
Use body care with a cooling effect
One of the most underestimated categories of summer care is products that provide a noticeable cooling effect and help the body endure the heat more easily. Most often, such products contain active components with a pronounced “cool effect”:
• menthol;
• camphor;
• horse chestnut extract;
• arnica;
• eucalyptus.
They work best when applied to areas where tension and heat accumulate quickly — on the calves, ankles, feet, and the back of the neck.
Refresh yourself throughout the day
Whenever possible, take a shower and immerse yourself in pools or bodies of water. If this is not an option, always carry with you:
• Face mist or thermal water in a spray;
• Portable fan;
• A fan.
Legs react strongly to heat: they swell, get tired, etc. You can find a comprehensive guide to combating leg swelling here.
Use cooling textiles
Clothing, blankets, and bedsheets made of cooling textiles are a less obvious but very popular category in Asia, where summers are particularly hot, humid, and stuffy.
There is cooling underwear, tops with cooling technology, cooling neck bands; pillowcases and sleep masks made of “cold” fabrics.
Wear “cool” accessories
Gel neck wraps, cooling neck rings; reusable cold compresses, and portable neck fans are very effective.
