4 reasons to make oil a summer facial staple

During the sticky summer heat, it may seem counter-intuitive to add more oil to your summer beauty routine. But new Chia Seed & Passion Fruit Facial Oil boasts ingredients that can balance skin, and counteract some of the season's environmental damage. Here's why our new facial oil can actually be considered a summer beauty staple:

• Prolonged sun exposurecan lead to sunburn, skin irritation, and free radical damage.
• Air pollution– which becomes more intense in the summer when days are longer and air is stagnant – can also cause free radical damage.
• Air conditioned spaces with low humidity can result in dry, flaky, irritated skin.
• Antioxidants in our Chia Seed & Passion Fruit Facial Oil protect skin against free radical damage from the sun and pollution.
• Essential Fatty Acids (especially omega-3) in our facial oil help to soothe and calm skin that has been exposed to environmental stress and protect against skin dehydration by improving the moisture barrier function.
• Face-washing frequencytends to rise with increasing temperatures. This may remove important lipids from the skin, compromising the skin’s barrier function and resulting in water loss and dry, sensitive, irritated skin. Alternatively, over-cleansing can stimulate the body to produce excess oil (sebum) that can lead to breakouts.    
• Essential fatty acids in our facial oil replenish lost lipids, improving the skin’s barrier function for healthy moisture levels.  They also restore balance to the oil content of the skin, so sebum production no longer goes into overdrive.   

It's a far cry from the days of applying baby oil under the sun (please don't do that!), but this oil will, in fact, baby your skin. It's the kind of summer beauty routine we're sweet on.