Skin Care

Summer Skincare For Oily Skin: Your Ultimate AM & PM Routine To Beat The Heat

Let’s face it! Summer heat is never kind to our skin. While it can wreak havoc on all skin types, people with oily skin suffer the wrath a bit more. The hot and humid days of summer trigger sebaceous glands to produce excessive oil, making your skin greasy and allowing dust, dirt, pollution, and acne-causing bacteria to stick to the skin’s surface. This is why people with summer oily skin often struggle with clogged pores, inflammation, and acne!
All these factors call for an effective summer skincare routine for oily skin to avoid acne breakouts and clogged pores. If you don’t know where to start, we’ve got your back. Here’s a thorough AM and PM skincare for oily skin in summer that will help you take care of your skin during the hot, humid days.

Summer heat can trouble the oily skin type, triggering excessive oiliness, clogged pores, acne, and greasy skin, making a dedicated summer skincare routine for oily skin. Know it all here -

For AM routine: cleansers - exfoliators - toners - sheet masks - moisturisers - oil-control sunscreen.

For PM summer routine: double cleansing with micellar water - salicylic acid-based cleanser - essence - moisturiser - eye serum to hydrate and brighten.

Consistently following this AM and PM routine helps control oil, prevent breakouts, and keep skin fresh and radiant throughout summer.

Summer Skincare Routine For Oily Skin

Check out the following AM and PM summer oily skin routines and tackle oily skin in summer like a pro:

AM Summer Skincare Routine For Oily Skin

  1. Step 1: Cleansing

    2. Start your morning skincare for oily skin by cleansing your skin with a dedicated oil-control face wash and rinsing it with cold water. Cleansers eliminate dirt, dust, pollution, and sebum from your skin and prepare it for the next steps of your care for oily skin in summer.
    We recommend you to use the L'Oréal Paris Glycolic Acid Face Wash with AHAs and niacinamide that goes layers deep to exfoliate dead cells, unclog pores, and control sebum production.

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  • Step 2: Exfoliate

    • In summer, oily skin requires exfoliation. Exfoliators help you unclog pores, minimise whiteheads and blackheads, accelerate the skin renewal process, stimulate blood flow, and enhance the skin’s hydration and moisture levels. While following skincare for oily skin in summer, you must exfoliate twice or thrice a week to remove excess sebum, dirt, and dead skin build-up from the skin’s surface.
    Pro Tip for Oily Skin in Summer: Don’t over-exfoliate oily skin as it might irritate the skin.

  • Step 3: Apply Toners and Essences

    • An ideal summer skincare routine for oily skin is incomplete without toning. A targeted toner pulls out residual impurities from your skin after cleansing. Additionally, toning aids in shrinking the pore size, minimising the appearance of pores, thus giving your skin a smooth appearance. Another tip for oily skin in summer is to apply a skin essence that hydrates your skin and preps it for the steps to come. Try out the Revitalift Crystal Micro-Essence with brightening salicylic acid.

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  • Step 4: Hydrate with Face Mask

    • Avoid oily skin by including a face mask in your AM skincare regime. Oily skin needs hydration to maintain oil balance. Enter sheet mask! Sheet masks are known for their hydrating capabilities, tightening the appearance of pores, and closing open pores. So, add a sheet mask to the AM and PM skincare routine for oily skin and pamper yourself. We recommend you use the L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Crystal Micro-Essence Sheet Mask as it’s formulated with an advanced patent cushion tissue mask technology with up to 30x more absorption power to make the skin hydrated, smooth, and radiant.

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  • Step 5: Moisturising

    • Complete your morning CTM (cleanse - tone - moisturise) skincare routine for oily skin with a lightweight, water-based moisturiser or cream. While looking for skincare for oily skin in summer, go for moisturisers with salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide. Salicylic acid is a star ingredient when it comes to tackling oily skin as it helps to unclog pores and prevent breakouts. Benzoyl peroxide, on the other hand, removes acne-causing bacteria, and manages skin oiliness, and breakouts. We recommend you to include L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Crystal Gel Cream in your summer skincare routine for oily skin as it is made with an airy, oil-free formulation to prevent inflammation.

  • Step 6: Sunscreen

    • Summer is here, therefore, adding sunscreen to your vanity is a mandate for all the skin types, especially oily skin. Use a dedicated sunscreen for your AM summer skin care routine for oily skin to shield your skin from harmful UV rays and extend oil-control benefits. We recommend you use L’Oréal Paris UV Defender Serum Protector Sunscreen Matte and Fresh that comes with oil control ingredients like Airlicium and SPF 50+ PA++++ that provide broad spectrum protection against UVA, UVB, and Long-Range UV rays and is ideal for people with oily skin.

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    PM Summer Skincare Routine For Oily Skin

    1. Step 1: Cleansing

      2. Like all skin regimens for summer oily skin, your PM regimen starts with cleansing too. Remove your makeup with a micellar cleansing water and go on to use an exfoliating face wash with ingredients like salicylic acid. We recommend the Revitalift Crystal Cleansing Gel that goes up to 10 skin layers and is ideal for acne-prone and oily skin.

  • Step 2: Essence

    • Is a skin essence necessary for your summer oily skin? Of course! Skin essences are lightweight products that can penetrate the deeper layers of the skin to deliver intense hydration. After cleansing your skin, apply a targeted skin essence for oily skin.

  • Step 3: Apply Serum, Moisturiser, & Eye Serum

    • Add a layer of brightening skin serum to take care of any dark spots and dullness caused by the summer heat. We recommend the L’Oréal Paris Glycolic Bright Dark Spot Brightening Serum. Conclude your PM skincare for oily skin in summer by applying the water-based moisturiser (that you applied during the day). Take additional care of your delicate under-eye area with brightening eye serums. We recommend you use L'Oréal Paris Glycolic Bright Eye Serum, which helps you put an end to dark circles, hyperpigmentation, and puffiness.

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    Understand and observe the needs of the summer oily skin and follow the best tips for oily skin in summer. Allow your skin to look fresh and let it breathe this season by following the above-mentioned AM and PM skincare routine. If you need help in framing an effective skincare routine, let the experts at L’Oréal Paris come to your rescue. Head to the L’Oréal Paris Skin Genius and start analysing your skin like a pro. Once done, you can easily build a proper skincare routine for your skin type. Yes, it’s that easy!