Repair your skin and hair after the silly season.

A break spent swimming and sunning yourself can leave your skin and hair feeling fried and frazzled. Here’s how to cure those summer beauty hangovers

STRESSED-OUT SKIN

A few laps in salt water or chlorine, sitting in recycled plane air, and the combo of sweat and sunscreen can all affect your skin and clog up your pores. If you’re experiencing sensitivity, dehydration or breakouts, it’s time to lift your skincare game. External factors can also strip the skin’s surface and break down the collagen underneathu – which can make wrinkles more visible.

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vitamins A, C and E to boost your skin and smooth fine lines, wrinkles a and puffiness. To purify pores lookook for detoxing and cleansing ingredients such as c clay and charcoal. Biore Charcoal Pore Minimiser $10.99 exfoliates your skin a and minimises the appearance off pores.

SIZZLED STRANDS

The sun’s heat sucks moisture from your hair, causing split ends and frizz. The lighter your locks, the more vulnerable they are. Add swimming and over-styling to the max, and you’veyou’ got yourself a very unhappy mane.

CURE IT Choose a nourishing protein treatment such as De Lorenzo Protein Complex $28.95, full of antioxidants and protein-rich ingredients. Spritz onto locks in between shampooing and conditioning with a hydrating, damage-repairing duo. Try Pantene Pro-v Daily Moisture Renewal Shampoo and Conditioner $7.99 each.

REDNESS & ROSACEA

When it comes to redness we’re not talking about a bit of sunburn, but rather broken blood vessels, or rosacea. UV rays cause them to rise to the surface of your skin and sometimes burst, which creates little bunches of small red veins.

CURE IT Go with a target-specific moisturiser such as Ultraceuticals Ultra Red-Action Moisturiser $79. Prevent further damage with a high dose of SPF every day – andnd remember, if you’re using a chemical sunscreen apply onto clean an skin. If you use a physical one (made with zinc oxide or titaniumm dioxide) apply after skincare but before makeup. Try Invisible Zinc Facial Moisturiser SPF 30 $35.

SORE FEET

A summer spent wearing thongs and sandals, walking barefoot on hot floors and soaking your tootsies in chlorinated water can leave youryo feet looking and feeling worsewo for wear.

CURE IT A DIY exfoliationation job should uld do the trick when it comes too banishing calluses or rough, h, patchy skin. Try bathing your feet in baking soda and water or apple cider vinegar for 15 minutes,utes, before using a pumice stoneone or file to remove the dead, softened skin. Try Manicare Ceramic Stone Foot File $10.99. Then maintain that newfound softness with a supercharged foot balm such as Bio-Organics Foot & Heel Balm $10.99.

DEHYDRATED LIMBS

Even if you’re always slathering on SPF, spending lots of time outdoorss can still leave your skin feeling dryy and crepey. Not to mention gettingg accidentally burnt, and then goingg through the dreaded peeling phase. e.

CURE IT Use a lotion that locks in moisture. The key ingredients to look for are hyaluronic acid and glycerine – they’re superheroes when it comes to hydrating. If you’re burnt go straight to aloe vera to calm and soothe. Try Vaseline Aloe Soothe Spray Moisturiser $9.99 – it contains vitamin E and cucumber extract for extra relief. If your skin is wrinklier or scalier than usual, try exfoliating with Sephora Smoothing Body Scrub $12.

PATCHY PIGMENTATION

As you get older, exposure to UV rays is less likely to leave you with a crop of new freckles and rather pigmentation, brown patches and “sun spots” instead. Why? Because it causes the pigment in your skin’s cells to multiply and cluster together – a warning sign of too much sun. The good news is that, although most of the damage has already been done, you can work on the appearance of dark spots and brighten your complexion.

CURE IT Look for a lightening product with active ingredients to help even out skin tone. Try Save Our Skin by Innoxa Light & Fade $59.95 – magic ingredient Brightenyl helps fade pigmentation and restores your glow. Or try an overnight peel to exfoliate and encourage new skin. Kiehl’s Nightly Refining Micro-peel Concentrate $82 contains quinoa husk extract, which accelerates cell renewal and refines your skin’s texture.