August always feels like a soft return.

Suitcases are unpacked, routines slowly resume and evenings become a little cooler. We’re holding on to the final swims and dinners outside - but also quietly looking forward to fresh sheets, early nights and a reset.

Our skin usually feels the same.

Heat, sun, sweat, salt water, chlorine and recycled airplane air can leave it dehydrated, sensitive and slightly out of balance. Prolonged sun exposure can also weaken the skin barrier, even when everything looks fine on the surface.

Our favourite coming-home ritual? A hydrogel mask kept cold in the fridge and a large glass of homemade electrolyte water.

Simply mix one litre of cold water with the juice of half a lemon, a teaspoon of honey and a small pinch of sea salt. Serve over ice and add a few slices of cucumber if you’re feeling fancy.

Apply your mask, pour a glass and take twenty minutes with nowhere else to be. Hydration, inside and out.

Summer was fun. Now you and your skin deserve a little recovery.

With love,
Bisou