Spa-Quality Skincare Products You Need ASAP

As the season turns into summer, you need to update your skincare regime with spa-quality skincare products to keep your skin protected, supple, and glowing. Here’s how.
You don’t need a trip to the spa to achieve a flawless complexion. Transform your bathroom into a spa-like sanctuary with these ultra-curated spa-quality products that deliver results — from refining fine lines and wrinkles, diminishing the appearance of pores, to reducing the appearance of cellulite, and nourishing skin by increasing cell turnover. When it comes to skincare a preventative routine can be highly effective in giving you the results you desire.

It’s that time of year to shed your winter epidermis while protecting it from the sun, sea, and chlorine you’ll encounter in the weeks to come. If you’re prone to acne, you’ll want to peruse this list, as summer can wreak havoc on your pores if you’re not using the right products, many of which can be found at the world’s most luxurious spas. Let the spa come to you as you shop this list for spa-quality products you need for summer.

1.) Omorovicza Refining Facial Polisher

Marine micro-algae makes this refining exfoliator from the luxe Hungarian line Omorovicza a nature pumice that enriches blemish prone or dull skin, leaving it enriched and bright.

2.) Supergoop!City Sunscreen Serum SPF 30

Even if you’re keeping it cosmopolitan this summer, you still need to protect your skin from the sun. This is especially crucial if you’re using spa-quality products that exfoliate your epidermis, leaving it more susceptiple to UVA and UVB rays. This Supergoop! City Sunscreen is ideal for everyday use by city dwellers after an at-home spa treatment.

3.) goop by Juice Beauty Exfoliaiting Instant Facial

Wellness devotee Gwyneth Paltrow is known for her over-the-top beauty regiments, but the woman looks amazing, so whatever she’s doing, sign me up. Her collection of goop x Juice Beauty products are formulated with all-natural ingredients and are gentle but effective.

4.) The Beauty Chef Probiotic Skin Refiner

Probiotics aren’t just beneficial for digestive health, they can also increase cell turnover. This tonic from The Beauty Chef boosts collagen production so your skin regenerates. Use this tonic after you cleanse and exfoliate but before you moisturize for optimal results.

5.) Omorovicza Gold Eye Lift

Another gem from the Omorovicza line, this eye cream is fortified with nutrients to reverse sun damage around the delicate eye area. Vitamins A, K, and C help restore elasticity, diminish dark circles, and puffiness. Hungary’s mineral-rich healing waters are incorporated into this transformative eye cream, making it a must-have for your at-home spa.

6.) Embryolisse Lait Creme Concentre Nourishing Moisturizer

This French pharmacy favorite is touted by models as being on par with La Mer, at a fraction of the cost. Moisturize after you’ve applied your tonics and serums, and before you apply sunscreen.

7.) Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Enhancing Serum

Forget the spa for brow threading or waxing. Haven’t you heard, full brows are on trend. Achieve the look at-home by applying this super popular brow enhancing gel every day and night.

8.) Pai Skincare Lotus & Orange Blossom BioAffinity Toner

This pH balanced tonic is perfect for a spritz when the temperatures rise. Ideal for sensitive skin with its alchohol-free formula, pai’s BioAffinity Toner will reduce redness if you’ve spent too much time in the sun.

9.) Omorovicza Gold Sugar Scrub

Flecks of gold make Omorovicza’s sugar cane based body scrub an indulgent at-home spa must. Use from head-to-toe, especially before you apply your sunless self-tanner.

10.) Jurlique Sun Specialist Sunless Tanner

Julique offers a natural sunless tanner that’s both lightweight and mineral-rich, and most importantly streak-free. If you want a sun-kissed look without a day at the beach (or the spa for a spray tan) this product is a summer skincare must.

11.) Vinter’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum

Vinter’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum has a cult following because it delivers outstanding results. Expect this product to strengthen capillaries, inhibit melanin production, prevent wrinkles, and protect against free radicals. Use at night to replenish summer skin.

12.) French Girl Nail + Cuticle Oil

Keep your hands silky smooth and nail beds healthy with this luxe oil. Argan, evening primrose, sea buckthorn, and tamanu oils deliver aromatics that will leave you feeling like you’re at the spa, no matter where you use this handy French Girl product.

13.) Omorovicza Gold Shimmer Oil

Colloidal gold is a natural anti-inflammatory, making Omorovicza’s body oil a lavishly nourishing skin treatment, but it also adds the right amount of shimmer to your summer skin, giving you a 24-karat glow.

About the author

Jill Di Donato

Fashion Editor

Jill is a New York native who holds a BA in Literature from Barnard College, and an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She is the author of the novel Beautiful Garbage (She Writes Press, 2013) about the downtown Manhattan art and fashion scene in the 1980s. A former staff writer for The Huffington Post and Bustle, Jill comes to Culture Trip after working with Refinery 29, Vice, Salon, Paste Style, Los Angeles Times, Nylon, Shopify, Autre, and producing content for emerging fashion labels. She teaches classes about fashion and culture at Barnard College and The Fashion Institute of Technology. Her prized possessions are her Gucci fanny pack, vintage rocker t-shirts, and her grandmother's collection of costume jewelry. She's always on the lookout for a gem-encrusted turban.