New season. Different skin needs.
As Melbourne moves from winter into spring, it’s not only our wardrobe that changes. Our skin is adjusting too.
After months of cold weather, indoor heating and heavier skincare, your skin may emerge from winter feeling dehydrated, dull, uneven or simply behaving differently. Then spring arrives with warmer temperatures, longer days and more time outdoors.
So, should your skincare routine change with the season?
In many cases, yes — but that doesn’t mean completely starting again. Spring is a good time to reassess what your skin actually needs now.
Winter can be challenging for the skin. Cold air outdoors combined with heating indoors can contribute to dehydration, sensitivity and a compromised skin barrier.
As temperatures begin to rise, your skin is suddenly dealing with a different environment — more warmth, increased time outdoors and greater exposure to UV and environmental stressors.
What worked beautifully for your skin in July may not necessarily be what it needs in October.
Spring is the perfect time to take another look.
Rich creams and nourishing oils can be exactly what dry winter skin needs, but as the weather warms, some skins may start to find heavier formulations a little too much.
This doesn’t mean stripping everything back.
Instead, consider moving towards lighter layers of hydration — serums and moisturisers that replenish moisture and support the skin barrier without leaving the skin feeling overloaded.
Your skin therapist can also help determine which winter products should stay and which can be adjusted for spring.
Warmer weather doesn’t mean your skin suddenly stops needing hydration.
In fact, dehydration can occur at any time of year.
The goal is to keep the skin comfortably hydrated and support a healthy barrier, while adjusting the texture and layering of your products to suit the season and your individual skin.
Think lighter — not necessarily less.
Spring generally means more time outdoors, which also means greater exposure to environmental stress.
This is where antioxidants become an important part of a considered skincare routine.
Ingredients such as vitamin C and Green Tea can help support the skin against oxidative stress while also assisting with the appearance of brightness and overall skin vitality.
Our limited-edition Sothys Green Tea & Red Currant Spring Cleanse Facial has been selected with this seasonal transition in mind — combining antioxidant-rich Green Tea with vitamin C-rich Red Currant to help revitalise dull winter skin and restore radiance.
If pigmentation is one of your skin concerns, spring is the time to become particularly conscious of it.
Longer days and increasing UV exposure can make existing pigmentation appear more noticeable, particularly if your skin isn’t being adequately protected.
This is also why we consider your homecare, professional treatments and daily sun protection together rather than treating pigmentation with one product or one facial.
Prevention and consistency matter.
If your complexion is looking a little dull after winter, exfoliation may help remove accumulated surface cells and leave the skin looking smoother and brighter.
But more exfoliation isn’t necessarily better.
Over-exfoliating can compromise the skin barrier and create sensitivity, so the type and frequency of exfoliation should always be appropriate for your skin.
Professional peels and exfoliating treatments can also be tailored according to your skin condition and goals.
The aim is renewal — not aggression.
Spring is also a good opportunity to look at the active ingredients in your home routine.
Are you still using exactly the same products you were prescribed six months ago?
Has your skin changed?
Are you experiencing dryness, sensitivity, congestion or pigmentation?
Rather than adding another trending ingredient because you’ve seen it online, we recommend looking at your routine as a whole.
Sometimes your skin needs something new. Sometimes it needs less. And sometimes the products you already own are exactly right — they simply need to be used differently.
A professional skin consultation can take much of that confusion away.
We often get asked whether professional treatments are really necessary if you’re using good skincare at home.
We see the two as working together.
Your daily home routine supports your skin every day, while professional treatments allow us to work more intensively and strategically towards your individual skin goals.
Treatments such as DermaFrac, professional skin peels and High-Performance Facials can be incorporated into a considered treatment plan depending on what we’re trying to achieve.
This is also the thinking behind our Spring Facial Reboot Plan — rather than relying on one treatment, we’ve combined a sequence of professional treatments and restorative care to progressively address dullness, dehydration, uneven texture and visible signs of winter stress.
Perhaps the most important spring skincare reminder is also one of the simplest:
Wear your SPF.
As the days become longer and we spend more time outside, daily sun protection becomes even more important — particularly if you are investing in professional treatments or working on pigmentation and visible signs of ageing.
Your skincare routine can only do so much if you’re not protecting the skin you’re working so hard to improve.
You don’t need to work it out alone.
A professional skin consultation gives us the opportunity to assess your current skin, discuss what’s changed, review your homecare and recommend treatments and products based on your skin — not the latest trend.
Because a new season doesn’t necessarily mean buying an entirely new skincare routine.
Sometimes it simply means making smarter changes.
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