If you have to make just one beauty resolution in 2023, it's this one.

What if this beginning of the year was an opportunity to adopt a new skincare habit and never let it go? Find out the one beauty resolution you should be making in 2023.

Don’t go to bed without having cleansed your face, moisturize your skin daily, stop fiddling with pimples and cuticles, wash your brushes regularly… With a little research, you could make many beauty “good resolutions” every year, with more or less tangible results on the quality of skin, hair or nails.

While some of these goals may seem silly, there’s one you don’t think of right away, but should be at the top of everyone’s list: apply sunscreen to your face 365 days a year. We explain.

If you have to make just one beauty resolution in 2023, it’s this one. — © Laura on Unsplash

Why You Should Wear Sunscreen All Year Round

Whatever the weather and no matter where you are, UV rays always find a way to caress our skin, and this is especially true for UVA rays. These have the particularity of being able to pass through the clouds and the glass of the windows. Compared to UVB rays, which visibly burn the skin (the famous sunburns, here they are!), the effects of these ultraviolet rays on the skin are invisible at first sight, but they show themselves over time. They manifest themselves with the appearance of early wrinkles, pigment spots, sun allergies, carcinomas and, in the worst cases, melanomas.

To prevent damage, many dermatologists and experts recommend applying a sunscreen suitable for your skin type to the face (not to mention the neck, ears and décolleté, and even the hands), every day of the year, such as last step in her morning skincare routine. ” Wearing an SPF every day will help reduce your risk of skin cancer, as well as limit hyperpigmentation, fine lines and wrinkles by blocking UVB and UVA rays. “, dermatologist Zainab Laftah confirms to the magazine Who wears what. Same story for her colleague Carly Roman who, during an interview with GQ magazine, claimed to have advised all of her patients about her ” wear sunscreen every day to avoid cumulative sun exposure and the resulting fine lines, wrinkles and blemishes, and even skin cancers “. So, when do you start?

Good to know : sunscreens decompose upon exposure to direct light, not under the influence of the time elapsed after application. If you work from home and don’t plan on going out much, applying SPF 30 in the morning may be enough to protect your face all day. If, on the other hand, you spend most of your time outdoors, you will need to reapply it every two hours, ideally, and perhaps opt for a higher sun protection factor (SPI = SPF), to be chosen according to your skin type and the sun.