Benefits of Lightweight Skincare and Makeup Formulas

Skincare is about so much more than brand names or ingredients alone. Whether you realize it or not, the skincare offerings you reach for again and again are deeply personal to you and your skin.

Lightweight skincare formulas crafted with care and intention, dermatologist-developed, and sweaty-summertime friendly are what we’re all about. This summer, we’re lightening up (our skincare, that is). Here’s an overview of the benefits of lightweight skincare formulas and where to find your favorite ingredients in the Keys Soulcare line up.

WHAT IS A LIGHTWEIGHT SKINCARE TEXTURE?

Texture matters more than we realize, and you’d be surprised how many people gravitate toward product offering based on the feel or texture alone. For example, if you have dry feeling or mature-looking skin, your skin may gravitate toward richer formulas. If you’re acne-prone, you may avoid thick or greasy-feeling formulas at any cost.

Skincare is an individual and personal journey, and even the texture of your favorite formula matters!

BENEFITS OF LIGHTWEIGHT SKINCARE

Here are a few key benefits of lightweight skincare and makeup formulas:

• Ideal for people with oily skin, especially for warmer months
• Usually, a lightweight formula wears well under makeup and sunscreen
• May absorb quicker than thicker, richer skincare
• Usually contains ingredients that are less linked to clogging pores (aka, it may be considered non-comedogenic, but note that this is highly dependent on the individual ingredients in the formula)
• Lightweight formulas, like serums and essences, can often be layered to create what the skincare world calls a “moisture sandwich”

COMMON LIGHTWEIGHT SKINCARE INGREDIENTS

Let’s get to know a handful of lightweight skincare ingredients that people love, and how we use them in our offerings at Keys Soulcare.

WATER-BASED FORMULAS

In skincare, a “water-based formula” is one where water is a primary ingredient instead of a heavier carrier like an oil. Water-based skincare not only tends to feel lightweight and airy in texture, they are also considered to absorb easily into the skin and help provide hydration.

It’s Like Skin 2- in-1 Concealer + Skin Tint is a water-based formula that provides buildable coverage while letting skin breathe. It also contains niacinamide to help brighten and balance skin’s appearance, plus lipid-rich squalane. The water-based formula helps lend this skin tint a just-like-your-skin feeling upon application.

PEPTIDES

Peptides are a true skincare MVP ingredient for mature skin. Because they are made up of short chains of amino acids, peptides are considered a lightweight skincare ingredient, and are often seen in formulas like serums that are meant to absorb quickly into the skin

Truly Becoming Multi-Benefit Serum channels the power of a potent poly-peptide complex that helps to visibly firm and improve skin tone, while multi-weight hyaluronic acid helps skin stay hydrated for a plump, smooth appearance.

NIACINAMIDE

Niacinamide is a form of vitamin B3 that helps brighten and balance skin’s appearance. It’s a hero ingredient in Let Me Glow Illuminating Priming Serum, which doubles up as an illuminating primer for long-wear makeup and helps to balance skin tone.

CERAMIDES

Rounding out the list is our lightweight moisturizer, the fragrance-free Skin Transformation Cream, which contains bakuchiol and ceramides plus hyaluronic acid and malachite. Because ceramides are lipids that are found naturally in the skin, they help keep skin moisturized and help support a healthy skin barrier.

Plus, in a four-week consumer study, 100% of people agreed their skin felt smoother after using the derm-developed, lightweight, and non-greasy feeling Skin Transformation Cream daily.

Ready to lighten up your ritual in time for summer? Shop the entire Keys Soulcare lightweight skincare and makeup collection.