Summer is here at last! While we’re big fans of beach days and incorporating sangria into our daily diets, we have to say that the sweaty skin, sunburnt faces and the immense dryness that comes with the season sucks – no question about it.

But we have some good news for you folk: Go-To Skincare has kindly let us in on a lovely giveaway for eight lucky readers to win one of their At-Home Facial Sets (and you can see all the goodies on offer over here). Want to be in the running? You have to be subscribed to frankie magazine by December 3rd (don't worry if you've already subscribed, you're automatically in the running!). Plus, if you subscribe by November 21st, you'll receive our upcoming summer bumper issue! Subscribe to the mag by popping over to our online shop over here.

As a final added bonus, Go-To Skincare has kindly offered up some advice to spring clean your beauty routine, which you can read down below.

SWITCH UP YOUR ROUTINE As the weather gets warmer and humidity increases our skin tends to be a lil’ sweatier than usual, making it more likely to produce oil. Those rich and lush hydration heavyweights that come out during Winter can be tucked away (or used sparingly when your skin needs an extra boost e.g., after a day in the sun).

Stick to lightweight moisturisers, creams and serums, and keep oils in your PM routine only. And of course, SPF! Every day! 

DECLUTTER AND CHECK EXPIRATION DATES It’s time to utilise Marie Kondo’s tidying expertise with your skincare and beauty collection and toss those products that are no longer in date or used often. Your beauty and skincare products should have a tiny symbol that looks like an open tub with a number and M in it, for example 12M. This is a period-after-opening symbol and identifies how long a product is useful for. Go over everything in your skincare stash and get rid of anything that’s out of date. (Yes, that includes the cherry lip gloss from when you were eighteen.) Take note of what products you naturally gravitate towards and stick with them. If there are any you don’t get any use from but they’re still in date, consider passing it along to a mate you think might enjoy it. When you’re tossing your expired products, we recommend recycling them through TerraCycle. You can drop them off at your local Mecca, David Jones or Priceline. Easy!

CLEAN YOUR BEAUTY TOOLS We all know we have to do it, but it’s one of those things that slips your mind until you’re using your brushes and that pink eyeshadow dusts onto your eyes when you were really going for brown this time. Take the seasons changing as an urgent reminder to clean your brushes and we’ll pretend that you haven’t been forgetting to for the past two months. Also, skincare tools are ripe for harbouring bacteria and so should be cleaned after each and every use, but take this opportunity to give them a mighty deep clean.

Thank you Go-To Skincare for being a part of our subscription prize. Read their full list of tips to Spring Clean your Beauty Routine here.