We notice our skin more during summer, when we love to bare it all. But who wants to spend a lot of time in the bathroom polishing it to perfection? Fortunately, that’s not necessary. In fact, many skin problems are the result of product overload and harsh regimens that were intended to make us glow.

So relax, take a break, and let your natural beauty shine through with these laid-back summer skin care tips.

1. Sleep in the Nude. Take it all off every night–your makeup, that is. “Use a remover without chemicals,” says Kat James, author of “The Truth About Beauty: Transform Your Looks and Your Life From the Inside Out.” “The point is to purify your face, not add harsh synthetics.

2. Embrace your Stress. Don’t be stressed out about being stressed out: a series of studies done at the Ohio State University suggests that short bouts of stress increase the skin’s ability to fight infection and heal minor wounds. Feeling more relaxed yet?

3. Have Spinach Salad. Eating the antioxidant lutein (found in dark-green leafy vegetables, such as spinach and kale) can protect your skin against some of the sun’s damaging effects, say Harvard researchers. Lutein also helps lessen skin damage caused by aging, UV light, and other environmental stresses.

4. Don’t Get Tapped Out. “The chlorine in tap water assaults your skin,” James says. It’s irritating, it causes free radical damage, and it destroys the skin-nourishing vitamin E in your body. “A shower-water purifying filter eliminates chlorine and will give you the biggest skin-care bang for your buck,” she says. “You’ll notice changes in your skin that you couldn’t get with even the most expensive product regimen.”

5. Be Happy You’re a Woman. You have only a one in 82 chance of developing skin cancer in your lifetime compared to a guy’s one in 58.

6. Drink a Tall Glass of Iced Green Tea. There’s no end to what green-tea leaves can do. They contain compounds called polyphenols, which help eliminate free radicals that can cause cancer and premature aging of skin. Green-tea extract seems to prevent UV-induced skin inflammation, and EGCG, the most abundant green-tea polyphenol, minimizes sun damage. The latest green-tea research shows that EGCG may bring dying skin cells back to life when applied topically. Try this refreshing treatment: Steep two green-tea bags in two cups of water for 15 minutes, pour into an empty spritzer bottle, cool it in the refrigerator, and spray yourself throughout the day.

7. Heal Your Wounds. Apply topical grape-seed extract in liquid form to help wounds heal faster and with less scarring.

8. Drink a Glass of Red Wine. Applied topically, reservatrol, an antioxidant found in grapes and red wines, decreases the effects of UVB exposure and helps protect skin cells from cancer. Reservatrol may also work through moderate consumption of grapes and red wine.

9. Stick with Black. Choose black beans over pinto to reap the most benefits for your skin. Black beans have the highest levels of flavonoids and more antioxidant activity, gram for gram, than other beans.

10. Have Some Guacamole with That Margarita. Not only are they yummy, but avocados will keep skin glowing. They contain nourishing monosaturated fats and antioxidants that moisturize dry skin and may prevent wrinkles.