Loose 10 years in skin age!

Vitamin C is a powerful supplement, both orally and topically, for reducing the signs of ageing. Safer, cheaper and easier than a facelift, these secrets can help drop a decade from your face. Vitamin C is critical for your body and plays an important role in maintaining healthy, resilient skin. While young skin is full of vitamin C, ageing skin naturally loses this nutrient over time. Other factors like exposure to UV light, pollutants and cigarette smoke compound the decline of vitamin C, contributing to signs of ageing. The good news is that you can fight back by replenishing your skin’s vitamin C levels to help to combat and even reverse time’s effect on your face. As you age, collagen breaks down and wrinkles begin to form. Stabilising your skin’s levels of vitamin C can help to counteract wrinkle formation by increasing collagen production.

Vitamin C also helps diminish age spots which are essentially sun damage. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant, shown to reduce the number of sunburned cells as well as reverse age-related damage to skin. While it’s not a replacement for sunscreen, vitamin C protects against and may repair UV damage like discoloration and fine lines. Taking vitamin C through a supplement or food is beneficial to your health, but to specifically target signs of ageing on your face, topical vitamin C is best. In fact, applying vitamin C to the skin can be 20 times more effective than taking it orally. Topical vitamin C is sold in a wide range of products from serum to lotions. Look for products that contain 10% or 15% vitamin C that comes as the active ingredient L-ascorbic acid. Pay extra attention to the packaging – all antioxidants, including vitamin C, are vulnerable to deterioration in the presence of air and light. Unless the product is in an airtight and opaque package, don’t buy it! Apply topical vitamin C once a day, ideally after you’ve cleansed your skin in the morning to utilise vitamin C’s sun-protecting properties. On rare occasions, topical vitamin C can cause some mild dryness or flaking, this normally happens if your skin is particularly dry or sun damaged and is normally transient. Counteract this side effect with a moisturiser. Use an exfoliating serum at least once a week and in some cases when you are trying to renew the surface of the skin you might need to use it more regularly. A grain type exfoliator is inclined to be rougher so don’t over- do it. We particularly like Skinceutical retexturising serum as it is an exfoliator and hydrator in one and can be used as a night time serum. This topical nutrient is safe to combine with all your other skin care products and even works synergistically with other antioxidants. For a super powerful anti-ageing punch, combine vitamins C and E together. The length of time from when you start using vitamin C until you see results varies with each person. Skinceutical C E Ferulic Phloretin or Serum 10 are excellent examples of a good quality topical vitamin C serums. While some people see changes as soon as 2-4 weeks, it may take others 6-8 weeks to see a difference. After around 6 months, you’ll reach the maximum benefits. The longer you use the serum the better the results you will experience. We have seen some amazing results. These serums are also beneficial on redness on the skin. When you apply serum leave for 30 seconds to absorb and then apply eye cream and broad spectrum SPF even in winter.

SKINCEUTICAL C E FERULIC

• Combination antioxidant treatment containing 15% L-ascorbic acid, 1% alpha tocopherol, and 0.5% ferulic acid
• C E Ferulic is a revolutionary antioxidant combination that delivers advanced protection against photoaging by neutralizing free radicals, boosting collagen synthesis, and providing unmatched antioxidant protection. More protection means more youthful looking skin and better defence against environmental aging.
• Provides advanced environmental protection against UVA, UVB and infrared radiation A
• Stimulates collagen synthesis to improve signs of ageing
• Increases firmness and replenishes lipids to reduce wrinkles
• Once absorbed, this serum can’t be washed or rubbed off. It remains effective for a minimum of 72 hours, making it an excellent addition to sunscreen.
• The addition of ferulic acid to 15% pure L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and 1% alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) increases the environmental protection.
• This antioxidant combination enhances protection against damaging UV rays to better prevent visible signs of ageing. Stimulates collagen production to help diminish the appearance of photo damage.

RETEXTURING ACTIVATOR BY SKINCEUTICALS

Bi-functional resurfacing and replenishing serum

This revolutionary resurfacing and replenishing serum surpasses the results of a daily 20% glycolic acid treatment while simultaneously reinforcing the skin’s barrier for healthier, more radiant skin.

• Normalises epidermal renewal to create a noticeably smoother, softer surface texture
• Stimulates enzymes that help break the bonds that bind dead cells to the surface of the skin, to dramatically diminish surface lines and wrinkles
• Speeds skin-cell turnover to improve skin’s radiance, keeping new, healthy skin on the surface
• Balances skin moisture levels
• Reinforces the skin's barrier

KEY INGREDIENTS

Key Ingredient 1
25% hydroxyethyl urea/aminosulfonic acid compound: Normalizes epidermal renewal to resurface the skin, encourages new cell migration to the skin’s surface, replenishes moisture levels, and reinforces the skin's barrier.
Key Ingredient 2
Kombuchka: This black tea ferment improves overall skin quality by enhancing skin smoothness, radiance, and clarity, and has an antioxidant effect.
Key Ingredient 3
Hyaluronic acid: A natural humectant capable of holding 1,000 times its own weight in water, this ingredient helps the skin retain water and immediately smoothes rough skin.

CLINICAL STUDY

In an eight-week, dermatologist-controlled study, Retexturing Activator was found to surpass the results of a 20% glycolic acid daily-use treatment without the associated irritation. Retexturing Activator significantly improved surface lines for visibly smoother, more radiant skin.

The New York Times

June 2011
Skin Deep

Do My Pores Look Big to You?
“Some of the pore-paranoid turn to facials that include extraction, and exfoliation (taking off dead skin cells either chemically or physically with grains or tiny beads). Mrs. Turok recommends…SkinCeuticals Retexturing Activator.”

PROTECT

ULTRA FACIAL DEFENSE SPF 50

High UVA/UVB broad-spectrum moisturising sunscreen.

• Ultra Facial Defence SPF 50 protects skin from the range of UV rays known to cause accelerated skin ageing. Formulated with state-of-the-art UV filters, this high-protection sunscreen helps to prevent+AH69 UV-induced collagen breakdown.
• High broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection
• State-of-the-art UV filters work synergistically to help prevent photodamage
• Non-comedogenic
• Up to 24 hours hydration with an ultra-light texture
• Ideal for all skin types

Biocare do a very good freeze dried Vitamin C that you can add to water and sip on throughout the day it is available at a Health Store.