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Our skin constantly keeps defense – protects the body from negative environmental factors. And we must protect it, and here all means are good, including cosmetic ones.
Basic rules for skin care
Daily Care
Summer care
In the summer, the main thing that needs to be protected from the skin is ultraviolet radiation. It has a detrimental effect on collagen and elastin, reduces the protective properties of the epidermis, and causes photoaging. The skin becomes sluggish and uneven, thickens, covered with fine wrinkles. For protection, she needs:
complex of sun protection filters;
antioxidants.
Winter care
An additional test of the skin for strength is a short daylight hours, due to which metabolic processes slow down. The situation is aggravated by frost and icy wind on the street and the air in the room that is overdried by heating devices. All this leads to redness, peeling, loss of moisture. Even in people with normal skin, evaporation of moisture through the stratum corneum increases at this time. Required:
nutritional components;
intense moisturizers.
Anti-aging care
Young skin can stand up for itself: it quite successfully copes with damaging factors. However, with age, its defense mechanisms fail. As support, she is shown:
antioxidants;
regulatory molecules that strengthen their own defense mechanisms;
peptide complexes, amino acids;
substances that increase skin immunity.
So, the main task of protective agents for the skin is to reduce the intensity of harmful factors acting on it.
Frost, icy wind on the street, dry indoor air lead to redness, peeling, loss of moisture.
Protecting your skin from the sun
Modern sunscreens are real all-rounders. And, as a rule, they have a complex composition. What can a formula include?
Complex sun filtersthat reflect or absorb solar radiation. Typically, sunscreens include at least three types, this is due to the need to provide a wide range of protection and effectiveness with a minimum concentration of UV filters.
Antioxidants. In the fight against the damaging effects of the sun, vitamins A and E, lycopene have proven themselves well. It is the “tomato” diet rich in lycopene that helps the inhabitants of the Mediterranean not to burn.
Moisturizers и nutritious ingredients: vitamin E, aloe vera, vegetable oils.
Revitalift Filler [ha] Anti-Aging Day Cream, SPF 50, L’Oréal Paris
Thanks to fragmented hyaluronic acid, it replenishes moisture loss and fights wrinkles. Sunscreens prevent photoaging and pigmentation.
3-in-1 anti-aging treatment with antioxidants Capital Idéal Soleil, SPF 50+, Vichy
Protects from the sun, smoothes the skin and resists pigmentation. In addition to reliable sunscreens, it contains a complex of antioxidants.
Day cosmetics for skin protection
During the day, it is important to protect the skin from external damaging factors. Choosing creams:
with moisturizing and nourishing substances: glycerin, hyaluronic acid, urea, ceramides, serine – to strengthen the skin barrier;
with antioxidants: vitamins A, C and E, resveratrol;
with sun filters.
Soothing moisturizing protective care Toleriane Dermallergo, La Roche-Posay
Shea butter and squalane restore the protective barrier, and together with thermal water soothe and moisturize, relieve irritation. The cream is suitable for sensitive skin of normal and mixed types.
Gel 48 hours of intensive moisturizing Aquasource Gel, Biotherm
Algae extract and moisturizing ingredients strengthen the hydrolipidic mantle of the skin, restore water balance. The skin remains fresh and hydrated for 48 hours.
Features of protective cosmetics for problem skin
Problematic skin is characterized by excessive production of sebum. Oily sheen, enlarged pores, a tendency to inflammation and comedones are troubles that owners of such skin often face. When protecting, it is important not to exacerbate the problems. Requirements for cosmetics for problem skin:
light texture – for example, oil in water;
the absence of comedogenic substances, such as petroleum jelly, paraffin, sodium octanol sulfate, polyethylene glycol, vegetable oils (peanut, coconut, sesame, olive);
the content of disinfectants: extracts of St. John’s wort, chamomile, sage, eucalyptus, black currant;
the presence of sebum-regulating components: zinc, clay.
Light moisturizer with a mattifying effect Daily Moisture, SkinCeuticals
Intensively moisturizes, tightens pores and removes oily sheen. The composition includes extracts of Brazilian algae, burnet, cinnamon and ginger.
Moisturizing, mattifying, sebum-regulating emulsion Effaclar Mat, La Roche-Posay
Thermal water and glycerin moisturize, sebulise and perlite regulate the oiliness of the skin. Excess shine will disappear for at least 8 hours.
Moisturizing gel-cream for the face without oils Ultra Facial Oil-Free Gel Cream, Kiehl’s
Moisturizes and protects for a long time without leaving a greasy sheen. Antarcticin and Imperata cylindrica are responsible for moisturizing and maintaining natural moisture reserves. Vitamin E fights free radicals. The product also contains needle extract, which activates blood circulation.
Features of protective cosmetics for aging skin
With age, when the protective mechanisms of the skin begin to weaken, it is important to strengthen them from the outside. UV protection also comes first. Protective anti-age cream contains:
antioxidants: vitamins A, C and E, resveratrol, selenium;
bacterial components that enhance skin immunity: for example, bifido complexes;
peptide regulatory complexes that strengthen natural defense mechanisms: beta-defensins, interleukins, oligopeptide-10;
components that affect the synthesis of melanin: arbutin, kojic acid, ascorbic and azelaic acids;
sun filters (for daytime products).
Day cream Revitalift Laser X3, L’Oréal Paris
A more even tone, smoothing wrinkles, eliminating pigmentation are provided by proxylan and lipohydroxy acid in the composition. The skin becomes smooth. Provides high UV protection with SPF 50.
Highly effective antioxidant serum for dry and normal skin CE Ferulic, SkinCeuticals
Prevents premature aging of the skin. Reduces existing signs of age: wrinkles and pigmentation. Free radicals fight L-ascorbic and ferulic acids.