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Sensitive Skin 101 – Why Using a Dermalogica Cleanser Will Help Improve Your Skin

Cleansing Sensitive skin with Dermalogica

Cleansing Your Skin the Right Way with Dermalogica Cleansers

There Has Never Been a More Important Time to Use a Professional Cleanser Such as Dermalogica on Your Skin to Keep Sensitivity to a Minimum!

There seems to be more and more clients coming to the skin care centre showing signs of sensitivity on their skin. Sensitive skin in fact affects millions of people and that is why there are so many products on the market all claiming to help.

There are really four main types of sensitive skin: – acne, rosacea, burning and stinging and contact dermatitis along with allergies and irritants. It is not surprising that in some parts of the world air borne, pollutants are more prevalent and skin sensitivity is higher.

All sensitivity has one thing in common and that is inflammation but because sensitivity has different causes they need to be treated differently and by specific ingredients. Sometimes by just cleansing the skin incorrectly can be just enough to set the skin up for sensitivity. If the skin is stripped of its natural protective barrier it can become sensitised to any product that you apply.

Generally soap if it is not of the correct pH, can give your skin such as intense cleanse that your entire natural protective barrier disappears too. Using the correct cleanser is a very important first step in your skincare routine and this is where the product ingredients are really important.

The majority of foaming cleansers and soaps de-fat and remove oil from the skin. Fortunately Dermalogica have a fantastic foaming cleanser called special cleansing gel and this is made using an natural foaming ingredient called Quillaja Saponaris and this gently removes impurities and excess oils without over drying the skin but leaving a super clean surface.

Dermalogica also have another cleanser for those of us who enjoy using a more creamy cleanser and is fantastic for environmentally sensitised skin. Ultracalming Cleanser is an extremely gentle gel-cream cleanser that can be rinsed off or gently removed with tissue. Dermalogica Ultracalming cleanser can also be used to remove eye and lip makeup and leave no irritating residue and protects the skin’s natural lipid barrier.

If you have acne, inflammation and sensitivity you must treat the sensitivity first before addressing the acne as your skin could become so sensitised by using incorrect products that in the end your skin could flare up to anything you apply.

Salicylic Acid is a fabulous ingredient for acne prone skin as it stimulates natural exfoliation, helping to clear impacted follicles and minimise acne formation. Dermalogica Clearing Skin Wash cleanser is a natural foaming cleanser that includes other ingredients that gently calm inflammation, clear skin and help prevent future breakouts.

Oily skin is a skin that has excess oil production and we can make this condition worse by stripping the skin of oils every time we cleanse, as the skin then thinks it needs to make even more oil to replace the oil that has been removed. When the skin is constantly stripped of oil and harsh products applied it can become sensitised too.

A far better way of cleansing oily skin is to use Dermalogica Dermal Clay Cleanser which has water soluble bentonite and kaolin clays with purifying botanical extracts and refreshing menthol to remove excess oils and refine the skin’s texture.

Dermal Clay Cleanser is a skin perfecting formula that provides deep cleansing for oily, congested skin and contains naturally astringent plant extracts that help prevent future breakouts.

So the next time you cleanse your skin check the ingredients that you are using and ensure you are using the correct ones for your skin condition.

Do you have sensitive skin? What cleanser do you use? Let me know my commenting below on your experience with Dermalogica Cleansers or other products for that matter!

Help, Breakout Alert! – The 101 Emergency Dermalogica Breakout Procedure!

Yes it always happens when you’ve got an important date, an interview or wedding day and the night before a mountainous zit appears.

The first thought that enters our head is “exterminate it” and you may even be tempted to squeeze it to a pulp. Unfortunately that would be the worst case scenarios for this, as not only may you end up with scaring/dermal pigment occurring but you could also spread the bacteria and another zit is born.

The best thing to do is to try and control our urge to kill it with our fingers/instruments and treat it effectively with ingredients that will not only eliminate the bacteria but accelerates the breakout clearing.

Dermalogica have a great little power pack called Dermalogica Special Clearing Booster which is specially formulated as a spot treatment eliminating the breakout causing bacteria in the follicles and helps clear skin while soothing irritation and regulating sebum production – this quickly dries out breakouts too.

Special Clearing Booster does contain Benzoyl Peroxide and if you are sensitive to this ingredient you would be probably better to use Dermalogica’s Concealing Spot Treatment as this does not contain Benzoyl Peroxide.

Dermalogica Concealing Spot Treatment can be used during the day over a dermalogica moisturiser. It has a natural looking tint which conceals and a host of fast acting ingredients to quickly dry up and heal breakouts and clearing congestion to help prevent future breakouts.

At night Dermalogica Overnight Clearing Gel is a winner (this product is an update of Dermalogica’s Medicated Clearing Gel). Apply a thin layer all over the area of concern and allow to absorb as this product will help to clear skin, calm inflammation and prevent future breakouts by reducing excess sebum, removing congestion in the pore and eliminating bacteria.

Well I have explained all you can do at home but if you want to boost up your treatment take yourself into a Dermalogica Skin Care Centre and have a Microzone Spot Clearing Treatment, or if you are located in Adelaide, you can always have a treatment with me at my Day Spa Adelaide Salon.

You can check out the Dermalogica Microzone Treatments Video Below

High Frequency is great for breakouts and if you do have a spot clearing treatment you may get the high frequency performed by a professional during your treatment. It works by reducing inflammation, eliminating toxins, killing bacteria and sterilising the breakout area – this is fantastic for zapping the blemish away.

Dermalogica Age Smart – Why You Need to Use this Skin Care Range if you’re Concerned with Ageing

The Power of Dermalogica Age Smart

If like me you want to continue to look as young as possible for as long as possible, then you are just going to love the Dermalogica age smart range of products and what they can do for your skin. Perhaps you feel you need a step up in your current product

Dermalogica Age Smart - Your Ageing Defense!

range – as we all get bored, our skin does too. Then there are those of us who want to prevent the first signs of ageing and keep that dewy fresh young looking skin for as long as possible! Well isn’t it great to know that the Dermalogica Age Smart range will cover all these concerns.
It would have been great to have the fantastic ingredients that the Age Smart Range offers to me, when I was in my twenties so I could have started on it then but for me I use Dermalogica Age Smart Range to help slow down the ageing process and to give me a weapon against further damage.

Dermalogica Age Smart and Glycation

One of the processes of ageing in skin is glycation which is an internal chemical reaction within the body that eventually causes cross-linked collagen (resulting in wrinkles and loss of elasticity), inflammation and the slowdown of cell growth.
Glycation is a result of when sugar comes into contact with a protein (such as collagen) it reacts immediately and generates damaging free radicals that do damage to the cells and cause inflammation. There are many diseases that are associated with glycation such as people who are diabetic (as they have high levels of sugar in their blood and suffer from various health issues).

Glycation is also associated with many diseases of the brain, muscle weakness and heart disease as well as speeding up the ageing process. Reducing glycation is what scientists now believe will help slow down the ageing process and disease formation.

Dermalogica’s Peptide Technology

One of the active ingredients that help control glycation is a polypeptide molecule known as arginine/lysine. This polypeptide acts as a sugar trap and binds to the sugar in the body making it unable to react with proteins and cause glycation, therefore slowing down the ageing process.
This amazing polypeptide ingredient (arginine / lysine) can be found in the following Dermalogica Age Smart products – Dermalogica Antioxidant Hydramist, Dermalogica Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF30, Dermalogica Super Rich Repair and Dermalogica Renewal Lip Complex.

I personally love the Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF30, it feels so silky smooth and the hydration on the skin lasts for ages and even better a SPF30 which gives my skin fantastic protection without that oily, gluggy feel.
As I have already mentioned inflammation in the skin is another ageing process and anyway we can lessen the impact of this, will definitely be to our advantage. Colloidal Oatmeal, Evening Primrose Oil and Chrysantheumum Parthenium Extract reinforce the skin’s lipid barrier, helps to retain moisture levels and calms irritated skin – Dynamic Skin Recovery is a Winner

Free Radical Damage and Why I Love to Use Dermalogica’s Antioxidant Hydramist!

Free Radical Damage is also a big no no as far as ageing is concerned. The body has some great defence against these usually in the forms of vitamins, enzymes and some foods that we digest. We are always producing free radical damage and as we get older it gets worse. UV light, oxygen, pollutants, smoking, etc and although some of us, eat a vitamin rich diet the skin is often the last to get its supply of antioxidants so we need to make sure our skin get adequate supplies of topically applied antioxidants so we can help to repair the damage to collagen, elastin, DNA and tissue degradation.

One of the easiest and quickest ways to do this is by using Dermalogica’s Age Smart Antioxidant Hydramist on clean skin under your dermalogica moisturiser or other dermalogica skin care products. By using this twice a day I find it gives me an instant firming action to lift and tighten my skin and bathes my skin in refreshing hydration – you should try this!

Dermalogica Age Smart and the Effects of UV Damage

UV Damage is another ageing menace to the skin it strikes with no mercy and presents itself either early as sun burnt skin or later in the form of pigmentation and age spots (you can actually see the damage what will eventually show up on your face, with a special tool called a skin scanner), loss of elasticity, formation of wrinkles due to breakdown of collagen, skin cancer, leathery dried out skin – the list goes on – not a pretty picture and even though we may protect ourselves now, the damage has probably been done already.
If you get the chance, check out the skin scanners that are available in the professional skin care centres. Not only will the therapist be able to see your skin damage so will you too! That picture will ensure you will always use sun protection and if you are too lazy to apply a moisturiser and a sunscreen, do what I do and get the Dermalogica Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF30 which has both. You can even get mineral make ups with sunscreen protection in, so there is not really an excuse anymore for not wearing sunscreen protection every day.

Inika Cosmetics have sunscreen in there organic mineral makeup range and the amazing Priori Coffeeberry Perfecting Minerals is fabulous, as it always improves your skin’s condition and can be applied as a dry sunscreen for children to wear.
Getting back to UV Damage one of the best things to do for your skin would be to use the Age Smart Dermalogica Map 15 Regenerator. It has a cocktail of high performing revolutionary ingredients to dramatically improve UV damage.

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How Stress Can Alter Your Skin

Famous for making necks tight, heads ache and stomachs upset, stress is becoming a recognised trigger to redness, itching, burning and flare-ups commonly classified as skin sensitisation.

And it’s a growing phenomenon: the American Academy of Dermatology reports up to 50% of the U.S population experience some form of sensitive skin. Sensitised skin can be triggered in any person regardless of racial background or skin colour. Excessive exposire to skin-damaging environmental factors like chemical pollutants are frequent sensitisers. For example: Approximately 36% of the population in China has declared themselves as “sensitive”, a condition that may in fact be attributed to the high level of pollution in both rural and urban parts of this region.

What happens on the surface is stemming from a biological reaction in the body: inflammation. Inflammation is the immune system’s (immunogenic) response to infection and foregin invaders. just as irritating chemicals and excess exfoliation can trigger inflammation and red stinging, itching skin, researchers recognise neurogenic inflammation (stemming from the nervous system), is also triggered by emotional and physical stress. It yeilds the same red, stinging, itching response and could even be responsible for severe skin disorders including psoriasis, rosacea and atopic dermatitis.

As science explores these multiple pathways, Dermalogica continues to research ingredients to deliver serious relief for sensitised skin.

Scientifically Speaking

Hydrocortisone is a commonly used steroid that helps reduce inflammation. It’s purpose, however is to provide short-term relief, not long-term control of itching and redness. In addition, Hydrocortisone has the potential drawback of thinning skin and when used long-term, skin can build up a resistance and require stronger steroids as a result.

Opt instead for powerful ingredients that soothe, cool, reduce redness and impact the multiple pathways behind inflammation for better control of flare-ups.

Three Key Ingredients Include:-

Avena Sativa (Oat Kernal) extracts: Rich in avenanthramides, which have been widely studied and proven to have natural anti-irritant and anti-redness properties.
Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) extract and Bisabolol (derived from Chamomile): Work synergistically to help reduce inflammation induced redness and irritation.
Boerhavia Diffusa (Red Hogweed) Root Extract: Targets neurogenic inflammation while soothing properties restore skin to a normal sensitivity level, providing immediate and long-lasting effects.

You Can Find These Ingredients in the New Dermalogica UltraCalming Range.

Dermalogica Skin Hydrating Masque for Post Party-Pooped Skin!!!

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Skin Hydrating Masque is Great for Dehydrated Skins

Dermalogica Skin Hydrating Masque

If your skin is feeling dry, parched or tight, a hydrating masque can do wonders at restoring dehydrated skin – thanks to too much alcohol, smoky environments, excessive caffeine and not enough water. Dermalogica Skin hydrating Masque if you’ve never tried it before is a moisture-rich hydrating gel in a bitter orange flower base (it smells really nice btw) that will take any dull, dehydrated skin and instantly revitalise it.

Dermalogica Skin Hydrating Masque is oil-free and is calming making it suitable for all skin types and it can be even used around your delicate eye and lip area to plump out dry, fine lines and add vital moisture what is needed around any ones eyes!

I find it great on a very hot day in Australia, I put this dermalogica masque in the fridge, making it nice and cool and apply it around my eyes – Excellent for de-puffing and calming down any redness.

This dermalogica masque comes in handy especially when travelling – I’ve actually gone on a plane wearing this! (it’s clear so no one can tell) to keep my skin intact on long flights and minimise dehydration thanks to air travel.

Dermalogica Masque – Skin hydrating Masque Benefits

Dermalogica Masque – Skin Hydrating Masque Video

Panthenol is used to intensely hydrate your skin, reduce tightness and dry patches. It’s great how it reduces inflammation, it’s packed with calming botanicals such as bitter orange, hops, cucumber and arnica montana flower all helping to cool your skin down.

It’s even loaded with vitamins C an E to combat the effects of environmental damage and stress on your skin. It’s great for anyone that has acne as it won’t cause breakouts or clog your skin but will intensely hydrate your skin (without the oil) – great if your breakouts have become dry and flaky, and this dermalogica masque calms irritation and inflammation from breakouts quickly and effectively.

You can boost the hydration of this dermalogica masque by applying Skin Hydrating Booster first to your skin and then apply Skin hydrating Masque over the top.

The great thing about this dermalogica masque is every time I use it and remove it, my skin is instantly really calm, refreshed and full of much needed moisture. You can use this dermalogica masque up to three times a week if needed (especially if your really dehydrated) and it’s best to use after exfoliating and allow Skin Hydrating Masque to activate for 10 to 15 minutes.

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Dermalogica Medibac Clearing Skin Wash

Clearing Skin Wash - A Great Choice For Inflammed Acne Skin Types

Dermalogica Medibac Clearing Skin Wash – Your Going to Love it! – If you are prone to more than just the odd breakout and you find that your acne is worse during times of stress or hormonal fluctuations then you are going to love dermalogica medibacclearing skin wash. This dermalogica cleanser works at unclogging your pores, reducing excess oil flow, reducing bacteria in the follicles and calming inflammation and irritation from breakouts, basically working on the four main triggers of acne.

The dermalogica acnerange (medibac) is a system designed to treat your skin using a range of products that work by layering different ingredients on your skin to get a better result for treating acne.

Clearing Skin Wash is a gel cleanser that foams up when you add water and it makes your skin feel really clean and fresh after every wash.

Why Would You Use This Dermalogica Cleanser Compared to Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel?

This is a question I get asked all the time, Dermalogica Clearing Skin Wash contains salicylic acid at a 0.5% strength this is enough for it to go to work on blocked pores and clean then out and effectively remove traces of make up.

When you start to use this cleanser it can feel tingly on the skin, as your skin gets use to the active ingredients this sensation will go away. Make sure you don’t use this product around your eyes (yes- it will sting!) and it’s not ideal if you have very sensitive skin. However this is a fantastic cleanser to use if you suffer with inflammed, red, sore breakouts and clogged pores. The salicylic acid will help reduce the clogging, reduce future breakouts and exfoliate your skin, not to mention remove surface excess oil.

Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel is an effective cleanser but not specific for acne prone skin types, although it is fine for you to use.

Dermalogica Medibac Cleanser For The Body

Because this dermalogica cleanser is a gel, you will find that it’s perfect to use on your body on areas prone to breakouts such as your back or chest and if you use it with dermalogica’s buffing cloth you are going to get twice the exfoliation.

A lot of skin care therapists I find do not recommend this dermalogica cleanser as often as they should, sticking to the “safe-choice” special cleansing gel because of fear of drying people’s skin out. But I find that if you do suffer with consistent breakouts you really need to use a cleanser that is going to treat this specific condition (acne) and use all of the specific dermalogica acne products to see a great improvement in your skin. If you find yourself under a lot of stress and your breakouts are becoming more prominent this is a perfect cleanser for you to use.

How to Use Clearing Skin Wash

The secret for using clearing skin wash is to use only a small amount (a pea-sized amount) into your wet hands and “lather” in your hands, so it starts to foam-up. It’s really important that you do lather the cleanser well and remove all traces off your face – as not foaming it well enough will cause your skin to dry out!! This has been a problem for some people who have experienced irritation in the past, or have used it around your eyes (don’t).

While cleansing your skin make sure you concentrate on your breakout/clogged skin prone areas (most likely forehead, chin and nose). Don’t use this cleanser if you have particular sensitive skin and for best results use dermalogica precleanse first before you use this cleanser, to get a deeper level of clean.

Dermalogica Clearing Skin Wash Benefits

This really is a four-in-one dermalogica cleanser that targets your breakouts.

It works on controlling the bacteria on your skin that causes acne with the ingredients Tea Tree Oil and Eucalyptus
It Help soothe irritation from painful inflammed pimples with calming camphor and soothing menthol
A combination of acne fighting botanicals such as licorice, bergamot and lemon help to prevent future breakouts.
Salicylic Acid unclogs pores and minimises blackhead formation and pimples.

I have found dermalogica clearing skin wash to be a good choice for me when I am prone to breakouts and when they go I change back to my normal cleanser, so you may find like me that you do not need to use it all the time.

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If You Are Sick and Tired of Oily Shine You Need to Dermalogica’s Oil Control Lotion!

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Dermalogica Medibac Oil Control Lotion

: Yes – Oily Skin’s Do Need to Moisturise! Dermalogica’s Oil Control Lotion is Great!

Dermalogica Oil control lotion is a favourite among many acne suffers to help control breakouts because it’s oil-free, non-clogging and paraben-free not forgetting that its main purpose is a moisturiser.

It works at controlling the triggers of acne (the triggers are clogged pores, oil flow, bacteria and inflammation) as well as being a really great light-weight moisturiser. You do need to use a moisturiser if you have oily skin because it will help combat the dehydration and the great thing about oil control lotion is that it lightly hydrates and mops up excess oil.

Dermalogica’s oil control lotion feels really nice on the skin, it’s light-weight, non-greasy and smells fresh but the most amazing surprise I found from this dermalogica moisturiser is how soothing it is on your skin (thanks to the added botanicals) which is a big plus if you suffer a lot from painful breakouts.

Oil control lotion uses the power of microsponges that are derived from potato starch that have a special knack of absorbing “excess” oil flow on the surface of your skin. It gives you a matt finish. It’s a great choice for oily skin types as not only will it allow your make up to go on better and stay on better, but that tell-tale “oil-slick” will be far less than normal, as it will reduce the amount of oil on your face. You can use oil control lotion on your face or just specific oily areas. Make sure your skin is oily if you are using this product, if you are not sure use the alternative dermalogica moisturiser active moist as this is oil-free and combats dehydration.

Dermalogica Ingredients

There is one percent salicylic acid in this product to help very lightly exfoliate your skin and unclog the pores, however don’t expect to use this product instead of an exfoliant, it’s more for it’s antibacterial properties at one percent, it’s best to use overnight clearing gel at night time (it’s got salicylic acid a higher dose and hylauronic acid to hydrate your skin – without oil)

Dermalogica Medibac Acne Complex is in dermalogica oil control lotion, this complex helps to control your oil production thanks to the ingredients (zinc gluconate, yeast extract, caffeine, biotin, horse chestnut enatia bark) and regulate your oil production.

Oily Shine is reduced by the microsponges but enatia chlorantha bark does also help to reduce shine. To give your skin ‘relief’ from those painful pimples panthenol, menthol, bisabolol and glycyrrhizade are added to calm inflammation while the ingredient Hyssopus helps to prevent future breakouts by control your breakout/bacteria activity and even zinc gluconate is really good at minimising any acne bacteria.

Look if you have breakouts and need a moisturiser try it, as you can see it’s much more than just your average moisturiser as it does fight the causes of acne and if you use the entire dermalogica medibac line you will great a better improvement in your skin.

It’s best if you just use oil control lotion in the day time and you only need a pea size amount for your whole face.

What do you think to dermalogica oil control lotion? What is your opinion or review? Let me know what you think by commenting below.

Party Skin Can Be Yours With Dermalogica’s Multivitamin Masque That Can Transform Anyone’s Skin into a Vibrant, Healthy, Complexion-Reviver!

Dermalogica Age Smart Power Recovery Masque

Dermalogica Age Smart Power-Packed Masque

If you want your skin to look your best during the party season then you must invest in doing a dermalogica age smart face masque minimum ‘weekly’ to boost your complexion and get some serious health benefits back into your skin.

Dermalogica Power Recovery Masque is a multivitamin cocktail of potent ingredients that simple soothe, nourish, hydrate and plump up the skin and you see an improvement instantly with every use – it’s no wonder this is the-must have dermalogica masque to use when you are going out and wanting your skin to look radiant.

If you want your make up to glide on your skin properly and look good, then dermalogica power recovery masque is the way to go, it helps get rid of those fine dryness, crêpe lines from too much partying i.e. dehydration and gives your skin an instant boost a GLOW that comes from the inside out.

The secret is from the potent vitamins that are in this dermalogica age smart masque and it’s incredibly repairing and healing properties it has on your skin.

What I LOVE LOVE LOVE about this dermalogica masque is it actually contains five percent panthenol also known as pro-vitamin B5. This is great news because a five percent concentration of panthenol cream has been shown in studies to reduce healing time in your skin DRAMATICALLY! It also has the amazing ability to rapidly penetrate deep into your skin (that’s why you see an instant result – and this is one reason why all dermalogica skin care therapists have this masque as their Top-Pick!). Just a side note many products out there contain panthenol but are in a concentration of one percent or less – this means THEY DO NOTHING FOR YOUR SKIN – As I always say – “You Get What You Pay For in Life!”

As it penetrates deep down into your skin it also stimulates your collagen making fibroblasts into action and because it is so incredibly healing to your skin, if you have any sensitivity what so ever – this is a great masque to use. It’s actually very creamy on your skin, smells great, has a wonderful texture and is a yellow-orange colour. In fact after you wash off this masque you can still feel it deep in your skin and he effects lasts for hours.

Besides Panthenol it’s also boosted with the active-vitamins of A, C, E and F (vitamin F is an essential fatty acid). Vitamin F, I love especially for anyone who has really dry skin because not only does it moisturise your skin it reduces any dryness and restores the natural barrier function on the surface of your skin – so such a great masque to use for sensitivity.

The Vitamin C in Dermalogica Power Recovery Masque is in the form of Ascorbyl Palmitate – which is a form of vitamin C which is more stable and penetrates better into your skin. By using this dermalogica masque you are getting an ample dose of Vitamin C that will stimulate more collagen production (i.e. that is why your skin looks plumper) but also stops the enzymes that break down your collagen and elastin at the same time – GENIUS!

Vitamin E which is a great antioxidant is used for its antioxidant properties but is also smoothes your skin incredibly and helps your skin increase its moisture content.

Vitamin A in the form of Retinyl Palmitate this protects your skin against dehydration, improves the texture of your skin and also helps to reverse the signs of aging.

Think of this dermalogica masque as Five Five Five, because it contains five percent panthenol, five percent algae extract and five percent betaglucan – which is an extremely high amount! This masque really is POTENT – You Really Have Got to Try it!

Dermalogica Power Recovery Masque is Jam-Packed With Goodness!

So far you can see how powerful this masque is but it’s also full of more amazing active ingredients that work to calm and soothe your skin. It has Algae Extract which besides being full of nutrients it softens your skin incredibly.

These are the soothing and calming ingredients in the dermalogica masque – Liquorice, Comfrey, Burdock and Rhizone Root Extracts which all work to de-sensitize your skin and the most incredible anti-inflammatory ingredient Oats! (You can see why it’s a therapist Best Friend).

While this masque is not a true dermalogica Age Smart Line (i.e. it does not work on glycation, or MMP’s – see my other posts on these) It does quench the free-radicals thanks to the high-amount of antioxidants in this product and it really does restore your skin and makes it look like peaches and cream for when you want your skin to look instantly better – Enjoy!

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Dermalogica’s Smart Moisturiser For Premature Aging

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Dermalogica Age Smart Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF30

Dermalogica Age Smart Potent Moisturiser

If you’re concerned about ageing and want more than just a moisturiser that only hydrates your skin then dermalogica dynamic skin recovery is just for you. If you are aware of the dermalogica age smart range you will know how good it is and dynamic skin recovery is no different.

It’s a moisturiser but it also helps your skin fight skin aging free radicals (not that much different from the other dermalogica moisturisers) however the key thing about this dermalogica product is it actually helps your skin fight against the damaging effects of glycation.

Glycation is a new term what is floating around in the skin care industry; it’s the reaction between sugars (glucose) and amino groups in proteins. Collagen is a protein and as a result the sugar reacts with it (known as glycation) causing glycation and free radical damage. The result from this process is inflammation (which accelerates the aging process), the loss of collagen and elastin and also can stop skin cell growth.

The scary thing is our body cannot reverse the glycation process or remove it. Dermalogica however when developing the Age Smart line has discovered a peptide molecule that can act as a ‘sugar trap’ allowing the sugar in the body to bind to it. The peptide is known as Arginine/Lysine polypeptide and thankfully this is included in this moisturiser, providing to your skin an anti-glycation effect!

Yes is new technology, but it’s amazing that we now have a moisturiser that can help protect our skin from this. Dermalogica are starting to use more and more peptides in there formulas and in this dermalogica moisturiser again they have added another peptide known as Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5.

This peptide is amazing, I mean it really is clever it actually activates tissue growth in your skin, it’s a skin-firming peptide and also stops the process of the enzymes that are responsible for breaking down collagen.

Dynamic Skin Recovery Moisturiser

Ok, this moisturiser really feels creamy on the skin, but not on the thick and heavy scale, it’s rich but not thick and it’s jam-packed with moisture usch as hylauronic acid to provide maximum skin hydration. It’s got glycosamine in there which not only fights the glycation process but it stimulates the production of collagen and hylauronic acid in your skin.

Evening Primrose Oil is in this moisturiser and you can tell and feel how it repairs your skin and helps keep it hydrated and it last’s throughout the day. As aging and inflammation go and in hand, it’s no wonder that dermalogica have included ingredients such as Colloidal Oatmeal – which is an absolutely brilliant calmer of skins (I use this a lot in my treatments for anyone with extremely sensitized skin conditions) and Feverfew Extract which helps to calm irritated skin types.

Free radical damage from pollution, smoke and everything else bad around us and White Tea Extract helps to protect our skin against this but it’s also incredibly good at helping with preventing glycation in the skin a really potent and good antioxidant is White Tea.

When you use this creamy moisturiser you will notice how incredibly calming and hydrating it is and will now be happy in the fact that it’s doing all of those amazing things I mentioned above! It’s a daytime moisturiser and it does contain an SPF30. I find it does not leave my skin with any white residue that a lot of sunscreens can, it blends really well and the hydration lasts all day and make up goes on over the top great. Don’t forget that UV is the major cause of skin aging so make sure that if you are going out in the sun all day that you reapply for that extra protection. Dermalogica Dynamic Skin Recovery is more suitable for anyone with premature aging. I have seen client’s skin’s fine lines vanish from using this daily, it’s really good for anyone with a dry, dehydrated skin type.

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Instantly Reduce Breakout Redness and Irritation with Dermalogica’s Sebum Clearing Masque

Dermalogica Medibac Sebum Clearing Masque

Dermalogica Medibac Masque Works Great for Breakouts

If you experience painful, swollen pimples and redness from breakouts that are either healing or from what you have squeezed! Sebum Clearing Masque from Dermalogica’s Medibac Range will help will this skin problem. It’s absolutely wonderful to use if you are prone-to breakouts and you want your skin to look it’s best if you are going out, because not only will it help your skin feel incredible smooth and clean, you will notice from a first time use how incredibly calm it makes your skin look and how redness from your breakouts is less and it’s no wonder you will see what a difference this masque makes to white-heads and swollen pimples thanks to all the bacteria killing ingredients in this dermalogica masque that also soothes irritated skin.

It’s a clay-based masque thanks to its two deep-cleaning ingredients Kaolin and Bentonite, but you will find that it does not suck the moisture out of your skin, but brings it back into balance, giving you a matt finish (which works wonders if you are going out and want your make up to go on and last longer through-out the night).

As you apply it to your skin you will feel how incredibly cooling and refreshing this masque is as you apply it and how soothing it is for irritated skin – You will love it!

Dermalogica Medibac Sebum Clearing Masque Ingredients

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There are four main triggers what need to be addressed when treating acne (excess oil production, bacteria, dead skin cell build up and inflammation) and this masque targets all of these triggers at once, that is why I think this masque is fantastic and you really need to use it if you suffer with acne-prone skin, in fact you can use this dermalogica medibac masque up to three times a week on clean, cleansed skin.

Excess Oil Production

As I explained already Kaolin and Bentonite clays absorb excess oil on your skin without stripping it.

It’s pretty amazing that there are actual ingredients out there that regulate oil flow in the skin and that is exactly what Niacinamide, Zinc Gluconate and Caffeine do and as a bonus also help to reduce bacteria.

Bacteria Reduction

When you experience whiteheads and painful swelling from pimples this is thanks to bacteria, dermalogica sebum clearing masque uses Spiraea Ulmaria Extract and Cinnamon Bark work to inhibit bacteria by stimulating your own natural anti-bacterial agents in your skin.

Reduce Inflammation

What’s dermalogica without its calming properties! This dermalogica medibac masque also uses Panthenol and Horse Chestnut and Liquorice to soothe inflammation in your skin from the irritation of breakouts with the amazing calming capabilities of Oats and Bisabolol.

Excess Dead Skin Cells

Dermalogica have also added Salicylic Acid to also help unclog the pores on your skin, leaving your with a cleaner, smoother and clearer skin after use – It really is a great masque.

Dermalogica’s Medibac Masque is more than just a masque it’s a treatment-skin-restoring-wonder which I would recommend to anyone who suffers with breakouts and oil skin conditions.

What Do You Think to Dermalogica’s Medibac Range and Dermalogica’s Sebum Clearing Masque? I Want to Know What YOU Think – Show Me Your Alive and Voice Your Opinion Below!!!!

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What is BenzoylPeroxide?

Benzoyl Peroxide is an ingredient that is used in many acne products. It is a popular ingredient because it removes the bacteria known as p.acnes that cause the red bumps and swelling on your skin, helping to clear your breakouts quickly.

Benzoyl Peroxide was originally used to bleach fabrics (that’s why you may find your towels fading when you use this ingredient!)

There have been many studies on Benzoyl Peroxide all indicating how good it is for killing the bacteriathat causes acne. It also works better than any antibiotic at killing the p.acnes, but what makes Benzoyl Peroxide special is that it produces oxygen (which p.acnes hate) and the bacteria never gets immune to Benzoyl Peroxide. This means that if Benzoyl Peroxide works for you it will continue to work.

Just by using Benzoyl Peroxide for twice a day for five days, studies have shown that the p.acnes will be reduced by 95% (no prescription antibiotic can begin to match the antibacterial effect of benzoyl peroxide).

Although Benzoyl Peroxide is great for acne, you cannot rely on this ingredient alone to be enough to reduce your breakouts, as it only kills the bacteria, it does not clog pores, it does not remove excess oil that means you need to use other products that work on the other triggers of acne at the same time to get clearer skin. Salicylic Acid is a great for unclogging pores, this allows the Benzoyl Peroxideto penetrate and kill off the bacteria. (There is also evidence that Benzoyl Peroxide may control excess oil production).

Dermalogica’s Special Clearing Booster contains 5% Benzoyl Peroxide and it is to be used as a spot treatment (placed directly on the breakout). Benzoyl Peroxide can be irritating for some skin types, and is best used as a spot treatment it can also make you more sensitive to the sun, so you must wear your sunscreen and reapply during the day.

It’s really important that you cleanse your skin correctly to allow active ingredients to penetrate the skin and work effectively, using something like dermalogica’s special cleansing gel will help to cleanse your skin with stripping it.

Acne can be terrible in fact one of the biggest causes of acne these days is from stress, allowing yourself to de-stress throughout the day, to take time out for yourself is very important, not only will it do you good but also your acne. Remember Benzoyl Perozide is not a cure for acne but it is one way to help reduce your breakouts that is proven to work. I don’t recommend using benzoyl peroxide all over your face, it’s too drying I have seen this so many times in my salons where they have used Benzoyl Peroxide all over there skin and they are sensitized, red, inflammed and there skin is so dry it’s flaking off in sheets.

It really is sad when i see people’s skins like this, as normally I find it’s teenagers and they so hopelessly want to improve there breakouts but because they have built up a reaction, all I can do is help them with the sensitivity of there skin and improve and strengthen the skin’s barrier (where all they want is there acne removed – which is understandable). Only after the skin is strong enough and calmed down can you begin to use acne products again

Anyway What’s Your Thoughts on Benzoyl Peroxide, Do you LOVE it? HATE it? Tell Me What you think or tell me your experiences with it and comment below, I love to hear what you think – Don’t Be Shy!!!!

The Miraculous effect of Dermalogica’s Special Clearing Booster

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Marvellous Special Clearing Booster - Heals Pimples Quickly

Dermalogica Special Clearing Booster Works Like Magic

Dermalogica Medibac Special Clearing Booster is great for healing breakouts quickly and is especially useful when you have an event or an important date (the sheer thought of the event can cause you to break out) and thankfully dermalogica’s special clearing booster is a potent acne killing product that will quickly eradicate any pimple. Dermalogica Special Clearing Booster has been a wonder product of mine for how quickly I have seen it heal my client’s breakouts. Developed with Benzoyl Peroxide a 5% potent strength, it’s capable of killing off the p.acnes that thrive in the follicles that cause the red bumps on your skin, by reducing the painful swelling and redness. If you have a particularly bad pimple apply a good amount of it, to only the affected breakout when you go to bed, by the time you wake up the Benzoyl Peroxide would have reduced the swelling – it’s Absolutely Marvellous!

Special Clearing Booster Acne Fighting Ingredients

Besides the bacteria killing Benzoyl Peroxide in this formula dermalogica have included their exclusive Alginated Zinc Triplex which is in many of their dermalogica medibac products. Alginated Zinc Triplex is a combination of hydrolysed algin and zinc sulphate. These have a good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect on your skin. It also interferes with the action of the five alpha reductase enzyme process and this has been shown to reduce sebum by approximately 26 per cent – fascinating stuff!

Tea Tree Oil and Zinc Sulfate are also used in Special Clearing Booster both for there bacteria reducing abilities. Tea Tree Oil also is a great anti-inflammatory, and Zinc Sulfate helps to regulate sebum production in the follicle.

Most acne products can be irritating on the skin with Special Clearing Booster it is to be applied only to the affected breakout, but with everything dermalogica designs they always add calming ingredients to help reduce any irritation to the skin and that’s no different with this product with the added Chamomile Extract and Calendula both incredibly soothing ingredients that helps to calm the inflamed breakout and reduce the size of the pimple.

The whole formula is blended in an herbal base of Lavender, Calendula, German Chamomile, Linden and St.John’s Wort. These purifying plant extracts contain essential oils and phytochemicals that not only soothe and calm irritated skin, but also dissolve impaction plugs while moisturising dehydrated tissues.

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A great on-the-spot treatment for those annoying pimples that quickly heal breakouts without over-drying and irritation. This is one of those products you cannot live without if you suffer with breakouts (not recommended for sensitive skin types or anyone allergic to Benzoyl Peroxide). The actual bottle will last two years once you have opened it, you only need a small amount and the bottle does last a really long time.

A Great Way to Minimise Oily Skin and Pore Size

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: Clearing Mattifier from the Dermalogica Medibac Range

Dermalogica Medibac Clearing Mattifier – A Must-Have Product For Anyone Who Suffers With Acne

Dermalogica Medibac – Clearing Mattifier – I have been helping a majority of clients the past few weeks with adult acne and I have been updating my knowledge on acne, one product that I have fallen in love with is clearing mattifier -I forgot how good it is!

How Dermalogica’s Medibac Clearing Mattifier Works

Clearing Mattifier works in more than one way to target the causes of acne (and this is one reason why I think it is so superb). With the line of medibac dermalogica products, they are developed to target the four main factors that contribute to acne and there four factors are:- excess oil flow, dead skin cell build-up, bacteria in the cells and inflammation. If you want to know more about this check out my acne post.

Clearing Mattifier is a daytime acne treatment that can be used alone or under your moisturiser. The first thing you will notice about this product is it’s consistency, it’s really silky and smooth and glides onto your skin like silk. You only need to use a small amount because it spreads easily and the reason it feels so great is it is formulated with organic silicone’s (like barrier repair and multivitamin power firm). As this dermalogica medibac product is derived from silicone’s and it is a ‘water-less’ formulation.

As soon as you apply clearing mattifier to your skin it eliminates shine on the surface, giving you a constant matt look throughout the day. I like the way it fills in any fine lines or surface cracks that may be appearing on your face, as it smooths them out. I find it’s a great make up primer, not only for it’s oil-absorbing properties but because of the silicones it smooths out the consistencies on your skin. This means your make up goes on better and stays on better! An acne-make up product in one

If these two reasons are enough for you to go and get clearing mattifier wait until you hear what else i have to tell you about this wonderful product!

Pores can be a real problem for anyone with oily or breakout prone skin, they are either clogged/congested and they also can be on the rather large size. According to Annette King from the International Dermal Institute, Cinnamon Bark Extract which is used in Clearing Mattifier, can help reduce pore Size by 36% and this extract also is a great regulator of sebum production in the follicle and has excellent anti-bacterial properties. It actually helps to stimulates the skin’s natural peptides that have been demonstrated to have anti-bacterial properties (pretty amazing hey?)

Salicylic Acid is also used in this product at a 2% strength, and because it is formulated in a water-less formula, the concentration of the salicylic acid is maximised right down into the follicle, clearing out the pores and doing a deeper cleanse. The salicylic acid calms the inside of the follicle and removes the excess dead skin cell build up, Salicylic Acid is also antibacterial plus clearing mattifier is boosted with Vitamin A to enhance the exfoliation properties even more.

In fact studies have shown that using a 2% strength Salicylic Acid solution versus a 8% strength Glycolic Acid solution is far superior at reducing breakouts. This means that applying Clearing Mattifier regularly to any area of congestion on your skin will quickly improve or eliminate the dead skin cell build up.

Sebum is also regulated (your oil-flow), with the unique dermalogica sebum regulating complex which goes to work at reducing the amount of sebum being produced inside the follicle, so you get less oil and less oily shine.

Benzoyl Peroxide is often used in a lot of acne products thanks to it’s bacteria killing properties, but this ingredient can cause a lot of sensitivity to the skin and it’s best to be used only as a targeted spot treatment. Dermalogica have developed a blend of Cinnamon Bark Extract that not only helps to kill the bacteria associated with acne, but also reduces blackheads and has astringent properties to give you clearer skin, without the irritation.

You will find that this medibac product quickly absorbs into your skin and you do not need to use it all over your face, you can apply it just to your jawline or chin area, it depends on where you need it or experiencing breakouts. As the dermalogica Medibac line is targeted towards “adult acne”, you will notice that your skin will not dry out from using this product, it will also help reduce inflammation in the skin.

Licorice, Chamomile and Green Tea are used for there wonderful soothing and calming actions for this purpose to reducing the inflammation caused by acne. It’s also boosted with vitamin E , Panthenol and Grape Seed Extract to help heal the skin and fight free radical damage. Adult skin heals slower compared to teenagers skin, so anything to help promote healing is a plus and dermalogica have certainly added that in this formulation.

The dermalogica Medibac Range has been designed to work as a layering system, layering different ingredients at different strengths onto the skin, that it why I suggest you use Dermalogica’s Overnight Clearing Gel as well with this product for 24 hour breakout protection! (if used with the mattifier!).

I hope you have found this useful, it really is amazing the ingredients and technology gone into this dermalogica medibac product. I really hope you enjoy using clearing mattifier.

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