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What Does Pigmentation, Richard Branson and Dermalogica have in Common?

Pigmentation, Richard Branson and Dermalogica….

It is interesting how different people’s skins are, it is almost a tell tale life story on their face. Skin never lies and there is no hiding the fact if it has been abused, diseased, neglected, stressed or a host of many other underlying factors.

I notice that I am seeing a lot more skin with pigmentation and age spots coming through my Dermalogica Skin Care Centre these days. Most of these clients are in the baby boomer generation and are now having to deal with past sins in the sun and to be fair it is not all their fault as a lot more is known about sun damage now.

How do we treat this problem with Dermalogica and Skin Treatments?

Well firstly I would prescribe a product that will help to brighten, balance uneven pigmentation that will help to brighten, balance uneven pigmentation, help breakup and prevent future pigmentation and illuminate the skin. A tall order you may think but there are actually ingredients out there that do achieve this.

Another problem is hypo pigmentation this occurs when there is a decrease of pigmentation in the skin therefore white spots or small patches appear on the skin.

Vitamins can help in removing pigmentation from the skin especially vitamin A and C as these vitamins normalise the skin and stop the production of tyrosinase which activates the production of melanin (brown pigment).

Richard Branson’s Skin and the Signs of Sun Damage

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Me and Richard Branson

On a recent visit to Melbourne I was fortunate to attend a cocktail party where Sir Richard Branson had been invited. He is a very interesting positive person and he mentioned he spends six months in the year on his beautiful Caribbean Necker Island. Every morning whilst he is on the island he goes for a ninety minutes swim around the island usually on his own.

Now while this is so good for his healthy mind and body it was beginning to tell on his neck and face by the sun damage that was starting to show on his skin (you know being a skin therapist I can’t help looking at people’s skin and being this close to Sir Richard you just can’t help to look!) Sir Richard Branson’s hair looked in fabulous condition and he definitely keeps in shape but I would have loved the opportunity to work on his skin and make that too, glow with health!

IPL or Intense Pulse Light is a great way of treating hyper pigmentation cause by excess sun exposure and usually gives fabulous results. Microdermabrasion or glycolic peels are also a great way to prep the skin first before IPL as the results I find are even better. Also about four weeks after IPL a microdermabrasion or glycolic peel is a superb treatment to have for improving the look of the skin even more.

Sunscreens either physical or chemical should always be worn all year as ultraviolet light is always present and ready to pounce on unprotected skin. Go for an SPF30 broad spectrum sunscreen and one that is a skin treatment too like Dermalogica’s Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF30 – I love this one. Dermalogica also has sunscreens for oily, sensitive, inflammatory skin, dry skin and skin’s that like a tinted sun block.

Pigmentation is not choosy on its victims, many celebrities and famous people suffer from it (aswell as everybody else) and it is not always on the face, damage can occur anywhere that has been sun damaged.

Choose products that do not contain hydroquinone which is a bleaching cream and is banned in most countries. There can be severe allergic reactions to this product such as a rash, hives, difficulty breathing, tightness in the chest, swelling of the mouth, face, lips or tongue, blistering blue-black darkening of the skin, cracking or excessive dryness, redness, stinging or irritation and this is not all the list of side effects that can occur.

Dermalogica Chromawhite Range

Dermalogica Chromawhite C-12 Concentrate is great for brightening, lightening and repairing the skin but even better is Dermalogica Chromawhite TRX Brightening Kit which has the complete range of six products which will all target uneven skin with a potent range of active ingredients. MD Formulations also have a great illuminating range which includes a serum and a masque.

Priori Skin Care too has very active products called Even Tones which is said to have given 92% reduction in pigmentation in just eight weeks.

If you are looking for a natural skin brightener then Priori Coffeeberry Brightening Facial Complex is for you. This 98.5% natural product is made by priori and has been specifically designed for reducing the appearance of uneven skin tones. It is ideal for irregular pigmentation, sun damaged skin and was developed by scientists (no doctors) and delivers the most advanced science and therefore the best ant aging results.

Christmas Party Season is Coming – Is Your Face up to it?

Spring is quickly coming to an end and before we know it summer will be here and Christmas events and parties will be written in your dairy. Now is the time to take a look at your skin and prepare it for the party season, with some of the quick fix Dermalogica Products.

One of the things you might notice are signs of skin dehydration, this usually presents itself as fine lines across the surface of your skin, especially when you lightly press the skin together with your fingers.

Dehydration is not good because it can make your skin appear older and can lead to sensitivity. Even though you can be extremely good at drinking your quota of water it is not necessarily going to magically hydrate your skin as your internal organs and circulation, digestion and every other organ will get in first.

To ensure that any additional hydrators that you apply to your skin are able to penetrate to their full potential you need to ensure that the skin is exfoliated first. Exfoliation is extremely important and gives lots of benefits besides letting the hydrators do their job.

There are different types of exfoliators too and it is very important that the correct ones are used for “your” skin condition. Exfoliation removes clogging surface debris allowing for optimal absorption of treatment ingredients, polishes the skin to create a smooth surface, sloughs off dead skin cells, speeds up cell turnover, brightens the skin and improves suppleness to the skin.

Exfoliation is something you can do at home and Dermalogica have a great range for each skin condition. From breakout prone and aging skin to hyper-pigmentation and dry, dehydrated skin. Exfoliation is important to the health and appearance of all skin conditions.

The ideal amount of exfoliation is one day of intense exfoliation with seven days of gentle exfoliation. If you wish to exfoliate deeper or speed the process along I would suggest you make an appointment with a skin care professional for a skin treatment.

I personally love Dermalogica Daily Resurfacer which I use at night after cleansing and leave on under my moisturiser. Just applying in circular movements all over my face so that it can work during the night. Daily Resurfacer is a combination of chemical and physical exfoliants that resurfaces, smoothes and brightens to improve all over skin clarity.

In the morning I use the perfect partner for Daily Resurfacer which is Daily Microfoliant. Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant gently sloughs off all the debris that has been produced during the night from daily resurfacer. There are lots of combinations in the Dermalogica range and one that will be perfect for you too.

Well now that you are perfecting your exfoliation the next stage is adding a booster or serum to super saturate your skin with intense moisture. I love and strongly recommend Dermalogica’s Skin Hydrating Booster, this little beauty instensly moisturises thirsty skin as it smoothes and minimises fine lines.

One of the ingredients in Dermalogica’s Skin Hydrating Booster is Hyaluronic acid which should become your best friend as it holds a thousand times its weight in moisture and improves elasticity. It is ideal for the eye and lip areas showing dryness line.

One of the best things about dermalogica skin hydrating booster is that it is not oily so your face does not feel like it is being smothered with a greasy film, therefore your makeup is still fine to apply. I can’t say enough praise for this product as it restores the skin’s critical moisture levels, revitalises parched skin, minimises fine lines and is nutrient rich.

Just five or six drops of this product for your face and neck applied onto clean skin under your moisturiser will give you the results you need.

Well now you have exfoliated and targeted dehydration your skin should be well on the way to party mode – but I still have some more tips to get that beautiful skin glow!

If you have any questions, ideas for me you want to see written about, questions about Dermalogica Skin Care or Comments – Just leave your feedback or comment below – thanks!

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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Dermalogica’s Oil-Free Sunscreen That Can Be Mixed With Any Liquid Foundation

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Dermalogica Solar Defense Booster SPF30

Dermalogica Solar defense booster is a fantastic sunscreen for all skin conditions and has the benefit of being mixed with your favourite dermalogica moisturiser or foundation. Bare in mind though that when you mix it with equally the same amount of moisturiser the SPF decreases from SPF30 to SPF17. Therefore if you want to have the full SPF30 protection use it alone, over the top of your dermalogica moisturiser.

Solar defense booster is a chemical sunscreen formulated with specific ingredients to give you full spectrum protection. The key ingredients that provide optimum protection are Avobenzone, Octinoxale, Octisalate and Oxybenzone, these sunscreens work by absorbing the damaging ultraviolet rays and protecting your skin. Dermalogica Sunscreens must be applied approximately thirty minutes before venturing out in the daylight as anytime spent in the daylight counts as time when your skin is exposed to the sun.

Dermalogica Solar Defense Boosteris a joy to use as it is lightweight, non-greasy and feels really good on the skin as it glides on. It comes in a very handy size too, just right to pop it into your pocket or purse so you can top up at anytime. I LOVE the fact that not only does Solar Defense Booster protect my skin, it also has highly active botanical extracts and vitamins in it to help combat premature ageing. Vitamin C and E improves skin softness and smoothness and helps control damage caused by free radicals and the soothing botanical extracts of grapeseed and green tea provide antioxidant protection.

Solar defense Booster also calms and soothes the skin with Balm Mint Leaf and Coneflower whilst Sodium PCA which is a moisture binding protein acts as a humectant to allow for more effective moisture absorption. All these goodies to give you the best protection as well as being highly beneficial for your skin. When you apply dermalogica solar defense booster make sure you use a good tea spoon size full for your face and apply using upward strokes. It’s really good for oily skin types and skin prone to breakouts, there are many different types of dermalogica sunscreens available and I have written more about them in this dermalogica blog.

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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 Age Smart MAP-15 Regenerator

Yes You Can Firm Your Skin With Dermalogica Map-15 Regenerator

There are not many products that claim to firm your skin and do but according to dermalogica there MAP-15 regenerator will stimulate your collagen to firm and brighten your skin. I think the MAP-15 Regenerator is a strange product there really is nothing quite like this out on the market. It’s a powder that is incredibly light-weight and when you apply it directly to your skin it turns into an emulsion that gently melts into your skin.

What does MAP-15 Stand For?

Dermalogica’s Age Smart MAP-15 means Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (MAP) this is a form of vitamin C which is an antioxidant that will protect your skin from free radicals and the damaging enzymes known as Matrix Metalloproteinase that is responsible for destroying your collagen supplies. With so many different forms of vitamin C on the market why would you want to use this? Well MAP is a stable for of vitamin C, so that means with every application you are guaranteed fresh “non-oxidised” vitamin C, which will straight away do it’s job of firming and brightening your skin while providing antioxidant protection and stopping the enzymes Matrix Metalloproteinase from breaking down your freshly made new collagen bundles!

MAP is a special form of vitamin C that is non-acidic making it great for sensitive skin types and not causing any dryness on your skin. The “15″ part of MAP-15 stands for the percentage of the product, there is 10% of vitamin C in this product and 5% of the other ingredients that work together to boost your collagen formation in your skin.

Dermalogica Age Smart

The dermalogica age smart line is designed to target the biochemical reactions that lead to skin aging. The biochemical reactions are Free Radicals, Collagen Dissolving Enzymes and Advanced Glycation End Products I am not going to go into these factors now, however what I want to point out to you is that Dermalogica’s Age Smart MAP-15 is designed to target these reactions. White Tea I think is a fantastic ingredient is in this product that not only protects you from free radical damage but is a wonderful antioxidant that inhibits the collagen dissolving enzymes (Matrix Metalloproteinase) and also inhibits Glycation – that is why I have started to drink White Tea daily, I actually prefer the taste to Green Tea and is a more powerful antioxidant. However drinking White Tea is not going to be enough to get it’s benefits to your skin, you still do need to apply good antioxidants topically to your skin to get the skin benefits.

Glucosamine is also a new wonderful super-ingredient of mine because it stimulates the formation of Hylauronic Acid in your skin (your natural moisturising factor) providing intense hydration to your skin but what is really great is it stimulates collagen regeneration and also protects your skin from advanced glycation end products (a damaging by-product of sugar and protein reactions in your skin).

This product so far, regenerates collagen, inhibits collagen-dissolving enzymes, stops glycation and provides wonderful antioxidant properties to your skin what else does it do? Well, it contains yeast extract and yeast extract is excellent for collagen formation and increasing the firmness in your skin, in fact I would go to say that this really does firm your skin and this would be one of the main reasons to use this, as it excellent – but strange!- but good!

How to Use Dermalogica Age Smart MAP-15 Regenerator

There is two ways to use this product you can use it as a spot treatment on any areas that need firming and the way to do this is cleanse your skin, spritz with antioxidant Hydramist and then apply a small amount of the powder to your finger and then apply to your face. As you apply it you will notice how it melts gently into your skin. In fact regular use of this will lightly exfoliate your skin, brighten and smooth out the texture as well as stimulating oodles of collagen. Next apply your dermalogica moisturiser.

As it’s a powder and I find it a bit messy to use myself I prefer to mix in a pea size amount with my moisturiser, to give my whole face a brightening collagen boost and still does give excellent results.

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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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The Seven Deadly Sins of Skin Care and What to Avoid

Wondering why your skin is not as good as it should be. Find out the worst things you can do to your skin and avoid these mistakes.

Seven Skin Care Bad Habits

No Sunscreen – Don’t make the mistake of notwearing sunscreen, so many people either do not wear sunscreen or rely on there sunscreen in their foundation (wrong!). Never rely on your foundation sunscreen protection, for the simple fact that we do not apply enough to the skin to warrant protection, just think of it as a bonus to your already applied sunscreen. You should apply a good dollop amount to your face for adequate sun protection and you really need to know if the make up with the sunscreen does protect you from UVB and UVA rays (most don’t).
Leaving Your Make Up On When You go to Bed - You really should wash your face at night time before your face hits the pillow. Making your skin super-clean before you hit the sack allows your skin to detox over night, clear the pores and allow your skin to breath. It’s also a really good idea to apply a treatment serum or some other active cream, to give your skin a treat.
Smoking – Smoking causes free-radical damage, that leads to premature aging and this also includes passive-smoking
Stress – Stress is a major factor when it comes to the health of your skin, and adult acne is becoming more and more popular. Stress causes your skin to produce more oil-flow do to your raging stress hormones, my advice, go to bed early, apply some calming products to your skin such as the new Dermalogica UltraCalming Serum and take some time out (your skin will thank you for it).
No Eye Cream- Your eyes is the first place to show the signs of aging, using a good eye cream is vital. Not only will a eye cream slow the aging process down but it will help to prevent dehydration and puffiness (want to hear something gross – somebody just told me today that cosmetic eye surgeons scrape eye cream globules from behind the eyes when they perform eye lid surgery! Apparently from really cheap eye creams that just absorb through the skin and just sit there making the eyes puffy!!!! They scrape them out!!!! A major reason why you should invest in an active eye cream that works!)
Soap User- If your addicted to that super-clean feeling you need to change to an adequate soap-free cleanser like special cleansing gel. Soap strips the skin of it’s natural protective barrier which leads to dehydration, or worse wrinkles. It also can make your skin more sensitive, and because it’s not ph-balanced it can strip your skin of it’s natural oils that in turn causes your skin to respond by producing more oil (ever wondered why you produce oil during the middle of the day – it’s because your skin is dehydrated and tries to compensate with increasing oil flow!)
No Moisturiser – If you don’t do much with your skin, at least moisturise and this includes oily skin types. Moisturiser replenishes your skin, providing a protection from dehydration and infusing your skin with moisture. Not using a moisturiser causes your skin to rapidly dehydrate eventually causing fine lines that lead to deep wrinkles. Oily skins need to use an oil-free moisturiser to keep the skin hydrated without added oil it really is an important step in your Skin Care routine.

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Dermalogica Skin Care – My Favourite Dermalogica Product To Use When Going For a Dirty Weekend

Dermalogica Skin Care – What I LOVE To Use When Going Away For The Weekend

Dermalogica’s Sheer Tint Moisture Comes in Handy When Going Away

Dermalogica skin care products are wonderful but when you are going away for the weekend (and your like me ) you pack four of your favourite pairs of shoes, six outfits to choose from and enough make up to warrant it’s own case, hence not that much room for my dermalogica skin care.

Having travelled a lot lately, my dermalogica skin care products do weigh-a-ton and if I can save a few kilo’s and room in my case – I will (I am a serious shopper-holic). Anyway, I have recently fell back in love with Dermalogica’s Sheer Tint Moisture - Have you ever tried this day time moisturiser before? I tried it when it came out a few years ago, but I decided to give it another try and have re-discovered how wonderful this product is for when I go away for the odd weekend!

I am not saying use it when you go away, that is just the way I find works perfect for me – for ONE MAJOR REASON – I cannot be bothered to put all of my make up on! I like to chill out and relax so to speak when I am away with just my husband and the Sheer Tint Moisture in the medium is ideal. I find I take less products with me (hence it’s a three-in-one product), it gives me a natural looking coverage and has SPF15 coverage. The hydration is a little on the light side for my skin type (it’s oil-free), I use the hydrating booster underneath sometimes, the consistency is between active moist and skin smoothing cream (dermalogica’s other moisturisers) – That is why I use it occasionally, but if you have a combination skin type this would be perfect for you to use every day.

One of my pet hates is re-applying sunscreen throughout the day. To get effective sun protection throughout the day, you need to re-apply regularly. This can be hassle for anyone who wears a lot of make up and it’s hassle for me, but what I find to be great is dermalogica’s Sheer Tint Moisture, I apply it in the morning and I can re-apply straight over the top of it, during the day (every two hours!) I have been known to apply dermalogica’s Solar Booster over my mineral make up when I have been stuck, but I have to practise what I preach – Be Smart When it Comes to Sunscreen, Wear it and Re-Apply during the day.

A big plus for me is convenience, if you have a daughter in her teens and worried about her applying sunscreen when she’s out during the summer, get her this product, she will really like it and she can just apply it and reapply throughout the day, no dramas.

Let’s have a look at this dermalogica skin care product and see if it will benefit your skin.

Sheer Tint Moisture SPF15

This dermalogica moisturiser comes in three skin-normalising shades (light, medium, dark) and also untinted. Have a look at the picture to see the shades on my skin. The actual tint is from Iron Oxide Earth Minerals giving you a nice colour wash and increasing your skin’s radiance. There is absolutely no artificial colours in this product or any of the dermalogica skin care range. This moisturiser does NOT give you a heavy foundation look, I emphasize “wash of colour”. If you have clear skin, you will love it, if your skin is problem prone and you use alot of make up, you will need to apply foundation over the top.

Why Should You Use It?

If you are a busy-bee, take lots of trips, go to the beach often, play lots of sports – you will love it – for it’s ease of use. If you are a teenager it’s great (it’s oil-free) and will not cause you to break out. It’s a convenient way to hydrate protect and even out your skin.

What are the Ingredients in the Sheer Tint Moisture Range?

Besides the Iron oxides, this dermalogica skin care product uses chemical and physical sunscreens to protect against the sun’s UVA and UVB rays. It also contains lots of antioxidants to protect the skin against free radicals such as walnut seed and olive fruit extract. In fact the olive fruit extract really gives you a high level of antioxidant protection.

This dermalogica moisturiser is not greasy, is light-weight and oil-free. It really does contain some fabulous ingredients that can hydrate your skin. There’s panthenol to maintain your hydration levels, and lots of humectants such as sorbitol, glycerin and urea (humectants bind water to your skin).

They have even included lactic acid and sodium lactate which are naturally found in your skin and these help to hydrate and condition your skin.

I really like how dermalogica added dimethicone into this moisturiser, not only does it make the moisturiser glide on nice to your skin but it’s brilliant at reinforcing the barrier properties of your skin, so your skin’s level of hydration is maintained and stops moisture loss.

Dermalogica Skin Care Sheer Tint Moisture

Theres more to sheer tint moisture than meets the eye, you can see why it’s one of my picks for a weekend-wonder away (remember to pack a night time moisturiser!)

What do you think to dermalogica skin care and dermalogica’s sheer tint moisture? Tell me what you think?

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Spring Time Ready!

With The Warmer Season Coming Upon Us – What is the Best Way To Get Your Skin Ready For Spring?

Your skin changes through out the seasons, as winter approaches the best thing is to change to a more hydrating moisturiser to combat moisture loss, but in Spring you really need to do the opposite. When the weather starts to get warmer I like to have a course of peels, spring is a perfect time of year to refresh your skin and “spring clean” as such and a course of peels keeps my skin in shape for the season. It is also a really good time to update your skin care at home routine and checking that your exfoliant and moisturiser is still right for your skin

Exfoliation is important throughout the year, but in the spring your skin care should be taken up a notch to get rid of any dry, flaky skin patches you have had during the winter period. Exfoliating with dermalogica’s daily microfoliant is a great gentle daily exfoliant you can use that gives instant results, however it is not a true exfoliant, as it really microfoliates the skin. Increase your exfoliation by incorporating dermalogica’s Age Smart Thermafoliant into your routine, that can be used twice a week and is suitable for a more mature skin type, but it not only exfoliates it infuses your skin with vitamins at the same time, so you get a lovely glow (you would not use daily microfoliant on the day of using Thermafoliant – too exfoliating!)

With a good exfoliant in your routine, with the warmer months approaching, you may need to change to a lesser hydrating moisturiser, the sheer moisture range by dermalogica is great because it is light hydration (in between active moist and skin smoothing cream), can be tinted or untinted and has an SPF15 sunscreen in it.

Make sure you are drinking enough water, remember a minimum of eight glasses of water a day, helping you to remove toxins in the body and flush out your system. With your body on display more in the spring than the winter, a total body overhaul may be your thing, however to get a sexy, hydrated smooth body, I find using dermalogica’s body hydrating cream great, it’s light, smells great and lightly exfoliates the skin leaving it feeling really smooth.

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Dermalogica’s New Beauty School

: The New Dermalogica Academy

I am really excited to discover that dermalogica has recently opened it first skin care school, called the “dermalogica academy”. This dermalogica school has been designed to turn people into dermalogica skin care therapists, where they will learn the dermalogica art form of face mapping, professional skin care treatments, the skin bar process, microzone treatments, body treatments and even professional waxing and make up techniques and at the end of the course you will become a licensed skin care professional.

I am excited, the centre looks amazing this academy has just opened in America (New York), I wish they would open this in Australia, I would of loved to do my training with them.

Dermalogica have not scrimped when they designed this beauty centre, it has the latest gadgets and gizmo’s and I think there concept will do very well, I suppose they are preparing their students to be experts in dermalogica, so they are able to work in dermalogica stores and skin care centres around the world, kind of like Ella Bache here in Australia where you can learn to be a Ella Bache beauty therapist and then work in one of the Ella Bache Salons or open your own store.

If you ever get the chance to go to New York, you can book to have a skin care treatment with one of the students for a cheaper price, and experience the total dermalogica experience.

Check out the dermalogica academy here.

Any way let me know what you think of the new dermalogica academy! Leave your comments below.

Dermalogica and The Power of Peptides in Skin Care

: Dermalogica’s Powerful Peptides

Dermalogica has always looked at the use of ingredients in their skin care range with integrity, in fact there are many of the dermalogica skin care products which have peptides in them. Before I get into the dermalogica products that contain peptides and there uses, I want to go over what actually are peptides and how they benefit the skin.

What Are Peptides?

Peptides are a chains of protein fragments. Scientists can control the amount of amino acids in the peptide, how they are linked together and what response they want in the skin, depending on how the amino acids are ordered. Peptides are made in the laboratory (synthetically made) and they are the big discovery in the skin care world, with this new state of the art technology.

To give you an example of a peptide which you are familiar with is collagen. Collagen is a big amino acid chain of one thousand amino acids. Peptides made today are not very big compared to collagen, grouping amino acids into bundles of two, three, four and up to thirty four, not sure if they go higher than this? They are small so they can penetrate into the skin.

Peptides Used in Dermalogica Skin Care

Dermalogica have started implementing peptides into there formulations. The Age Smart range is full of them! Below I am going to list the peptides used, and what they are going to do in the skin, and the dermalogica products.

Dermalogica Age Smart Peptides

Dermalogica use these peptides in there Age Smart Line:-

Polypeptide (two amino acids) – Consisting of Argenine and Lysine – This peptide is wonderful it is used to trap suger to preven glycation taking place in the skin – basically helping to prevent your collagen and elastin breaking down. This peptide is found in Dermalogica’s Anti-oxidant Hydramist (if you are using multi-active toner and you are concerned about aging, give this a try!), dynamic skin recovery SPF 30, super rich repair, and even dermalogica’s renewal lip complex!

Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5 (three amino acids) – Palmitoyl is a carrier, which allows the peptides to enter the epidermis and begin to work. The tripeptide works at stimulating collgen, firming the skin and control the effects of enzymes that are responsible for breaking down different types of collagen and elastin within the skin. This peptide is used in Dermalogica’s Super Rich Repair, Anti-Oxidant Hydramist and Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF30.

Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-3 (five amino acids) – Again Palmitoyl is a carrier, which allows the peptides to enter the epidermis and begin to work. The pentapeptide is responsible for alerting our cells to produce more collagen and hylauronic acid (which is the hydration in our skin). This peptide is used in dermalogica’s Power Rich Super Cream, when we reach thirty we lose 1% of collagen every year, so peptides are great way to stimulate different types of collagen in the skin, giving you plumper less wrinkled skin! I also have found that dermalogica’s extra firming booster uses this peptide for it’s firming effect. Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-3 functions similar to vitamin C and Retinol (Vitamin A)!

Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (five amino acids) – Palmitoyl is a carrier, which allows the peptides to enter the epidermis and begin to work. Oligopeptide is a new peptide that conditions the skin and stimulates collagen formation and researchers are saying it is one of the next best ingredients next to retinol, with the added advantage of not having any side effects. This amazing peptide can be found in dermalogica’s renewal lip complex (Yes a lip balm with peptides, have a look at the link, you will see how amazing this lip product truly is), and even dermalogica’s sunscreen/moisturiser for mature skin extra rich face block SPF30!

Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 – This is the peptide that dermalogica so far only uses in it’s extra rich face block sunscreen, this peptide like the oligopeptide also is responsible for stimulating collagen and hylauronic acid therefore helping to increase elasticity and firmness within the skin.

Palmitoyl Oligopeptide-34 (thirteen amino acids) – This peptide addresses pigmentation (brown marks on the skin). Dermalogica developed this peptide with a biopharmaceutical company, and when they tested this peptide they were blown away with the results. They even have studies showing that this peptide is superior to vitamin C, and getting pigment reduction up to 47% improvement compared to vitamin C’s 27% reduction. With any skin care product for pigmentation you need to use the product regularly and always wear sunscreen and reapply. You need to have patience when using any pigmentation product, as it normally takes about four weeks for you start to see results. This peptide can be found in dermalogica’s chroma white range of products, the C-12 Concentrate, Pure Light SPF30 and Pure Night.

As you can see in dermalogica’s skin care range there are many dermalogica peptides being used, it is exciting to see what we will see next in the future of skin care products.

Agree? Disagree? Tell me your experiences of Using Any of The Dermalogica Anti-Aging Products or any tips that you have or anything to do with peptides I would love to hear your views, please comment below.

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