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Now You Can Sleep Off the Signs of Ageing with Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum

Now You Can Sleep Off the Signs of Ageing with Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum

Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum is Finally Released in Australia

Overnight Repair Serum

Dermalogica's Overnight Repair Serum

It’s about time Dermalogica brought out a specific night-time treatment for the skin – and they have! It’s called Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum, but before I get into that, have you ever wondered why we need day and night products for our skin? Is it just another ploy to get us to buy more products and do we really want to put the extra effort in?

Well the truth is our skin not only changes with the seasons but also shows fluctuations during the 24 hour cycle and this is known as circadian rhythms. Whilst studies are still being carried out on circadian rhythms two of the most known rhythms are sebum excretion (oil output) and trans epidermal water loss (water lost through the skin).

It is a fact that our skin excretes the most oil at midday but our trans epidermal water loss is at its lowest. The temperature for our skin and the ph also fluctuates from day to night with the temperature peaking in the evening when the ph is the lowest.

So to summarise this, the studies indicate that skin excretes less sebum, loses more water, is hotter and more acidic during the night-time than during the day. Taking these factors into account it indicates that the skin is likely to be drier and perhaps more vulnerable to irritation at night and may explain why some people are more prone to night-time itch or flare-ups of inflammatory skin conditions.

The Skin Works Hard While We Sleep

It is also believed that the skin repairs itself more at night and that cell renewal is enhanced in the evening. Another important factor is that there is no UV light from the sun (although there is UV present in fluorescent light) and no extreme daytime temperatures or environmental pollutants.

Ideally all out makeup is removed at night and whilst we are sleeping we are not smoking, drinking alcohol or acutely stressed therefore it is a wonderful environment for our skin to catch up with the damage caused throughout the day.

Ta Dah! Dermalogica’s New Night Time Treatment Overnight Repair Serum is Born

All these conditions have been analysed and through this a brand new product from the Dermalogica range has been born – Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum. One of my main concerns would be the prevention of wrinkles and fine lines along with dehydration and I know from my experience in any skin clinic that this is the biggest concern for most people.

Around the age of fifty Hyaluronic acid that is found in the dermis of the skin really starts to decline and as Hyaluronic acid can hold a thousand time its weight in water it is easy to see how the skin will become more dehydrated resulting in fine lines and wrinkles.

Also around the age of fifty the skin elasticity starts to deteriorate along with collagen (the plumping in your skin) – it’s not good news!

When our skin becomes dehydrated it is more prone to sensitivity so it is definitely in our best interest to keep those moisture levels high. Overnight Repair Serum is a true treasure and anyone concerned with sagging skin, fine lines and wrinkles would benefit from superb active ingredients including palmitoyl tripeptide-38 which stimulates two forms of collagen and hylauronic acid and alaria esculenta a brown seaweed that contains powerful antioxidants and vitamins A, B, C and E to nourish skin tissues.

You can check out the Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum Video Below

Dry, dehydrated skin benefits from the Argan Oil which is rich in antioxidants and essential fatty acids that restores the skins barrier and traps in moisture. Dull, lacklustre skin and hyper pigmentation is also addressed with rosehip seed oil rich in retinoic acid and vitamin C.

The results from overnight repair serum are nothing less than superb and my skin already is starting to see new life and is more plumped due to the newly increased hydration and people are already asking me what I am doing differently, which is always a good sign J.

I use the overnight serum on freshly cleansed clean skin, spritz with Dermalogica’s Antioxidant Hydramist and then apply four to five drops over my face and neck and then apply my moisturiser. If you prefer you can mix the Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum into your moisturiser and then apply but I honestly feel you are better to apply the serum directly onto the skin.

An excellent night time skin care routine would be:-

The Dermalogica Age Smart Range:- Dermalogica Skin Resurfacing Cleanser, Spritz with Antioxidant Hydramist, MAP-15 Regenerator (applied to where signs of ageing are prominent), Age Reversal Eye Complex, Overnight Repair Serum – four to five drops let it sink into the skin for one minute before applying Power Rich. Now apply Dermalogica Power Rich.

There are also acupressure points on the face, that can be stimulated when applying overnight repair serum to improve results even further which are easy to perform on yourself, plus I forgot to tell you that Overnight Repair Serum smells beautiful! Thanks to the rosehip oil.

I am sure you will enjoy using this latest high performance product and be as excited as I am by the results I am getting, it really is beauty whilst you sleep, Enjoy!

P.S Have You Tried Dermalogica Overnight Repair Serum Yet? Let me Know what you think about it by commenting below – Don’t be Shy – Leave Your Honest Opinion!!!

 

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

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

Jennifer "Beauty Dermalogica Guru" Meets Richard Branson

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.

 

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

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

Dermalogica Solar Defense Booster SPF30

Dermalogica Solar Defense

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.

HAVE YOU TRIED DERMALOGICA SOLAR DEFENSE BOOSTER? WHAT DO YOU THINK TO IT? LET ME KNOW BY COMMENTING BELOW!!!

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The Dermalogica Body Lotion Thats Also a Sunscreen

The Dermalogica Body Lotion Thats Also a Sunscreen
dermalogica sunscreen

Dermalogica Sunscreen Multivitamin Body Block is a Great Body Moisturiser

Dermalogica Sunscreen Multivitamin Body Block

Dermalogica Sunscreen – Multivitamin Body Block SPF20Not all sunscreens are made the same and you have to decide whether you want to truly do the best for your skin in protection, safety and maintaining hydration. There are numerous sunscreens on the market so why should you use dermalogica multivitamin body block on your skin? 

For starters it is a luxurious daily body lotion which intensely moisturises, hydrates and conditions your skin. It’s a non-greasy, non-sticky formula, even sand doesn’t stick to it, making it ideal for the beach – This is a BIG PLUS as nobody wants to feel like a big grease ball with sand sticking to every crevice on your body (like other sunscreens). 

Dermalogica Multivitamin Body Block absorbs extremely fast and leaves a velvety non-greasy layer on your skin. Obviously safety is a major factor so it is comforting to know that Multivitamin Body Block contains the latest sunscreen technology to ensure you are protected against UVA and UVB photo-damage and this sunscreen evens helps you recover from previous damage. 

Multivitamin Body Block is SPF20

Why SPF20? Why is this dermalogica sunscreen not SPF30? Well as this is a daily body moisturiser do you really want to apply all the extra chemicals it takes to make it SPF30 far better to reapply more often. It’s good to know that dermalogica is right up there giving us UV smart booster technology as Multivitamin Body Block contains an encapsulated complex of antioxidants C and E that scavenge UV induced free radicals any time the sun is exposed to UV, this mean using this – is less ageing for you! 

Dermalogica Sunscreen – Key Ingredients

Let’s talk about the key ingredients and what they are going to do for your skin. 

  • Avobenzone, Octinoxate, Octisalate and Oxybenzone are the chemical sunscreens that provide optimum UVA and UVB protection for your skin.
  • Shea Butter, Evening Primrose Oil, Glycolipids and Hylauronic Acid help maintain hydration and smooth skin.
  • Panthenol aids in skin repair and hydration
  • A complex of vitamins C and E guard against free radicals and ageing of the skin.
  • Doesn’t this sound Better than Just Sun Protection? I wouldn’t dream of driving – leaving the house without my daily protection of multivitamin body block to exposed areas of my skin (I think it’s a great hand cream BTW).

Application of sunscreen is also important. Generally about one teaspoon for the face and a full ounce (approx 1/8 cup) for complete body coverage. Also make sure you reapply sunscreen whenever you swim, exercise or sweat a lot. Remember it is always better to over apply than to scrimp! 

If you have a sunscreen sensitivity then an SPF20 would be a better choice for you as there is less chance of irritation than an SPF30. The dermalogica sunscreens protect you from both UVB and UVA (aging) Rays, they are free from artificial colours and fragrance and will not clog your pores or cause breakouts. 

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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!

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 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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Firm, Firm, Firm Your Skin!

Firm, Firm, Firm Your Skin!

Dermalogica Age Smart MAP-15 Regenerator

Dermalogica Age Smart Map-15

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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Why Every Woman Who is Concerned About Ageing Should Be Using Dermalogica’s Antioxidant Hydramist!

Why Every Woman Who is Concerned About Ageing Should Be Using Dermalogica’s Antioxidant Hydramist!

Dermalogica Age Smart Antioxidant HydraMist

Dermalogica Age Smart Antioxidant HydraMist

Stimulate Collagen, Instantly Firm Your Skin and Boost it With Antioxidants

You know are skin is with us all our lives, it lasts longer than clothes, a pair of sunglasses and that flashy looking hand bag and if you are like me and want beautiful, healthy skin, looking after your skin with the best anti-aging ingredients is a wonderful way to ensure that your skin lasts a life time.

Now I have been updating my knowledge over the last few days

 

 on the ageing process and I am glad that I use dermalogica antioxidant hydramist on a daily basis! I cannot believe how powerful and full of goodness it is and if you’re like me and want to do everything you can to slow down the ageing process let me tell you why you need to use this dermalogica age smart product as your first step in the protection of your very best asset – your skin!

Dermalogica’s Age Smart Line  uses the latest in peptide technology and looks at how the triggers of collagen breakdown can be slowed down or halted.

What’s so Good About Dermalogica Antioxidant Hydramist?

It really is another instant effect dermalogica product that not only you feel the difference straight away but it hydrates your skin, has brilliant antioxidant protection, stimulates new collagen formation with the use of peptides and vitamin c (a.k.a MAP) and gives you an instant flash-firming effect.

I really like it because it has ingredients in it that help to combat advanced glycation (sugars that attach themselves to proteins – such as your collagen and break it down) this product has the polypeptide argentine/lyseine that stops sugars binding to your skin’s collagen stopping it from breaking down – a BIG REASON WHY YOU NEED TO USE THIS DAILY!!!!! It contains Glucosamine that controls this processes and stops your collagen from cross-linking which gives you those deep wrinkle lines.

It also protects your skin with my favourite ingredient at the moment which is White Tea Extract (I do drink White Tea daily now, however it’s a sad fact that none of this goodness goes straight to my skin on my face, but gets used in the body – that is why I suggest you use antioxidant hydramist because applying them topically to your skin does give you protection). White Tea Extract stops the enzymes called Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in particular the enzyme Collagenese that breaks down collagen in your skin when activated either from inflammation or UV.

As we age our natural MMP protectors or inhibitors decline so we need to combat this with topically applied ingredients and White Tea is excellent at controlling these, along with Vitamin C, so you know that any collagen-regeneration products you apply are not going to be wasted, as you know you have White Tea which is inhibiting the MMP’s from breaking down your newly formed collagen!

Packed with Antioxidants such as vitamin C, White Tea is a great antioxidant, liquorice and glycosmine you know that these antioxidants are trapping free-radicals.

What’s so bad about free-radicals? They are responsible (another factor) that may cause damage to your dna, collagen and elastin cross-linking which shows up in your skin as lines, wrinkles, hyper pigmentation and inflammation – you see it’s important!

This amazing topically dermalogica age smart mist also contains Pea Extract which acts like egg white and as the mist dries on your skin it gives your skin that tautness and it’s great to use if you get hot as the cooling mist really helps calm your skin and the beautiful rose, clove and lemon aroma is wonderfully refreshing .

This super-mist also helps to stimulate hylauronic acid with the ingredients glucosamine and Bamboo and sorry to go on about this product but it does have so many great ingredients in it that do so many wonderful things!

The great palmitoyl tripeptide-5 is also in it that helps to stimulate collagen formation and stop the MMP’s from being activated and breaking down the newly formed collagen.

There are great soothing ingredients such as vitamin E, beta-glucan and liquorice and also vitamin a in the form of retinyl palmitate.

If you are concerned about your skin aging and want to keep your skin looking as good as possible, use this product under your moisturiser, it really is every woman’s best friend.

How to Use Dermalogica Antioxidant Hydramist

Prepare your skin by cleansing it with dermalogica precleanse and then your specific dermalogica cleanser, if your concerned with ageing and don’t have sensitive skin then you could try dermalogica’s skin resurfacing cleanser. After you have cleansed your skin, close your eyes and lightly mist your face with the antioxidant hydramist, (don’t let it drip over your face, just a light misting as if you are going to apply hair spray). Next gently press the antioxidant hydramist into your skin and before it’s absorbed into your skin (it should be slightly damp) apply your chosen moisturiser. I really like dermalogica’s dynamic skin recovery for day time use as it does go really well with the dermalogica antioxidant hydramist and it has an SPF30 in with it.

LOVE IT?? HATE IT?? Tell me what you think of dermalogica age smart antioxidant hydramist and comment below, I love to know what you think!

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Hydrate and Brighten Your Skin at the Same Time!

Hydrate and Brighten Your Skin at the Same Time!

 

Dermalogica Chroma White – Pure Night Moisturiser

Dermalogica Chroma White Pure Night

Dermalogica's Pure Night Moisturiser

Dermalogica Chroma White system is a professional skin care system for helping to reduce hyper-pigmentation. It’s a whole system designed to prep the skin, treat the existing hyper-pigmentation and preventing future pigmentation all while providing skin results. In fact dermalogica found that by preparing the skin (by exfoliating the pigmentation – brown patches areas) and protecting the skin from further sun damage are two of the most critical things when trying to treat hyper-pigmentation on your skin. That is why they have six key products that target your skin health and hyper-pigmentation at the same time.

I am going to tell you about dermalogica’s Pure Night which is one of the products from the Chroma White Range and why you should use it, what it will do for your skin and how it works.

Dermalogica Pure Night

Pure Night is a pigmentation brightening moisturiser (that treats hyper-pigmentation and protects)  that like the name suggests for ‘night-time use’. The key brightening ingredients in the dermalogica Chroma White range is the exclusive oligopeptide-34, this peptide which helps to prevent pigmentation in the cells of your skin for superior skin brightening results. When your skin is under stress which could be from UV radiation, irritation, stress or exposure to chemicals your skin responds by making melanin (melanin is your pigment in the skin that controls the colour).

Oligopeptide-34 works by stopping the trigger from reaching the melanin, therefore stopping it to produce pigment. This peptide also stops the skin from transferring the melanin to other cells in the skin. This peptide was developed by dermalogica and an Asian company and so far dermalogica is the only skin care company that is using this peptide. The results from this peptide have been amazing (what I have been told), it is also said to be far superior to Vitamin C and works on lightening your skin.

Pure Night not only boosts the most newest peptide on the market for pigmentation(Oligopeptide-34 – a big dose of it) but it also contains Lactobacillus Pumpkin Fruit Ferment Filtrate which exfoliates your skin to smooth it’s appearance and help to eliminate those dreaded age spots (pigmentation) and boost the brightening process on your skin by treating and fighting pigmentation at the same time.

Pure Night is a moisturiser so it also works by protecting the barrier function of your skin over night with the help from Jojoba Seed, Cranberry and Raspberry Seed Oils that protect your skin from moisture loss. I find that the consistency of Pure Night is kind of  like Skin Smoothing Cream (a medium-weight moisturiser) it’s not too heavy, just right, Pure Night feels beautiful on the skin, very calming and hydrating and conditions your skin at the same time but if your skin is more on the drier side you can actually apply dermalogica’s Super Rich Repair over the top for extra hydration if you need it.

More than just a moisturiser Pure Night has time (over the night) to work on your skin delivering active and stabilised Vitamin C to prevent more pigmentation and deliver brightening and also helps to smooth fine dryness lines! Ninacinamide is used to topically control any inflammation in your skin (dermalogica always use calming ingredients in there products which I like) but it also helps to decrease pigmentation along with White Tea to enhance the brightening process once again.

Pure Night is a really nice moisturiser, very calming, great consistency and feels wonderful on the skin along with it’s brightening properties, however please remember that if you are seriously considering at reducing your pigmentation you need to use the whole Chroma White Range to get results and expect to wait at least sixty days before you can see a difference.

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Get Serious Firming and Tightening With Dermalogica’s Extra Firming Booster

Get Serious Firming and Tightening With Dermalogica’s Extra Firming Booster

Dermalogica Extra Firming Booster

If you have been worried about the signs of aging lately and noticed that your skin is started to feel not as taught as it once did, you may be interested in dermalogica’s key firming product called extra firming booster, that gives immediate firming and relief to anyone worried about the signs of aging.

Dermalogica invented boosters that are highly active serums that you can use whenever your skin feels the need, you can apply them to certain areas (targeted) of your face under your moisturiser, some of the boosters you can mix in the moisturiser and one of them (the skin hydrating booster) can be used around the eye area to increase hydration.

Dermalogica’s extra firming booster is a fond-favourite for anyone who can see and feel the tell-tale signs of aging and imparticular I find works particularly well for on the neck area (works better than any neck cream, because it’s an active serum that can penetrate better). Watch my video below, to learn all about extra firming booster.

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Extra Firming Booster For Flash Firming

This dermalogica booster contains some amazing ingredients such as vitamin C, palmitoyl pentapeptide-3, wheat proteins, red seaweed extract, horsetail extract, yeast extract and brown seaweed.

This booster is all about firming and regenerating collagen, energising and revitalising the skin!

Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-3 – Stimulates deep collagen formation and also increases internal hydration, it works similar to Vitamin A and C.

Hydrolyzed Wheat Proteins – Wheat proteins give you an immediate firming effect when you apply them to the skin, increases the tightening feeling on the skin, but is also responsible for smoothing the skin’s surface.

Brown Seaweed – Rich in amino acids and sugars forms a microscopic firming net over the surface of the skin. It provides a surface tightening action.

Red Seaweed Extract (Corallina Officinalis) – Is responsible for firming the protein links called desmosomes in the skin, dermalogica’s multivitamin power firm also use this ingredient.

Vitamin C – Stimulates structural collagen and elastin production in your skin and increases the firmness in the dermis.

Yeast Extract – Incourages “internal firming” by stimulating cell renewal in your skin.

Horsetail Extract – Reinforces the firming effect

This booster is one of these products that you have to understand how it works, to appreaciate what it is going to do to your skin, I have found it great for on the neck area, as when you get older your neck starts to wither!!!!

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The Power of Peptides

The Power of Peptides

Dermalogica and The Power of Peptides in Skin Care

Dermalogica Peptides
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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Vitamins For Skin Care – Why Do You Need Them and What They Do

Vitamins For Skin Care – Why Do You Need Them and What They Do

Vitamins in Dermalogica

Dermalogica Vitamins

You Need Topical Vitamins For Skin Health

Have you ever wondered why we need vitamins in skin care? I mean we can buy supplements of vitamins and they are in the food that we eat. Why should we be bothered in investing in good vitamins for your face? I am going to explain what vitamins do to help improve your skin, which vitamins to look out for and which dermalogica products have vitamins in them.

Why Do We Need Vitamins in Skin Care?

Vitamins are used in skin care products to help protect the skin from free radical damage, aging and environmental damage. But just any old vitamins will not do! Vitamins are complex, not only do you have to look at the type of vitamin used but also the percentage and if it is stable and can penetrate the skin, for example.

Vitamins also work better in groups rather than just individual vitamins in skin care, when choosing skin care with vitamins look for vitamins C and E together, not just E. Today many people take vitamin supplements for there health, this is great, however you cannot expect these vitamins what you take internally really help improve your skin. Vitamin supplements will always go to your body’s major organs first, and what is left (which would be hardly anything) will go to your skin that is why to maximise your skin’s health you need to apply topical vitamins.

When looking at vitamins in skin care not only do they have to be able to penetrate the skin, they must be stable enough so they do not lose there potency and effect. Vitamins are wonderful addition to skin care because they protect your skin against free radicals. Free radicals cause damage to your skin’s cells, allowing them to mutate and this sets off a chain reaction causing the cell to be broken down by the body and this causes the break down of your collagen (allowing wrinkles to form), breaking down your moisture and hydration (hylauronic acid content) and also reduces the elasticity in your skin. In fact free radicals cause damage to just about everything in the cell. Free radicals are caused mainly by smoking, pollution and UV rays.

Vitamins That Will Protect Your Skin Used in Dermalogica

You can see why vitamins in skincare are very important and every time you apply them you are getting instant relief to your skin. A fantastic dermalogica moisturiser which has losts of vitamins and antioxidants is Intensive Moisture Balance – it has vitamins A,C,E Ginko biloba, Grape Seed Extract, Super Oxide Dismutase and Green Tea, all of these ingredients are fantastic for premature aging. Super Oxide Diemutase is a naturally occuring substance in our bodies that prevents the free radical Super Oxide. This is one of the worst free radicals that cause premature aging in the skin – it’s great to know dermalogica use super oxide dismutase in Intensive Moisture Balance.

Sunscreens are also another way to gain extra protection by the inclusion of antioxidants in them such as dermalogica’s Extra Rich Face Block which not only has it’s UV Smart Booster Technology, but Two Collagen Regenerating Peptides, extra hydration from Hylauronic Acid and SPF30 protection – another product I think is fantastic.

Vitamins Can Be A Double-Edged Sword

It’s great how vitamins protect our skin from free radical damage, however not a lot of people realise that vitamins cannot protect our skin from free radicals forever, in fact after a vitamin has been attacked by a free radical for so long, it actually turns itself into a free radical! One way to helping to prevent this is look for vitamins that are together in a skin care product, let me explain…. Vitamin E is a great vitamin it’s very healing and hydrating for the skin, however after being attacked by free radicals (only 50 times) it oxidises and turns into a free radical itself. Scientists have discovered that by using vitamins E and C together this helps prevent this. Vitamin C recharges or boosts Vitamin E, preventing it from turning into a free radical – Amazing!

There are many vitamins to consider and what they do are unique so I am not going to go into them there in this post, just remember that you need to inlcude topical vitamins in your skin care routine to help prevent premature aging and protect your skin.

Agree? Disagree? Tell me your experiences of Using Vitamins in Your Skin Care, I would love to hear your views, please comment below. Show Me Your ALIVE!!!

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