Steps to Healthy Glowing Skin
1) Choose The Right Product For Your Skin
It is important to know your skin type. People with acne-prone and sensitive skin types need to be more cautious as they may be more reactive to certain skin care products.
- For oily skin – products that contain alpha hydroxy acids (glycolic acid or salicylic acid) and hyaluronic acid help control excess sebum production while hyaluronic acid will hydrate the skin.
- For dry skin – characterized by a lack of sebum secretion (essential lipids from the sebaceous glands) this alters the skin’s natural balance and may become irritated. The focus is to repair the hydro-lipid barrier by choosing products with higher lipid content to nourish the skin and protect the hydrolipidic barrier.
- For sensitive skin – sensitive skin many be caused by many factors; environmental, stress, emotional, improper use of products.
Priorities for sensitive skin:
It is important to respect the pH of the skin 4.5-5.5
- restore/protect the skin’s moisture barrier
- reinforce and strengthen the skin
- exfoliate, respecting the skin condition
Look for products that are soothing and are formulated to respect the fragility and reactivity of sensitive skin.
2) Protect Your Skin With Sunscreen
To preserve skin health and prevent premature skin aging, all beauty regimes should choose a broad spectrum mineral based SPF 25+
3) Exfoliate weekly or bi-weekly
Exfoliants is a crucial part of any good skincare routine. It eliminates dead skin cells that clog pores and inhibits respiration, which allows for the new layer of skin to be revealed. It improves skin texture and illuminates the complexion and makes the skin radiant.
4) Use of Retinol Night Cream
Retinol re-texturizes the skin and fights the effects of aging, eliminates dead skin cells, reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, stimulates collagen production, and lightens brown spots.
5) Preventative Anti-Aging Products
As we mature, cellular functioning and turnover diminishes. This compromises the quality of our naturally occurring collagen, elastin, ceramides and hyaluronic acid that keep our skin plump, firm and wrinkle free. Anti-aging products that compensate for the decrease of these essential substances in the skin will therefore reinforce the skin’s moisture barrier and preserve the skin’s hydration.
6) Detoxification and Healthy Diet
When we detox we flush out toxins and allow the skin to repair itself. A healthy diet will allow for our body to receive the proper nutrients that promote growth and regeneration of skin cells and tissues.
7) Hydration
Although proper hydration is important for overall health, we also need to hydrate and repair the skin barrier. There are two ways to properly moisturized the skin.
- Using moisturizing preparations that bind water to skin cells
- Using anti-dehydrating preparations to help the epidermis retain water by forming a film over the skin surface to prevent water from evaporating from the skin.
8) Good Night’s Sleep
A time for the body to rest and repair itself. Regular sleep optimizes the natural secretion of human growth hormone which promotes cell turnover and collagen production.
