When the weather starts to get cooler, it’s time to transition to a fall skin care routine. Your skin reacts to the elements, so you’ll need to change things up. Here are a few things you can do to keep your skin looking its best year-round.
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Vitamin C is a vital antioxidant used in skin care products to promote cell turnover to reveal skin’s improved texture and tone. This ingredient stimulates collagen production while neutralizing the damaging effects of free radicals.
It can take a lot of detective work to figure out why your skin isn’t happy; the answer could stem from both hormones and lifestyle.
This hormonal change has been shown to accelerate aging, and got us thinking about skin care products that could support menopause-specific skin care regimens!
Remember your teenage years, when hormones first came on the scene? While we normally associate ‘raging hormones’ with teen angst and hormonal acne, the truth is that hormones are always working behind the scenes, affecting our skin and how our bodies function throughout our life.
Blue light can penetrate deeper into the skin compared to both UVA and UVB light, which means more damage to the collagen and elastin in the dermis, leading to wrinkles and loss of firmness.
Dry desert-y climates, insidious air conditioning, excessive caffeine drinking, overzealous hot bathing…these can all cause dehydrated skin. These external factors can result in a lack of sufficient water content in your skin (aka your skin is thirsty!).
In support of Black History Month, we’ve turned to our resident Timeless Skin Care expert, Shelly Leggins to help demystify common concerns regarding skin care for dark complexions.