These are the 5 ingredients you MUST have in your skincare routine
/Just scroll through the internet or spend a moment in Sephora and I’m pretty sure in no time you’ll be lost with the choice you have with the endless list of beauty products available at your fingertips and on shelves.
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While it’s important to read and understand the ingredients on every skincare product, sometimes it’s just not possible to really know what each of them really mean. So here’s us narrowing the 5 categories of ingredients you must have if you’re looking to achieve healthy, glowing skin even as you transition from one decade to the next.
#1 Antioxidants
We may not see it or even feel it but our skin is subject to environmental damage on a daily basis. Antioxidants in the form of Vitamin C, Green Tea, Resveratrol, Vitamin E and Adenosine just to name a few are excellent ingredients to help recharge and rejuvenate skin.
Products to try:
Unicorn Tears Adenosine Enriched Collagen Essence (contains adenosine)
Vitamin C Elixir (contains Vitamin C)
#2 Skin restorers
An important type of ingredient to have in your skincare arsenal is skin-restoring ingredients that tell your skin cells to make better, younger cells. Peptides do this well but the most well researched ingredients are retinol and niacinamide.
Products to try:
Sapphire Balancing Clarity Serum (contains niacinamide)
Gold Oil Retinol Vitamin A Anti-Aging Neck Treatment (contains retinol)
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#3 Skin fortifiers
It’s important to encourage skin to stay hydrated and to repair itself for healthy, smooth skin. Look out for ingredients like ceramides, glycerine, lecithin, hyaluronic acid and omega fatty acids to help rebuild the structures of your skin.
Products to try:
Luminizing II Replenishing & Moisturising Cream (contains glycerine)
#4 Alpha and beta-hydroxy acids
Also known as AHA and BHA, they help to resurface the skin by getting rid of dead skin cells. When used in the right proportions, you will witness a change in your skin like never before. With dead skin cells out of the way, you allow for other skincare products to work better and skin looks more radiant too.
Products to try:
Sleep Mode Skin Renewing & Smoothening Gel
#5 Sunscreen
In our opinion, this is the one ingredient that your skin can’t live without. If you’re skipping on this, then everything else you use would be in vain.
Products to try:
Umbrella UV – Protection & Light Diffusing Cream
Snow White Whitening Sunscreen Mist
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