INFUSING YOUR SKIN WITH HYDRATION
01.09.2013 | ANITA RIVAS | LEAVE A COMMENT
Putting Your Best Face Forward
In my pursuit of the fountain of youth I’ve been asked countless of times what the biggest mistake women make with regards to their skin, my answer is lack hydration, usually their skin or hair looks brittle, dry and depleted of nourishment.
Skin becomes dryer during the cold winter months, this is when locking in moisture becomes a priority, and otherwise your skin suffers with the changing temperature. The experts advise that keeping your skin hydrated prevents premature aging, wrinkles and those dreaded tiny laugh lines.
The body overall functions better replenished with fluids, water and with the use of skincare products infused with collagen, hyaluronic acid, essential minerals and vitamins.
The question is what are the products that really work? Here are a few lotions and potions that will get your skin hydrated, moisturized, replenished and glowing.
An affordable find is Lumene’s New Arctic Aqua - a natural hyaluronic acid moisture boost that can be layered with pretty much every serum or moisturizer in your arsenal. Arctic Aqua is a 2 in 1 skin perfecting moisture-booster, which infuses the skin with Arctic Spring Water and natural hyalronic acid. Your skin will drink it, and the results are supple, radiant, firmer and plumper skin.
.Improves skin’s hydration instantly by 65% *
• Skin surface even & moisturized, 95% agree **
• Skin smoothing effect, 90% agree **
• * Clinical study, measured 5 minutes after application
New Arctic Aqua Moisture-Booster is for all skin types and can be used both morning and evening and plays well with other leading brands. $14.99 at CVC
Next on the list is hydrotrench moisturizing gel-cream by PUR attitude, a breakthrough and revolutionary skincare collection formulated with Hyaluronix technology, moisture is infused into the skin, locking it in leaving behind firmer, supple and plumper skin. Not to mention that its chockfull of vitamins, anti-oxidants and nutrients.
Dramatically Increases Skin Hydration Up To 90%
Creates Healthier, Younger-Looking Skin
Light Weight, High-Performance – perfect under make-up or layered with your favorite daytime or night-time moisturizers.
Binds up to one thousand times its weight in moisture to the skin
Nourishes and protects the collagen network
Unique gel-cream texture, glides on then absorbs quickly
Restores and rescues dehydrated skin.
Dry skin becomes calmer, healthier and nourished like a *kiss or morning dew or a sponge absorbing good old fashioned H2O. $68 @Purattitude.com
Another organic skincare brand originating in the South of France and making headlines all across Europe is Plante System, a skincare collection formulated with a variety of plant species combined with their famous P.E.S.® complex. Precious Serum by Plante System is unique in that it replenishes dry skin while protecting it from environmental aggressors. Not only is your skin reenergized and renewed but noticeably smoother, softer and dare we say pleasantly plump?
green tea, anti free radicals activity,
olive, anti-elastase and antioxidant activity,
sea buckthorn, regenerating activity on the synthesis of cells.
Protection of the skin against external aggressions reconstruction of the cutaneous barrier and restoration of its protective role.
Precious Serum is another hydrating liquid that helps reverse the signs of age; you can use it alone or layer it underneath your other favorite serums for optimal results. @Arkopharma.com
On a serum night, besides my tried and true potions I incorporate Babor’sBeauty Fluids, assorted cocktails designed to give the skin doses of collagen, lipids, oxygen, vitamins and hydration. Applying two to three ampules infuses the skin with essential nutrients, replenishing lost moisture and helps reverse the signs of premature aging skin. One of my favorites is the Hydra Plus Active Fluid.
Replenishes the skin with the moisture it needs
Rebalances the moisture content with hyaluronic acids
For plumped up and fresh-looking skin
The beauty fluids can be applied under your favorite moisturizers, or layered alone for optimal results. The results are healthier skin on contact. $55 @Babor.com
Another favorite is 3LAB’s Hydrating Vita Cream, a unique gel-like-cream that improves the skin’s overall texture on contact while infusing it from the inside-out with Vita Cream, a combination of Vitamins A, C and E. Skin is immediately refreshed, soft, supple and plump.
Vitamin A acts as a shield for the skin.
Vitamin C, E and Coenzyme Q10 are anti-oxidants
Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Extract and Panax Ginseng Root Extract stimulate blood vessels to allow coQ10 and Vitamin C to penetrate into the skin faster.
This breakthrough formula aids in calming down stressed skin while adding a huge dose of radiance to tired and dull skin. Vita Cream can be applied day or night, alone or with your other beauty favorites. $130 @3LAB.com
Here’s to Hydrated Winter Skin!
