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Best ingredients for mature skin

08 September 2021

What happens to the skin as you get older?

Less collagen. Studies show that women’s skin loses about 30% of its collagen within the first 5 years of menopause. And after that, we continue to lose a further 2% of our collagen every year for the next 20 years. Losing collagen makes your pores can look larger as a direct result of a lack of skin firmness. Big pores make your skin look and feel rougher and less even.
Less elastin and less effective elastin. The elastin itself becomes less stretchy and less effective and keeping skin bouncy and bright.
Poorer skin healing. This makes the skin more prone to Growths such as skin tags, brown rough patches (seborrheic keratoses) and other blemishes. Plus even minor rubbing or pulling on the skin can cause skin tears.
Thinning of the dermis, or deeper layers of the skin. You see fewer cells, and blood vessels in the dermis as you age. The blood vessels themselves are more prone to breaking. So, you can get marks that look like bruises in the skin.
Less sweat, sebaceous or oil glands, and fewer hair follicles. Less oil production means drier skin.

WHAT SKINCARE WILL HELP MATURE SKIN?

Sunscreen:

It’s never too late to stop UV damage from the sun’s rays. Look for a Broad Spectrum sun screen that has both UVA and UVB protection.

Zinc Shade

Zinc Shade – UV Protection Skincare Product

Zinc Shade based daily moisturiser providing you with the protection you need from both UVA (aging) and UVB (burning) rays.

Protects from UVA and UVB protection
Can be used under make-up
Rated SPF15

Alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs):

These include glycolic, citric and lactic acid. They help exfoliate or remove dead skin cells. AHAs prepare your skin to better absorb other products like Vitamin A and stimulates the growth of smoother, more evenly pigmented new skin. AHAs seem to increase the density of collagen and improve elastin formation.

Smooth Serum

An Alpha Hydroxy Acid exfoliating serum for daily night use.

Smoother skin
Evens out skin texture
Promotes skin cell turnover

Hydroxy Cleanser

A soap free, lightly foaming cleanser.

Leaves skin feeling clean and soft
Doesn't strip natural oils
Perfect for normal/oily skin

Niacinamide (Vitamin B3)

Your skin needs to be hydrated so a moisturiser will be essential. Within your moisturiser look for key active ingredients that can both protect from and improve signs of aging.

At concentrations between 3 and 5%, niacinamide has been shown to decrease wrinkles, in part through its action as an antioxidant, but also by building collagen. It also helps reduce trans epidermal water loss in the skin and improve skin elasticity. It also seems to reduce skin sensitivity to irritating skincare ingredients such as soap and even retinoids.

B Quenched

Retain your skin's natural glow with a rich hydrating cream made of Vitamin B3 and Hemp Seed Oil for skin that is sensitive, or dry.

Improve skin's barrier function
Anti-inflammatory
Manage rosacea flare-ups

B Calm

Calm sensitive, oily or acne prone skin with this light-weight vitamin B3 moisturising cream that glides on like silk.

Improve skin's barrier function
Manage the skin's oil production
Improve acne and rosacea symptoms.

Enlighten

A gentle yet effective tyrosinase inhibitor to fade pigmentation and age spots.

Lighten & brighten skin appearance
Even out skin tone
Increase skin elasticity

L-Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)

This blockbuster ingredient helps your skin produce collagen and elastin. It acts as an anti-oxidant and reduces wrinkles, fine lines, and crow’s feet. It also brightens and evens out skin tone while protecting and repairing your skin from UV ray damage.

Reverse C Serum

A powerful anti-oxidant serum that hydrates, repairs the visible signs of ageing and protects the skin against further damage.

Repair sun-damage
Repair & prevent the appearance of ageing
Smooth any skin roughness

C Serum Lite

Vitamin C in its most potent form to repair the visible signs of ageing, and to protect the skin against further sun damage.

Brighten the skin's appearance
Reduce fine lines, wrinkles & pigmentation
Smooth skin roughness

Retinal (Vitamin A)

Retinal reduces fine lines and wrinkles by increasing the production of collagen. They also stimulate the production of new blood vessels in the skin, which improves skin colour. They also increase skin cell turnover help to fade pigmentation spots and softening rough patches of skin.

Ultimate A

Vitamins A and B. High strength. Effortlessly improves skin texture and tone for skin that is soft smooth and supple. Also effective in managing acne.

Rebuild collagen
Increase skin elasticity
Reduce hyperpigmentation

Ultimate A+

A Vitamin A (Retinal – 0.1%), B3 (Niacinamide – 4%) and AHA (Glycolic Acid – 2%) based night cream. Vitamin A is the ingredient with the strongest anti-ageing evidence and Retinal is the most effective and least irritating form of Vitamin A.