The anti-aging night ritual should
focus on combating the breakdown of collagen and weakening of elastin. The
nightly ritual should also hydrate, firm and retexture skin for a more youthful
appearance and fewer fine lines and wrinkles.
Cleanse
Cleansing is important to do both in the morning and at night. It will remove all the dirt, oil and debris. During the day our skin deals with environmental pollutants in the air which we need to cleanse away. We also need to rid our skin of our cosmetics, such as sunblock and our waterproof makeup.
Cleanse your face twice. This is called a double-cleanse. Our skin’s naturally sticky sebum is thick, slick, waxy and coats our skin by the middle of the day. 20 seconds can’t get through a layer of oil-based debris on the surface. The sebum is going to stay on the skin preventing our skin care products from doing their job. A cleanse is going to emulsify the debris, dirt and oil on our face but not truly take it off. This is why a double-cleanse is necessary. This is your secret to ultra, healthy, beautiful, clean skin.
For aging skin use a
cleanser that smoothes texture while cleansing impurities. A cleanser geared
towards this skin concern should provide clarity, brightness and improve
cell-turnover by dissolving dead skin cell build up. It should also boost
hydration and reduce irritation and inflammation.
Some great ingredients are
salicylic, lactic and Glycolic Acids. These will exfoliate and smooth the
texture of your skin. Vitamin E can condition, while soothing and calming skin.
Just use your fingers to massage the cleanser onto your face, neck and decolette. Then rinse with warm water and pat dry with a towel. Do this twice.
Product
recommendation: Dermalogica Skin Resurfacing Cleanser or Murad AHA/BHA
Exfoliating Cleanser
Tone
Use a toner
to balance the PH of your skin before treating it. Products will penetrate at
their fullest this way.
For aging skin, use a peptide toner that creates a
hydrating, antioxidant shield over the skin to help reduce fine dryness lines
and prevent the signs of aging. Your toner should firm, rehydrate and minimize
skin-aging triggers.
Put the toner on a cotton pad and wipe on entire face, neck and décolleté. There are also toners that come in a spray bottle for easier application.
Product
recommendations: Dermalogica Antioxidant Hydramist
Treat
For your
anti-aging treatment there is quite a wide variety of targeted treatments.
There are masks, serums, creams and even peels. Your targeted treatment for at
night should deliver a deep resurfacing of the skin to dramatically diminish
the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It should also hydrate to plump
skin. Ideally your treatment would rebuild collagen too.
Some great
ingredients would include Vitamin C to minimize multiple signs of aging,
Hyaluronic Acid to increase hydration and Glycolic Acid to exfoliate for
smoother, softer, healthier skin. Retinol can reduce the appearance of wrinkles
by increasing cell turnover and improving skin resilience. Winged Kelp can
smooth skin by fostering natural collagen and elastin.
There are
also masks that can be used to intensely treat fine lines and wrinkles and
really boost your treatment. Masks can deliver an ultra-replenishing, powerful
dose of vitamins. They can increase elasticity, and boost collagen synthesis.
Some great ingredients would be Vitamins A, C, E and F which help skin recover
from damage that leads to skin aging while enhancing barrier properties.
Vitamin A helps increase elasticity and moisture content while Vitamin C and E
help shield the skin from free radicals. Pro-Vitamin B5 can help nourish
damaged skin.
There are
also safe to use, at home resurfacing peels that can brighten and smooth. These
peels can get rid of debris and exhausted cells to reveal youthful-looking
skin.
Glycolic and Salicylic Acids can stimulate cell proliferation and Vitamin
C can brighten skin.
I would recommend using a mask twice a week and a peel once a week followed by your toner to balance PH levels to prepare for proper product absorption. Then apply your nightly serum treatment.
Product recommendations:
Serums: Dermalogica MAP-15 Regenerator, Dermalogica Overnight
Repair Serum, Murad Intensive Wrinkle Reducer, Murad Complete Reform, Murad
Time Release Retinol Concentrate for Deep Wrinkles and Murad Rapid Collagen
Infusion
Masks: Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Masque
Rapid Peels: Murad Intensive Resurfacing Peel
Moisturize
For aging skin use a
moisturizer that soothes and insulates skin against extreme environmental
elements. A moisturizer that replenishes barrier lipids while moisturizing is
ideal. Your moisturizer should also promote healthy cell turnover and prevent
moisture loss.
A great ingredient to look for is Vitamin E which can improve the look, tone and texture of your skin and work against the signs
of aging by fighting free radicals. Avocado, Sunflower and Olive Fruit Oils can
enhance skin’s ability to retain maximum levels of hydration. Retinyl Palmitate
and Shea Butter can improve texture and restore natural smoothness and
softness.
Using
fingers, apply to entire face, neck and décolleté.
Product
Recommendations: Dermalogica Power Rich, Dermalogica Super Rich Repair, Murad
Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture or Murad Perfecting Night cream
Eye Treatment
An eye cream is an essential part of our skin care routine because that area of skin is different than the skin on the rest of our face. The skin on the eyes is a quarter of an inch thinner then on the rest of the face. This skin tends to become dry easier because of the lack of oil glands. This area also needs special products designed especially for that delicate area and it’s never too early to use an eye cream. This area is where we first start to see the signs of aging.
Our treatments that are meant for our face are not meant for the eye area. The ingredients have been measured for the skin on the face, not the thin skin on our eyes. The skin around our eyes needs a lower percentage of ingredients. Using a product on the eye area that's meant to treat the face can cause the eye area to dry out, swell or can even burn the skin in some cases.
Choose an
eye cream that reduces the appearance of crow’s feet, improves skin firmness
and illuminates the eye area for a more youthful appearance. The ideal eye
treatment should increase collagen synthesis and increase intercellular water
providing lost lasting hydration.
Some great
ingredients to look for would be Hyaluronic Acid to increase hydration, Retinyl
Palmitate to increase cell proliferation, Retinol and Vitamin C to increase
cell turnover and fortify the skin.
Product
Recommendations: Dermalogica Age Reversal Eye Complex, Murad Intensive Wrinkle
Reducer for Eyes and Murad Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture for Eyes
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