Put a Spring in Your Skin With Our Top Five Skincare Recommendations
We often feel overwhelmed with the huge amount of beauty products available on the market. From the most natural and eco-friendly options to the most extravagant creams and serums, there are ample choices when it comes to beauty products and trends.
Following the dry winter months, these are the beauty products that had us excited about spring:
Lamelle’s New Forteve Range
If you’re struggling with dry, sensitive skin as you come out of winter, this might just be what you are looking for. Lamelle Pharmaceuticals have done years of intensive research, proving that replenishing the stratum corneum (the outermost layers of your epidermis) is not just about adding lipids. In fact, according to them, these lipids need to be arranged and aligned in a specific pattern to have the optimal effect.
Forteve is Lamelle’s skin barrier repair range, which uses a patented pseudo-cermide which mimics the unique properties of a healthy epidermal lipid by-layer. If you apply it to your skin, Forteve undergoes a phase transformation, arranging itself into multiple layers as well as the correct patterns, simulating a healthy, lipid bi-layer structure for healthy barrier function. The Forteve range consists of a Foaming Cleanser, Soothing Lotion, Soothing Cream and Intensive Urea 5% Cream.
SKIN Functional
If you’re a blossoming mother-to-be this spring, your skin is bound to undergo some changes. We’re not talking stretch marks only. We’re talking Melasma (dark patches across your forehead, nose and cheeks) and even pregnancy acne. While many of these blemishes and other skin changes that arise during pregnancy may resolve postpartum, you could still have breakouts, dry skin or other skin problems after pregnancy.
Hormonal swings and changes can cause breakouts and acne, as well as pigmentation. There could even be glandular and structural changes in your skin and sometimes, pre-existing skin conditions can get worse (or sometimes improve) during pregnancy.
Kevin Khosa from SKIN Functional says ingredients that are safe to use during this time of transition are mineral sunscreens, benzoyl peroxide, Niacinamide, Bakuchiol, Azeliac acid and Vitamin C. “These ingredients can help with common pregnancy side effects like Melasma and acne.”
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SKNLOGIC Repair
Did you know that your white blood cells create HOCI (Hypoclorous Acid) which attacks invading pathogens, breaking down the cell walls before destroying unhealthy invaders? Outside of the body, HOCI can kill dangerous micro-organisms, protecting your skin against bacteria, viruses and fungi. It’s basically your skin’s first line of defence. Hence, spraying it onto your skin offers your skin the extra backup it needs when it comes to protecting itself. Furthermore, it also has restorative properties that help repair damaged skin and it can help prevent scar formation.
SKNLOGIC recently launched a Renew Mist (Hypocholrous Light) and a Repair Mist (Hypochlorous Plus). The Renew Mist can be used daily, while the latter can be used on targeted areas.
Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden pioneered the skincare industry with the introduction of Ceramide Capsules in 1990. It was the first of its kind, bio-engineered, skin-identical ceramides available in a single-dose capsule. Now, the brand has introduced the new gold standard of skin barrier repair: Advanced Light Ceramide Capsules, suitable for combination and oily skins. The serum absorbs quickly and strengthens the skin barrier, refines pores and rebalances skin complexion. Key ingredients include phytocermides, cyclopeptides and hemisqualine.
Whether you’re looking to change your skin hydration habits, or whether you’re in search of a product that will make you glow this spring, there certainly is something for everyone.
