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How to achieve healthy-looking, glowing skin

How to achieve healthy-looking skin

Our top tips on how to achieve healthy-looking skin all year round.

A glowing, healthy complexion is the ultimate aim when it comes to our skin. However, radiant skin can be a challenge when lifestyle factors such as busy schedules, pollution, and UV rays threaten to dull our glow. Here we reveal our top tips for naturally beautiful skin and the SkinCeuticals products that can help.

Step 1: Cleanse

Cleansing is an important step in your quest for glowing skin as it removes impurities such as pollution, debris and sebum from the pores – all of which can dull the complexion.

If you have normal to dry skin, try a formula such as Gentle Cleanser that removes impurities and makeup while leaving the skin feeling soft and comfortable. If you prefer gel cleansers, then SkinCeuticals Simply Clean is a great option for normal to combination skin types. Not only does it cleanse the skin effectively and remove makeup, but it also refines the skin texture with a gentle enzymatic exfoliating action, while removing excess oil and calming the skin with botanical extracts. Your complexion should be left feeling fresh and clean, but not tight.

Glycolic Renewal Cleanser is also clinically proven to help to boost your glow with a high-concentration dual-acid formula that accelerates cellular turnover. This gently exfoliates the surface while removing impurities and makeup and leaving essential moisture in the skin. It is therefore ideal for normal to combination skin types.

If you wish to target blemishes while brightening the look of the skin, Skinceuticals Blemish + AGE Cleanser can help you achieve great results. It does this with a blend of salicylic, glycolic and lipo-hydroxy acids that actively tighten the look of the pores, minimise blemishes and remove excess oil. Your skin should feel smooth and brightened after use.

Step 2: Tone

Adding a toner to your skincare routine can help to balance and refresh the skin after cleansing – not to mention help you achieve that healthy glow. SkinCeuticals Equalizing Toner, for example, helps to restore the skin’s pH mantle while removing any makeup or debris that may have been left after cleansing. It also exfoliates dead skin cells away which allows brighter skin beneath to be revealed.

Step 3: A weekly face mask

A face mask makes a lovely addition to every skincare routine so why not incorporate one into a self-care Sunday or relaxing night in? SkinCeuticals’ Clarifying Clay Masque helps to lift glow-blocking impurities from the skin with a non-drying formula that combines high-quality earth clays, botanicals, minerals and hydroxy acids. Apply it once a week to promote a healthier-looking complexion.

Step 4: A hydrating serum

A serum is a really effective way of loading your skin with glow-boosting active ingredients that will protect and perfect the look of your skin throughout the day. SkinCeuticals Retexturing Activator hydrates and exfoliates the skin with a formula enriched with refined urea complex, kombuchka (kombucha + black tea ferment) and hyaluronic acid, improving the look of surface lines and wrinkles and revealing a more radiant complexion. This is a great option if you find alpha-hydroxy acids and retinol too irritating for your skin but want to achieve similar resurfacing results.

Serums can also help to protect your skin throughout the day from environmental damage. SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic serum, for example, is an antioxidant suitable for normal, dry and mature skin types. It delivers up to 8x the environmental protection and helps to prevent free radical damage with a synergistic combination of 15% L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C), 1% vitamin E (alpha tocopherol), and 0.5% ferulic acid.* If your skin requires extra hydration and comfort, consider adding in SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier: a gentle serum that amplifies the skin’s hyaluronic acid levels by up to 30% and delivers long-lasting hydration**.

2/3 Nights a week: An overnight treatment

An overnight treatment is an effective way of actively promoting skin brightness and can be added to your routine two to three times a week. SkinCeuticals’ Glycolic 10 Renew Overnight is a lightweight solution that helps refine skin texture and improve the clarity of the complexion with 10% glycolic acid delivered at the optimal pH. In short, it exfoliates the skin and accelerates cellular turnover. Use it after cleansing for improved texture, tone and glow.

Additionally, SkinCeuticals Retinol 0.3 can target a number of concerns such as ageing, discolouration and blemishes while you sleep. It does this by promoting the skin’s cellular turnover with a steady release of 0.3% pure retinol. It’s formulated to minimise irritation, so is ideal for those new to using retinol in their skincare routine. A treatment such as retinol is best followed with a very hydrating moisturiser such as SkinCeuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2 to balance out any irritation or flaking. This soothing moisturiser helps to restore essential skin lipids and restores and protects the skin’s barrier.

Don’t forget that both SkinCeuticals Glycolic 10 Renew Overnight and Retinol 0.3 should always be used in conjunction with a high-protection, broad spectrum sunscreen as they may increase photosensitivity.

* CLINICAL EVALUATION. AVERAGE RESULT COMPARED WITH UNTREATED SKIN
** 4-WEEK STUDY 12 SUBJECTS, HA ELISA METHOD. PERCENTAGE REPORTED IS AN AVERAGE RESULT