An effective skincare regimen is key for maintaining healthy skin, consisting of cleansing products, serum, moisturizer and sunscreen.
Addicted to trying too many products at once can result in irritation; for optimal results it’s best to slowly incorporate new items into your regimen. It may help to perform spot tests before fully incorporating them.
Rhode uses ingredients recommended by dermatologists (retinol for fine line reduction, shea butter for moisture retention and ceramides to strengthen skin barriers), making their products both affordable and beneficial to their skin.
Cleanser
All day, your skin collects bacteria, pollutants, excess oil and dead skin cells. Cleansing removes this build-up to clear pores and provide an ideal surface for skincare products to penetrate. Therefore, cleansing twice per day for healthy skin maintenance is recommended.
Many cleansers are designed to respect the skin’s natural pH balance and offer gentle yet effective cleansing, while meeting specific skincare concerns like acne or aging. Foaming cleansers containing breakout-fighting ingredients like salicylic acid and niacinamide may be particularly effective; for dry skin types a creamy cleanser that contains ceramides and hyaluronic acid may help. Finally, sensitive skin requires soothing products free of fragrance or additives.
Serum
Face serums contain more concentrated doses of potency ingredients than moisturizers or face creams, making them the ideal way to deliver powerful skincare benefits to the skin after cleansing, toning and before applying treatments, moisturizers or sunscreen. By giving the serum time to absorb into the skin before sealing its benefits away.
If your skin is susceptible to being sensitive, look for a serum containing hydrating ingredients and either niacinamide or vitamin C as they will both provide moisture-retaining qualities. For any discolorations or blotchiness on the surface of the skin, look for brightening agents like kojic acid or glycolic acid which will brighten it further.
Anti-Aging Serums may include ingredients like retinol, peptides and hyaluronic acid to stimulate healthy collagen production and enhance skin elasticity. If you suffer from dry skin consider using lipid-rich serums containing shea butter and hyaluronic acid instead. Body serums also offer moisture benefits while targeting specific skin issues like roughness.
Concentrate
Concentrates are an ideal way to deliver essential ingredients that promote healthy skin. They typically come in gel form and should be applied directly after cleansing; being quickly and deeply absorbed by the skin.
Recent research published in “Skin Pharmacology and Physiology”** demonstrated that melons improve objective markers of overall skin health. After twelve weeks, participants who received melons demonstrated increased microcirculation leading to positive changes in densitiy and thickness of their skin.
Many juice concentrate products contain high concentrations of sodium hyaluronate, an ingredient widely recognized as being effective for skin health. It is important to keep in mind, however, that simply because a product contains more HA doesn’t mean it will work more effectively than another one.
Moisturizer
Moisturizing is essential to healthy skin. It can help improve fine lines and wrinkles for a more youthful look while simultaneously soothing redness or irritation in your skin barrier from environmental stressors.
Moisturizers come in various forms such as lotion, cream, ointment or gel and are designed to hydrate your skin while simultaneously rejuvenating it with ingredients such as hyaluronic acid and glycerin for more radiant, younger-looking results.
If you have oily skin, opt for a lightweight oil-free moisturizer that is noncomedogenic in order to avoid blockage of pores. Dry skin requires a richer moisturizing formula with heavy-duty benefits to combat dryness, itching and flaking. For optimal results, moisturizers should be applied twice daily and Burke Williams provides an impressive selection of options tailored towards each type.
Sunscreen
Sun damage is one of the primary factors contributing to skin aging, and using an SPF-rich mineral sunscreen daily to shield yourself from its damaging rays will be essential in avoiding wrinkles, fine lines, discoloration, uneven skin tone and even melasma (which causes darker patches on your face).
Consider physical sunscreens made of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide which reflect UV rays away from your skin, to find the most appropriate option for you and your skin type. A dermatologist can assist in finding one. For oily skin types, non-comedogenic formulations will prevent breakouts; while dry skin types should look for lipid-rich formulas which contain oils like olive, jojoba, shea butter, argan or sea buckthorn to provide nourishment to their complexions.
