At this stage, wrinkles become more apparent and skin becomes dry and dull-looking, making treatment with organic anti-age products even more important to counter these signs of aging.
Glycolic acid is an exfoliator that uses chemical exfoliants to improve collagen synthesis and reduce fine lines. It can also fade spots and discoloration. Vitamin C protects against free radical damage while reducing associated pigmentation issues.
Glycolic Acid
Glycolic acid has become one of the hottest skincare trends thanks to cult favorites like The Ordinary’s Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution and Pixi Glow Tonic. This resurfacing acid works best on normal, oily or combination skin types – helping reduce fine lines and wrinkles, dark spots and uneven skin tone while tightening up pores.
Small molecular structure allows it to penetrate deep into the skin and loosen the glue-like substance holding dull cells in place, revealing healthier, newer skin underneath. Furthermore, its use stimulates cell regeneration while minimising pores and fine lines while improving overall texture and tone of the complexion.
Glycolic acid also helps with mild hyperpigmentation such as dark spots and age spots, dissolving sebum accumulation on the surface of skin and helping remove ingrown hairs. Regular usage helps diminish mild hyperpigmentation such as dark spots and age spots as well as dissolving sebum build-up on its surface, as well as helping remove ingrown hairs.
Niacinamide
Niacinamide works to strengthen your skin’s barrier function, reduce redness and calm inflammation, as well as diminish dark spots and hyperpigmentation. You’ll find it in cleansers, serums, eye creams, moisturizers and sun products; Kikam recommends serums like the Inkey List Supersolutions Excess Oil Solution 20% Niacinamide that have been clinically tested to balance excess oil production, refine skin texture and eliminate the appearance of pores.
Vitamin B3, more commonly known by its other name nicotinic acid, is an essential nutrient that has many skin care applications. It can effectively minimize pores, tighten lax or stretched-out skin, even out uneven skin tone and soften fine lines and wrinkles while strengthening weak surfaces and repairing environmental damage (1,2). For dry skin types it pairs particularly well with peptides, hyaluronic acid and salicylic acid treatments as well as antioxidants (AHAs, BHAs and antioxidants).
Salicylic Acid
Salicylic acid, an exfoliant known for unclogging pores and helping reduce sebum production, also works to relieve redness and swelling from breakouts while lightening dark spots and blemishes. You can incorporate salicylic acid products into your skincare regimen as an exfoliator, spot treatment, serum or facial mask – although spot treatments and serums with longer-acting formulations tend to provide greater effectiveness than cleansers that wash away soon after use.
Salicylic acid is an ideal treatment for oily and acne-prone skin types, particularly for treating comedonal acne (blackheads and whiteheads), preventing future breakouts, lightening dark spots and blemishes as well as loosening desmosomes (attachments between cells in the outer layer of skin) to promote exfoliation and reveal brighter-looking, natural-looking radiance in the form of natural brighter-looking radiance.
Turmeric
Turmeric, long a kitchen staple and flavor enhancer, has recently made waves in the beauty industry. Packed with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents that can enhance skin health and appearance, turmeric’s versatile ingredient has now made an entrance into beauty products as a result.
Curcumin, the active ingredient found in turmeric, stands out when it comes to skincare benefits. An antioxidant, it neutralizes free radicals which could damage the skin and contribute to signs of aging such as fine lines and wrinkles.
Curcumin is safe and effective; therefore, look for products containing it alongside soothing ingredients, like aloe vera or rosehip oil, to minimize any yellow staining of skin upon direct application. Also keep in mind that turmeric may cause yellow staining of the skin directly; to minimize its adverse side effects on the skin look for products specifically designed to do this.
Eye Cream
Since the skin around your eyes is much thinner and more delicate than elsewhere on your body, it requires special care and protection. Luckily, organic products exist that specifically cater to this area’s special requirements.
Bare Aesthetic Medspa founder Vanessa Coppola suggests an eye cream with both gentle exfoliation using jojoba beads and retinoid to reduce wrinkles, while botanical extracts work to alleviate puffiness. SkinBetter offers another solution with green coffee extract, algae extract and sodium hyaluronate to promote firmness, smooth lines and diminish dark circles.
This organic eye cream brightens and moisturizes with its blend of shea and tucuma butters, which contain skin-replenishing oleic acid. Additionally, Madonna lily plant stem cells, horse chestnut, and acai berry extract help diminish crow’s feet appearance while niacinamide, goji berry glycopeptides, and argireline relax expression lines to produce lasting results.
