In recent years, vitamin C has appeared in our beauty routines. Antioxidant par excellence, this vitamin is our skin's ally by preventing it from aging and restoring radiance to the complexion. It is therefore not surprising to see it adopted by many of you! And for those who are still hesitant, here are the good reasons to integrate vitamin C into your daily routine.
THE BENEFITS OF VITAMIN C ON THE SKIN
Vitamin C is essential for the proper functioning of the body and helps keep the skin in top shape. Its actions are multiple:
● fights against free radicals, responsible for premature aging of the skin;
● it acts on the production of collagen, a protein responsible for skin firmness and support;
● It helps fade visible sun damage, superficial pigment spots and acne pimple scars;
● brightens dull skin and brightens the complexion;
● It helps to protect the skin against irritation, inflammatory reactions and pollution;
● It increases the effectiveness of sunscreen products and offers the skin better protection against UV rays.
A VITAMIN USABLE BY ALL SKIN TYPES
Exit the prejudices that would like vitamin C to be irritating for dry and sensitive skin. This essential vitamin can be used by all skin types, even oily, dry and sensitive skin. To do this, you just need to find the Best vitamin C serum formulated for your skin type, which simply incorporates soothing or sebum-regulating agents. However, be sure to respect its conditions of use: overuse of a vitamin C serum can produce irritation and be counterproductive.
HOW TO INTEGRATE VITAMIN C INTO YOUR FACE CARE ROUTINE?
It's easy to incorporate topical vitamin C into your daily beauty routine. Turn to a vitamin C serum, adapted to your skin type and your problem, which you apply after cleansing your skin and before your moisturizer. Here is an overview of a skincare routine incorporating an antioxidant serum with vitamin C.
First step: cleansing/removing make-up from your skin with a gentle cleanser according to your skin type, such as our Gentle Cleanser, a cleansing milk/make-up remover formulated for all skin types.
Second step: vitamin C serum. Sensitive skin or those who want to incorporate vitamin C for the very first time into their face care routine choose Serum 10, with its minimalist formula that includes 10% vitamin C and 0.5% Ferulic acid. Simple, basic, effective. Combination to oily skins turn to Silymarin CF, a serum that refines skin texture, reduces excess sebum and prevents it from oxidizing. Skin prone to age spots and mature skin love Phloretin CF, which reduces hyperpigmentation and evens skin tone. Finally, the last but not the least, the CE Ferulic, our star antioxidant serum and favorite of many users since it is suitable for everyone, which illuminates the complexion and reduces the loss of firmness.
Third step: the application of one or more treatments to correct the problems of your skin. It is not only a question of hydrating and nourishing it with a facial treatment, but of providing a solution to one or more skin problems: wrinkles, loss of firmness, pigment spots, global anti-aging, cell renewal... For example, our AGE Interrupter is an anti-wrinkle cream that brings firmness and density to mature skin.
Our Vitamin c with hyaluronic acid Serum is ideal for people suffering from hyperpigmentation of the skin. In hyaluronic acid is an anti-aging treatment that restores the level of lipids to fight against sagging skin. Renewal B3 is enriched with niacinamide to fight premature signs of aging. As you have understood, there are many Skin Ceuticals facial treatments to correct your problems.
Fourth step: protecting your skin with a UV filter. This is a step often forgotten and yet it is essential to keep your youth capital, by limiting access to the deep layers of your skin to UVA and UVB rays, which create free radicals (again!) and damage your skin. . In addition, the previously applied vitamin C completes and reinforces the action of photoprotection. And just for that, it would be a shame to do without it!