anti-ageing SKINCARE

anti-ageing SKINCARE
Turn back the clock with the help of these key products.
L’Oréal Age Perfect
Cell Renewal
Advanced
Restoring Golden
Serum, $50.
Guerlain Abeille
Royale Face
Treatment Oil, $123.
Kiehl’s Super
Multi-Corrective
Cream, $78.
GloTherapeutics
Cyto-luxe
Cleanser, $55.
ASAP Radiance
Serum, $59.
Synergie Super
Serum, $149.
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Pelactiv Dream
Cream, $93.
There are truly exciting times ahead
in the skincare industry. We’ve
come a long way from the days
when cold cream and rosewater
ruled supreme, and formulators are
now able to harness the power of
peptides and marine biotechnology
to create new anti-ageing products
that are achieving amazing results.
Cosmetic chemist Terri Vinson talks
us through some of the innovative
new ingredients being used.
1. Phycosaccharide AI
Derived from a particular species of
brown seaweed, Phycosaccharide
AI is a complex sugar chain that
is able to precisely target skin
damage and wrinkles by promoting
the division of healthy epidermal
stem cells. Phycosaccharide AI
stimulates the skin’s stem cells to
reconstruct the skin matrix, which
results in the repair and smoothing
of fine lines and wrinkles. It is also
important to note that
Phycosaccharide AI stimulates the
skin’s own growth factors from
within, rather than introducing
foreign growth factors.
2. Hyanify
Hyanify, which is also known as
saccharide isomerate, is a sugar
secretion from a bacteria that lives
on the surface of a strain of marine
algae. Because it increases the
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Clinical
Recovery
Serum, $220.
Sisley Sunleÿa Age
Minimizing Aftersun Care, $230.
Lancôme DreamTone
Ultimate Dark Spot
Corrector, $105.
La Prairie
Anti-Ageing Eye
& Lip Contour
Cream, $225.
Princess
Skincare
Daily Youth
Moisturizing
Gel, $71.
Dibi Milano Fill
Perfection, $149.
The essential
skincare tool,
Clarisonic
Mia 2, $175.
Restylane Day
Cream SPF15 Protect
and Revitalize, $79.
Sisley
Supremÿa
Eyes, $290.
production of hyaluronic acid, which
occurs naturally in the skin but is
present in decreasing amounts as
we age, Hyanify can achieve
powerful rejuvenating efects.
Over time, the loss of hyaluronic
acid can result in dehydration and
decreased skin volume, so the
use of Hyanify to increase the
production of hyaluronic acid can
significantly reduce the depth and
severity of wrinkles.
3. Snap-8
Snap-8 is a new cosmeceutical
peptide that is able to reduce
expression wrinkles. The peptide
also temporarily reduces the
intensity of facial muscle
contraction and is able to soften
the appearance of crow’s feet.
4. Trylagen
This peptide complex specifically
acts at the three pivotal stages of
the collagen cycle by boosting
production of the protein,
reorganising its fibres to create
a more supple appearance, and
reducing the destruction of
collagen to maintain a more
youthful complexion.
Terri Vinson, BSc. ASCC, is a cosmetic
chemist and director and formulator at
Synergie Skincare. For more details,
visit www.synergieskin.com.
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