The huge amount of different skin care ranges on the market today, is enough to make your head spin!
Let’s start at the beginning, Skin care essentially refers to products that are used to support and care for the skin. They can be classified into 2 main groups:
Cosmetic skin care and Cosmeceutical skin care.
1. Cosmetic skin care is a standard, store-bought ‘beauty product’. It temporarily and superficially improves the appearance and feel of your skin and is often thought of as a maintenance product. Cosmetics skin care is best used on skins that are not looking for any skin correction or prevention of ageing. As cosmetics, they have no real ability to create any structural change or deliver any long-term results for serious skin issues. They simply don’t have the power to actively correct targeted skin concerns such as minimising the signs of ageing, pigmentation, acne etc.
Although many cosmetic products may contain some of the same ingredients found in their professional counterparts, the percentage is too low to provide any long-lasting or skin correcting effect.
2. Cosmeceutical skincare is considered “active” skin care and can commonly be found in skin clinics and beauty salons. They represent the marriage of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The powerful combination of active ingredients, peptodes and vitamins in cosmeceutical products can actually improve the condition of the skin and its underlying health.
Does more expensive always mean it’s a better product?
Not necessarily, it’s not always the most expensive products that are the most effective. There are many skin care products that are higher in price due to extravagant packaging and marketing.
What really matters is the amount and quality of the active ingredients, not the multi million dollar ad campaigns in glossy magazines.
Is it really worth using cosmeceutical products?
Absolutely! If you choose to Invest in your skin by nourishing it with science based active skincare, you will certainly thank yourself later. With the advancements in skin care formulations and ingredient technology we are blessed to be able to dramatically slow down the skin ageing process. We are so lucky to be living in this day and age where a well looked after skin will look years younger and healthier than our past generations.
You really do have the power to make a huge difference to your skin in the next 5, 10, 20 years plus!
At Invest, we want to help you age gracefully and love the skin you’re in!
If you would like more information on the best products for you email us on welcome@investskin.com.au
