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Zusammenfassung von Skincare

Name: Skincare
Rating: 4.4 (80 reviews)
Author: Caroline Hirons

Caroline Hirons

The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide

4.4 (80 Bewertungen)

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What’s in it for me? Love the skin you’re in.

What’s stopping you from putting your best face forward?

Perhaps you’re skeptical about the beauty industry’s claims that a certain product will instantly erase wrinkles, acne, dryness – and even age itself. Perhaps you feel panicked just looking at the unpronounceable ingredients listed on a tube of moisturizer. Or perhaps your budget simply can’t accommodate the pricey oils, creams, and serums most fashion magazines recommend.

These are all valid concerns. But they shouldn’t stop you from finding a routine that gives you bright, healthy skin.

These blinks cut through the beauty industry’s blather, break down those mysterious ingredients, and end the myth that skincare only works if it’s costly. They’re also packed with tips and tricks guaranteed to help you glow.

In these blinks, you’ll learn

why you should always wash your face;
where to scrimp and where to splurge on products; and
how to decode beauty jargon.

Understanding skin is the first step to understanding skincare.

Ask any skincare obsessive about her favorite serum, and she’ll be sure to tell you all about it – from the brand that makes it and the active ingredients it contains, to whether or not it’s perfumed, organic, and cruelty-free.

But what about the skin on which the serum is applied?

Here’s the thing: Whether you’re new to the world of skincare or you’re a pro who knows your peptides from your retinoids, understanding skincare doesn’t begin with understanding products or regimes. It begins with understanding skin.

The key message here is: Understanding skin is the first step to understanding skincare.

The first thing you should know is that your skin is an organ, just like your heart and your lungs. In fact, it’s your body’s largest organ. And, just like other organs, it works hard to keep your body functioning at its best.

Your skin acts as both a barrier that keeps essential nutrients inside the body and as a shield that keeps nasty toxins and pollutants from the external environment outside the body.

It moderates your temperature by opening and closing blood vessels and through perspiration, which also expels bodily waste, like ammonia and salt.

And your skin produces melanin to protect you from sun damage, and makes vitamin D, which is essential for keeping your bones and organs in tip-top shape.

Now that we know what the skin does, let’s consider what the skin is.

There are three distinct layers to skin. The topmost layer is the epidermis, which is made up of skin cells called keratinocytes. Right on the surface are squamous cells, which eventually die and are shed by the skin. But not to worry! Basal cells are constantly generated at the bottom of the epidermis, and they migrate upwards through the epidermis to replace the dead skin. The whole cycle takes approximately a month.

Beneath the epidermis is the dermis. It’s here that we find collagen and elastin, the connective tissues that help skin keep its shape. Then there’s the subcutaneous layer, located beneath the dermis and made up of more fat and tissue.

The tissues in the dermis and the subcutaneous layer degrade with age, leading to wrinkles and dryness. Unfortunately, over-the-counter products that claim to treat these concerns aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. That’s because oils and serums can only ever target the epidermis. The only way to get to the dermis is with treatments like filler and botox.

Clearly, your skin is a complex and hardworking organ. All the more reason to love the skin you’re in!

Learn to decode the language of skincare.

Before doctors graduate from medical school, they need to know their femurs from their humeruses, their tibia from their fibula, much as trainee lawyers need to wrap their heads around terms ranging from alimony to writs.

The point is, if you want to be a professional, you need to learn the lingo. If you want to be a skincare pro, the same rule applies.

Nailing the basics is the best route to good skin.

Have you ever read an article in which a glowing celebrity reveals her skincare secrets?

It can be disheartening to find out that the so-called secret to that luminous skin is an expensive product only sold in one Parisian boutique. Or a cream packed with rare ingredients. Or access to the latest treatment from the world’s best facialists.

Consistency is king! Find a skincare routine and stick to it.

What does your morning look like? Do you ease into the day with yoga and journaling, or do you frantically rush out the door and get your commute underway?

What about your evenings? Are you out socializing with friends, or do you kick back on the couch with the latest television show?

Acids, serums, and retinoids are all effective additions to your routine.

Back in the day, most people cared for their skin with little more than facial cleanser and moisturizing cream. Now, beauty and skincare retailers have shelf after shelf of acids, serums, retinoids, and more.

Many people find it too overwhelming, and prefer to stick to their two-step cleanse-and-moisturize routine. But if you want to level up your skincare, you have to go beyond the basics.

Learn the right way to deal with blemishes, and your skin will thank you.

No matter how diligent you are with your skincare routine, one thing’s for sure: You’ll have good skin days and you’ll have bad skin days. But why do the clear-skinned days always seem to coincide with a rainy weekend spent at home, while the days you wake up with a throbbing pimple invariably coincide with that important presentation at work?

Here’s the truth: blemishes are part of life. Breakouts can occur due to fluctuations in your stress levels, your hormones, and many other factors. Also, everyone gets them, so there’s no need to feel embarrassed or to cover them up if you don’t want to.

As your hormones change with age, so does your skin.

As we grow, we change. You might go from collecting beanie babies to collecting prize bottles of wine. From listening to teeny-bopper-pop to enjoying mellow jazz. From eating pizza to . . . well, probably still eating pizza.

The point is, you don’t stay exactly the same throughout your life. And neither does your skin.

Be a skincare skeptic.

The luxury automobile industry would like you to believe that purchasing a sportscar is a shortcut to good looks and sexual charisma. The diamond industry would like you to believe that presenting your beloved with a massive gem will ensure a long, happy, and faithful marriage. And the fashion industry would like you to believe that this season’s hot item is all you need to be your best self.

All of these claims are, of course, nonsense. And yet we still fall for them, time and time again.

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Skincare (2020) is the perfect primer on achieving and maintaining good skin. Whatever your age, budget, or skincare concerns, it offers the no-nonsense advice you need to nail your routine and put your best face forward.

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Skincare newbies who need a straightforward beauty guide
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Über den Autor

Known to millions of readers through her popular blog, skincare guru Caroline Hirons has decades of experience in the cosmetics industry under her belt. She worked her way up from the Clarins beauty counter to become an advanced aesthetician, sought-after brand consultant, and authority on all things skin.

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