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Refresh Your Skin for Spring

   Skin Care  Apr 09, 2022  Comments Off on Refresh Your Skin for Spring
Refresh Your Skin for Spring

Spring is a time for a fresh clean start and renewal, which includes your skincare routine.

Change up your routine to face the season with a vibrant, healthy springtime glow!

Weather Changes that Affect Skin

As the weather heats up, skin is more prone to become oily and sweaty, which causes breakouts and acne. Spring is also a season ripe with pollen and airborne allergens, triggering skin allergies or irritation.

Spring Skincare Routine

With more humidity and natural oils returning to your skin, it’s time to tweak your skincare routine. Try these spring-friendly tips.

Toss Old Makeup and Skincare Products

If you haven’t used certain products in a while, toss them.

Old makeup is a breeding ground for bacteria which you’d be applying directly to your skin. This could cause breakouts or skin infections.

It’s important to either wash your makeup brushes once a week or toss the old shabby ones. Washing your brushes with lukewarm water and a gentle soap takes only minutes.

Exfoliate

Cooler temperatures and heated air dry out skin, which is why it’s important to exfoliate. In the colder months, your skin dries out, flakes and looks dull with a buildup of dead surface skin cells.

While at-home exfoliation efforts help, chemical skin peels go deeper to improve skin texture, appearance, reduce breakouts, and clear away dead skin cells.

Chemical peels remove top level skin layers to treat and correct skin imperfections, and promote cell regeneration which reveals fresh, healthy skin underneath. Skin peels clear the way for skin to better respond and absorb nourishing and hydrating skincare products.

Moisturize

Switching to a lighter moisturizer in warm weather helps skin look hydrated and moisturized instead of greasy and heavy. A lighter moisturizer consistency helps keep pores clear allowing the skin to breathe.

Use More Sunscreen

With warmer temperatures and more sunshine, skin exposure to UV rays increases.

Since the sun is one of the top culprits for damaged and prematurely aging skin, it’s critical to slather on a 30+ SPF sunscreen. A broad spectrum sunscreen helps protect from both UVA and UVB rays.

Protect Your Eyes

Wear sunglasses to provide extra protection around the delicate skin around the eyes. Eye protection cuts down on squinting which causes wrinkles and fine lines.

One of the ways the sun’s UV rays damage skin is by breaking down collagen, so keeping the eye area moisturized, hydrated and protected is a good defense to combat damage to the skin around the eyes.

Add an eye cream or gel to your skincare routine to give you more protection for this highly delicate and easy-to-wrinkle area.

Brows and Hair Removal

Cleaning up your look and getting ready for revealing more skin means hair-free, smooth skin. If you haven’t booked a waxing appointment, call an esthetician for lasting, professional results.

While at your appointment, consider cleaning up your brows and removing any facial hair.

Less is More: Makeup for a Fresh Spring Look

Wearing heavy foundation and powder in warmer weather can spell big trouble for your skin. The heavy makeup clogs pores and leaves skin more prone to irritation or acne.

Instead, choose a lightly tinted sunscreen or face powder.

Wash all your makeup off each night and follow up with a creamy night moisturizer and soothing eye gel.

Conclusion

Put your best skin forward with a visit to Laura Skincare in Petaluma, CA. From chemical peels to waxing, our experts are ready to jumpstart your spring skincare routine.

Caring for Dry Skin

   Skin Care  Mar 19, 2022  Comments Off on Caring for Dry Skin
Caring for Dry Skin

Even if you’re one of the lucky ones who has never had a problem with dry skin, it can become more of an issue with age, especially without a good skincare routine.

Let’s take a look as to the reasons dry skin issues can sneak up on you and what you can do to keep skin hydrated and healthy.

What Causes Dry Skin?

A hot, dry climate can not only dry out your skin, but you’ll be battling against those extremely damaging UVA and UVB sun rays.

Another culprit is age. Skin becomes dry due to years of sun damage catching up to us, hormonal changes, slower skin cell turnover and less production of natural oils.

Here are some ways you can care for dry skin.

Caring for Dry Skin

Cleanse

Although a hot, steamy shower or face wash might sound relaxing, using warm water is much less drying for your skin.

Along with a gentle, exfoliating cleanser, you’ll get clean without stripping the skin of much-needed natural oils.

Use a gentle touch when cleansing your skin and always pat, not rub, your skin dry.

Avoid Harsh, Oil-Stripping Skincare Products

Don’t use harsh alcohol-based astringents or toners on your skin because they strip away too much of the natural oils your skin needs to stay plump and moisturized. Stay away from fragrance additives.

Moisturize

Using hyaluronic acid on slightly damp skin, along with a creamy night cream, goes a long way to keep skin hydrated during the night. When you sleep and are at rest, your skin is busy with cell renewal and rejuvenating itself. Nighttime is the best time for your hydrating creams to soak in and combat dry skin.

Using body and face creams containing ceramides also works to fight dry skin. Ceramides are a type of fatty molecule that are found in up to 40% of your epidermis, or outer skin layer, which is most prone to dryness. Ceramides help lock in moisture to keep skin hydrated.

A gentle retinoid, a derivative of vitamin A, is not only great for boosting skin’s collagen for a firmer look, it also helps combat the effects of past sun damage and keeps wrinkles and fine lines at bay.

A topical retinol cream at night also helps minimize pigmentation issues like age and sun spots.

Sunscreen

Damaging UVA and UVB rays from the sun dry skin out. You’ll know you’ve had too much sun when your skin feels tight or becomes flaky.

Sunscreen prevents immediate skin cell damage in addition to protecting skin from damage in the future.

Use a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 and by using a creamy sunscreen, you get the extra benefit of a moisturizer.

Steam / Humid Air

Dry skin responds extremely well to a light steam. Steaming opens up your pores and following up with a topical hyaluronic acid or ceramide cream keeps moisture locked in.

A humidifier works well in spaces where the air is dry. Even running a desk-size mini humidifier keeps the air moist and keeps the dry air from air conditioners or heaters from drying out your skin.

Skin-Saving Vitamins

Vitamins A, C, E and CoQ10 contain powerful antioxidants that fight off free radical damage, which ages and dries the skin due to cell and tissue damage.

Try adding fatty omega-3 or omega-6 supplements like flax or fish oil which help replenish skin’s natural oils.

H20

Drinking more water not only keeps skin plump and hydrated, but also eliminates toxins in the body.

Conclusion

If you are struggling with dry skin, let the experts at Laura Skincare in Petaluma work with you for a one-on-one consultation and complete treatment plan.

Tips for Stimulating Collagen

   Facial  Mar 09, 2022  Comments Off on Tips for Stimulating Collagen
Tips for Stimulating Collagen

As you may already know, one of the keys for youthful looking skin is collagen. Collagen is a fibrous protein found in your tissues, bones, muscles, blood vessels and skin. It’s like the glue that keeps your skin lifted and taut.

As time goes by, collagen production decreases which is why at a certain age, you notice your skin begin to become loose, wrinkle and sag.

The good news is that there are things you can do to stimulate and boost collagen production in your skin.

Add Supplements

Ideally, getting all those good nutrients and vitamins to feed your skin comes from a healthy diet. But even with the best of intentions, we sometimes give in to cravings or eat foods that aren’t the best choices for our skin.

This is where supplementing your diet with skin-loving vitamins comes in. For a boost in collagen production, add these vitamins to your diet and daily routine.

Vitamin C

This vitamin is a powerful antioxidant that strengthens the immunity system, heals wounds, is good for your bones and teeth and more. It is also one of the best vitamins you can take to help promote collagen production.

Vitamin E

This vitamin helps repair and restore skin. When coupled with vitamin C, it helps fight off the negative effects of UV sun damage to the skin, which is important in preserving collagen.

Together, they make excellent partners to boost collagen production.

Collagen Supplements

Whether you take collagen supplements as a daily supplement in pill form or you mix collagen powder with water, tea, juice or in your favorite yogurt or smoothie, it gives your healthy beverage or snack an added collagen boost.

Collagen Tea, White or Green Tea

High in collagen-boosting antioxidants, tea is a healthy way to work magic on your skin. The high antioxidant levels in tea fight off free radical damage, which is responsible for dull, tired-looking and aging skin.

There’s nothing more relaxing or indulgent than a steaming cup of tea which not only tastes delicious but is excellent for ramping up collagen levels.

Skincare Routine

A healthy skincare routine starts with clean skin.

In the morning, wash your face and don’t forget to apply sunscreen. Whether you apply sunscreen before applying makeup, or using a foundation with sunscreen mixed in, keeping skin protected from UV rays (even on cloudy days) helps prevent the premature breakdown of collagen and the onset of fine lines and wrinkles.

At night, follow these tips:

  • Thoroughly wash face to remove all dirt and makeup
  • Exfoliate to remove dead skin cells
  • Apply a gentle retinol or hyaluronic acid cream
  • Top off with a night cream

Facials

Giving your skin a simple massage while applying facial creams at night is a little extra step that stimulates blood flow, helps remove toxins and built up fluid in the skin and just feels good.

However, treating yourself to a professional facial is another way to really jumpstart collagen production.

Skin literally drinks in all the vitamin-rich, organic ingredients in the salon quality products applied during and after a facial. You will really be able to see and feel the difference in the appearance of your skin.

Professional facials use several different methods to boost collagen production in the skin. They include:

  • Exfoliation / Microdermabrasion
  • Acupressure
  • LED light treatments
  • Facial peels

Conclusion

In Petaluma, let the experts in skin firming and regeneration at Laura Skincare help boost collagen in your skin.