What’s the Best Skin Care Routine in Your 40s?
If you’re in your 40s, there is a good chance you’re noticing the visible signs of aging cue fine lines, dryness, and hyperpigmentation. Don’t panic, there’re a few superstar ingredients that you can incorporate into your skincare routine to help target your concerns.
Look for products with hyaluronic acid to help bind moisture to your skin, antioxidants that will help your skin recover from environmental stressors and retinol to increase cellular renewal. Now is the time to shift your focus to using products that will boost collagen and elastin aka your skin plumping duo.
Step 1: Cleanser
Skin becomes more sensitive and drier as we age, so use a cleanser that’s gentle on your skin and is not going to strip your face of its natural oils. Look for hydrating ingredients like aloe vera or sunflower oil, a non-fragrant plant oil with a high percentage of linoleic acid (62%) and fatty acids, making it the perfect skin hydrator.
Step 2: Serum
Your new best friend is a hydrating serum with hyaluronic acid and antioxidants at this age. In the evening use a serum and night cream that contains the anti-ageing ingredients retinol and peptides, both are going to help reduce fine lines and refine skin texture. Look for serums that contain curcumin or turmeric, a skin brightening ingredient that’s going to help even skin tone and fade hyperpigmentation.
Step 3: Night Cream
As we age collagen fibers decrease and weaken causing skin laxity and wrinkles. As collagen breaks down, peptides are your alert system informing our body to make more collagen to replace what we’ve lost naturally. Moisture loss is a big issue as well, it’s so important to maintain hydration levels in our skin to support barrier strength and lipid content. Use night creams with peptides, retinol and ultra-hydrating fatty acids and ceramides.
Step 4: Eye Cream
The eye area is delicate and requires extra special attention and hydration. Your superstar ingredients to look for include niacinamide and ceramides. You’ll also want some anti-ageing benefits so look for products that contain retinol. Eye creams with a gel base are much better alternative in your 40’s as rich eye creams are not favorable to the eye contour as they’re too heavy for the delicate skin.
