Top 5 Anti-Aging Skincare Actives to Age Gracefully
hello my name is Elise Crabtree also known as the skin shaman and I am super excited to bring you a new video this week we are going to be talking all about the top 5 skincare actives for aging gracefully another way of saying that would be the top 5 anti-aging skincare actives but I try to avoid the whole anti-aging thing just because aging is a blessing and a gift and a privilege that not all get to have so today I’m going to go through those top 5 actives these are the skincare actives that you want to look for in your products if you are looking for anti-aging benefits or aging gracefully benefits and I’m also going to talk about how those actives work for you work for your skin and then a few products that have those actives in them that I use regularly or have just started using some of these products are a little bit new to me but these are products that are all really going to be amazing additions if you are looking for benefits to help you and your skin age gracefully so we have a lot to get through today and welcome to the skin shaman okay so when it comes to skin aging the thing that I like to always say is that the best anti-aging thing you can do for your skin is to prevent premature aging in the first place and because most premature aging is caused by sun damage the best anti-aging skincare active you can use is an SPF so I have two SPF to tier that I’m going to share with you but just to kind of tell you why this is my top pick for a skincare active to help you age gracefully an SPF essentially prevents UV rays UVA rays and UVB rays from penetrating your skin and causing a cell damage free radical damage and because this is the number one cause of premature skin aging that is what causes hyperpigmentation fine lines wrinkles all of that the best way to prevent those from happening is to use an SPF daily really really really important I can’t stress it enough not just for the sort of like outside benefits of having beautiful healthy skin but also because skin cancer is a real issue and so the best way that you can prevent that is by using an SPF on the daily so for your face I tend to recommend an SPF of 30 this is you know a broad-spectrum SPF that’s really going to prevent your skin from being affected by the UV rays that you’re exposed to there are many different kinds of SPF sout there I tend to go for or actually I 100% of the time go for a mineral SPF that is something that is made with zinc oxide as an active ingredient zinc oxide is a like a naturally occurring mineral that can protect your skin from the UV rays without you know damaging like the coral reefs without being detrimental to our planet into the environment whereas some other SPF active ingredients are six set synthetics or more heavily processed and there as safe for our oceans for our reefs and arguably for our our own health as well so I definitely recommend using something that has zinc oxide as an active ingredient minimum of SPF 30 applying that on the daily and maybe multiple times a day depending on your sun exposure and so the two SPF that I regularly reach for are the Hanwha skin care Malu protecting day cream this has an SPF of 30 and it’s just a really beautiful great price point product that really performs very well it has a beautiful scent of jasmine which is really unique for an SPF product and it just works really great for a daily SPF that won’t like break the bank the other SPF that I have been reaching for recently this was a discovery in the Beauty heroes May box I believe this month and this is the Velo day cream super anot it has a very intense name but it’s by a yuna skincare and this is a very very high-priced product for an SPF I’m not going to lie to you this is definitely my go-to but I’ve really really been enjoying this as an SPF product as well so this is rated an SPF 30 in the European Union it does not have an SPF rating in the US yet but stay tuned because I’m sure it’s coming so moving on the you know the main sort of premature skin aging skin concerns that pop up are fine lines and wrinkles and hyperpigmentation that is a darkening or discoloration of the skin and so the actives that I’m really going to focus on today apart from the SPF which is to prevent all of those before they happen the other actives that I’m going to focus on are really intended to help you address those skin concerns so the first two that I am going to talk about on that front is a vitamin C and vitamin b3 also known as 9 sinem ID and vitamin b3 niacinamide basically acts as an antioxidant to help protect your skin from free radical damage that is damage caused by the Sun by pollution by free radicals in the air at your environment and also to prepare to repair damaged skin cells really helping to decrease like the breakdown of collagen and elastin in the skin collagen and elastin are basically what keep your skin very smooth in appearance and texture and so definitely something you want to to focus on in your skincare if you’re looking to age gracefully and then vitamin C is also really wonderful it also acts as an antioxidant antioxidants really help to protect and repair your skin from free radical damage so with vitamin C there are many different forms of vitamin C that you can find in products the most common or sort of the most well-known a version of vitamin C is called a sorbic acid the problem with the sorbic acid in skincare is that it is super super super sensitive it breaks down very quickly it oxidizes very quickly which renders it totally ineffective after a few days so when you see a sorbic acid in a skincare product you really want to make sure that you trust the the manufacturer of that of that product that they have somehow found a way to stabilize that vitamin because otherwise you’re just getting something that’s gonna be rendered totally useless and ineffective I definitely prefer to look for forms and variations of vitamin C that are more stable but you know offer the same amazing antioxidant properties and effects as vitamin C as like a sorbic acid so something that I have been reaching for recently that I’ve just recently discovered is the agent Natur holy oil this has vitamin C in the form of sodium a Sorrell phosphate this is a very stable form of vitamin C definitely my favorite form because it is great for all of the aforementioned fits the NCM antioxidant properties it has some UV protection properties but it’s also really great for acne and other things so definitely my favorite version of this vitamin it’s a great thing about vitamin b3 and vitamin C is that they you know they can help to boost collagen in the skin and they can also help to inhibit melasma that is hyperpigmentation that is caused by sun damage so what you get in return for using products that contain those vitamins is a you know a more even complexion less hyperpigmentation you can prevent hyperpigmentation and also treat it after it’s happened and so definitely something to include in your age gracefully skin care routines I am definitely working on adding a vitamin C to one of wabi-sabi botanicals existing products it is something in the work so you can look for that in 2020 I’m very excited to share it with you and the other two actives the last two in my top 5 skincare actives for aging gracefully are more targeted towards the fine lines and wrinkles whereas the other two are really hyper pigmentation focused and so those last two actives are going to be natural retinol and exfoliating acids both of these work to increase skin cell turnover as we age our cell turnover decreases in the skin that means that we’re not getting rid of our damaged and dead skin cells as quickly as we do when we’re young which means that we’re not making way for new healthy fresh vibrant alive skin cells as quickly and so both natural retinol and exfoliating acids can help you do that natural retinol is rewind retinol in general is a very popular active in skincare but the problem with conventional retinol is that it tends to be a very very harsh treatment that you can only use like maybe a few times so we common side effects include redness itchiness dryness peeling and so to avoid all of that mess because well I love me some amazing skincare actives I’m not trying to like worsen or cause new symptoms to arise with the products I use so the whole way that I avoid that is by using a natural retinol that is a retinol that exists in whole plant form naturally in nature retinol is just another word for vitamin A by the way and so how I do that is I use a product out of the wabi-sabi botanicals line called age gracefully as you can tell I love that phrase or that term age gracefully contains kaki oil which is a naturally occurring plant oil it comes from a Brazilian nut in the Amazon rainforest and it contains three times more naturally occurring retinol than rosehip seed oil which is a very famous very common anti-aging natural retinol oil that you can find in skincare so this contains CAC al which is three times as powerful and potent and like I mentioned it helps to increase cell turnover make way for those new healthy skin cells and decrease the breakdown of collagen in your skin so just a really amazing ingredient overall something you definitely want in your routine and last but not least our exfoliating acids exploiting acids are really amazing because like retinol they help to basically speed up the process of skin cell turnover by removing that top layer of dead skin cells and so that can happen in a few different ways there are so many different exfoliating acids out there not all acids are equal some are not appropriate at all for sensitive skin for acne prone skin so it’s really important that when you’re looking for a product with exfoliating acids that they that you’re finding the right acids that are going to work for your skin type so a few products that I reach for regularly are the eye Yoona the facial in low they also have a high version of this this contains let’s see here systemic acid as well as a few other things that really help to a slough off those dead skin cells and make way for the new healthy ones so really enjoying this product another way that you can incorporate exfoliating acids into your routine is by using something like a mask that has an ingredient like hibiscus which the wabi-sabi botanicals valley of light illuminative mask has Balinese hibiscus in it which is really rich in alpha hydroxy acids and beta hydroxy acids that help to just really slough off those dead skin cells and so this is going to be a really great treatment if you have more sensitive skin and acid type treatments or enzyme masks that sort of thing are a little too harsh for you you can use something like this where the acids come in really a whole plant form that is they’re not isolated from the whole plant and so they are just gentler the same goes with retinol a lot of retinol products have like isolated retinol that is the retinol has been extracted from whatever source it came from whereas if you use something like the wabi-sabi age gracefully serum it is a whole plant retinol that is it’s not been extracted it’s not been isolated and so it’s gonna be a lot gentler so really great for sensitive skin so those are the top five anti-aging actives that I recommend these you know guaranteed if you incorporate these actives into your skincare routine there is no doubt about it you are going to age much more gracefully at least on the outside the inside is equally as important taking care of that but yeah if you have any questions or if you know of any skincare actives that are really amazing for aging gracefully I would love to hear your input as well I will be back next week with a new video and until then you are beautiful you are worthy and you are loved deeply and I will see you next so with
