What’s New in Beauty?

All women struggle with ways to keep themselves looking younger, as the aging process takes it’s natural course, the skin changes, losing its elastic.

In the past, the only alternative, available to women was to either use Botox or to simple consider cosmetics surgery, which  can be expensive and painful process, with no guarantee, of its success. However, to date, their have been many discoveries, that have changed this viewpoint. .

Hyaluronic Acid & Vitamin C

According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, hyaluronic acid and vitamin C can help the skin look and feel younger.  The amount of hyaluronic acid in the body, can help slow down the aging process. 

Approximately half of the hyaluronic acid in your body is present in your skin, where it is converted to water  and helps aid in skin moisture. However, elements such as UV rays from the sun, the use of tobacco and exposure to pollution in the air, will ultimately reduce the amount of hyaluronic acid in our skin. However, when applying  hyaluronic acid to the surface of the skin, hyaluronic acid serums can reduce wrinkles, redness and dermatitis. 

When combines with Vitamin C, that  helps form collagen, which smooths fine lines and wrinkles, it creating a natural anti aging solution.

Ferulic Acid

Ferulic acid is a plant based antioxidant found in natural found in foods such as bran, oats, rice, eggplant, citrus, and apple seeds.

 Ferulic acid has gained much attention over the last years, due to ability to boost the effectiveness of other antioxidants, such as vitamins A, C, and E.  These days, Ferulic acid is used in skin care products, as it helps to reduce fine lines, spots and wrinkles, especially, and can be found in women’s anti-aging products.

 Ferulic acts like many other antioxidants, in that, it can help slow down the aging process. In addition, it has the ability to protect against the damage caused by the sun, by assisting the skin’s regeneration process. Just like Hyaluronic acid, it has the benefit of working well alongside other antioxidants, enhancing the stability and the efficacy of vitamins C and E.

Retinol

 Retinol reduce fine lines and wrinkles by increasing the production of collagen. They also stimulate the production of new blood vessels in the skin, which improves skin color. Additional benefits include fading age spots and softening rough patches of skin.

However, Retinol is not a quick fix solution,  it can take three to six months of regular use before improvements in wrinkles are apparent and for  the best results it can take from  6 to 12 months.

Snail & Collagen

Collagen, which is the most common protein found in the body, is the protein responsible for skin elasticity and hydration. When applied topical Collagen can produce a strong and more youthful appearance. The use of snail slime or snail mucin for the skin, is an old Greek remedy used centuries ago to cure inflammation of the skin.

These days, thanks to Korean scientists, who conducted a study, where they combined mucus from snails (80% mucin), as well as glycosaminoglycan, allantoin for skin rejuvenation, glycolic acid for keratin removal, and collagen and elastin, which are components of dermis to determine the effects on the skin. They concluded that the hyaluronic acid found in the mucin has proven to be effective for anti-aging of the skin, improved hyper pigmentation, and even helped with acne and when combined with Collagen, the benefits to the skin are endless.

Bee Venom 

Bee Venom is essentially a toxin, which is produced by bees for their protection from enemies. A number of studies have shown the benefits of bee venon , in particular, it contains  radioprotective ( which protect or aiding in protecting against the injurious effect of radiations), anti-mutagenic  (prevents changes in the DNA of a cell which could cause harmful disease ), anti-nociceptive ( blocks the perception or sensation of pain ) and anti cancer.

In addition, Melittin, which is the main ingredient in bee venom, has great benefits to the skin. used in small doses ,This peptide consists of 26 amino acids, that can stimulate facial muscles, thus providing a lifting and plumping effect and reducing and preventing fine lines. Thus, providing anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial effects.