Maturing Skin: A Guide to Understanding Your Skin’s Changing Needs
As we age, our skin undergoes various changes, and it requires special attention to keep it healthy, glowing, and youthful. In this guide, we'll explore the unique needs of mature skin and discuss the importance of tailored skincare routines in the five reasons why your maturing skin could use a little TLC. Understanding these factors will help you make informed choices to maintain a radiant complexion that defies age.
- Decline in Natural Moisture: With age, our skin tends to produce less oil, leading to increased dryness and a loss of natural moisture. Reintroducing moisture to your skin becomes crucial to replenishing hydration and preventing the formation of fine lines and wrinkles. Look for moisturizing products that contain ingredients like hyaluronic acid, which attract and retain moisture, restoring a youthful plumpness to the skin. Our Coco Chiloso moisturizers are a great place to start. They contain hyaluronic acid to hold on to the moisture that your skin needs.
- Slower Cell Turnover: It has been shown that as we age, our skin's natural cell turnover process slows down, resulting in a dull, lackluster complexion. Given this knowledge, incorporating exfoliation into your routine to remove dead skin cells and to promote new cell renewal is vital. Gentle exfoliators can help to remove the dull skin cells to reveal fresher, brighter skin and improve overall skin texture. Try incorporating an exfoliator into your body care routine, such as one of our Coco Chiloso exfoliators.
- Loss of Elasticity and Firmness: Collagen and elastin fibers within our skin are responsible for maintaining skin's elasticity and firmness; and unfortunately, they can diminish with age. However, boosting collagen production can counteract sagging and loss of firmness. Seek out products with ingredients that stimulate collagen synthesis and help improve skin's elasticity, resulting in a more youthful appearance. Did we mention how great products with hyaluronic acid are for promoting skin firmness? Hyaluronic acid fills in the spaces between the skin’s collagen and elastin fibers to give the appearance of tighter-looking skin. This is another reason why we are obsessed with this ingredient in our body care products. Also, who knew a little spice could help with skin elasticity and firmness? This is the reason why we also add spice to several Coco Chiloso products. See #5 to learn more.
- Targeted Hydration: Mature skin often experiences dryness in specific areas where the skin on the body tends to be thinner. Targeted treatments with intense hydration can relieve dryness in these delicate areas. These products often contain nourishing ingredients like antioxidants and botanical extracts to address these unique needs. Have you heard about the power of including products with calendula in your body care routine? Check out this blog post to learn more about this wonderous ingredient that soothes and nourishes the skin, and try our Coco Cream, which includes calendula as a star ingredient.
- Protection Against Environmental Factors: Summer months can have you enjoying more time outdoors. While you are having your fun outside, don’t forget to protect your skin. Protecting your skin from the harmful sun rays and pollutants becomes especially important as we age. Maturing skin becomes more susceptible to environmental damage from sun exposure and pollution. Here, we want to emphasize the importance of daily sun protection, such as with broad-spectrum SPF products. Additionally, incorporating antioxidant-rich body care products can help combat free radicals and minimize the oxidative stress on your skin caused by environmental factors. Our Coco Chiloso products are full of antioxidant ingredients. Did you know spices such as cinnamon and cayenne are rich in antioxidants? Many of our products contain both spicy ingredients. However, our products are not a replacement for a good broad-spectrum SPF. We recommend using your SPF, along with products containing antioxidants in your body care regimen.