I'm sure you've heard how important it is to use a night cream after cleansing to maintain (or restore) your skin's youthfulness.
Well, that's completely true, but you must be using the right night cream, or you're wasting time and money.
There are many night creams out there that you can go buy at the local stores or pharmacy that are a bunch of ineffective, cheap ingredients thrown together and passed off as skin care products.
Now, I'm not saying that all skin care products in the local stores are cheap or ineffective, but if you remain uninformed about skin care, trying to find a quality night cream in one of those stores is like walking through a minefield.
My purpose in writing this article is to give you some information about what ingredients can sabotage your anti aging efforts and what ingredients are the best at erasing the signs of aging.
Ineffective or Harmful Ingredients There are certain ingredients found in night creams that can make your skin age faster and certain ingredients that can irritate and cause skin problems.
Here are a few that you should avoid: Alcohols -- very drying and irritating to skin, leading to faster formation of fine lines and wrinkles.
Alcohols also strip away the natural lipids that form the skin's primary defense against the environment, thereby letting in skin-damaging free radicals.
Not all alcohols are bad, but be sure to stay away from ethanol, ethyl alcohol, methanol, benzyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol and SD alcohol.
Mineral oil -- created from the process used to turn crude oil to gasoline, and often used as a moisturizing agent.
Mineral oil often causes acne flare-ups because it traps bacteria in the skin and does not allow waste products out.
Mineral oil also allows skin-damaging free radicals into the skin by stripping away the skin's primary defense - the natural acid mantle (lipids).
This also allows fine lines and wrinkles to form faster.
Di-, Mono-, Tri- ethanolamine -- restricted in Europe but available in American products; can cause allergic reactions and dry hair and skin.
These can also be toxic if too much is absorbed.
Extremely Effective Anti Aging Ingredients Obviously, if you're going to use a night cream every night to maintain healthy, young-looking skin, then you might as well use one that contains cutting edge ingredients proven very powerful at warding off aging and reversing what's already occurred.
The following are a few ingredients that I believe are among the best in the anti aging category: CynergyTK -- a new ingredient contained in a few select products.
CynergyTK makes the skin softer and smoothes out fine lines and wrinkles.
It also restores skin elasticity.
Its secret is certain ingredients that stimulate the body to increase its own production of collagen and elastin, which are two proteins very important to maintain and achieve young-looking skin.
Nano-Lipobelle H EQ10 -- a very powerful form of coenzyme Q10 that penetrates deeper than any other form.
This ingredient is so important because it is one of the best ways to neutralize skin-damaging free radicals.
Free radicals cause premature aging by destroying collagen molecules.
If you use a night cream containing these ingredients, your skin will be more moist and smooth than if you were to use night creams containing average run-of-the-mill ingredients.
If you'd like more information about how to find an exceptional night cream or products containing these ingredients, please feel free to visit my website.
Well, that's completely true, but you must be using the right night cream, or you're wasting time and money.
There are many night creams out there that you can go buy at the local stores or pharmacy that are a bunch of ineffective, cheap ingredients thrown together and passed off as skin care products.
Now, I'm not saying that all skin care products in the local stores are cheap or ineffective, but if you remain uninformed about skin care, trying to find a quality night cream in one of those stores is like walking through a minefield.
My purpose in writing this article is to give you some information about what ingredients can sabotage your anti aging efforts and what ingredients are the best at erasing the signs of aging.
Ineffective or Harmful Ingredients There are certain ingredients found in night creams that can make your skin age faster and certain ingredients that can irritate and cause skin problems.
Here are a few that you should avoid: Alcohols -- very drying and irritating to skin, leading to faster formation of fine lines and wrinkles.
Alcohols also strip away the natural lipids that form the skin's primary defense against the environment, thereby letting in skin-damaging free radicals.
Not all alcohols are bad, but be sure to stay away from ethanol, ethyl alcohol, methanol, benzyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol and SD alcohol.
Mineral oil -- created from the process used to turn crude oil to gasoline, and often used as a moisturizing agent.
Mineral oil often causes acne flare-ups because it traps bacteria in the skin and does not allow waste products out.
Mineral oil also allows skin-damaging free radicals into the skin by stripping away the skin's primary defense - the natural acid mantle (lipids).
This also allows fine lines and wrinkles to form faster.
Di-, Mono-, Tri- ethanolamine -- restricted in Europe but available in American products; can cause allergic reactions and dry hair and skin.
These can also be toxic if too much is absorbed.
Extremely Effective Anti Aging Ingredients Obviously, if you're going to use a night cream every night to maintain healthy, young-looking skin, then you might as well use one that contains cutting edge ingredients proven very powerful at warding off aging and reversing what's already occurred.
The following are a few ingredients that I believe are among the best in the anti aging category: CynergyTK -- a new ingredient contained in a few select products.
CynergyTK makes the skin softer and smoothes out fine lines and wrinkles.
It also restores skin elasticity.
Its secret is certain ingredients that stimulate the body to increase its own production of collagen and elastin, which are two proteins very important to maintain and achieve young-looking skin.
Nano-Lipobelle H EQ10 -- a very powerful form of coenzyme Q10 that penetrates deeper than any other form.
This ingredient is so important because it is one of the best ways to neutralize skin-damaging free radicals.
Free radicals cause premature aging by destroying collagen molecules.
If you use a night cream containing these ingredients, your skin will be more moist and smooth than if you were to use night creams containing average run-of-the-mill ingredients.
If you'd like more information about how to find an exceptional night cream or products containing these ingredients, please feel free to visit my website.