Ceramides – Your One-Way Ticket to Glass Skin
We’re all obsessed with the fineness and texture of Korean skin and want our skin to look and feel just as smooth and plump. Popularly known as glass skin, this skin has smaller pores, a smooth texture, and a glass-like glow without being greasy. The solution to soft, healthy skin is: ceramides.
To understand why ceramides are good for your skin, you need to know what ceramides are and how they benefit your skin.
What are ceramides?
Ceramides are a group of fatty acids, also known as lipids. They occur naturally in skin cells and make up about 50% of the outer layer of your skin. As a major component of the skin barrier, ceramides protect your skin from invisible dirt particles and lock in moisture. They also help heal dry patches, treat psoriasis, and naturally repair skin damage.
Why do you need to increase your skin’s ceramide levels?
Although human skin is naturally made up of ceramides, the amount of these fatty acids decreases over time. This can lead to dull, dry, and irritated skin. A lack of ceramides in your skin can make you look dehydrated and lead to other, more serious skin issues, such as eczema. There is an effective and simple solution to this problem. To make up for the shortfall, you can supplement the necessary ceramides externally.
If your skin doesn’t respond well to moisturizer alone, and your skin remains dry and flaky even after using moisturizer multiple times a day, it’s time to give your skin an extra boost with ceramides.
In addition to aging, ceramide levels also drop with the change of seasons, especially in the fall and winter due to dry and cold air.
This can also be caused by overuse of soaps or scrubs, which strip the oils from the skin and affect its pH level. Harsh cleansers and disinfectants have the same effect. Not consuming enough fresh vegetables and high-quality oils can affect your skin’s ceramide levels.
What are the benefits of ceramides?
These skin-changing ingredients are a quick solution to brightening dull, dry skin.
1. Moisture-locking: They lock in moisture in the skin to keep the oil and pH levels balanced. As the body’s natural moisturizers, these important ingredients maintain the skin’s oil balance, ensuring that the skin remains radiant and soft.
2. Strengthening the skin barrier: Prevents transepidermal water loss and helps form a protective barrier against harmful environmental influences. Ceramides help nourish and moisturize your skin as they form a barrier against harmful environmental factors. They help improve the function of the skin barrier by replenishing ceramides to strengthen it.
3. Reduces acne and scars: It reduces acne and inflammation by having a soothing effect on the skin. Hydrated skin cells help prevent breakouts and heal acne scars.
4. Prevents premature signs of aging: It tightens the skin and prevents sagging. It rejuvenates the skin and reduces signs of premature aging.
How to restore your skin’s ceramide levels?
You can replenish your skin’s ceramide levels and repair it with ceramide-rich skincare. You can use a moisturizer or serum with enough ceramides to lock in moisture to keep your skin hydrated and smooth.
Since ceramides are a natural component of our skin, it is suitable for all skin types and is especially good for sensitive and acne-prone skin. To optimize the benefits of ceramides, you can use it with retinol. To maximize the benefits of ceramides, it is also recommended to combine antioxidants and peptides.
Ceramic Skin, Collagen Peptide Night Mask
Aulis Ceramic Skin features the benefits of Ceramide Complex and Peptides. It is formulated to boost skin collagen production and give you glass-like skin texture. The hydrogel-based serum is absorbed faster into the skin and works at a cellular level to restore lost moisture and make skin look soft. This 3-in-1 repairing serum works on your skin overnight to make it feel soft. It improves your skin texture with the help of hyaluronic acid and makes your skin look radiant and youthful.
Ingredients:
Ceramic Skin combines Ceramide 3, Plant-derived Collagen Peptides and Hyaluronic Acid to provide the best repair treatment for your skin. Sea Buckthorn, Ginseng, Quinoa and Carrot Root Extracts are also added with the essential ingredients of Turmeric and Aloe Vera.
Benefits:
1. Cellular Level Repair: The Ceramide Complex contained in the elixir repairs your collagen levels and repairs skin damage overnight. It also rebuilds the skin’s protective barrier by restoring ceramides in the skin.
2. Prevents signs of aging: Plant collagen peptides strengthen the skin and prevent premature signs of aging such as fine lines, wrinkles, and sagging skin. Ginseng also has powerful anti-aging properties that firm and tone your appearance. 3. Moisturizes: The hyaluronic acid contained in the mask penetrates the skin layers and works at the cellular level. It moisturizes the skin and makes your skin look healthy and radiant. 4. Brightens the skin: Ginseng and carrot root extracts and turmeric brighten the skin by treating spots and blemishes. Nourish: The quinoa extract contained in the product provides nutrients to the skin and keeps it moisturized. 5. Treats tanned skin and acne: Turmeric has antifungal properties and can treat fungal acne. The antibacterial properties of this ingredient help prevent and reduce allergies. It also heals wounds and repairs scars.
Application process:
You can apply 3 to 4 drops of the product on your fingertips and apply to your face and neck after cleansing and toning at night. You can apply outwards to ensure that the product is evenly distributed throughout the skin and tones the skin tone. After ceramic skin, apply moisturizer to complete your nighttime skincare routine.
Incorporate this ceramide treatment into your daily skincare today and start your journey to glass-like skin texture.
Brand Story
Auli is committed to providing effective and affordable natural solutions to skin problems. The Auli team is passionate about revolutionizing skincare and simplifying the jargon. Auli products are effective skin care solutions that effectively help people achieve healthy, naturally glowing skin while treating specific skin problems. Enriched with active ingredients, Auli always strives to provide members with a steady stream of products and skincare awareness. Auli is a comprehensive lifestyle experience that combines the best of both worlds, modern science and Ayurveda.
DQH Knowledge drop: In your 20s, your skin cell turnover decreases. (Cell turnover is a key component in keeping your skin youthful.) You know what else slows down? Your collagen production. Starting in your 20s, collagen decreases by about 1 percent per year. Should you want to prevent fine lines and wrinkles, start by eliminating behaviors that contribute to premature aging. “If it’s bad for you, it’s bad for your skin,” says dermatologist Michel Somenek.
“Cigarette smoking reduces blood flow to the skin and causes premature wrinkling and a dull skin texture. Making the repeated pursed motion to inhale can also cause smoker’s lines. Alcohol and recreational drugs are toxins for the skin that damage its cellular structure and DNA,” Somenek tells us. “The faster you eliminate vices while you are young, the better chance your skin and body have to recuperate.” Also, adopting an anti-aging routine in your 20s is key. After all, the best offense is a good defense. We spoke to Somenek and experts Joshua Ross and Audrey Kunin to find out more.
Keep reading for the best anti-aging products for your 20s, according to skincare professionals.
Sunscreen
“We all know that the sun is the number one cause of skin aging and starting the prevention in your 20s is very important,” Ross says. “The majority of your sun damage won’t start to appear until you’re in your 30s, so don’t wait until you see it surface or you’ll be behind the curve. Stay ahead of it with a good-quality zinc-based sunscreen worn daily.”
Farmacy Green Defense Daily Mineral Sunscreen
An invisible sunscreen with SPF 30, plus botanical extracts meant to protect skin with tons of antioxidants. Bonus: It’s clean and fine to use under makeup.
Bareminerals Complexion Rescue™ Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30
Although we recommend you use your SPF and moisturizer separately, we also understand moments when you don’t have time or energy for that extra step. For those times, this bareMinerals moisturizer is a great thing to have on hand.
Vitamin C Serum
“A great introduction to anti-aging is to start with a vitamin C serum in your morning skincare routine,” Ross says. “It’s a powerful antioxidant that will neutralize free radicals and brighten the skin.” He adds that it’s a great way to counteract the effects of the sun’s harmful rays, which, as previously mentioned, are among the biggest causes of premature aging.
Drunk Elephant C-Firma™ Vitamin C Day Serum
The Drunk Elephant C-Firma is a lightweight serum that promises to give skin a glow by combining the brightening powers of vitamin C with ferulic acid, l-ascorbic acid, and vitamin E. The included sodium hyaluronate is meant to replace hydration loss, so you shouldn’t have to deal with any irritation.
Sunday Riley C.E.O. Rapid Flash Brightening Serum
This potent serum is jam-packed with vitamin C (15 percent, to be exact), which means it’s a potential superstar at both brightening skin and dousing it in antioxidants.
Peptides
Using peptides on your skin has many benefits, says Somenek. “The skin barrier is what defends the body against pollution, UV rays, bacteria, and toxins. It can be damaged by several everyday factors. Using topical peptides aids in building a stronger barrier,” he says. “Peptides comprise elastic fibers, which are a type of protein. These fibers help to make skin appear taut and firm. Peptides can also help repair damaged skin, relieve inflammation, and even out skin tone. Some peptides can kill acne-causing bacteria that is common in 20-somethings.”
Kunin agrees, saying, “Peptides are an excellent entry point for supporting collagen.” She recommends looking for face and eye treatments that contain these collagen-boosting powerhouses.
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue Cream
This Charlotte Tilbury super-emollient eye cream has a base of coconut oil and shea butter (read: it’s incredibly hydrating). Botanicals plus peptides are meant to help reduce dark circles and boost collagen, respectively.
This creamy moisturizer serves up potent collagen-boosting peptides and pycnogenol, and antioxidant-rich vitamin C. “Instead of sitting on top of the skin, peptides penetrate the outer layer so they go deep. The ‘signals’ they send tell the cells to produce elastin and collagen, which are needed for youthful-looking skin,” explains Somenek.
At-Home Peel Pads
Remember that skin cell turnover fiasco we talked about earlier? One way to help support it is by exfoliating. “Exfoliation is important to help keep skin fresh and luminous,” Kunin says. She recommends using at-home peel pads as an easy and effective way to exfoliate.
“The goal in your 20s is to fight the slowing pace of cell turnover. It is wise to use products that gently exfoliate, yet still remove oil and other impurities. Products that have Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA) or Beta Hydroxy Acids (BHA) are a good choice.”
According to Somenek, you should only exfoliate two to three times a week. “People of all ages are guilty of over-exfoliating and that can be too much of a good thing,” he says.
Dermadoctor Kakadu C Intensive Vitamin C Peel Pad
A few swipes of this Derma Doctor powerful peel pad promise to leave your skin glowing and smooth, thanks to the seven (yes, seven) types of chemical exfoliants, including AHA and BHA. It also contains vitamin C via Kakadu plum extract for added brightening and antioxidant protection.
KEY INGREDIENTS Kakadu plum extract is sourced from the Kakadu plum, a fruit grown in northern Australia. It contains vitamin C, which restores the skin’s natural barrier, increases collagen production, and soothes irritation.
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Alpha Beta® Universal Daily Peel Pads
These are the gold standard of peel pads, with a cult following and over 900 five-star reviews on Sephora. They’re easy to use and contain a blend of anti-aging exfoliating acids.
Emollient Night Cream
“In your 20s, you need to start upping the hydration in your skincare routine. You may have been cautious of over-moisturizing because of acne in your teens, but as you enter your 20s, your skin transitions and becomes drier,” Ross says. “I recommend an emollient night cream added into your evening skincare regimen.”
“Twenty-somethings need to make sure that they are not using creams that will clog their pores and cause excess oil production,” says Somenek. Opt for non-comedogenic products.
Cerave Skin Renewing Night Cream
One great choice is the CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream, which is a non-comedogenic night cream that leaves skin soft and glowy. It combines the moisturizing powers of ceramides and hyaluronic acid.
RoC Retinol Correxion Max Hydration Creme
“The best night cream ingredients contain retinol, benzoyl peroxide, and/or salicylic acid or hyaluronic acid. The goal is to moisturize, yet remove excess oil,” says Somenek. This Roc Retinol Correxion cream fits the bill as it contains both hyaluronic acid and retinol so it promises to moisturize while also being non-comedogenic.
