An anti-aging cream, yes, but organic!
Skin aging generally begins around age 25. As the skin ages, its functioning declines, leading to a few unwelcome effects: overall sagging, loss of suppleness, wrinkles, fine lines, skin marks... How can you counter this? By opting for an anti-aging treatment — and an organic one, please!
Discover the benefits of snail slime for your skin and how to choose the right anti-aging treatment!
Anti-aging care in 3 questions
What's the difference between an anti-wrinkle and an anti-aging treatment?
We often tend to confuse "anti-aging" and "anti-wrinkle". Yet these two properties don't refer to the same action on the skin.
As its name suggests, anti-wrinkle cream targets wrinkles. It's an ultra-targeted treatment, whose mission is to smooth wrinkles to make them less visible to the naked eye. Anti-aging cream, on the other hand, is a more comprehensive treatment that fights all the signs of skin aging: wrinkles, dark spots, lack of firmness, etc.
How does an anti-aging treatment act on my skin?
Unlike an anti-wrinkle treatment, which only targets already-established wrinkles, an anti-aging treatment is preventive care against signs of aging. Rich in antioxidants and hydrating agents, it gives skin everything it needs to fight signs of age:
- Optimal hydration, to ensure proper cell function.
- Enhanced protection, to withstand external aggressors: sun, pollution, stress...
- Cell regeneration, to maintain skin tissue quality.
- Stimulation of collagen and elastin, to preserve skin firmness and suppleness.
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When should you start using an anti-aging cream?
As a preventive measure against signs of aging, anti-aging care is essential at any age, whether you're 25 or 50. Of course, depending on your age, you won't choose the same type of anti-aging cream. It's important to adapt it to best meet your skin's needs.
- At 25, the age when the first signs of aging appear, focus on prevention with a light anti-aging cream.
- At 30, start looking into more targeted treatments, against fine lines and expression wrinkles.
- At 40, turn to a treatment that acts on wrinkles and skin sagging.
- From 50 onward, opt for an intensive treatment to address deep wrinkles, loss of density, skin sagging and lack of hydration.
The 4 anti-aging active ingredients in our organic snail slime
- Collagen: It gives tissue mechanical resistance to stretching. It's essential for maintaining skin structure and supporting proper healing.
- Elastin: This is the key active ingredient for suppleness. It allows the skin to return to its original shape after stretching, thereby fighting skin sagging and aging.
- Glycolic Acid: This active ingredient improves skin texture by refining its grain and removing dead cells. It helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines and dark spots while brightening the complexion.
- Allantoin: Known for its regenerating and repairing properties. It helps repair skin tissue, particularly that marked by aging or sun exposure.
- Vitamins A and C: They promote hydration and protect against premature skin aging. Vitamin C, in particular, gives the face a genuine radiance boost.
Why choose organic for your anti-aging care?
Hearing it everywhere so often, it becomes almost obvious that choosing organic means choosing higher-quality cosmetics, gentler on the skin and more effective. But do you actually know why it's essential to choose organic, particularly for your anti-aging care?
The reason is very simple: with organic, there's nothing but good for your skin! Let us explain. A conventional moisturizer is mostly made up of an emulsion, meaning a mixture of a water-based and an oil-based component. It's this emulsion that ensures the cream's effectiveness on your skin.
In conventional cosmetics, using petroleum derivatives for oils is not prohibited. And here you might be thinking: "Why would I put petroleum on my face?" And we'd answer: "Indeed, it does nothing for your skin, and it's even harmful." But here's the good news: in organic and natural cosmetics, the use of petrochemical oils is strictly prohibited! That's good for the environment, but above all it's much better for your skin.
In organic cosmetics, plant oils are favored instead. And high-quality ones, please! Because not all oils are created equal. And for the active ingredients in your anti-aging treatment to prove their effectiveness, it's crucial not to dilute them with low-grade oils. Now you understand the vital importance of choosing an organic anti-aging cream. Also keep a close eye on your treatment's composition, and in particular on the percentage of active ingredients present.
At Royer Cosmétique, we take great pride in offering our customers creams and treatments that are both effective and gentle on their skin. Certified by COSMEBIO, our range of snail slime cosmetics is 98.5% natural in composition. 99.5% of the plant-based ingredients used are certified organic, and 36.6% of all ingredients come from organic farming. Want more? The INCI list for each of our products is available in our snail slime cosmetics shop.
Skin is armed against aging
Vitamin C hydrates and fights skin aging by neutralizing the free radicals generated by sun exposure, pollution, stress, smoking, etc. Applied topically, it's even more powerful, providing hydration and protection for greater radiance and luminosity! Vitamin A promotes skin pigmentation and supports collagen synthesis.
The result? A sun-kissed complexion, protected skin, and skin that's more elastic and resilient... a highly valuable active ingredient for effectively fighting signs of aging!
These two vitamins also help skin gain hydration. An essential step in preventing skin aging!
Wrinkles are smoothed away
Glycolic acid is also one of the star active ingredients for protecting skin against the passing of time, with its well-known anti-aging properties:
- It improves skin texture and appearance, by removing dead cells.
- It improves skin suppleness and elasticity, by stimulating collagen and elastin production.
- It evens out and brightens the complexion, by dispersing melanin.
- It hydrates the stratum corneum, by promoting the production of Hyaluronic Acid, another essential active ingredient in the fight against skin aging.
In short, it reduces wrinkles, fine lines and skin marks, leaving skin smoother and more radiant.
Skin is more supple
With age, elastin fibers degrade and lead to all the unwelcome effects we all dread: the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, dark spots.
Snail slime helps offset this phenomenon, since it naturally contains elastin. Applied as a cream, it helps you regain extensibility and elasticity for truly more supple skin! Even better, discover the benefits of pure snail slime with our serum: it's made with 93% fresh, organic snail slime!
Skin marks are reduced
Allantoin is a star active ingredient in snail slime, since it's what allows the snail to repair its shell when it cracks. Its healing, regenerating and repairing properties speak for themselves!
Allantoin's main function is indeed to repair and regenerate skin tissue. It therefore has a highly effective action on skin marks caused by aging or excessive sun exposure.