Retinol and when to use it

Retinol is very much a buzz word as the New Year hits.

It is an amazing product and gives incredible smooth, flawless, firmer and healthier skin.

However, apply with CAUTION! What skin brands don’t tell you is that a retinoid reaction is super easy to experience if the skin hasn’t had the right time to be introduced to it. Luckily for you, we are here to help use retinol safely on your skin and get the results you desire.

The science of it…

Your skin is made up in 2 different sub layers. The top 5 are the cells that will renew the soonest and don’t really absorb much of the creams, lotions or serums that we apply (these are called the epidermis). But the lower layer (called the dermis) is where the cells are created and where we want to send the products to work their magic.

We start with a complimentary consultation where we analyse the skin and assess what is going on. We look at a range of skin types:-

·     Ageing / Sagging / Lined

·     Dry / Dehydrated / Dull

·     Acne of all ages / Oily / Congested

With each skin type comes a different plan, starting from cleansing and toning, moving onto which moisturiser to use, and ending with SPF which we call RAD.

 We recommend facials with our skin products to get the MOST out of your products but they are not essential. They just speed up the results and make your products at home work easier.

Back to vitamin A and what it does. Vitamin A is a version of Retinol and it comes in different percentages, again to build up your skin tolerance to it. But what does it do? It breathes life into your skin. Dr Des Fernandes (scientist and surgeon who helped found Environ) discovered that when vitamin A was used on the skin after his operations on clients, that not only did the skin heal amazingly, but the skin around it was smoother, tighter, firmer and overall healthier. This got him thinking, what if he could make this into a product that you can apply all over the skin! That is just what he did, the AVST 1 vitamin A moisturiser which a lot of clients start their journey on is the original cream that he founded over 30 years ago. When you start to use it, you will see a glow, smoothness, firmness and you will find people commenting on how well you look and probably not linking it to your new found skincare! You really have to try it to believe it.

Next step, book in a consultation! Head to the free FRESHA app where you can search MAC BEAUTY and you can select consultation under the facial heading and start your skin journey today!