What are Peptides?
Peptides are amino acids that make up certain proteins required by the skin.More particularly, collagen is made of three polypeptide chains,so including peptides can fortify your skin to create collagen. More collagen can lead to firmer, younger looking skin. Our body makes collagen actually, but over time, this built in creativity decreases,which can cause skin to get more wrinkled and less healthy and less shining. There are some points you need to know so that you can use it more confidently.
How peptides benefit our skin?
Peptides can assimilate into the skin where they can be utilized by the body. Connecting peptides into your skin care schedule has numerous benefits for the skin.
Peptides are a really important ingredients because they help your skin to be healthy on its own,it helps your skin to be more healthier and stronger and hydrated and also it helps to brighten your dull complexions,so that your skin can look more youthful and fresh.
It is a really important ingredient for all of us.There are so many different types of peptides:
EGF ( epidermal growth factor )
This is actually works to regenerate the surface of your skin.What this is gonna help is really to improve the fine lines for especially for those of you in your 20s and 30s.
BFGF ( basic fibroblast growth factor)
It works in the deeper layers of your skin.It helps with the deeper wrinkles starting from your mid-30s and so on
The Acetyl Hexapeptide-8
It's also called the botox that you apply on your skin so you can kind of imagine how good this ingredient is?
It is an ingredient that's gonna give you an extremely fast results for your wrinkles.
There are a lot of questions regarding peptides like:
➡What types of skin shouldn't use peptides?
➡What skin care products shouldn't be used with peptides?
The answer is all skin types can use peptide and you can use it with any other skin care product.It can be helpful for people with aging skin, pregnant people, or those even with acne prone skin.It's really your all inclusive ingredient and if you don't feel any irritation,then there's really no reason not to use it with other skin care products.
Peptides are also ingredients that are not harmful for even teenagers to use.
Some peptides are ingredients that all genders and all ages can use but it is still the safest to ask your doctor who knows your specifics and conditions the best.
How to store peptides?
The only thing that we really need to be careful of is actually storing them properly. All you have to do is avoid sunlight and keep them in room temperature.
Now let's talk about five Do's to use peptides more effectively.
Use it at the first step of skin care.The best time to use a peptide ingredient is at the first step of your skincare routine.If you're using a product that has even the tiniest amount of oil or has other hydration effects,then you should use peptides first and then applying the product afterwards.If you're putting on a toner and not wiping the toner off but letting it absorb into your skin,then make sure to use the peptide first and then apply the toner.The reason is because if you use a product with an ingredient that actually creates this protective layer on the surface of your skin. Then the peptides barely gets soaked in your skin, in this case, you're not going to be able to see the full effect of peptides.So keep that in mind,first, you have to wipe the face with a toner to remove any impurities on your face then you have to apply the peptides directly onto the face.
Number two:
Use it during the time that your skin goes through recovery, you can use peptide for both day and night routine. But using it during the night time and during the recovery time is gonna really help to boost the effect and double its effect.You all must have heard about going to sleep at 10 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. for beauty sleep.You guys have heard of this a lot, right? This is very true because a lot of hormones that makes our skin more beautiful and healthy actually is produced during this beauty time also large amount of hormones that helps to regenerate cells and also makes our skin more beautiful actually gets released 3 hours after you fall asleep. So you need to be asleep even during this time. So for peptides, especially in the case of the EGF,it's most effective to use it during your skin's recovery process.
It is not a product created for a conditioning effect.So use it after cleansing rather than putting your makeup on and when you use it before you go to sleep,it actually doubles the effect of EGF.
Number three:
Use alternatively with a chemical exfoliator.In principle, peptides can be used with other acidic products such as AHA,BHA and vitamin C but for the most effective absorption process it is recommended using it alternatively every other day.
Exfoliating ingredients don't exactly work together with EGF,they don't really have a good synergy effect.But the fact that if you do remove the dead skin cells before you put on peptides it's really great.For example:If you use the AHA exfoliator on a monday then you can use the peptides for the rest of the week.Let's say you want to use these two products together then it is recommended to give a minimum of twenty minutes before using the products together.Doing this prevents the products from interfering with each other's absorption processes.
Number 4:
Use with Guaiazulene ingredient.As we know already UV rays are actually the biggest cause of age, Guaiazulene ingredient is such an excellent ingredient to use for after-sun care,this is because Guaiazulene works to alleviate inflammation on the burns it has anti-bacterial effects and it also works to bring down the heat and it soothes oily, acne-prone, sensitive skin and also works to help sunburns from UVB.So peptides and Guaiazulene has a really great synergy effect together.
Peptide is gonna penetrate deep into your skin.It's gonna help with preventing aging and also the elasticity of your skin.Guaiazulene is gonna help with the soothing care on sunburns from the UVB rays.So this synergy effect together can help your skin inside and out both ways to make it healthier.
Number 5:
Use with vitamin C,vitamin C is the most well known anti-oxidizing ingredient,it works to brighten dull complexion,prevents aging from UV rays and also helps recover your skin.Applying peptide and vitamin C together helps to recover skin damage.It helps to increase production of elastic tissues like collagen. So if you do have sensitive skin using a vitamin C product before going out in the sun in the daytime can actually irritate your skin it can cause irritation and redness for you. If you do have sensitive skin it is recommended that you should avoid using it during the daytime.But if you still want to use it during the daytime,you know that it's mandatory to put sunscreen on if you use the vitamin C product.
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