Worried about wrinkles developing on your face?
Whether your skin is still smooth and taut or you’re beginning to notice the signs of aging spidering their way across your face, read on as Celestolite shares nine habits to adopt to keep the appearance of wrinkles at bay.
1. Protect Your Skin From UV Radiation
If you’re trying to prevent the appearance of wrinkles, sun protection needs to be a priority. Why? Because the UV rays emitted from the sun cause up to 80% of the wrinkles that appear on the face as a person ages. This means that keeping your skin shielded from UV damage will go a long way in stopping visible wrinkles from forming on your face.
If you’re ready to get serious about sun protection, there are a few things that you need to do. Firstly, find yourself a good sunscreen. SPF 30 is the general recommendation, which is what we’ve used in the Celestolite Nova Bright Skin Cream (SPF 30). This is a moisturizer as well as a sunscreen, making life more convenient in the mornings!
Of course, one application of SPF a day isn’t going to cut it. You’ll need to reapply it every two to three hours to remain protected. Do this year-round – UV rays are still harmful in the winter months too.
Additional sun protection measures, from wearing large sunglasses to donning a wide-brimmed hat, should be adopted as much as possible too. These accessories will provide an additional barrier between your skin and the sun.
2. Hydrate, Hydrate, and Hydrate Some More
The more hydrated your skin is, the plumper and fuller it will look, meaning that wrinkles won’t be quite so noticeable. On the other hand, if your skin is dehydrated, it will look almost deflated. Wrinkles then become more pronounced, as does sagging and loose skin.
Will drinking more water be enough to keep your skin hydrated?
While you’re young, yes. However, as you age and your skin thins out, it loses moisture at a much faster rate. The water that you drink is often not enough to replenish this, making topical hydration important.
The Celestolite Mars Stellar Serum is a product that will help you to do that. It’s brimming with hydrating ingredients, including sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, collagen, and peptides. It also contains vitamin C, which, as you’re about to find out, is a game-changer if you’re on a mission to save your complexion from wrinkles…
3. Stock Up on Antioxidants
The majority of wrinkles are due to free radical damage, a large amount of which is caused by the sun. However, everything from pollution to certain skincare ingredients can also trigger the development of free radicals. This significantly accelerates the skin aging process.
How do you put a stop to the appearance of free radical damage?
With antioxidants. Fortunately, there are plenty out there to choose from. Vitamins A, C, and E are among the best, and you’ll find all three in the Estrella Renewing Vitamin C Serum from Celestolite. Each one tackles the visible signs of aging in its own way, with results magnified when they’re combined. Even better, the meteorite powder in this serum will give your skin an instant glow!
Ideally, treat your skin to antioxidants twice a day, once in the morning and then again at night. These ingredients need to accumulate in the skin before their effects are visible, so be consistent with your use of them!
4. Be Gentle When Cleansing and Exfoliating
If you allow dirt to settle on your skin and infiltrate your pores, you’ll only be speeding up the rate at which you start to see wrinkles. This is why cleansing and exfoliating are both so important. They’ll remove impurities from the surface of the skin, as well as from within the pores, saving your skin cells from unnecessary damage.
However, using overly potent products to cleanse and exfoliate could end up causing more harm than good. As your skin ages, it becomes much more delicate. This makes it important to practice a gentle touch.
Start by ensuring that your cleanser doesn’t contain any sulfates, which dry and damage the skin barrier. If it does, switch to a sulfate-free formula, like the Celestolite Estrella Cleanser Mousse.
When it comes to your exfoliator, make sure that the product that you’re using isn’t overly abrasive. While you want your exfoliator to be able to dislodge dead skin cells and remove deep-seated impurities, you don’t want it to scratch your skin or cause micro-tears. The Celestolite Estrella Facial Peel would be a great choice. It thoroughly exfoliates to give the skin an instantly brighter and smoother finish, without causing any damage.
5. Keep Your Skin Moisturized
As we mentioned, the skin starts to thin out as it ages. Skin barrier function declines, meaning that the skin isn’t able to protect itself from environmental damage quite as well.
One way to get around this is by keeping your skin moisturized. By forming an additional layer over the skin’s surface, a good moisturizer will almost mimic the role of your skin barrier. It will keep moisture trapped in while forming an extra obstacle that environmental impurities will need to pass through before they can access your skin. This will help to slow down the appearance of wrinkles.
With that said, not any moisturizer will do. It’s essential that you pick one that is suitable for your skin type. The Celestolite Estrella Night Cream, for example, is packed with plant butters and oils that dry skin will absolutely love. Meanwhile, if you have oily skin, the Luna Mineral Cream would be a better match. It’s a lightweight, oil-free blend that contains salicylic acid. This makes it great for keeping your pores clear and preventing the appearance of acne breakouts.
6. Boost Your Complexion With a Weekly Mask
When working on keeping the appearance of wrinkles away, a morning and evening skincare routine is crucial. However, it can sometimes be helpful to give your complexion an extra boost with a weekly face mask.
The beauty of face masks is that they’re loaded with a high concentration of active ingredients. This is why the majority of them should only be used weekly, instead of daily.
Most face masks will be designed for a specific purpose, so pick one that’s capable of reducing the visibility of wrinkles. The Celestolite Mars Anti-Gravity Mask, for example, is bursting with antioxidants that will do just that. It also contains several plant oils, from hemp seed and marula to baobab and coconut. These will both hydrate and moisturize your skin, immediately softening the look of any existing creases that you have.
The Jade Spectra Mask would be another good option. This one is full of superfruit extracts. You’ll find everything from goji and mangosteen to bilberry and pomegranate on the ingredient list, ensuring that your skin is receiving a wide array of vitamins and polyphenols.
7. Eat a Vitamin-Rich Diet
We’ve talked about the importance of topically giving your skin plenty of vitamins and antioxidants. However, topical skincare only penetrates so far. The deepest layers of your skin don’t tend to benefit from topical products, which is why it’s also crucial to ensure that you’re caring for your skin from within too.
How can you make sure that your skin’s deepest layers have access to enough vitamins and antioxidants? By consuming them through your diet. Research has found that women who include more fruit in their diet have fewer wrinkles to deal with. This is down to the vitamin and antioxidant content in fruit. Fresh produce is also packed with anti-inflammatory compounds that will help to keep your skin looking its best.
Some of the best vitamin-rich foods to eat more of include:
- Fresh fruits and vegetables
- Green tea
- Olive oil
- Salmon
- Flax seeds
- Nuts
8. Adjust Your Sleeping Position
54% of adults sleep on their side because this can help to reduce heartburn, back pain, and snoring. As comfortable as side sleeping may be, this isn’t the best position to sleep in if you want to keep wrinkles away.
Sleeping on your side means that your face is constantly rubbing against your pillow. This causes friction and micro-creases, and it won’t be long before those subtle sleep lines turn into full-blown wrinkles.
To prevent this, try sleeping on your back. You may need to set up a nest of pillows around you to stop you from rolling over in the middle of the night, but you should soon get into the habit of sleeping like this!
9. Stress Management
Did you know that wrinkles can often be caused by stress?
Not only is this because of the frowning and squinting that people do when they’re stressed, with repeated facial expressions known for causing expression lines, but also because of the cortisol that the body releases when it’s stressed. This hormone causes some serious damage to skin cells and protein fibers, accelerating the aging process.
To stop this, you’ll need to put a stop to your stress. Keep in mind that short-term stress isn’t an issue – the problems arise with long-term, chronic stress. If this is something that you often experience, work on developing some stress management strategies for yourself. Some people find that a workout helps to relieve stress while others prefer to listen to music or do some journaling.
Experiment with a few different methods and you should hopefully soon find some that work for you. You’ll be able to turn to these whenever you’re stressed and bring your stress levels, along with your body’s cortisol levels, back down. This will ultimately save your skin from aging sooner than it should!
Preventing the Appearance of Wrinkles With Celestolite
When it comes to preventing the appearance of wrinkles, the sooner you start, the better. However, even if you’ve already noticed some creases creeping up on your face, the tips above are still well worth following if you want to regain the smooth and firm complexion of your youth. Be consistent with the methods that you use and your efforts will soon pay off, giving you a wrinkle-free appearance that you can truly be proud of!
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