I get tons of questions from people who, while cruising through Black Market Beauty, need help with subjects more akin to skin care aspect of beauty. It's kind of tough to figure out what to put on before you use your mineral make up. Since most questions address issues common to mature skin we usually end up talking about moisturizers. The beauty market's buzz is all about holding more moisture in place to create a more youthful appearance, and delivering what has been lost from the skin through time and weather.
Moisturizers have always been the backbone of most skin care products that address aging or sun damaged skin. Where some are very obvious and have been used since ancient times, like olive oil, coconut oil, lanolin, or avocado oil, others are not. One of the items we see often see now is Hyaluronic Acid. It sounds pretty fierce, but then anything with the word “acid” attached makes our minds wander to drain cleaners and glass etching. It also makes those who want to keep anything that might be a “chemical” out of their beauty basics, cringe. Have no fear, all is not lost.
Hyaluronic Acid occurs in nature and can be extracted from ground cockscombs..poor little roosters, but often is produced through bacterial fermentation, which is a process that most people find much less objectionable. It has super moisture retention potential and is found in human skin along with the two other, crucial components, collagen and elastin. It forms a gel when exposed to water, and is used in those lip plumping injections that are all the rage.
A “cocktail" of vitamin C, Hyaluronic acid, Co-enzyme Q-10, and hydrolyzed elastin results in an anti aging cream that holds moisture in place, plumping up wrinkles to create a smooth surface for make up application. Companies like Nivea, Avon, and Prescriptives all rely on Hyaluronic acid to create their most effective anti aging products. You can also blend this with lipsticks to create plumper lips without injections. Add a little DMAE for an added boost, but do so gradually.
We who make our own skin care products also use this wonderful ingredient, saving money by blending it ourselves instead of paying for the advertising budgets of the bigger commercial skin care houses. Once you feel comfortable making less complex facial creams, consider venturing into those that include Hyaluronic acid. It will definitely elevate your facial creams to a new level of effectiveness, drop a note at Black Market Beauty to find out where to get it for your very own creations. You can find out what the beauty market's buzz has been about.
