Antioxidant Homecare

Dry, cold, high-altitude winters on the highveld can leave the skin sapped.

The first port of call in protecting your complexion is a seasonally-appropriate homecare routine. Let us look at what that includes and why a featured antioxidant cream can work wonders when it comes to restoring and maintaining radiant skin all winter long.

Winter Skin Essentials

Professional products that complement and suit specific skin types contain specific active ingredients.

These skincare actives should work hard to keep the bad out, the good in, and deliver nourishment deep within dermal layers. Principle products include: cleanser, moisturiser, sunblock, antioxidant cream, and a night cream. Click here to see what is On Special for July 2020.

How do these Famous 5 guard and nurture during winter?

• Cleanser: required to remove impurities and stimulate cellular regeneration.
• Moisturiser: Lock moisture within dermal layers to keep skin supple.
• Sunblock: Guard against harsh winter UV rays and cumulative photo-ageing damage.
• Antioxidant Cream: Treat, stop, and reverse oxidative damage from excess free radicals.
• Night Cream: Deep restorative hydration overnight.

Why does SAI recommend the inclusion of an Antioxidant Cream?

Those of us who call the cosmopolitan city highveld home, have unique environmental elements which mandate strong safeguards for our skin. Factors which promote free radical creation include skin stressors such as: severely dry air, high levels of particulate pollution, windy, cold, sunny weather, long commutes, and various additional lifestyle stressors.

These components easily compound causing the creation of free radicals. When free radicals are left alone, they can quickly gain the upper hand. They attack healthy cells and cause harm. Free radicals damage dermal tissue and are considered to be a main contributor to visible ageing.

The best way to fight back is through mobilizing powerful antioxidants to work on behalf of your skin. This is why our medical team, led by Dr Clark, advises the inclusion of an appropriate antioxidant cream for sustaining beautiful skin during winter on the highveld.

Antioxidants Explained Simply

Antioxidants are active ingredients that seek out free radicals and neutralize them. This action keeps skin cells safe and prolongs their health.

Gold Standard Antioxidants & How they Work

• Vitamin C (absorbic acid/tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate/as well as other names): This well-known antioxidant is potent. It is vital that it be stabilized in a professional formulation for it to act with full-force.

Effect: Vitamin C in targeted solutions (such as antioxidant cream) brightens skin, corrects irregular or uneven pigmentation, and protects the skin’s firmness and elasticity. It calms inflammation which lessens redness and works to maintain balanced hydration levels. Vitamin C is suitable for all skin types.

Treats: Dull complexion, fine lines and wrinkles, dry skin.

• Vitamin E (tocopherol/tocotrienols): An antioxidant superstar, Vitamin E has received plenty of press-time for delivering stand-out antioxidant benefits.

Effect: Vitamin E defends the skin from environmental stressors including harmful sun rays and air pollutants. It fights off free radicals to keep the skin safe. It is a natural anti-inflammatory and as such has tremendous skin calming properties. It is highly effective at promoting skin hydration.

Treats: Stressed skin, dry skin, skin damage, scars.

Other Important Antioxidants Include

• Vitamin A, Vitamin B5, Polyphenols, Green Tea Extracts & More: The list of available antioxidants is robust. Antioxidants are always stronger when used in conjunction with each other. Scientifically formulated professional products ensure that an assertive defence is mounted in order to fight free radicals and protect skin structures such that they stay intact and strong.

Effect: Established antioxidants firm-up the skin indirectly by preserving strong skin structures from within. They slow signs of ageing. They work to keep skin smooth, protect healthy DNA and cellular membranes, preserve collagen, and combat moisture loss.

Treats: Lack of moisture, wrinkles and fine lines, skin texture concerns such as loss of elasticity, hyperpigmentation, other signs of visible ageing.

Why Quality is Worth your Investment

Professional skincare products require rigorous testing.

Antioxidants need to be formulated in concentrations proven to be therapeutic. Formulation and packaging should ensure that active ingredients remain stable, without degradation, and retain potency once on your homecare shelf.

SAI only stocks reputable first-class skincare products that deliver results. In fact, the SAI Homecare Range – specifically – is classified as cosmeceuticals.

Four Antioxidant Options:

• C25 Cream – Light enough for day wear; powerful enough to protect!
• SAI Antioxidant Serum – Formulated for strength to fight for your skin’s health!
• TriVita C Serum – Highest concentration of three types of stabilized Vitamin C complex.
• Neostrata Skin Active Antioxidant Serum – Supercharged antioxidant medley to serve skin and stop visible ageing.

Skin Professionals at your Service

Not sure where to start?

Receive expert medical dermatology advice on your specific skin type.

• View the July 2020 Specials
• See which treatments have been selected as our “Pick Me Up” favourites to combat Lockdown’ Blues.
• Speak with an SAI Skin Therapist
• Visit the SAI Online Store

 

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