By Laura Medina
Even those blessed or cursed being born with way too many oil glands, as we get older, we still extra help in the skincare department, whether it be hot and dry or cold and dry.
This scribe put these refreshing, luxurious moisturizers to the test during hectic holidays and see how they soothe both nerves and dermis.
This scribe fell in awe with these relieving, breathable moisturizers when skin and nerves are shot during the stressful holidays and post-holiday Winter when your skin needs them the most.
Thank god for the latest formulations. Creams are now morphing into gels or gel-cream hybrids.
IOPE is the half the price line from Amore Pacific, the prestigious Korean beauty brand. Same technology. Same ingredients. Same results but for half the price.
IOPE Super Vital Cream Rich has the same benefits as the richer, heavier, more traditional creams, as in:
- Total antiaging cream (ultra moisturizing) that contains powerful plant energy to meticulously care for complex signs of aging.
- Super Flavonoids containing powerful plants and energy of longevity recharges fatigued skin with energy and nutrition to achieve firm skin.
- Seletinoid, an antiaging bio ingredient that is patented in 5 countries, provides focused treatment on dryness, dullness, fine lines, and reduced firmness.
- Able to survive in the most extreme environments without water and revives itself with the slightest rainwater.
But, all these in a lightweight, gel-cream texture, refreshing in cold, wet Southern and California Winter and the harsher, drier, desert Winter. What a relief for combination and oily complexions. An extra boost without clogging the pores and no zit scars.
The same upscale, advanced Korean beauty skincare for half the price, making enough room for holidays and birthdays.
Korres Wild Rose Smoothie Brightening Priming Moisturiser
If lotion is your thing, Korres Wild Rose Smoothie Brightening Priming Moisturiser is for you.
Packed with wild rose oil, powerful vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, and turmeric extract, this weightless moisturizer delivers 24-hour hydration as well as brightening and priming benefits. This multitasking, super-nourishing solution helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and skin discoloration, while eliminating excess shine and decongesting pores with white willow bark—rich in natural salicylic acid. Skin will be perfectly prepped for makeup application and all day wear.
Wild rose is nature's most potent skin brightener with nine times more vitamin C than found in orange juice. This formula is also boosted with super C, which increases skin's vitamin C absorption by 1,000 percent.
Ideal for those who are pock-marked and pigmented while tackling dry patches, Wild Rose Smoothie Brightening Priming Moisturiser soothes in a watery, not weak, refreshing yet soothing lotion that calms and brightens without heavy, suffocating oils clogging pores.
When citrus fruit are lacking and you're too busy to juice, just wear your vitamins.
Polar Day Cream
Mountain Day Cream
Desert Day Cream
All skincare isn't good for all seasons or for all skintypes.
Different complexions react differently in various climates and seasons.
What climate and which season perfects the complexion, that same complexion will be wrecked in a different climate and different season.
Pour Moi Skincare knows that. They recommend they change your skincare with the climate and season.
LOCATION HYDRATION,Know Your Climate First...
The complex ways skin keeps its outer layers moist and flexible depend, and drastically vary, on what climate it faces. So— know your local climates for the different seasons, and when getting out of town, check the wether forecast for the location to bring the right day cream on your trip.
This way to you don’t force the wrong kind of moisturization onto your skin (different climates need different moisturizing strategies). Pour Moi’s new Climate-Smart care aligns with your skin’s natural climate IQ for skin to find optimal moisture balance for the climate you’re in. The result is a happy face in anyplace.
CHANGE IS CONSTANT,Old Story, New Answers...
It’s a climate’s range of temperature and humidity that either hydrates or dehydrates your skin — turning it from oily to dry, or to everything in between. The skin launches biological responses to control the effect of the outside temperature on the body, so that it can manage it’s hydration levels in relation to the humidity present. Pour Moi’s Climate-Smart® skincare is scientifically formulated to mimic the various behaviors of healthy skin in different places and seasons. This is especially important today when climates are harsher and more unpredictable.
Polar Day Cream
For Winter all over, Pour Moi's polar Day cream is comforting.
Places with polar climate: New York in the winter, Toronto, Moscow, and Antarctica.
This skin-saving formula contains plenty of Squalane Oil, HyalurTruf+ (Hyaluronic Acid + White Truffle) and 11 climate-specific ingredients such as Shea Butter, biomimetic hydrators and scientifically advanced emollients- we call them Climate Energized Beautifiers®. A biomimetic (skin-like) moisturizing film locks-in precious moisture all-day and shields against harsh weather elements and sudden temperature changes, effectively helping skin find its natural moisture balance in a polar climate for a shine-free glow.
It’s a vital component of Climate-Smart® skincare to only use active ingredients that can stay stable and potent when applied to the skin in a polar climate. Retinol (vitamin A) and other actives such as peptides, and vitamins C +E are microencapsulated, so they’re used in their safest form, for a controlled release in your skin. The result is an instantly smoother, clearer complexion with visibly less fine lines and wrinkles, and over time, noticeably fading age spots.
- Dry air saps skin of moisture but Glycerin, Lecithin and HaylurTruf+ restore hydration and shield skin for optimal moisture balance and supple, soft skin.
- The cold makes skin less oily but the right amount of oil and butter from Squalane and Shea Butter replenishes skin's natural oils for a healthy glow without clogging pores.
- Chilling winds and sudden changes in temperatures can cause visible damage to your complexion. Avena Sativa Kernel Extract and Butylene Glycol uniquely combined with other emollients form a unique silky texture to protect, calm, and soothe skin.
- Constant exposure to the environment breaks down barrier functions and reveals unwanted signs of aging skin. Time-released encapsulated Vitamin A, C, and E, and peptides effectively combats the signs of aging for a brighter, more youthful appearance.
Mountain Day Cream
For those who ski during the high holiday season and more chill, cheaper post-holiday season, here's skincare for you...
For the first time, you will be able to moisturize, replenish and protect your skin in elevated places where UV radiation levels are up and air pressure is low, causing water to escape much faster from skin than in any other climate. Luxuriously velvet to the touch and feeling satin-soft, the Mountain Day Cream combines a high-altitude-specific biomimetic (skin-like) texture with proven ingredients in a quick-absorbent formula for supple, glowing skin.
Places with mountain climate: Denver, Colorado; Sedona, Arizona; and the French Alps.
MOUNTAIN-SMART SK(IN-SIGHTS):
- Effective water active derived from two sources— nourishing plant-water and mineral-rich deep sea spring water — offers soothing properties, replenishing moisture, and defense against UV aggression in high altitudes.
- UV-protector red snow algae from the Swiss Alps, a plant well adapted to high altitudes defends itself from UV rays’ aggressions by producing carotenoids for protection. The plant’s unique adaptations to low altitude pressure, extreme low temperatures, and dry air work similarly in skincare, making it an effective, must-have ingredient for Mountain Day Cream.
- Antioxidant-rich rice barn oil provides extreme hydration via a combination of vitamin E and fatty acids that deeply penetrate the skin while remaining lightweight. The ingredient is also known to provide a brightening effect, reducing the appearance of dark spots. Soothing vine flower cell extract and lychee extract calm skin, reducing redness and irritation.
- PENTAVITIN® ensures instant, deep hydration by generating a moisture reservoir that lasts for 72 hours from the application while strengthening skin barrier functions. Studies show that skin becomes quickly hydrated creating a comfortable skin feeling even in the harshest environment
- The antioxidant properties of salicornia oil improve skin hydration and locks in moisture.
- Climate-smart HYALUR-TRUF+® uniquely combines multi-molecule weight hyaluronic acids with French white truffle extract to safely draw water, depending on the actual humidity available, from air and/or dermis into the epidermis to help skin restore optimal hydration levels.
- Slow-releasing retinol (vitamin A), micro-encapsulated C & E and high-performing anti-wrinkle peptides are part of a global, all-year anti-aging strategy that provides visible results over time in all climates.
Desert Day Cream
The vegan, antioxidant-packed Desert Day Cream is an oasis of hydration, working with the skin's Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF) to keep moisture in and dryness out, bringing out skin's natural glow and vibrance. Pollution, air-conditioning, and dusty winds are no match for this remarkable moisturizer.
Places with Desert Climate: Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, northern Africa — there are deserts on every continent and today, over 1 billion people live in a desert climate; so don’t forget this skin-saving Day Cream.
MOISTURE BOOSTING | ANTI-AGING | CLIMATE STABILIZING
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Cutting-edge water- and oil-based hydrators help skin to reduce Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL)
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Lightweight regenerating oils, including Squalane Oil, create a thin barrier that helps retain moisture and amends the lipid barrier
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Protective agents neutralize extreme air-conditioning and temperature variations
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Antioxidants like vitamins A, C, and E help protect your skin from free radicals caused by UV damage and other environmental aggressors
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Peptides and botanicals, including White Truffle, address the premature signs of aging—fine lines, wrinkles, and dull skin—improving the skin’s surface with their rich anti-aging properties
Even if you're a jet-setter, you'll still keep everything within budget.
Each bottle only costs $35 a pop.
That's a lot of science within a reasonable price.
These are the Winter skincare this scribe continues to use, well past the Winter Holidays.
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