We all have a different look, thank
goodness, or the world would be a really boring place! I was posting recently
about achieving and maintaining a gorgeous, golden summer tan, which is really
beautiful. But on the flip side, there is another look that is equally as
beautiful, and that is the radiant, even tone of porcelain perfect skin.
Smooth
and Even-Toned
Gentle lightening and brightening of the
skin can bring out a youthful radiance, a perfectly even skin tone and even
help diminish uneven pigmentation and scars. Now who would say no to that? No one
I know! A word of caution though when it comes to lightening, is to make sure
you use products that list their ingredients. There have been lightening creams
on the market before that contain hydroquinone, which can lighten your skin,
yes, but possibly burn a hole in it too, so be careful! There is no need to do
anything damaging with so many wonderful products out there, with safe and
natural, listed ingredients and at all price ranges!
Some of the best natural brightening
ingredients include liquorice root, arbutin, songi mushroom, lemon peel and
resveratrol (grape seed extract) – you can look out for these ingredients and
others when choosing your brightening products.
Where
there is a will, there is a way!
If you want to jumpstart a “brightening
skin” campaign, you could treat yourself to a salon microdermabrasion or
professional peel. This gently removes the top layer of skin to give you a
refreshed, radiant start to healthy skin functioning and boosted collagen
turnover. Then, you need to habitually follow up with excellent lightening and
brightening products.
As always with our skin, we start with
cleansing! I suggest you give the wonderful Clarins White Plus Total
Luminescent Pearl-to-Cream Brightening Cleanser a try. The name is long and the
effects long-lasting! It is a fine mousse textured cleanser, rich in clarifying
plant extracts that promote a luminous transparency to the skin. This is a
great product if you have any pigmentation, as it includes Spergularia and
Alchemila extracts to even the tone and stop further pigmentation.
Another wonder-brightening product comes
from SK-ll, the Whitening Source Clear Lotion, packed out with nourishing
hydrators and texturisers. Micro fine visual modifiers bring an instantly
uniform tone to your skin and a soft, glowing effect. After your cleanser, you
dispense a little into a cotton pad and pat gently over the skin, pressing in with
your fingertips to get all that goodness in it.
For the final brightening, whitening,
even-toned skin whammy, follow up with a radiance wonder-product – CAUDALIE Vinoperfect
Radiance Serum – the no. 1 anti-dark spot product in your arsenal. This milky,
moisturising serum creates a radiance in the skin that looks lit from within.
It’s suitable for all skin types and contains free radical blasters that are 62
times more effective than vitamin C.
So, with a little care and attention, and
some perfect brightening skin products, you too can be mistaken for a porcelain
doll!
