Your Skin’s Scariest Fear After a Night of Ghouls and Goblins

Halloween Makeup!

Halloween is such a fun time to play with makeup. But we all know that store-bought paint that wins contests can kill your skin. Here are some tips from dermatologists and our skin care experts to ensure your skin survives the fearful night of ghouls and goblins.

1. Make sure you have a solid moisture barrier and fully prepped skin to avoid the elements. We suggest a layer of Barrier Repair Cream and Ultimate Moisturizing Cream BEFORE you create your masterpiece. These products will help create a barrier to the elements you will encounter from the makeup as well as the elements outside while you party or trick-or-treat while also providing your pores with great nutrients so they don’t fill up with the ick that comes from what is often cheap store makeup for Halloween.
2. When you come home, no matter how tired you are or how late (or early in the AM) it may be, WASH YOUR FACE using gentle motions. This is NOT the time to use harsh chemical-based products, washcloths, or tools with additional exfoliating properties. You want to slowly and gently remove the makeup in stages if necessary as not to strip away the good oils in your skin. We recommend our Repairing Cleanser with Salicylic Acid.
3. Be sure to add a layer of moisture that includes reparative elements such as our Collagen Serum, the only serum you need to give your skin all of the nutrients and antioxidants it craves. Pure Epidermal Growth Factors promote skin rejuvenation while Sea Kelp Bioferment, with its full array of nutrients plus polysaccharides, will moisturize your skin and protect it from pollution and bacteria.
4. Finish up with our Honeybee Regenerating Defensin Serum. This proprietary formula contains the same natural Defensin-1 that gives honey and Royal Jelly their beneficial properties, helping to elevate natural mechanisms for reversing damage loss of structure. Powered by this innovative ingredient and its unique combination with growth factors and lipids, the Regenerating Defensin Serum helps protect, restore, and rejuvenate your skin.

Stress

We all know stress can wreak havoc on your skin. So as the holidays near, let’s plan to help prevent the unsightly signs of stress on the skin.

• Step one: Cleanse - twice a day. A gentle and mild cleanser works best when you are stressed. Our Repairing Cleanser has just a hint of salicylic acid, which discourages blemishes and provides a very lightweight exfoliation. It has ceramides that provide the lipid content needed to maintain an optimal skin barrier. Bonus: It also has plant-sourced tremella, which rounds out the balanced formula, delivering more moisture by volume than hyaluronic acid.
• Step two: Moisturize with the right serum. Apply Skin Actives Collagen Serum with ROS BioNet and Apocynin by gently rubbing the serum onto both palms and smoothing into every pore using an upward and outward motion. Equipped with ROS BioNet and Apocynin, this powerful serum is designed to fight oxidative damage and promote the appearance of younger-looking skin. Our collagen serum formula combines EGF, Sea Kelp Bioferment, Vitamin C, and Hyaluronic Acid to make an elegant and effective facial serum.
• Step three: Make sure you get your nutrients into your body! Collagen peptides, vitamins, and minerals may not make it to your skin (this is why we make our Collagen Serum) but a healthy body can take better care of your skin and make it appear less stressed!