Air pollution, such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide, can harm the skin. So, how can you protect your skin against air pollution beyond visible impacts?
Your Skin Keeps You Healthy…
We now understand that when pollution affects your skin, it doesn’t stop there and can penetrate inside your body. Under attack, your skin gets dehydrated, loses tone, and breathes less… At the end of the day, it affects how you look as much as your general health does. Imagine you are wearing a suit of armor: the better you take care of it, the better your skin is protected.
… So Protect Your Skin!
Healthy skin is the best kind of protection from pollution, so here is our advice to keep it that way.
The first rule is to keep things clean. In the morning and the evening, the trick is to gently remove the accumulated pollutants from it simultaneously with sebum, dust, and sweat. To help you in this daily ritual, Laboratoires de Biarritz has drawn up a range of Make-Up Removal Cleansing Care products suitable for every skin type. Their various textures and 100% natural-origin ingredients will keep your skin hydrated and soothed, guaranteeing you are actually caring for it.
Choose Cleansing Micellar Water for a refreshing sensation; Milk for drier skin; an Oil that works on even the most resistant make-up; and Biphase Make-Up Remover that is perfect for the sensitive areas around the eyes and lips. Each contains an extract of Sugar Kelp (Laminaria saccharina), a majestic oceanic algae with abundant virtues. These include soothing, skin-softening, and protective polyphenols, microcirculation-stimulating laminarin, and dryness-preventing, moisturizing alginates.
Rule number two is to moisturize, applying a moisturizer both morning and evening. It all boils down to picking out a product with high antioxidant capacity. It enables the skin to protect itself from oxidative stress generated by pollution. And this is where our Hydra-Protect+ products shine. Designed to guarantee exceptional skin hydration, they will also preserve your skin’s youthful look. Thanks to a unique combination of hydrating and moisturizing ingredients like hyaluronic acid and shielding ingredients like extremolite or our patented Alga-Gorria®, a red algae extract with an antioxidant effect, our Organic Hydra-Protect+ skincare products fulfill the skin’s essential needs. The products provide an intense 24-hour hydrating effect1 and comprehensive protection against the stress your skin must face everyday2 (blue light, pollution, psychological stress, fatigue…).
Rule Number Three: Drink a Lot Of water of course, but also green tea. It helps your skin stay hydrated naturally, and will help you detox.
Like sunburn in the summer, dull or dehydrated skin is a visible sign that your body is under duress. So take the time to help it shake off these attacks by taking care of it.
1 Corneometry measurements performed on each product.
2 In vitro and in vivo testing on ingredients.