Oh dear I'm afraid the words Clinique/Clarins etc... make a Beauty Therapist (who's worked in a aesthetic setting) cringe!!
Any product (which falls into cosmetic) as in, you can buy over the counter at Boots, House of fraser etc.... cannot legally penetrate the dead skin cells! The molcular structure of a lot of these products are to big, they sit on your face make it look pretty then you wash it down the drain!! Think cold toast when you put butter on it, it just fills the gaps and smoothes the surface.
Back in the day, if you had problem skin you would only be able to see a dermatologist, hence where the phrase "cosmaceutical" came along, as a doctor recognised there was a gap in the market between cosmetic ranges and pharmaceutical and introduced products which therapists could use which really work! I think some of the first products which fell into "cosmaceuticals" were MD formulations, Environ to name but a few....
Cosmaceutical products, will actually pentrate the Dermis and work from inside out and are usually closely matched to the skins natural PH balance.
So what I'm saying is, its worth finding a salon which stocks cosmaceutical brands and having a proper skin analysis done.
The salon I work in use PRIORI products. I use Gentle AHA Cleanser, AHA Skin Renewal cream, AHA Barrier Repair Cream and Daily Defense SPF30 which are amazing. They contain Lactic acid which is the AHA bit and a big dose of Antioxidents, prior to this I used AGERA.
I hope the above info is useful to you all ..... I guess I'm on a mission to have everyone out there with fabulous skin! I love it when clients come in and say the products have really improved their skin
Apologies if I've got any facts wrong, its is just my own understanding of things! xx
Any product (which falls into cosmetic) as in, you can buy over the counter at Boots, House of fraser etc.... cannot legally penetrate the dead skin cells! The molcular structure of a lot of these products are to big, they sit on your face make it look pretty then you wash it down the drain!! Think cold toast when you put butter on it, it just fills the gaps and smoothes the surface.
Back in the day, if you had problem skin you would only be able to see a dermatologist, hence where the phrase "cosmaceutical" came along, as a doctor recognised there was a gap in the market between cosmetic ranges and pharmaceutical and introduced products which therapists could use which really work! I think some of the first products which fell into "cosmaceuticals" were MD formulations, Environ to name but a few....
Cosmaceutical products, will actually pentrate the Dermis and work from inside out and are usually closely matched to the skins natural PH balance.
So what I'm saying is, its worth finding a salon which stocks cosmaceutical brands and having a proper skin analysis done.
The salon I work in use PRIORI products. I use Gentle AHA Cleanser, AHA Skin Renewal cream, AHA Barrier Repair Cream and Daily Defense SPF30 which are amazing. They contain Lactic acid which is the AHA bit and a big dose of Antioxidents, prior to this I used AGERA.
I hope the above info is useful to you all ..... I guess I'm on a mission to have everyone out there with fabulous skin! I love it when clients come in and say the products have really improved their skin
Apologies if I've got any facts wrong, its is just my own understanding of things! xx