In this post I am going to recommend the best anti aging ingredients to look for when purchasing beauty products and cosmetics. Using these ingredients can make a huge difference to the look and feel of your skin, especially as you get into your fifties and beyond.
What Are The Best Anti Aging Ingredients To Look For?
Vitamin C and Vitamin E
Vitamin C is an acclaimed anti-aging ingredient known for its remarkable photo protective effects which help to protect your skin against the effects of UVB rays.
Vitamin C also assists in the production of collagen in the skin, helping to diminish the signs of skin aging.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant that helps to protect the skin against the damaging effects of free radicals.
Research has shown that when Vitamin E is applied topically, it assists in improving the skin’s natural ability to renew and restore itself optimally.
Thus when these two ingredients are combined, they help provide the skin with a unique, double-fold protective effect, which encourages skin that feels restored, maintained and full of life.
Anti Aging Peptides
Peptides are ingredients that help breathe new life into your complexion. This unique multi-functional hexapeptide helps to visibly transform fatigued, dull and aging skin to look and feel healthier, more radiant and youthful. Some peptides are known for their extraordinary anti-aging benefits and are targeted to reduce facial expression wrinkles and help to reduce the appearance of age-related changes in all areas of the skin.
As well as assisting in creating a younger looking complexion, this all in one ingredient also assists in reducing skin surface roughness, imparting a smoother finish with improved firmness, elasticity and radiance.
Phloretin
Due to their unstable nature, when free radicals come into contact with skin cells, they cause a reaction which leads to oxidation stress.
Studies have found that oxidation stress can cause damage to the skin, which can result in premature aging, irritated skin and even disease.
Phloretin is a natural antioxidant found in apples, pears, and tomatoes and it is renowned for its effectiveness in helping to neutralize free radicals, minimizing the harmful impact of oxidation stress, helping to guard against the signs of possible premature skin aging.
Phloretin, in addition to being a potent antioxidant, may stabilize and increase the skin availability of topically applied vitamin C and ferulic acid.
Inca Inchi Oil
This oil is often found in anti aging hand creams and cuticle creams.
Inca Inchi Oil is extracted through cold-pressing the seeds of the Peruvian Amazonia plant, Plukenetia Volubilis, which has been acclaimed for its medicinal properties for thousands of years.
Inca Inchi Oil has one of the highest concentrations of Omega 3, which helps to soften the skin, leaving your hands and fingertips looking luscious and perfectly cared for.
This oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and helps to maintain the lipidic balance of the skin, encouraging softer and more supple finish.
With high levels of Vitamin E, Inca Inchi Oil also acts as an antioxidant helping to protect against the effects of oxidation stress and reduces the visible results of premature aging.
Jojoba Oil
This oil is great for use in hair products.
Unlike any other plant-based oil in the world, Jojoba Seed Oil features high levels of wax esters (lipids), which are biochemically similar to those found in the skin and scalp, helping to breathe new life into your hair from the roots to the tips.
Jojoba Oil is naturally rich in Omega 9 fatty acids, and this multitasking botanical oil offers intense conditioning and emollient properties for smoother softer and more radiant looking hair. Jojoba Oil also has wax esters and is kn ow to naturally contain Vitamin E which also protects against free radicals.
Argon Oil
Argon oil is mainly used to improve the appearance of your hair. However, it also may help to support the skin’s natural barrier and improve the moisture content of the skin.
As a plant-based oil, argon oil contains a number of different compounds. This complexity can increase the likelihood of irritation and sensitivity, so use sparingly.
Argon oil is both a moisturizer and a sealant, which means it can penetrate the hair and also seal the strand on the surface Smoothing a small amount of argon oil onto hair after styling promotes a smooth, glossy, frizz-free finish.
Argon oil can treat a broad range of skin conditions, including acne, eczema, psoriasis, burns, and skin infections. The high concentration of antioxidants in argon oil— including oleic acid and linoleic acid—has led some to claim that it can fight aging by neutralizing free radicals that damage cells.
Dermatologists also say that omega-3 fatty acids found in argon oil may boost collagen production and plump your skin, reducing fine lines and wrinkles.
So next time you are looking at purchasing skin care, make sure you see some of these best anti aging ingredients included so that you get the maximum anti aging benefits.
Please feel free to add to my list of the best anti aging ingredients by commenting below. I am sure there are many other brilliant ones to add.