Hello Ladies!
Today I’ll tell you this and that about ingredients used in beauty products. Actually, I’ll focus on just one ingredient – ceramide, and its use in face creams. Do you know something about this beauty ingredient?
The very first thing that should pop into your mind after hearing or seeing the word “ceramide” is deep skin repair. Ceramides are super important for skin, especially when it’s flabby and dehydrated. Keep using them on a regular basis and your face will become supple and firm. What else should you know about this mysterious ingredient?
What are ceramides?
Ceramides, commonly known as “bricks of skin”, are fatty compounds that belong to the lipids. They naturally appear in our skin, in the stratum corneum and together with fatty acids and cholesterol they keep cells together, so to say. We can compare ceramides to the mortar holding bricks together, just to help you imagine and understand how important they play.
If the levels of ceramides in skin are adequate, skin remains moisturized – ceramides create a layer that locks water inside the skin. Additionally, ceramides play an important role in skin repair. For example, they prevent excessive exfoliation of dead skin cells, and shield the skin from wind, freezing weather, extreme temperatures, UV, alien abduction and mother-in-law 😀
Sadly, our body isn’t able to produce enough ceramides as necessary for skin to remain in a perfect condition. For that reason, you should deliver these essential skin constituents with face creams. The good news is that more and more often producers use plant-based ceramides in their beauty products.
How do ceramide beauty products work?
Face creams formulated with ceramides soothe irritations, prevent dehydration and keep skin healthy. Additionally, they fix sagging and remove wrinkles. For that reason, it’s recommended reaching for ceramides when you see that your skin is losing its resilience, or when you want to repair the skin after pregnancy.
Who should use ceramide beauty products?
You will surely take to beauty products enriched with ceramides if your skin doesn’t function properly, when you struggle with atopic dermatitis, acne, eczema and extremely dry skin. Furthermore, a good ceramide face cream should bring relief to skin that itches and is irritated, it also strengthens the protective coating of the skin.
Coming back to the issue of acne. I know that the majority of treatments targeting this skin concern have one side effect – they contribute to depriving skin of moisture. Luckily, you can reach for ceramide creams to deal with this and replenish your skin with water.
Obviously, ceramides are super important for mature skin.
My top 2 face creams with ceramides
- GOOD CERA Holika Holika This product is a real moisturizing bomb that has capabilities of replenishing water to skin. Apart from ceramides this product also contains lipids so it protects the skin from external aggressors, leaving it smooth and soft.
- CeraVe Moisturizing Cream The best thing about this product is the fact that it was developed by dermatologists. It doesn’t clog pores, is hypoallergenic and doesn’t have any fragrance. I find this cream perfect for dehydrated and irritated skin. It’s formulated with hyaluronic acid and as much as three types of ceramides.
FUN FACT
There are some ingredients that boost ceramides! Do you know them?
- hyaluronic acid
- collagen
- vitamin E
- peptides
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