What really rejuvenates your skin is, according to science, not an exotic hard to find ingredient. It is actually the same substances that are important for the rest of the body too and what most people look for in their food supplement pills: vitamins. They are still the best when it comes to decreasing wrinkles and pigment spots, making the skin more elastic with a youthful glow.
Unlike other “hot” ingredients such as peptides and antioxidants, vitamins are essential for you, as the body cannot make them itself
Vitamins, especially vitamin A and C, are however very sensitive and fragile and often loose all of their potency when exposed to uv-radiation and oxygen in the air. Thus, most of the “old-time” cosmetic products containing vitamins loose their effect already upon opening the jar for the first time. Besides, vitamins also tend to cause side effects on sensitive persons, especially with an efficient high dose of the vitamin in question.
Maybe that’s why there’s such a frenzy to find other “magic” ingredients. But if you want an efficient product – go for the vitamins! Nowadays there have popped up new exciting technologies that make the vitamins stable and less prone to cause side effects.
Vitamin A is, so far, the most efficient rejuvenating substance science has seen. In cosmetics, a less strong and harsh variant in used, retinol. There are also other forms of vitamin A such as i.e. retinyl palmitate, which is very easy, stable and cheap, but it is much less potent and will not make much of a difference to the skin. Look in the ingredient list for retinol if you’re looking for an efficient vitamin A product.
Tomorrow Superior Serum Anti-ageing Activator
In our Tomorrow Superior Serum Anti-ageing Activator we have “embedded” the retinol in microscopic droplets that preserve the activity. They also spread very thin on the skin, reaching down in all crevices that cannot be fully covered by normal size particles in creams. Another good thing about this technology is that it has a time-release effect; the skin will gradually be exposed to the retinol, which minimizes eventual side effects.
We have used a high dose of retinol, 0,4%. If you want to see any difference, you should use a product with at least 0,1% retinol.
A retinol product should only be used at nights. If you plan to spend the day afterwards in the sun, you shouldn’t use it, as your skin can get red and slightly swollen. Also, when starting a retinol treatment, use it only every third night. This is especially important if you have sensitive skin.
So what will you get from a retinol product?
The most visible effect that we have seen when testing our Tomorrow serum, which you can notice after one months use, is that the skin becomes more healthy and rosy. Simply said, it looks much younger. I recommend you to take a photo (same distance, lightening and camera) before and after one resp. three months use. Most people we have tested forget how they looked before or doesn’t notice the gradual shift to a more beautiful looking skin, so comparing photos is a fun and good thing to do. To visibly reduce pigment spots can take anything between two months to two years. But it will work if you are consistent. Retinol also makes the skin look moist and decreases wrinkles and wrinkle depth.
NB! Please please be careful when using our Tomorrow serum over the summer, retinol and sun is a really bad mix.
NB! As with all cosmetic products, you need to have realistic expectations. You will not get a 20 years younger brand new face. And if you already have young skin, not much will happen. However, for most people with signs of ageing, using an efficient retinol product will make you look younger and healthier with a moist and rosy skin.
