Hello internet! So somebody told me something very interesting the other day
and I just I just couldn't get my head round it couldn't get my head round it.
They said there are some people out there who are not using a retinol. Can
you believe that I couldn't believe it why would you not use a retinol when
it's got so many benefits documents and benefits in the scientific literature
such as improving the rate of skin turnover so all the lovely new cells at
the bottom come to the surface more quickly making your skin look more plump
and lovely. Increasing the amount of collagen that you produce in the skin
and organizing that collagen into a better pattern. Decreasing the amount of
melanin produced in certain areas so that you get a much more even skin tone.
Also decreasing the amount of an enzyme called matrix matrix metalloproteinase
which you produce when you're in the Sun which breaks down your own collagen so
even though it's got all these benefits which you know people talk about it's
not like it's a secret anymore but they're still not using a retinol. Do you think
that's a bit weird? I think that's a bit weird. So if you're not using a retinol I
guess my question would be why? Why you're not using the retinol, especially
because now there's a whole range of different products out there like from
0.25 up to 1% there's different types of retinol out there too so if one doesn't
suit you you can maybe use and it's something that needs to be converted in
the skin it's just really strange. Anyway let's just accept the fact that it's a
good thing to use the retinol and the question is which one should you pick so
people ask me which retinol should I go for you know should I go for this
particular brand or that brand and should I pick this one over that one so
this particular retinol say 30 40 50 60 pounds whatever over one which is a lot
cheaper it's a great question and one which I'm going to answer right now
first of all let me just say if you are extremely budget focused cool knock
yourself out go and grab a retinol but just bear in
mind that with these products you do kind of get what you pay for
so for example if you get one which is on the cheaper end of the spectrum it
might not be encapsulated and it might not have other stuff that goes along
with that retinol to help make your skin look even more amazing and super lovely
than it could be do you feel me so let's talk about some things that you can find
alongside of retinol. First of all niacinamide.
Niacinamide is quite a trendy ingredient right now, a lot of different
brands are sticking it into stuff and it's good because it increases the
ceramide levels in the skin and the free fatty acids. It's also really good if
you've got rosacea or otherwise irritated skin so I guess that's good
with a retinol because it can help to decrease the amount of irritation that
you might experience Matrixyl also trendy and helps to increase the amount
of collagen that you have in your skin it's a peptide glutathione it's an
antioxidant. Again great thing to have on the skin helps to prevent further damage
Gluconalactone, kind of quite trendy right now a lot of people are
talking about it helps to exfoliate the skin surface very gently and it's quite
actually inflammatory. Tetrapeptide 14, tetrapeptide 14, can you hear me? It's
anti inflammatory and it's a peptide.I also find that a lot of the cheaper
formulas won't be encapsulated meaning that the retinol isn't released to the
skin over time this makes it more irritating and also you don't have as
much metabolic uptake if the retinol is not
encapsulated. You'll often find with most of the cheaper formulations that they
won't contain an encapsulated retinol which is bad because it will increase
the amount of inflammation that you get from that formulation and also decrease
the amount that's available for the body to use it's kind of like drinking all
your days water just in one go. You're never gonna be off the toilet in the
morning and you'll be parched by the afternoon. There are lots of different
types of percentage of retinol available on the market and you can get products
which are anywhere from like you know 0.1% up to 1% even 2% for some things
and you know lots of things in between it's just important that you pick the
right percentage for you. So I'd recommend you know start low see how you
get on with that you're more likely to get side effects like a lot of shedding
which you know it's a normal thing to happen but some people don't like it.
Personally I love it when I get shedding but you know not everybody's as weird as
me. And this I've spoken about before on the channel
it's the illuminate retinol resurfacing serum this is a 0.5%, I do use this but
also sometimes the 1% as well if I'm feeling you know really want to you know
I really want to get in there we don't want to get up in there with that
retinol so it's up to you which percentage you like to start with really. And as a
bonus it contains all those ingredients that I was just telling you about you
know that extra little something. Okay so that's all I've got time for today
I am so sorry about that if you were enjoying the video but don't worry you
can come back next week and I'm gonna be talking about the same old stuff
repeatedly again and again but with a different slant and you might find it
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