Whether you are sunbathing or spend a few hours gardening, it can happen that, despite your best efforts, you catch a sunburn! Do not panic! Here are a few tips on how should you repair skin after sunburn?

Sunburns are burn responsible from the cellular deaths in the skin, from skin aging, and hyperpigmentation (brown stains). The first thing to do on the first day is to avoid the sun for a few days, so your skin can recover.

After one day, your skin will be soothed and ready to be taken care of. Deep moisturizing remains the best way to repair your skin. With an aftersun restorative and remoisturizing milk or emollient cream, soothing and anti-inflammatory will calm “aggressed” cells. Look for after-sun care that contains antioxidants like vitamin E and C that limits the UVA attacks on the DNA.

Here are the favorites of our team for the after-sun care that repair and soothe your skin

• Fast Restorative Cream
• Body Restorative Milk

 

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Even if you grow in wisdom, our facial skin, however, does not see it the same way. Hormonal changes, like menopause, can cause collagen and elasticity loss on the skin. In addition, your skin becomes more sensitive to outside “aggressions” like the sun, the cold, smoking and alcohol consuming. Here are the best care you can give your skin after 50 years old, so that your skin remains smooth and glowing.

• Choose facial care products that fit your skin type (oil, mixed, or dry) Products that do not fit your skin type will do more bad than good.

• Pick a good night cream so your skin can keep its lipids during the night. Lipids help to maintain your skin’s balance, protect it and defending it against outside aggression. This cream will also improve its tonicity and elasticity.

           Our recommendation : Restorative Exfoliating Night Cream

• Make sure that you cleanse your skin everyday, whether you are wearing make-up or not. Use a mild make-up remover that moisturizes, purifies, and nourishes your skin. You can also do an exfoliation or a peeling made of fruit acids (AHA), during the evening, once or twice a week.

           Our recommendations : Make-Up Remover Skincare – Exfoliating Cream

• Once you have removed your make-up, choose an age recovery global serum or cream that nourishes and regenerates your skin, while giving it back its elasticity and smoothness. Make sure your age recovery care contains an antioxidant to prevent hyperpigmentation (brown stains), as well as hyaluronic acid that will help you moisturize and smoothens your skin.

           Our recommendation : Intense Age Recovery Serum

Show the best of yourself on a daily basis by choosing for your aging skin the proper care, that will help it become smoother, have a better glow and be healthier.

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The aging process of body and skin starts at 25 years old. If you wish your skin to age well with you, find products that are not only adapted to your skin type, but to your age. We’d like to provide you with advice that will help take care of your facial skin at each decade, from 30 to 50 years old.

Skin Care at 30 years old

At this age, cellular renewal and sebum production slow down. You will observe first signs of aging like wrinkles around the eyes, on the forehead and between the nose and mouth, as well as freckles caused by the sun. Take some preventive measures with moisturizing creams that contain antioxidants, like green tea, grape seeds, coffee grains and vitamin C. They will protect you against free radicals and protect you from the sun.

Also, make you regularly use a moisturizer with antioxidant serum. Use an exfoliating care product once or twice a week to retense your skin and accelerate cellular renewal. For skin that have been damaged by the sun, dermatologists suggest serums that contain retinol and alpha hydroxide acid.

Skin Care at 40 years old

At age 40, your skin thins down, the cellular renewal slows down, and your elastin, collagen and humidity level drop. Thus, your skin will be dryer, will have deeper small wrinkles and a sallow complexion.

Opt for products that contain active ingredients, as well as a good UV protection and antioxidants. An exfoliating care once or twice per week will keep your skin clearer and will prevent any other damage. If your skin tends to sallow, use a serum with vitamin C, as well as a product that will contain salicylic and glycolic acids that will give you back a more glowing complexion. Find an extra rich moisturizing cream to improve your skin’s firmness and its glow.  Products containing hyaluronic acid and ceramides will compensate the reduction of sebum production and will give your skin more vigor.

Skin Care after 50 years old

After 50 years old, you will see deeper wrinkles appear and will notice a accentuated loss of glow and elasticity. Dermatologists recommend products with retinoids to help retain the collagen. Also, peptides and vitamin C that are locally applied, will strengthen the collagen and work against skin sagness.

Also, make sure you find moisturizing stimulants like hyaluronic acid and ceramides that help retain water. Always find a product that has a UV protection factor. Finally, pick skin care that optimize epidermal growth, thus, regenerate collagen and elastin.

Take a look at our favorite products for each age category :

• Dermo-Toner Intolerant Skin ( 30 – 40 years old)

• Age Recovery Treatment Oil ( 40 – 50 years old)

• Restorative Exfoliating Night Cream (50 years old and above)

 

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Make-up is part of most women everyday life. But, once your day is done, it is important to pamper your facial skin with a make-up remover adapted to and skin type.

Whether you have make-up on or not, the skin cleansing step is essential every night. You must clean all impurity, sebum, and perspiration accumulated during the day and to avoid imperfections. Micellar water, make-up removing oil, cleansing foam or make-up removing milk, the choices are grand.

We’d like to provide you with a few advice to help you choose your make-up remover according to your skin type.

For sensitive and dry skin :

These skins have to be treated very gently. Fragile, they need moisturizing, softness, and smoothness. We recommend creams, emulsions or oils enriched with moisturizing agents and essential fatty acids. This type of make-up remover cleanses the dry and sensitive skin gently while bringing it all necessary elements.

For oily skins :

Oily skins need to be refreshed and deeply cleansed. They also need to be purified, tonified and softened. Opt for a cleansing gel, foam or micellar waters. After, complete your make-up removing ritual with a tonic. Finalize the whole thing with a cold splash of water to tighten your pores.

For mixed skins

The mixed skins’ challenge is to find a makeup remover with both moisturizing and purification. Pick a cleanser with in-between textures; avoid textures that are too rich like creams and milks.Privilege micellar waters and foams that will deeply cleanse your skin without drying it out.

Here are some of our team’s favorite products for makeup removal

• Cleansing Foam (Mixed to normal skin)
• Purifying Cleansing Gel (Oily Skin)
• Micellar Cleansing Water (Mixed and Oily Skin)
• Hyper-Sensible Skin Cleanser (Dry Skin)

 

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Regardless of your age, foundation is the basic of all successful make-up, whether you are going to work or at a black-tie event. Here are the best tips to help you find your ally for your next make-up.

Choose your texture

Even if there are four main textures (cream, fluid, foam and powder), in terms of comfort, we recommend the cream and fluid, that are easier to use and that merges better with your skin.

Adapt the coverage

If your skin has imperfections, like redness or brown stains, a foundation with a good coverage will be your best ally. The cream or fluid will provide you with a more uniform coverage, less “plastered” and you can hide discreetly hide these imperfections.

Select finish according to your needs.

Matifying effect, glowing effect, the list of finishes for foundations can be really exhaustive. The cream foundation will provide you with a glowing or natural finish, while the fluid will give you a more mattifying and glowing effect.  Don’t hesitate to read the labels carefully to find the finish that fits you the most.

Find the perfect shade

Find the perfect shade can be really tricky. Also, with the luminosity difference, you need a different product for winter and summer. The best place to test it is on the jaw. If possible, do this test using daylight.  If the results is invisible, you found the perfect shade. If you are shopping for it online, rely upon previous products you bought.

Avoid the shades that are too dark that will look like an artificial tan. On the other hand, a shade that is too pale will make you look like a porcelain doll.

Choose according to your skin type

Your skin type must guide you during your foundation choice. Opt for a hydrating formula for dry skin type and a mattifying formula for mixt and oily skin.

Here are our favorite among our foundation selection from Académie Visage Make-Up Line

• Regenerating Treatment Foundation IVORY 01
• Multi-effect Tinted Cream NATURAL 01
• Regenerating Treatment Foundation HAZELNUT 04
• Regenerating Treatment Foundation MOCHA 05

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Since science has evolved so much in the past few years, human’s life expectancy never cease to extend. However, with time, skin tends to loosen and to be less elastic. Here are a few advice to choose firming cream or care that will allow your skin to gain back its softness and elasticity.

A great firming cream contains the combination of specific ingredients in sufficient quantities. These components will compensate the loss of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid and will promote the suppression of free radicals, while being combined with powerful hydrating agents. Choose a cream that will not contain any petroleum derivative (mineral oil, petroleum jelly, and liquid paraffin.

Here are the ingredients you should look for :

• Pure caffeine: Even if you like it better in your mug in the morning, caffeine is an active agent with lipolytic features that metabolizes the superficial fat and contribute to reduce the adipous tissues.  Look for pure caffeine (and not an extract)

• Exfoliating Acids :Phytic acid is an antioxidant that contributes to take out dead cells, so that the active agent penetrates better and gives more glow to your skin

• Antioxidants :Natural vitamin E is a powerful agent in reducing the loss of collagen.

• Hyaluronic Acid: Makes an filmogen effect that maintains the skin moisturizing.

• Hydrating agents: Essential oils of flowers and plants (rose tree and rose essential oils), shea butter, aloe vera and vegetable glycerin are components that allow a deep moisturizing and a significant improvement of skin elasticity.

With proper care and appropriate products, your skin will gain its glow and elasticity back, while being smooth and moisturized.

Take a look at our top firming products and care of Académie’s Body Line !

• Firming Care
• Body Contour Gel Concentrate
• Firming Body Care

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We regularly receive questions about dry skin care. So, we have decided to answer the most commonly asked questions about this subject.

1) What are the ingredients I should look for in a good dry skin cream?

• Skin-identical  and restoring ingredients: These particular ingredients are already present in the cells and the skin and allow the cells to be connected, like mortar and brick. Hyaluronic acid, sodium hyaluronate and ceramides are parts of this group.
• Emollients : These are lubricating ingredients that prevent water loss and have a soothing and protection effect on the skin. You can find these ingredients in unscented plant oils, fatty acids (linoleic acid), glycerine and triglycerides.

• Anti-inflammatory ingredients :These components reduce signs of skin inflammation, like swelling, sensitivity, pain, redness and irritation. Ingredients like Vitamin E will have this effect on skin.

2) Do I have to use a different care of each part of my body (face, legs, hands, feet, etc.)?

The answer is yes. Skin composition is the same everywhere, but the facial skin is more delicate that the one on your hands and feet for example. To moisturize your face, look for a cream or lotion that has a smoother consistency, and that will protect it against UV rays. If you have dry skin on your legs or feet, pick a butter or a thicker, richer cream that will deeply moisturizes your skin.

3 ) What is the best care product for my face’s dry skin?

As it was mentioned earlier, your facial skin is more delicate and is constantly exposed to outside “aggressions” (sun, cold, wind, dust, etc.) The best care is the one that will not only protect your skin against sun and cold, but one that will retain the water, thus your skin moisturizing.

Here are some skin care products recommended by our specialists for dry skin care

• Rich Cream for Dry Skin
• Intense Protection Cream
• Extra Rich Cream
• Moisturizing Cream

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Dry skin can be very unpleasant, it itches, it pulls and is often very sore. Skin lotions and moisturizing creams are the best solutions for you.

Skin dryness can be caused by many factors. One of the main causes is the low sebum level, that can severely dehydrates your skin. Freezing-cold weather in winter, humid summers and wind can also aggravate the dryness of delicate skin.

A moisturizing cream or lotion contains these three essential elements:

• Humectants (Glycerine and lactic acid) : Keep the water in and help the skin to maintain its humidity level.
• Emollients (Fatty acids and ceramides) : Smoothens the skin and calm inflammation
• Scellants (Dimeticone and lanoline) : Creates a barrier that seals the humidity inside the skin

The majority of creams and lotions for dry skin available contains at least two or three of these components to have a complete moisturizing effect. You may also adapt your dry skin care according to the season : use a richer, thicker cream for fall and winter and lighter fluid for spring and summer.

Here are our best purchases for dry skin care :

• Nourishing Cream
• Velvety Cream
• Nourishing Hand Cream
• Moisturizing Cream

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Choosing an age recovery care or cream can be very tricky. What are the active ingredients you should look for ? For which results? Our team of specialists went around the questions and found a few advice and tricks to better choose your age recovery care.

Look for active ingredients.

Age recovery cream all contains active agents that all have specific effects on your skin.

• Retinol, stable and dosed at 0.1%, remains the best age recovery element recommended by dermatologists. Its main function is to reduce wrinkles and smoothens the skin.
• Fruit acids are largely used because they promote cell renewal
• Antioxidants and antiglycation actives prevent skin’s supporting fibers to become too rigid.

Choose your cream according to your skin type

Choose your age recovery cream that fits your skin type. For dry skin, pick an age recovery care that contains moisturizers like vitamins E and C and selenium. For thick and oily skin, choose an age recovery cream that takes away the exceeding sebum and that exfoliates your skin with fruit acids and retinol.

Don’t forget about the sun

During any season, your skin is exposed to UV rays that can damage elastine fibers and cause a lot of damage. Protect your skin with an age recovery cream that contains a UV protection of at least FPS 15.

For an age recovery cream that will provide firmness and glow to your skin, here are a few products recommended by our team

• Intense Age Recovery Cream
• Age Recovery Treatment Oil
• Princess Cream (age recovery and moisturizing)
• Eclipsa Restructuring Cream

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