SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:38:59 +0000

During the months when it’s too cold outside (like this particular month), it’s quite common to get really dry-skinned thus, making it normal to depend on skin products like SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 to help bring back moisture. Sure, drinking lots of water can be helpful but if you want your skin to show wonders even with the harsh and cold weather, then you should make some changes on your skincare routine while drinking lots of the ever dependable water.

SkinCeuticals made two types of the Hydrating B5 products: gel and masque.

Both products, SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 gel and SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 masque are enriched with Vitamin B5 and hyaluronic acid –elements that are proven to bring back your skin’s moisture. Vitamin B5 is known to promote tissue repair while hyaluronic acid acts as an hydrator and is naturally found in our body (in the eye and joint fluids).

In addition, Wikipedia has a more scientific way of explaining how it was found out that Vitamin B5 is can also cure acne. I just have to quote this straight from the source because there’s no way I can explain this through simple and less technical terms.

According to a study published in 1995 by Dr. Lit-Hung Leung,[32] high doses of vitamin B5 resolved acne and decreased pore size. Dr. Leung also proposed a mechanism, stating that CoA regulates both hormones and fatty acids, and without sufficient quantities of pantothenic acid, CoA will preferentially produce androgens. This causes fatty acids to build up and be excreted through sebaceous glands, causing acne. Leung’s study gave 45 Asian males and 55 Asian females varying doses of 10–20g of pantothenic acid (100000% of the US Daily Value), 80% orally and 20% through topical cream. Leung noted improvement of acne within one week to one month of the start of the treatment.

Both Hydrating B5 products are said to make your skin soft and supple.

SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel for getting back your skin's moisture

I’m sure you’re wondering how to apply the products. Let’s deal with how you should use the SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel first. From the product’s official site, it is recommended to use it with an antioxidant, a moisturizer and sunscreen for a maximum effect.

Once or twice daily, apply 2-3 drops to face, neck and chest avoiding the eye area. May also be applied to other dehydrated areas. Use after a SkinCeuticals antioxidant and follow with a SkinCeuticals moisturizer and sunscreen.

The SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Masque should be applied like how you would a regular face masque.

SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Masque for dry skin repair

Use at night, once or twice weekly. After cleansing and toning, apply a generous, even layer to the entire face and neck. Allow to penetrate for 10-15 minutes and gently massage any excess product into the skin.

There’s really a high concentration of hyaluronic acid on this product so it’s quite effective as a moisturizer.

Per usual, I’m a sucker for product reviews so I searched for unbiased opinions on both the gel and the masque on the internet. I found the Kaley from www.kaley-somethingtocheerabout-kaley.blogspot.com who used both SkinCeuticals products as a recommendation from her facialist. In her post titled “Winter Skin Help” she included both products in her regimen and is quite happy with the results.

…On SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel

I use this serum day and night under moisturizer. It really helps plump this skin and hold in essential moisture.

…On SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Masque

My facialist recently gave me a large sample of this mask and it is amazing. It uses B vitamins and Hyaluronic acid to deliver an extra boost of moisture to dry, dull skin. I usually use this one night a week.

Other positive reviews that I’ve found were coming from Emyli Marie Wang on www.beauty-in-love.com and Louise Stewart of Nakedhealth MediSpa through www.latestinbeauty.com. Louise said that SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel should be a part of your skin treatment during the colder months.

It’s hard to ignore the experts’ advice, don’t you think? I’m convinced that if I need to boost my skin’s moisture especially during the winter months, I should ask for extra help from either SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 gel or masque.

My Review For SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:21:11 +0000

Here’s my full review for this Skinceuticals product. You can read below to find out how it works as well as my opinion on the results I got from using it.

How SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel Works and How It Helps Your Skin

One thing is for certain in life and that is that we all age and one place on the body thet the aging process is most visible is on the surface of the skin. This is for a number of reasons and one of them is that skin is constantly exposed to the elements unlike the areas of the body that lie below the skins surface. Two of the elements that tend to have the most detrimental effect on the skin is sunlight and oxygen that is in the air that we breath.

While oxygen may appear to many people to be benign, the fact of the matter is that oxygen “oxidizes” all organic compounds that it comes in contact with and your skin is no exception. Slice an avocado and leave out in the the air for a couple of hours and then see how the oxygen in the air has effected it. In just the two hours that the oxygen has had to effect it, the oxidation process will have turned it brown and dead looking.

While your your skin may be far less vulnerable to the effects of oxidation, nonetheless it is being degraded by it even as your are reading this. A proper skin treatment regimen that is adhered to on a regular basis will have the same effect on your skin as plastic wrap will have on an exposed slice of avocado.

Unlike the plastic on an avocado though, skin care treatment tend to easily sluff off and quickly lose their effectiveness. SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Gel when used on a daily basis can effectively function as both a protective shield on the surface of the skin and a cell rejuvinator beneath the skins suface in the substrate where it functions on a cellular level.

What Makes SkinCeuticals B5 Gel Different?

Unlike other skin treatments that contain an oil based Vitamin B5 solution SkinCeuticals B5 gel uses a water soluble B5 tincture that easily penetrates the skins surface. Oil based B5 can’t penetrate the skins surface but it will give the skin a soft mildly oily feel that can give you the illusion that it is having a positive effect due to the softening effect of the oil.

In reality though, the nutritional effect of oil based B5 on the skin is nill because all of the cells on the skins surface are actually dead cells. When the water based B5 solution saturates through your skins protective surface, it is then able to be made available to the actual living cells that are located there where it works to facilitate an increase in collagen which is vital to elastic and healthy looking skin.

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