How will your skin change after 30?
Having celebrated my thirtieth anniversary, I just want to think about my daily needs and... run to the cosmetics store to buy youth in jars.
Do not hurry!
After 30 years, facial skin may acquire visual signs of photoaging, since it no longer renews itself as quickly. In addition, the problem of dryness appears due to decreased synthesis of epidermal lipids and impaired microcirculation.
However, it is still too early to talk about its decline. Skin turgor may decrease slightly, but for now this process can be kept under control.
The appearance of wrinkles is a consequence of a lack of connective tissue proteins. Therefore, now our task is to maintain normal levels of collagen and elastin .
Good news!
The condition of the skin depends on hormonal levels, and at this age, hormone production is still normal. Consequently, almost all cosmetic procedures at the age of 30 are perfectly accepted by our skin. This guarantees a beautiful appearance with proper home and salon care.
Video: Facial skin care after 30 years - the opinion of a cosmetologist
Care depending on skin type:
Every person has their own skin type. Some people have normal skin, others have dry or oily skin. There are those who have signs of several types. Such people have combination skin type. Depending on the skin type, care is also selected, since incorrectly selected products can harm facial tissues: dry out even more, cause oily shine, rashes, etc.
Normal type
Normal skin is characterized by the absence of defects. As a rule, there are no rashes, spider veins, spots, or oily sheen on it. Caring for it is not difficult, but if done incorrectly, the sebaceous glands can begin to work more actively and cause the appearance of oily sheen and rashes.
Normal skin is considered healthy, so caring for it involves thorough washing with cool water and a light massage. The massage can be acupressure or consist of simple pats. In any case, it will have a beneficial effect on the epidermis: it will increase blood circulation, improve tone, and allow nutrients to penetrate into the deeper layers. In the evening, special cleansers are used to wash your face: milk, foam, but not soap.
Tip: Normal skin also needs hydration. You can make masks once a week and use moisturizer. But cosmetologists do not recommend using nutritional preparations, since these products stimulate the appearance of wrinkles in those with normal skin type.
Dry type
Dry skin types are most susceptible to the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Those with a dry type need to have a cleansing tonic in their arsenal to wipe their face with in the morning. After tonic, the face is treated with a light massage and a greasy product is applied. This can be a special cream or a mask prepared at home. Some time after the procedure, you can use a moisturizer.
In the evening, the same manipulations are carried out. Those with dry skin types can use not only moisturizers, but also nourishing products.
Fat type
Many people with an oily type believe that they are unlucky, because their skin has enlarged pores that quickly become clogged, constantly shiny, and rashes often appear on it. But the fatty type is less prone to the appearance of facial wrinkles.
If a woman has oily skin type, she must adhere to the following rules:
- Do not use hot water for washing, as high temperatures stimulate the sebaceous glands. This leads to an oily sheen. The water should be lukewarm or cool.
- Do not use oily skincare products, as they lead to clogged pores and the appearance of blackheads and pimples.
- Do not wash your face with hard water. This may lead to irritation. For washing, cosmetologists recommend using decoctions of sage and mint.
- Do not use greasy face powder. In this case, loose powder is ideal, which will draw out sebum.
- Regularly use drying masks that do not contain alcohol.
Combined type
The combined type is most often distinguished by the following characteristics: oily area of the forehead and nose, dry area under the eyes and on the cheeks. The oily area often becomes shiny, black spots and rashes appear on it. The dry area turns red and peels.
To avoid problems with combination skin type, you must:
- Purchase only those cosmetics that are intended for this type.
- For home care, apply care products for dry skin to dry areas, and products for oily skin to oily areas. This also applies to self-prepared masks, lotions, etc.
- Once a week, clean your face with special scrubs.
- Once a week, make masks based on plant materials (St. John's wort, birch, yarrow, cucumbers, citrus fruits).
- In the evenings, apply a cream for combination skin to your face.
Home care: beauty lifehacks
Usually only particularly suspicious young ladies rush to inject Botox urgently. Tension and tightness on the face can be confused with age-related changes. Some, according to their passports, are young women who really have a depressing appearance: a furrow between the eyebrows, compressed lips and jaw, a neck sunk into the shoulders...
In general, the face is still fresh, although no one has canceled the preventive measures. Therefore, we add face fitness or facial gymnastics to our personal calendar. This is a very young trend in personal care that is gaining rapid momentum in its popularity. We do exercises for the face, and the whole body responds - sheer benefits!
And a lot of bonuses:
- Goodbye headaches!
- Improves vision and hearing, memory and reaction speed.
- Sleep and hormonal levels improve over time.
- Improves tone, performance, and mood.
- Lightness of thoughts appears and femininity is revealed.
It’s better to start under the guidance of a specialist (there are even training courses); over time, such classes are transferred to independent home care. It can be combined with self-massage, which we mentioned earlier.
You can understand this secret weapon in detail on a beauty journey . With a group of like-minded women, the trainer will take you to an exotic place, where you will fully learn how to take care of yourself, master self-massage techniques and facial exercises.
Fitness trainers also organize similar tours; the programs offered for mothers with children are especially pleasing: while the mothers are in class, the kids are under the supervision of a specialist. You will bring home a rested self and a set of secret techniques that suit you personally.
It is effective to combine a facial massage with a home exfoliation procedure: during peeling, massage your face a little to get double benefits.
Then we apply a serum that responds to the skin’s request and a mask.
Alginate and fabric masks are good
It is better not to combine their home use with business and troubles. Pleasant music, relaxation - and lie down for 20 minutes.
Try oxygen masks from Algologie.
Let's briefly and truthfully dwell on alginate masks. Their wide variety is just a marketing ploy. The main task of alginate is to “push through”, i.e., to deliver the beneficial components of whey or other concentrate inside as much as possible. What’s important to us is what’s underneath it, not what’s in it.
Alginate can be a matter of taste (for example, chocolate - mmmmm, additional pleasure from the smell), but the active substance for the mask must be selected specifically for the problem being solved.
You can include the procedure in your home care, but the salon option is more comfortable due to the specifics of application.
Often women limit themselves to only basic care, citing lack of time, and not admitting that sometimes they are simply lazy.
Facial care after 30 years should be more thorough. Here gel masks, cream masks and soufflé masks will come to the rescue. These products allow you not to slow down the pace of life, since they are applied in a thin layer and are invisible to others (for example, moisturizing HydraBeauty from Chanel or SOS product from La Roche-Posay Hydraphase). You are stuck in a traffic jam - the product works. Great, right?!
Day and night care.
It's time to move away from the universal cream and divide your care into day and night.
Day care should be more focused on hydration and protection from the sun and negative environmental factors. Night time is designed to help with deep nutrition and rejuvenation. After all, at night all the nutrients from the cream are absorbed especially efficiently.
Pay attention to night masks and serums. They are simply packed with useful ingredients and make your skin look simply amazing in the morning.
Editor's Choice:
Day cream with a natural composition and the European ecocert certification badge - Oriflame EcoBeauty . The nourishing formula of the cream is enriched with natural oils. The cream intensively nourishes the skin, protects it and gives the face a fresh and healthy color. The texture is extremely pleasant. The packaging is hygienic. It is ideal to complement this cream with natural serum from the same line.
Korean skincare is always a yes! Pay attention to the COSRX brand propolis line. Ampoule serum and cream in a duet work to moisturize, rejuvenate and fight the negative effects of the environment. It’s no wonder you fall in love with the textures).
Luxury care Givenchy L “Intemporel Blossom Serum for beauty and radiance of the skin instantly smoothes and gives a fresh, radiant look. The lightest texture will complement and enhance any cream.
Cosmetic Ultra-Active Daily Moisturizer is an ideal moisturizer for aging skin with many valuable components beneficial to the skin and an exclusive complex for youth.
Night mask from the Korean brand ENature with birch sap for deep hydration while you sleep. The lightest texture without stickiness is absorbed perfectly and quickly, giving perfectly fresh and moisturized skin.
Convenient SHARY miniature bags with cream and filler for the face. Excellent effective products at a reasonable price in travel format.
Night serum from the domestic brand Botavikos for mature skin with coriander . Perfectly cares for the skin, gives it youth and smoothness. Not sticky and very fragrant.
“We take” the person to a cosmetologist
We base salon care on a complex effect on the skin in tandem with the muscles of the face and neck, as well as on the blood and lymph vessels.
Manual or hardware massage, microcurrents, masks and serums will improve blood circulation and metabolic processes in tissues.
If the situation is not critical, refrain from chemical peels, resurfacing and injections.
The fairly universal procedure carboxytherapy . It is carried out by injection - or non-invasively - to prevent aging and wilting, get rid of grayness and dullness on the face, acne and their traces, swelling. For a wow effect, a 5-week course is enough. It is used as an independent procedure, or after a massage or hardware treatment.
Application after peeling gives a feeling of discomfort, so combining these procedures is not the best solution.
Up to 35 years of age, the second, non-injection option of carboxytherapy is preferable. The result will be an anti-inflammatory effect and a lifting effect.
Spf as a given.
This is not the time to forget about sun protection. The sun's rays have an aggressive effect on the skin, accelerating the aging process.
Experts recommend regularly using products marked spf on the bottle.
It may not always be the usual sun cream. Nowadays you can increasingly find foundations with a protection factor, day creams or powders.
In addition, when using products with acids at home, you will definitely need SPF!
Editor's choice: Uriage Water Cream Tinted Compact SPF-30 cushion . Convenient format. There is a light, pleasant tone, sun protection and skin hydration. The layer lays down like a weightless veil and looks appropriate and natural.
I'm 30! How to live?
Self-care at 33 years old is important not only externally, but also internally.
Disruptions in the hormonal system can result from poor stomach conditions, resulting in facial redness and acne. Those with a sweet tooth will get the same rashes, along with uneven skin and dull complexion, as a result of a sugar imbalance.
Therefore, as part of an anti-aging detox , we prohibit bringing junk food into the kitchen, and make friends with sulfur-containing products - sources of collagen responsible for external youth (cheese, eggs, milk, fish, beef, peas, cabbage).
Another step on the path to energy and long-lasting youth is getting rid of a toxic environment. Are there people nearby who make us frown and feel stressed? They are the biggest sources of unwanted wrinkles. Let's eliminate this factor!
Going to bed before 10 pm will delay thoughts about anti-aging care.
Our comrades in prolonging youth are morning rituals. Getting up early, meditating, and an hour to yourself will make your day!
Apply eye cream correctly.
An important stage of care for preserving youth is caring for the delicate skin area around the eyes.
Use suitable products at least twice a day.
It is possible that in the morning this is one remedy, in the evening another. However, there are also many universal options.
Editor's choice: Mixit Proto Cosmetic Ultra-activt Eye Cream. Perfect for morning and evening. Strengthens, fights wrinkles, makes the skin denser and more elastic. Contains biomimetic peptide, hyaluronic acid, rejuvenating complex. The cream has a very light, easily absorbed texture and a pleasant aroma.
Oceanum patches will fit perfectly into your morning ritual, invigorate, moisturize and relieve puffiness.
line from Faberlic . The collection includes liquid patches and the most delicate eyelid cream-gel. We recommend both!
For lovers of natural care, we recommend a super gentle cream from the Innature brand. Almond oil in the composition acts on wrinkles and dryness. The aroma is a separate story.
IMPORTANT! Do not apply the cream immediately before going to bed. It is advisable to do this at least an hour in advance. This way you will avoid swelling in the morning.
The technique of applying the cream plays an important role. Eye cream should only be applied to the orbital bone around the eyes - the area from the bridge of the nose to the top of the cheekbone.
By applying the cream close to the mucous membrane and eyelash edge, you risk irritation, swelling or even eyelash loss.
