Tag Archives: collagen synthesis

Dermalogica: Paving the Way on Serum Technology

Dermalogica recently launched their latest addition to the Age Smart family- MultiVitamin Power Serum $88. This serum is an update on Multivitamin Power Concentrate with new advancements in the delivery and types of vitamins and antioxidants for the skin. The past five years we’ve seen new products from Dermalogica, but along with growing their range [...]

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Facials to Reduce Sun Damage

While we need the sun- it’s plays a crucial part in our bodies functions through vitamin D absorption, it helps our mood and our sense of well being- over time  the signs of sun damage to our skin begin to show. Photo-damage that start to show up are things like dilated capillaries: small  blood vessels [...]

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Vancouver Skin Care: The Secret is in the Sleep

The idea of beauty sleep is nothing new, but some of the ingredient innovations over the last few years certainly give credence to the use of night creams for skin rejuvenation. One of my favorite ingredients which I tout to clients featured in Pro-Derm’s night treatments is Matrixyl 300 TM. This pentapeptide (a chain of [...]

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Vancouver Spa Featured Skin Care Product: Skin Brighteners, Pigmentation and Sundamage Solutions Part 1

A key ingredient to look for in a skin brightening product is Vitamin C.  It helps to build collagen in the skin, it scavenges damaging free radicals and it lightens pigmentation; it plays a very important role in keeping our skin youthful. The type of vitamin C that is used in  a skin care formulation is actually [...]

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