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Gone are the days of minimal moisturizer choices like oil-free or cream. Today, lotions and creams are super-charged with a host of ingredients to combat almost every skin issue imaginable. To help you figure out which ingredients will serve your skin best, use this cheat sheet:
Your goal: To fight wrinkles Ingredients to look for:
Your goal: To fight wrinkles Ingredients to look for:
- Retinol, a vitamin-A derivative that increases collagen productions to, over time, plump up wrinkles.
- Alpha-, beta-, and poly-hydroxy acids, which gently slough away surface layers of skin to remove the smallest wrinkles.
- Hydroquinone and kojic acid, which act as lighteners on over-pigmented areas. These ingredients take about two months to work, so be patient when using them.
- Alpha-, beta-, and poly-hydroxy acids, whose sloughing effects bring healthier, more radiant skin cells to the surface.
- Light-diffusing particles, which soften the appearance of light reflected from the skin, giving skin a luminous quality.
- Micronized zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, Parsol 1789 (also known as avobenzone). These three ingredients are the best ones to look for in a sunscreen because they block both types of sunlight: UVA and UVB rays.
- Vitamin C, which has been shown to have a photo-protective effect on the skin.
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