Linda Meredith amazon

March 1, 2021 by Cheryl Clay

A GROUND-BREAKING WONDER PRODUCT

Linda Meredith Amazon is a luxurious skin balm that has been produced to repair natural barriers whilst improving skin softness and smoothness. It features a host of powerful anti-oxidants such as anthocyanin and acai fruit oils. Amazon is also an anti-inflammatory balm thanks to active ingredients like omega 6 & 9 and andiroba seed oil. This skin balm is ideal for soothing dry or irritated skin, offering a natural scent with no fragrance additives.

GLAMOUROUS ON THE OUTSIDE – THE INSIDE IS PURE SCIENCE

How it works – Micro-spheres of Vitamin C penetrate deeply into the skin for a powerful anti-ageing effect. Omega oils revitalise ageing skin by enhancing the production of Collagen and Elastin. Whilst the anti-inflammatories combat a host of skin irritations such as sunburn, eczema, psoriasis or dry skin.

What’s inside – Vitamin C; for effective anti-ageing. Vitamin A; for healthy skin. Anthocyanin’s; a powerful anti-oxidant. Omega 6 & 9; anti-inflammatories which treat skin conditions. Acai Fruit Oils; a fantastic anti-oxidant. And Andiroba Seed Oil for its healing, anti-inflammatory properties.

The perfect matt finish – Amazon leaves no shiny residue, simply a perfect matt finish, making it ideal for both men and women. It also works very well with a few drops of LM Serum.

HOW TO USE AMAZON

This useful guide offers tips on how to get the most out of your product.

BEFORE WE BEGIN

As this product is classed as a balm and not a water based cream, it may require softening between the fingertips before application. Pay particular attention to damaged areas such as fine lines and scar tissue left after breakouts. Amazon is also useful when applied directly after a skin irritation, such as sunburn.

STEP 1

Using an amount equal to a small to medium sized coin, work gently between the fingertips to warm the product to make it more spreadable.

STEP 2

Start the application in the centre of the face, either side of the nose and spread outwards towards the cheeks, then to the centre of the forehead and continue to spread outwards towards the temples.

STEP 3

With a similar amount of product or slightly less depending on preference, repeat the process at the centre of the chin, working up towards the ears and similarly on the upper lip working towards the same area.

STEP 4

From the base of the neck, work upwards towards the jaw line, as the product warms from the heat in the skin, it will become more pliable and work more easily. Now that most of the face and neck is covered with the product it can be massaged easily covering any points missed across the face. A drop or two of Serum, mixed in, will make the product spread more easily.

RANGE ESSENTIALS

Hydrating Mist Hydrates & Soothes your skin with essential oils. Phyto 4+ Ideal for firming skin, reducing redness and strengthening capillaries. Serum Repairs your skin with Vitamin enriched essential oils.

Introducing New Skin Clear Biome

January 31, 2021 by Cheryl Clay

Happy Gut

Clear Skin

A next generation supplement innovation for problem and stressed skin. Unique, patent-pending microbiome technology balances the skin from deep within.

Friendly bacteria: 5BN live cultures
Zinc: To support and balance
4 Skin specific strains of bacteria
For problem and stressed skin
Balances Inside and Out
Targeted Action

New Skin Clear Biome

Formulated specifically for stressed and problem skin, Skin Clear Biome is a pioneering skin supplement, harnessing the benefits of innovative microbiome technology. Four skin-specific strains of beneficial bacteria fused with zinc target complexion imperfections. This unique synergy balances and clarifies skin from within.

Featuring patent-pending biome technology Skin Clear Biome is a next-generation supplement, formulated by Advanced Nutrition Programme experts to nurture the connection between a healthy gut and balanced skin.

Designed to balance the body from the inside out: Skin Clear Biome feeds the gut with beneficial bacteria to support, clarify and brighten skin. Targeting complexion imperfections to support normal, clear skin.

Key Benefits

Works from the inside out to clear and clarify complexion
Designed to improve skin quality
Balance the skin’s natural barrier
Targeted action to support problem and stressed skin
Brightens skin
Helps support gut flora
Supports skin health and immunity

Powerful Results

Testers reported fewer breakouts, balanced sebum levels and faster healing, as well as improvements to skin confidence and comfort. Advanced Nutrition Programme pilot study skin analysis found:

42% reduction in forehead sebum
32% reduction in nose sebum
28% reduction in chin sebum

What makes Skin Clear Biome special?

Unique patent-pending formula, designed for problem and stressed skin
Expertly curated selection of skin-friendly bacteria for complexion imperfections
Balanced the skin from deep within: feeding the gut with beneficial bacteria to support, clarify and brighten
Four specific strains of bacteria selected by ANP experts for research-backed impacts on the underlying causes of problem skin.
Unique bacteria combination supports gut health, maintains immunity, reduces irritation and regulated oil production.
Strains are synergised with zinc to further boost skin balance and complexion clarity
Live cultures are encapsulated in vegetable capsules made from plant fibre. The strains sit within a protective matric which provides superior protection, allowing the strains to reach the gut alive.

Who is Skin Clear Biome for?

Those experiencing problem skin
Stressed complexions and those suffering with stress
Aggravated or compromised skin
Those looking to support a normal, healthy gut flora
Those suffering from blind blemishes (under the skin bumps)
Skin in need of balance

Shop yours here: Skin Clear Biome

Stressed Out?

January 6, 2021 by Cheryl Clay

Look Inwards

Stressed lives make for stressed skin. For those seeking solutions, thinking small – very, very small – could alleviate all manner of skin concerns, and it all starts with the intertwined relationship between the skin, the brain and the beneficial bacteria of the gut.

Feeling stressed? With the January blues, festive-fallout and the global pandemic continuing to cause chaos, 2021 is kicking off under a potent cloud of concerns. As worries swirl, counteracting the impact of stress on the skin and the body is becoming a key priority for many.

According to the Office for National Statistics in November 2002 over 75% of adults in the UK felt worries about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, with over 50% reporting feeling of anxiety or stress.

Anecdotal and scientific evidence has long-linked skin-concerns to increasingly stressful lifestyles and to periods of unique stress. Clients dealing with break-outs, problem skin and sull, sallow or tired complexions may often blame stress as a trigger.

A developing area of skin research suggests that one of the causes of these stress complaints can be traced he body’s internal microbiome. This is the amalgamation of all micro-organisms – including bacteria, fungi and viruses – that live in synergy with the human body. Alongside factors such as antibiotic use and poor diet, stress can disrupt the balance of bacteria in the gut, which negatively impacts the skin.

As skin care professionals treating stressed and problem skin, targeted support of the gut microbiome is a powerful tool: balancing the internal environment to support skin health.

The Advanced Nutrition Programme’s newly launched Skin Clear Biome blends four skin-friendly bacterial strains together with zinc: targeting the gut to skin connection. Formulated for problem skin, it works to balance the internal biome, combating stressed and compromised complexions.

Thinking Holistically

Emerging evidence showing the intertwined workings of the brain, skin and gut links together two commonly accepted adages for skin health: good skin starts from the inside and excessive stress can cause skin problems.

The nuances of the relationship are subject to ongoing study, but mounting research confirms a close physiological connection: responses in the brain trigger changes in the gut, and if the gut falls out of balance, so can the skin.

“The gut-brain-skin axis suggests a mechanism that links gastrointestinal health, [influenced by interactions with oral probiotics], to the health and well-being of the skin,” International Journal of Women’s Dermatology.

As understanding of the axis evolves, innovative methods of enhancing skin health via the gut are emerging. Using probiotics and beneficial bacteria supplements has been demonstrated to have a significant, positive impact on skin health.

Stress Out

A study published in the Journal of Physiological Pharmacology noted that the body’s stress signals have a powerful impact on the intestinal microbiome. Stress signals from the brain trigger the release of neurotransmitters and proinflammatory cytokines: signalling molecules causing inflammation. These molecules can ‘profoundly affect the gastrointestinal physiology’, leading to imbalanced internal flora and an increased likelihood of intestinal permeability. When intestinal permeability is compromised, toxins and other substances seep out of the gut and into the bloodstream, this can trigger skin problems.

Concerns such as break-outs inflammation and excess sebum production have all been attributed to the gut’s physiological response to stress, and imbalances in gut bacteria – known as dysbiosis – have also been found in those suffering conditions such as acne and rosacea.

A Balancing Act

With their nourishing properties for the gut, probiotic and beneficial bacteria supplements, have soared in popularity with wellness focused shoppers. A report from market research agency Meticulous Research in August 2020 noted a 100% increase in Google searches for probiotics during the lockdown in March 2020 with 43% of probiotic takers supplementing for immunity and 17% for skin health.

As clients become aware of the additional potential of probiotics and bacteria supplements to support skin health and stressed skin, their popularity looks set to soar even further.

The Advanced Nutrition Programme’s Skin Youth Biome and newly launched Skin Clear Biome, are sophisticated solutions to add into a client’s regime to assist both the gut and the skin. In addition to bacterial strains beneficial to the maintenance of a healthy gut flora, these innovative formulations contain skin-specific strains shown to have a notable impact on skin concerns. Skin Clear Biome also contains bacteria shown to help alleviate the signs of stress on the gut.

Bacteria For Breakouts

Lorraine Perretta, Advanced Nutrition Programme’s Head of Nutrition, explains that impressive results in testing of Skin Youth Biome inspired the development of the new Skin Clear Biome formulations, designed to target stressed and problem skin.

She explains that balancing from the inside out was the cornerstone of the new formulation: “During the development of Skin Clear Biome, we analysed strains of bacteria that appeared to be playing a role not only in digestive health but also stress, immunity and problem skin” she says. “additionally, we added zinc to this unique mix to further augment its impact on skin”.

The supplement synergises four strains of skin-friendly bacteria with zinc to promote skin. The four bacterial strains: S.boulardii, B.bifidum, L.helveticus and L.paracasei, were selected for their researched abilities to target the causes of problem skin. The strains have been shown to decrease sebum production, regulate inflammation, assist with healing and maintain immunity.

Perretta notes that trials at the IIAA Skin Health Research Centre have yielded exciting results. “Participants in our testing are reporting significant improvement both to their skin and to their confidence,” she says. Testers reported fewer breakouts, decreased oiliness and faster healing, and our skin analysis displayed:

42% reductions in forehead sebum

32% reduction in nose sebum

28% in chin sebum

A Capsule Wardrobe

For clients with problem skin and stressed complexions, Skin Clear Biome’s balancing bacterial matric is a potent first step. The profound impact stress has on the gut can slow down or hinder the absorption of nutrients, therefore, restoring nutrient levels becomes a necessity. As a result, clients will benefit from incorporating skin specific nutrients into their routines.

Combining Skin Clear Biome with Skin Accumax, award-winning skin supplement for problem skin, is a potent option for those suffering with problem skin. Adding the benefits of Vitamins A, C and E which support skin health and clarity to Skin Clear Biome’s beneficial bacterial matrix.

Skin Vit C is another smart addition for those suffering from severe stress. When the body is stressed, it triggers the fight or flight response in the adrenal gland, which uses a lot of vitamin C. Replenishing vitamin C can help brighten stress-dulled skin, and provide additional support with its antioxidant and immune supporting properties.

THE IMPORTANCE OF EXFOLIATION!

September 28, 2020 by Sarah Dandy

The world of exfoliators can feel a little complicated, yet it is without doubt the best thing you can do for your skin to get that radiant and glowing complexion. Polishing away dead skin cells delivers a deep-down cleanse, restores a smooth and less wrinkled canvas, re-texturises uneven skin tone and decreases pore size.

In our younger years skin renewal occurs every 28 days and dead skin cells fall off without any help, but as we age cellular renewal slows down dramatically and by the time the cells reach the surface, they are far too tired to remove themselves. As a result, they are left clinging to the skin surface accentuating every little skin imperfection – and what’s worse is that these dead skin cells will block your other skincare products from properly absorbing into your skin rendering them useless. If that wasn’t enough to deal with, as you get older, there’s decreased blood flow through the dermal capillaries. Fewer nutrients reach the epidermis, leading to thinning of the epidermis and a reduction in the barrier function. These changes lead to increased water loss and dry skin and skin cells end up receiving 30 percent less natural moisture!

There are two types of exfoliators in the skincare world: – Physical exfoliators and chemical exfoliators.

Physical exfoliators contain granules and are designed to buff the surface of the skin forcing dead skin cells to be eradicated. The downside of this type of exfoliator is that they can be abrasive causing micro-tears on the skin which in turn destroy the skin’s protective barrier, creating irritation.
Chemical exfoliators have become the ‘brainchild’ of the exfoliating world and contain gentle acids or enzymes which cleverly dissolve the glue that bind the dead skin cells to the skin’s surface melting them off the skin and revealing a clear, fresh and radiant complexion without causing any irritation.

Gatineau scientists have been revered in the skincare industry for their exceptional exfoliator innovations and they definitely did not disappoint when they crafted Gatineau Peeling Expert Pro-Radiance Anti-aging Gommage! Unveiled over a decade ago and yet year on year it continues to be bestowed the most ‘innovative’ exfoliator! In 2018 it won the Top Sante award for the ‘best exfoliator’! Originally developed purely for the professional salon trolley it was created first and foremost for its high performance and efficacy in Gatineau’s professional anti-aging facial treatments and due to its phenomenal results and sheer client demand it was eventually transported into the retail line-up.

A highly concentrated and sophisticated treatment product, Pro-Radiance Anti-aging Gommage is renowned for its exceptional age defying technology and has been expertly formulated to deliver smooth, soft, and radiant skin in just one treatment. This ingenious exfoliator is suitable for all types of ageing skin but because it doesn’t contain ANY granules it is also suitable for sensitive and delicate skin types too!

Deemed either a quick fix or a luxurious facial treatment this incredible granular-free gooey yet indulgent cream (you could be forgiven into thinking it was even a mask) is powered by a blend of naturally derived enzymes which offer a professional peel from the comfort of your own home. But it really is so much more than just an exfoliator. It is a true multi-tasking product – I mean exfoliators are designed to remove dead skin cells but the Pro-Radiance Anti-aging Gommage goes one step further and actually replaces the dead skin cells with an abundance of skincare goodness. So in fact it ticks two boxes – that of an exfoliator and that of an anti-aging face mask. It really is absolutely genius!

And the abundance of ‘skincare goodness’ comes from the addition of two super-powered oils – Jojoba and Sunflower Seed Oil. The combination of these nutrient-packed oils flood the skin with restoring antioxidants and conditioning essential fatty acids which are not only vital to bolster the skin’s natural oil content but equally to diminish the visibility of wrinkles.

And then you have the ‘new berry on the block’ – The Lingonberry – which has an entire story of its own and is hailed for its anti-ageing properties. Known by the scientific name ‘vaccinium vitis-idaea’, Lingonberries are considered a ‘super fruit’ by the Nordics and a real ‘health promoting berry’ due to the fact they are grown during short but very intensive summers with 24 hours of sunlight. The oil that is extracted from the seed is packed with exceptionally high amounts of anti-oxidants (in fact 5 times that of the mere cranberry), plus plant sterols and essential Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids which enables the skin to retain hydration, elasticity and MOST importantly density. (So, it will strengthen that fragile thinning skin).

And then there’s the refreshing scent of menthol which not only revs up the micro-circulation awakening sluggish skin but restores the complexion vitality and that gorgeous rosy bloom.

And I just love the two techniques in which you can use this wonder product.

For time poor: Apply a thin layer to the face, neck and décolleté and massage in until it turns from a glue like/ gum texture to a slightly slippy texture, then use gentle strokes to buff it off. Watch the dead skin just fall away and then rinse the excess.

For that cosy night in: Apply a thick layer to the face, neck and décolleté and leave it to sink into the skin for at least 30 minutes. Once the Gommage becomes translucent, loosen the edges and peel the mask off. You will feel like you have lifted the lid on a brand new skin!