TOPICAL WARFARE
Upgrade your at-home regimen with these beauty-cabinet heroes
set the tone
For overall rejuvenation, try Lightstim, an at-home device that gently stimulates collagen, reduces lines and restores tone with LED – and is so easy to use you can do it while watching The Bachelor (because all that cringing isn’t great for wrinkles). Top with a night cream that also targets tone – the latest from Shiseido works wonders on dark spots – then in the morning layer on a wrinkle-fighting moisturiser.
fight the elements
Not even Ginger & Smart’s bum-grazing, ultra widebrimmed hats are enough to protect you from all the UV rays, pollution and freeradical damage that speed up ageing. “You need to use antioxidants and apply sunblock at least twice daily in winter and three times daily in summer,” says cosmetic physician Dr Jeremy Cumpston of Ageless Clinics. Vitamins C and B3 are derm-adored antioxidants that work in tandem with your sunscreen to fend off damage from the sun and free radicals (try Rationale’s clever new formula, which contains both vitamins and defends against infra-red, visible light and UV radiation). If you live in an urban area, consider a pollution-specific product to target smoke and other airborne aggressors. Shiseido’s Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate boosts the skin’s defence system, while the latest from Elizabeth Arden’s Prevage range combines both sun and pollution protection. A spritz of Dior’s One Essential Mist-lotion purifies skin, and a layer of Kiehl’s Pollutant Defending Masque at night will strengthen the skin barrier, making it more resilient to damage.