Real Talk About Redness (And How to Fix It)
Feeling flushed? Always red in photos? Dealing with rosacea, or acne? There are many factors that contribute to redness being a real skin concern that affects daily life, but there’s many solutions to reduce redness and combat this sometimes-chronic condition.
Common Reasons for Redness
From acne, to rosacea, and eczema, redness in the skin isn’t something you can hide easily and is often caused by inflammation deep within. Some also suffer from redness due to vessels or hormonal imbalances from pregnancy and beyond, not to mention your menstrual cycle. There’s also skin sensitivities in everyday life – environmental (think sun, wind and harsh weather changes) that trigger reactions from food (spicy in particular) and cause flare ups.
How to Combat Redness
The aim of the redness game is to hydrate, nourish, support and protect the skin barrier, to calm inflammation as much as possible. The usual suspects like staying hydrated, and avoiding your triggers where possible (alcohol is a big one) need to be top of your list, while adding anti-inflammatory foods to your diet can help and ensuring your stress levels and sleep are balanced. However, there are also plenty of skincare solutions…
Enter, IMAGE Skincare’s Vital C Collection
Designed to nourish, energise, calm and quench skin, IMAGE Skincare’s Vital C heroes ingredients to calm and protect, like Vitamins C, and E, and antioxidants, along with chamomile, green tea, aloe vera etc. Hyaluronic Acid and Shea Butter are helpful too, all coming together to deliver anti-ageing benefits while combatting redness – yes, you can treat both ageing and red skin at the same time.
A Routine for Redness
It’s important to treat redness as a main concern when choosing your skincare. Reach for creamy cleansers that won’t strip the skin, like Vital C’s Hydrating Facial Cleanser. Avoid harsh exfoliators and ensure you add in a treatment product like VITAL C’s Antioxidant Hydrating ACE Serum. But above all, make sure you’re using a skin-quenching moisturiser that hydrates, protects, soothes and treats your skin day and night. Try Vital C’s Hydrating Intense Moisturiser for a universal skin soother and protect with SPF first thing in the morning, and multiple times throughout the day.
Top Up with Treatments
Want more? Strengthen the skin barrier with additional treatment products. Start by adding in an everyday serum like the Ormedic Balancing Antioxidant Serum that feels like a drink for your skin while delivering antioxidants deep within, along with hyaluronic acid to defend against dehydration.
Makeup For Redness
Don’t aggravate skin suffering from redness by adding makeup filled with nasties that will congest and create skin sensitives. I CONCEAL Flawless Foundation will cover imperfections and balance redness (even after medical procedures) without disturbing the skin barrier. Plant stem cells, antioxidants and botanicals combine to condition, cover and protect.
Want to treat redness right now? Start here.
