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Her other favorite Renée Rouleau products? She’s a skin type #2 and loves theMint Buffing Beads, and Vitamin C & E Complex.

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Dry skin will become drier, but did you know that oily skin gets even oilier during flying? When the skin has no water, it attempts to compensate for the dehydration by producing more oil—which is the last thing that oily skin needs. For dry skins that have no oil glands, the skin will be depleted of its water content.

Bottom line: Airplanes can wreak havoc on the skin!

Here are helpful tips before, during and after flight to keep your skin healthy and balanced: …

GET YOUR SKIN FLIGHT-READY

Use a skin serum under sunscreen
Since the airplane cabins have low humidity, you must load your skin up with as much hydration and protection as possible. Apply a skin serum under sunscreen to deliver moisture deep within the layers of the skin while providing an occlusive seal to help the skin retain its moisture. Look for serums using ingredients like Dimethicone, Cyclomethicone and Hyaluronic Acid. Renée Rouleau Intensive Firming Serum uses these ingredients and is ideal while flying.

Make sure to apply sunscreen over skin serum
Did you know that when you are in an airplane, you’re closer to the sun so UV damage is at its greatest? The windows on an airplane don’t filter out damaging UV rays, so even though you are not in direct sunlight, you are still exposed to the harmful rays. And we all know, UV rays = skin aging and wrinkles. Wear a minimum of SPF #15 on the face, neck and sides of the neck. Also, makeup foundation containing SPF is not enough. The sunscreen must be built into your moisturizer. Try our best-selling Daily Protection SPF 30.

CARING FOR YOUR SKIN WHILE ON THE PLANE:

Choose aisle over window seats when flying in an airplane (and shut the shade)
Not only are you getting massive amounts of sun exposure since you’re closer to the sun, but when sitting in the window seat you’re subjecting your skin to more UV rays. If you do have a window seat, just shut the shade!

Do NOT mist your skin with a hydrating spray.
For years, skin care experts have suggested to mist your skin with a hydrating spray to keep it moist. This is a no-no, for sure! The worst thing you can do is spray those misters on the skin. Why? Because since the air is so dry, it looks for water wherever it can get it and since water attracts water, when you spray the skin it takes all the water from the deep layers in the skin and gets evaporated into the dry air! The result is even drier skin. Your best bet is to leave the skin as is.

Drink plenty of water.
It’s always beneficial to keep your body hydrated while flying, so drinking plenty of water is important. While it doesn’t benefit the skin as much as you would think, it’s still important for your body.

POST-FLIGHT CARE

Use a mild facial scrub
When arriving at your destination (hotel, home or other), cleanse your skin and use a mild facial scrub to remove surface dry skin cells caused from flying. Be sure to avoid facial scrubs containing natural grains such as apricot kernels, walnut husks and almonds as the sharp edges can scratch and irritate the skin. Instead, use scrubs containing polyethylene, jojoba beads or micro-beadlets. We love our Mint Buffing Beads.

Treat your skin to a hydrating mask post-flight
After exfoliating with a facial scrub, it’s important to add back essential hydration and brighten the skin from post-flight dullness. I prefer gel masks because they have the highest water content. Renée Rouleau Azulene Gel Mask is both calming and deeply hydrating to ensure your skin gets the moisture it needs. It feels so cool and refreshing on the skin after traveling. Leave on 15 minutes, rinse well and apply moisturizer.

But here is the important part: Choose anti-aging products appropriate for your skin type. Many cosmetic companies (not Renée Rouleau, of course) assume those who want anti-aging care must have dry skin. But our skin care spas are visited every day by young women and men who still have oil and breakouts, but want to preserve their youthful appearance for as long as they can.

Here’s a list of anti-aging ingredients that are appropriate for those in their 20’s.

Hyaluronic Acid (You’ll love it in our Skin Drink)

Stabilized Vitamin C (You’ll love it in our Vitamin C&E Complex)

Elderberry Fruit Extract (You’ll love it in our Elderberry Toner)

Zinc Oxide (You’ll love it in our Daily Protection SPF 30) …

Glycolic Acid (You’ll love our Glycolic Serums)

Red Marine Algae (You’ll love it in our Hawaiian Nourishing Cream)

Salicylic Acid (You’ll love it in our AHA/BHA Cleansing Gel)

Malic Acid (You’ll love it in our Triple Berry Smoothing Peel)

Read skin tips for those in their 20’s and 30’s.

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But steam is beneficial in two ways.

-The heat that the steam produces will raise the temperature of the skin, therefore softening the hardened oil in the pore for easier extraction and deep pore cleansing. (In all of the Renée Rouleau facials, we use special skin softening treatments along with steam to ensure the pores get properly softened for manual extractions—without leaving you red afterward.)…

-It is excellent for hydrating the skin as long as you seal in the moisture with a cream afterwards, preventing the moisture from evaporating.

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Our Vitamin C Eye Serum is an age-defying eye treatment formulated with time-released, no-sting Vitamin C (Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate) to repair sun damage, brighten, smooth and hydrate the delicate eye area. This unique blend of ingredients sends moisture deep into the skin surface, yet is so lightweight it won’t weigh down the fragile eye area, cause makeup to run, or seep into the eyes causing unnecessary puffiness. It leaves skin feeling noticeably silky smooth and more resilient.

What exactly are dark circles?

Darkness under the eye area is because the skin is extra thin, allowing the blood vessels to show from under the skin.  The most common reason for thinning in this area is long-term, overuse of Retinol products, genetics and/or loss of collagen and “plumpness” from aging.  Some people can also have deep inset bone structure that can cause a shadow under the eye, making darkness appear. Also, some people can get what is referred to as “leaky vessels” as they age. This is when the blood leaks from the capillaries and can cause under eye darkness because of the excessive blood…

Read more about solutions for dark under eye circles.

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