Blow Up Your Skin's Volume: 5 All-Natural, Knockout Techniques
Ever noticed how your skin seems to be losing volume as the years tick by?
Grudgingly, we've got to accept that time's a pesky thief, pilfering our skin's plumpness as we age. What say we slow down the ageing carousel, shall we?
But before we dig into the secret sauce for bouncy skin, let's put "plump skin" under the microscope.
Plump skin is all about being rounded, tender, and youthfully dewy—no droops, no sags, no thank you! Unsurprisingly, toddlers bag the most 'plump' awards. Simply put, their skin can't get anymore cherubic! But, what makes their skin pop so? It's the dynamic duo—collagen and elastin—heroes of your skin's structure.
Think of collagen as the skin's scaffolding: it frames your skin, giving it strength and structure. Meet elastin: providing your skin its elasticity, making it resilient.
But here's the deal: as we age, these two mighty proteins head south, hitting rock bottom levels. Scarily, from as early as your 20s, you start shedding around 1 percent of these proteins every year! And the fallout? Your skin loses its verve, elasticity, radiance, glow, and smoothness.
But there's a third player that binds the trio – Hydration. Starve your skin of hydration, and it'll shrivel up like a wrinkled raisin under a sunlamp. Just picture grapes vs raisins - pretty graphic, right?
Alright, time to unlock some of our top tricks to hit home run on skin plumpness. Let's get cracking:
1. Say YES to Water
Of course, staying hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids and eating lots of foods with a high water content (think watermelon, cucumber, tomatoes, pineapple and celery) are vital for healthy-looking skin. But what we’re really talking about here is targeting your skin’s thirst through your skincare routine.
The best ingredients for hydration are humectants – the name for any topical ingredient that draws water to your skin. Our top three water magnets are hyaluronic acid (HA), glycerin and aloe vera which are all total whizz-kids at attracting moisture.
Hyaluronic acid, for one, is said to hold up to 1000 times its weight in water. And that is most definitely not to be sniffed at when it comes to keeping your skin healthy, hydrated and packed with volume.
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2. How to Plump Up Your Collagen
OK, so back to collagen. As previously mentioned, when you hit early adulthood your natural supplies of collagen deplete year after year. Which is not ideal and one of the main reasons your skin loses precious volume.
But, and it’s a pretty big but, your lifestyle choices can play a major part in the rate at which your skin loses collagen. For starters, the sun is a killer (literally!) on your collagen supplies, so protect your skin daily with Organic Tinted Moisturiser with SPF 25 and you’ll be doing the very best thing possible to protect yours.
Retinol, antioxidants and marine collagen (not the animal-derived stuff, ta very much!) are also incredible ways to boost your supplies as they encourage your skin to produce healthy collagen for longer.
Our Pre-Eminent Beauty Serum is packed with antioxidants as well as retinyl palmitate (a gorgeously gentle retinol derivative), while Imperial Eye Gel is a must for the eye area and combines hydrating HA and aloe with animal-friendly collagen extracted from seaweed.
3. Get Your Beauty Sleep
Without a decent, regular night’s sleep, your skin is never going to look full and vibrant. Because tired skin is rubbish skin. Sleep time is very important for your skin because it’s when it revives, repairs and regenerates itself, ready to tackle another day.
Many things happen to your skin as you catch your zzzs (and you can read about them right here), but in terms of your skin’s plumpness, the main thing to know is that this is the time when collagen production is at its peak.
Try to get between seven and nine hours of quality kip every night to ensure you’re giving your skin the maximum time possible to top up its vital collagen supplies. Easier said than done? Then check out our sleep tips right here.
4. Massage for Less Wrinkles
Stimulating your facial muscles by massaging your skin as you cleanse is a great way to lift, tone and plump your face. Not only does it reduce tension in the muscles, but it boosts blood flow which helps oxygenate the skin and increases collagen and elastin production (hello glowy skin!).
A daily massage also helps reduce your body’s levels of cortisol – the ‘stress’ hormone which is no friend to collagen if you get the drift…
Like mini, natural facelifts for your skin, celebrity facialists swear by massaging. And so do we! It’s also free (whoop!) and relatively easy. Apply Crystal Cleanser to damp skin, then use your hands and the pads of your fingers to massage it all over your face and neck, using fairly firm movements to really work out those facial muscles.
Start at your chin and use upwards strokes towards the hairline, repeating across your cheeks and finally over your forehead.
5. Pile on Healthy Fats to Look and Feel Younger!
Chow down on skin-loving foods boasting essential fatty acids like omega 3 and 6. They furnish the walls of your skin cells, helping them retain water and nutrients. If you're a fish lover, you're in luck – oily fish are nutrient-dense with essential fatty acids. If not, go for avocados, eggs, soybeans, walnuts, and chia seeds.
So, what's the overall skin-plumping equation?
Plump skin equals hydration plus collagen plus good-fat diet plus solid sleep. Take charge, ladies: reclaim your skin's youth!
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