Want To Keep Your Skin Looking Youthful And Healthy? 

While we can’t stop time, we can implement practices that help keep your skin looking youthful and healthy. Here are some essential tips to get the anti-aging skincare routine and youthful looking skin you’re searching for. 

1. Wash With A Gentle Cleanser 

Cleansing is important to remove makeup or skincare products that have been applied on your skin throughout the day. It also removes pollutants, skin oils, and bacteria that have built up on your outer skin layer. Cleansing helps the application of skincare products enter your skin more easily and effectively. 

Use a gentle cleanser to help preserve your skin barrier and prevent it from getting dehydrated, dry, or damaged. Cleansers that have a high pH balance can be harsh and leave your skin feeling irritated or infected. Cleansers with a low pH maintain the balance and health of your skin. 

Here are some of our current favorite gentle cleansers:

Sodium lauryl sulfate is another harsh ingredient to avoid. When it comes to cleansers, you don’t need to buy ones that contain fancy, active ingredients. Cleansers are not on your skin for very long so the active ingredients are far more helpful in later steps of your skincare routine. 

2. Should You Use A Toner? 

Toners were originally developed to restore the low pH balance of skin after washing with a high-pH cleanser. In this case, if you are using a low pH cleanser, a toner is unnecessary – It is much better to avoid damage entirely by using a gentle cleanser, than to repair afterwards with a toner.  

But, if you want to add a toner to your skincare ritual, we recommend using one that hydrates your skin’s barrier. Here are toners we’re loving:

3. Try A Chemical or Physical Exfoliant 

As you age, the collagen levels in your skin decline, causing your skin to slow down the process of replenishing itself. In turn, dead skin cells are not replaced by new cells as quickly, which causes your skin to look uneven, dull, and aged. Exfoliants are a great way to remove the dead skin cells from your skin. 

There are two main exfoliants:

AHAs are also great for evening skin pigmentation, such as dark spots and circles, and help hydrate your skin. Products containing glycolic acid and hyaluronic acid work to exfoliate and moisturize the skin while restoring a youthful complexion. 

4. Pat, Don’t Rub Your Serums

Most serums contain a higher concentration of active ingredients than a moisturizer. With this in mind, the best anti-aging ingredients to look for are:

These anti-aging ingredients partner with the collagen in your skin to increase your collagen levels, while acting as antioxidants that absorb the biological and environmental oxidative stress in your skin cells that cause aging. 

If you are new to serums, look for one that contains these ingredients and pair it with a beauty collagen supplement for optimal anti-aging and wrinkle reducing results – like Wholy Dose Beauty Tonic Superpowder. 

5. Remember To Moisturize! 

The aging process comes with less sebum, which is a common acne causing agent in the skin. This also means that your skin will dry out more easily, resulting in fine lines and wrinkles. To work against this, a good moisturizer is essential. 

With anti-aging moisturizers, look for one that contains water-binding humectants like glycerine and hyaluronic acid. An occlusive moisturizer like petrolatum, such a Vaseline or Aquaphor, or a nighttime mineral oil will also work but be sure to not trap bad bacteria in your skin layer resulting in breakouts. 

6. Apply Sunscreen Daily 

Sun protection is the number one way to keep your skin looking as youthful as possible. Aging signs like fine lines, age spots, and wrinkles all result from exposure to the sun – also commonly known in dermatology as photoaging. 

Aging caused by the sun’s UV rays break down the collagen in your skin resulting in:

The best way to avoid this is to use sunscreen every day regardless of if it’s sunny or cloudy outside. One study found that a daily application of broad-spectrum can work to avoid age spots, improve skin texture, and flatten wrinkles by 20% in 3 months. Researchers found that sunscreen allows the skin's outer layer to take a break from consistent exposure to UV Rays, ultimately boosting it’s anti-aging functions.  

For best anti-aging results, use sunscreen everyday and pair it with a collagen supplement to boost your skin health while reducing wrinkles, like Wholy Dose MATCHA Beauty Superfood Powder. The sunscreen helps protect your skin's outer layer while the collagen supplement nourishes your skin and replenishes skin cells, repairs skin elasticity, increases skin hydration, plumps your skin, and evens out pigmentation. 

Not sure what sunscreen to buy? Try a sunscreen that is recommended by dermatologists or estheticians, like this one:

Other ways to prevent sun exposure include:

This will reduce your exposure to carcinogenic UV rays and aging. 

7. Protect Your Skin and Prevent Trauma

A main reason why wrinkles (and other signs of aging) happen is due to skin damage as your skin becomes more fragile with age and more susceptible to trauma. Studies have shown that even pressing your face against a pillow as you sleep can cause permanent “sleep wrinkles.”

To avoid further damage or trauma to the skin, avoid harsh application motions on your skin as you wash your face or apply your skincare products. Be gentle with your skin.

8. Don't Forget To Take Care Of Your Health

Apart from your face and skincare regimen, other signs of aging include your neck, chest, hands, and inner health. Do not neglect these areas and be sure to apply your anti-aging serums, moisturizer, and sunscreen on your neck, chest, and hands as well. Remember to take care of your health and get enough sleep, as these factors have a role in your aging process.