Skincare to vitamin C, between truth and false myths

The latest trend of k-beauty has as its objective a perfect, compact, flawless, bright and shining skin like crystal, hence the term icing skin, ideal of Korean beauty and maximum aesthetic aspiration of every beauty addicted. Unlike the glowy skin, where the translucent effect is given by the wise use of the illuminating make-up, the glass skin is the result of a constant and rigorous beauty routine. We leave the Koreans the long and laborious skincare in 10 steps and see how you can get a healthy, smooth and radiant skin in a simple and equally effective way. In fact, there is a natural ingredient that can transform and refine the appearance of the skin, acting 360° on all signs of skin aging: we are talking about vitamin C, one of the most powerful antioxidants in nature, also known as the "vitamin of youth".

As well as orange juice is considered a health cough, it is now proven that vitamin C has enormous benefits even at a cosmetic level:

• stimulates collagen synthesis giving tone, elasticity and compactness to the fabrics;
• plays an intense antioxidant action able to neutralize free radicals;
• slows skin aging counteracting damage from chrono and photoaging;
• uniforms and illuminates the complexion giving the skin a healthy and radiant color;
• awakens the epidermal turnover improving the skin texture;
• prevents and corrects pigmentation defects (solar implants, age spots, melasma etc.).

Does this mean that all vitamin C-based cosmetics have these properties? NO!

Dr. Dr. Miori, prestigious formulator, cosmetologist and university professor.

"We assume that in order to perform all its functions, vitamin C must be able to penetrate deep in the layers of the epidermis. That said, many products on the market contain non-stabilized molecules that lose their effectiveness even before getting in touch with the skin. This happens because vitamin C is as precious as delicate, it is in fact a highly unstable molecule that, in contact with the air, tends to deteriorate within a few minutes. Norange juices should be consumed immediately. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of disinformation on vitamin C. On the market many skincare brands use as a marketing lever very high percentages of vitamin C, as if it were this to determine the effectiveness of a product! On the contrary, too high percentages are likely to cause skin sensitization. The same logic also works at a formula level. In order to benefit from all the virtues of vitamin C at the cosmetic level, they serve correctly stabilized molecules and therefore able to activate and penetrate into the deepest layers of the skin. This is what determines the quality of a vitamin C-based product, everything else is so much marketing and little substance."