5 Products for Beautiful Summer Skin by Intelligent Elixirs
Intelligent Elixirs is a clean, clinical, cruelty-free product line skillfully formulated with the most effective, scientifically proven ingredients to nourish and foster healthy skin. Mary Butler & Cat Tatman, the Co-founders of Intelligent Elixirs, have a shared 36 years of experience creating products for the professional market; plastic surgeons, dermatologists and aestheticians. After years in the professional market they recognized the growing movement for quality skincare products that were more accessible, easy to use, with clean formulations that deliver results, but at a reasonable price point for the retail marketplace. In this issue, Mary and Cat share their 5 top products for summer skin.
l-r: Mary Butler and Cat Tatman
Depending on your skin and its needs, you may need to change up your daily regimen a bit. In the summer months, we tend to spend more time outside, exposing our skin to damaging UV rays which cause inflammation, damage collagen, dehydrate the skin, and cause hyperpigmentation. Additionally, we sweat more, which can lead to clogged pores and breakouts. Using products that protect, enhance hydration, brighten, and keep the skin clear of dead skin and debris will keep your complexion glowing throughout the summer. Here are five of our favorites for this time of year.
1. 15% Vitamin C Anti-aging Serum
Vitamin C is action-packed. It’s a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, which helps protect and brighten the skin and also calm acne. Additionally, it helps protect, repair, and promote collagen synthesis.
2. Vitamin B-5 Hydrating Serum
Vitamin B-5 will up your skin’s internal hydration and improve firmness. Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin B-5 work together to help your skin maintain its optimum moisture balance while also healing and soothing.
3. Citrus Facial Scrub
Exfoliating 2-3 times a week is very beneficial to help remove excess skin and debris from the surface of the skin, which will help with breakouts, promote cellular turnover and enhance the absorption of other products being used.
4. Brightening Serum
Given the name of this product, there are ingredients to help prevent and brightens dark spots and also PIH (post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation that can occur from breakouts). Ingredients derived from plant extracts, such as the blend in Alpaflor Gigawhite, help suppress melanin production and keep skin looking luminous. The Brightening Serum also has Niacinamide, which is beneficial for brightening, but also reduces inflammation to help with breakouts.
5. Tinded Broad Spectrum SPF 30
First and foremost, always wear a broad-spectrum sun protection product with a minimum SPF of 30 every day to protect your skin from damaging UV rays. Wearing SPF daily protects your skin from damaging UV rays. The Tinted SPF comes in 3 shades and is the ultimate multi-tasker – it can be worn under makeup as a primer or alone for sheer coverage in place of a foundation. It instantly neutralizes redness and discolorations much like a BB cream.