Smoothy Slim
Smoothy Slim
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"If you're looking for an alternative to vitamin C, niacinamide is a great choice," says Dr. Charles. "It is oftentimes more gentle than vitamin C and is very well tolerated." On top of being a potent, gentle brightener, niacinamide also has antioxidant qualities and increases collagen production.
8 to 25 lbs Interesting facts: The average person's colon can often hold 8 to 25 lbs of accumulated fecal matter.
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A scrumptious morning smoothy based on the diets of among the healthiest, longest-living hamlet in the world.
Learn More »Vitamin C is one of skincare’s most popular ingredients because it’s proven to protect skin from photodamage and pollution, help brighten dark marks, and stimulate collagen production. Pretty much anyone who knows anything about skincare will tell you it’s on their ingredient shortlist. But let’s say you just… don’t want to use it. You probably have a good reason! Vitamin C, particularly if we’re talking about L-ascorbic acid, tends to be unstable and is notorious for quickly spoiling into brown useless juice. A good vitamin C serum is also one of those products that tends to be expensive. And even when it’s good, you might notice dryness, flakiness, or redness—L-ascorbic acid is an acid all right! “Vitamin C can infrequently lead to irritant skin reactions in some individuals,” says Dr. Carlos Charles, board certified dermatologist and founder of Derma di Colore. If you’re a person of color, that irritation might cause spots of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. (Darker skin naturally has higher levels of melanin, so it’s easily bamboozled into making more when the tiniest thing goes awry.) Without vitamin C, how’s your skin supposed to get all those glowy benefits? Truth is, you only think you need it—lots of other ingredients can do all the same things, albeit sometimes not all together. Here’s what you can swap out vitamin C for if you’re concerned with… Photoprotection is a fancy word to explain the way certain ingredients combat the harmful effects of UV light. Sunscreen filters (chemical and mineral!) are photoprotective, and they’re known as primary protective factors. But sunscreens work a lot better at protecting your skin from the sun when they’re supported by a strong antioxidant, a secondary protective factor. “Antioxidants are a great addition to the skin care routine for all skin tones, but they can have some added benefits for those with skin of color,” explains Dr. Charles. “By minimizing the deleterious effects of free radical damage, antioxidants play an important role in reducing inflammation and hyperpigmentation.” Results are cumulative so you won’t see a change immediately, but that doesn’t make antioxidants an unimportant part of your routine. Instead of vitamin C, try a serum that features resveratrol, green tea, or coenzyme Q-10. Resveratrol is the antioxidant found in grapes, and the reason why red wine is considered health food in some circles. Green tea’s active antioxidant, a polyphenol called EGCG, is photoprotective and soothing. Coenzyme Q-10 (which you may see on labels as CoQ10) is an antioxidant your skin naturally produces, but applying it topically has shown increased antioxidant activity in stressed-out skin.
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