Beyond Pumpkin Spice: Fall Skincare Ingredients to Renew Your Complexion
We all know that pumpkin spice is the signature scent of the season, but actually, it’s the spice notes of clove and ginger that are signature to the iconic pumpkin spice scent (not pumpkins). Even so, at the end of the day it’s the scents that hit our comfy, cozy, homecoming markers – like apple pie, sage stuffing and gingerbread cookies – that make this time of year so special. However, the ingredients in seasonal foods aren’t just good for the senses, they can also be great for the skin!
You can see the biggest benefits from pumpkin and vanilla with a professional Repêchage Fusion™ Express Bar and Spa Masks in Vanillafina Fusion® infused with Vanilla and Pumpkin (click here to find a spa or salon to get one). This express mask treatment is custom blended at the spa or salon and helps improve skin texture and appearance of elasticity helps revitalize skin with Vitamin A, B6 and Pantothenic Acid from Pumpkin and Vanilla. It also helps moisturize and restores with vitamin-rich Seaweed.
Here we’ll tell you all about the pumpkin season ingredients that you can incorporate into your Autumn skin care program for multiple benefits like brightening, restoring, hydrating and calming the appearance of your skin. Also, if you need some advice on how to conquer that Thanksgiving bloat after indulging too much at the dessert table, see our blog. Now, let’s talk about Ginger.
To Brighten Skin Tone: Ginger
This wonderful spice is a major part of the pumpkin spice appeal. Many of us know how great it is for the tummy too. This amazing root is a powerful antioxidant and inflammatory in your diet. Known as Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Oil in skin care, it can also help brighten and rejuvenate the appearance of the skin.
Find Ginger In: The Repêchage Biolight® Brightening Skin Care Collection: This collection, which includes a Cleanser, Toner, Brightening Serum, Day Cream and Overnight Cream utilizes a multi-dimensional approach to skincare that helps to brighten and tone the appearance of the skin. It includes Ginger Oil, the Repêchage® Laminaria Digitata Seaweed Extract as well as the latest and most advanced brightening ingredients to help you uncover a more radiant, youthful looking complexion. If you’re interested in giving this collection a try for a great value, you can start small with the Biolight® Starter Collection – which includes five travel-friendly Biolight® products – for a full five-step skin care routine.
To Soothe the Appearance of the Skin: Sage
What’s that inviting smell calling from the kitchen early Thanksgiving morning? It must be the sage baking inside of mom’s homemade stuffing. With scents of sage and the ambience of the Thanksgiving Day parade on TV, the feeling of home sweet home is in the air. But this can be used for more than just Thanksgiving dinner. This powerful herb is known for its anti-inflammatory and skin-conditioning and soothing properties.
Find Sage In: Red-Out® Cleanser and Red-Out® Serum. This dermatologist tested cleanser and serum has sage, combined with a blend of hydrating Seaweeds, soothing Mirabalis Jalapa, antioxidant Quercetin and Rutin to soothe and calm the appearance of the skin.
To Calm the Senses and Make Skin Supple: Clove
Just a whiff of cloves can instantly summon the holiday spirit! But did you know that Clove oil can help relieve itching sensation, and can also help reduce appearance of irritation, leaving the complexion supple?
Find Clove In: Biolight® Frost Bright™ Eye Contour Gel: Cooling and refreshing, this gel contains Clove, Caffeine, Cucumber Oil, and two peptides to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, leaving the skin feeling refreshed and cooled.
Lamina Lift™ Hydrating Seaweed Mask: An instantly refreshing and hydrating sheet mask formulated with the exclusive Repêchage® Laminaria Digitata complex, combining Seaweed, Clove, Orange Water, and Aloe to leave the skin looking dewy and glowing.
The Vita Cura® Gold Collection helps to dramatically decrease the appearance of wrinkles, through deep hydration and restores youthful elasticity.
To Tone and Hydrate: Rosemary
Used in roasts and stews, rosemary is another staple in holiday cooking. However, it can be used for more than just food as well. This is known to be anti-inflammatory and reviving and invigorating properties. In skin care, it is toning, hydrating and revitalizing to the skin.
Find Rosemary In: Hydra Medic® Face Wash for Oily, Problem Skin: This dermatologist-tested, deep-cleansing formula includes Rosemary and Willow Bark Extract which helps to gently exfoliate excess grime buildup. Additionally, Laminaria Digitata seaweed extract and other botanicals help to prevent the appearance of dryness.
Hydra Dew Pure™ Facial Essence Mist: This dermatologist tested hybrid skin care serum and hydrating facial spray has Rosemary as well as Seaweed and Mastic Water to help create dewy, radiant skin anytime.
Hydra Dew Pure™ Moisture Lift Serum: This dermatologist-tested serum has Rosemary, two forms of Hyaluronic Acid, Mastic Water and the exclusive Repêchage® Laminaria Digitata Seaweed extract to deliver instantly smoother-looking, hydrated skin while visibly reducing fine lines and wrinkles.
Perfect Skin Liquid Foundation: Did you know that makeup can be good for the skin? This liquid foundation contains Rosemary, as well as Vitamins A, E & C in our exclusive seaweed-based formula to glide onto your skin smoothly. It also helps conceal imperfections with light-reflective pigments to soften the appearance of flaws and blemishes. Available exclusively in our webstore, you can find our wonderful liquid foundation in ten skin-matching shades too!
To Exfoliate and Smooth Skin: Apple
Some could argue that before pumpkin spice’s massive uptick in popularity, there were the cult-like fans of the apple pie. Some might even say that apple pie is like the great-grandfather of all Fall and Holiday traditions! We all know that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but with the advent of Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA’s), Malic Acid (a key component of apples) has been shown to have incredible skin care benefits. As an AHA, Malic Acid is great as an exfoliator to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, as well as help smooth and improve skin texture. Not to mention it’s also rich in antioxidants which are known to be great for protecting the skin against environmental aggressors like UV and pollutants.
Find Apple In: Rapidex® Marine Exfoliator with Phyto-Marine Actives: This is a ground-breaking, safe and effective 14 day uni–dose at home peel based on Multi-Fruit Acids such as Malic Acid, Seaweed and phyto-marine extracts to gently exfoliate the skin, helping the skin to appear more even in tone and texture, feel softer and smoother.
What are some of the ways you like to rejuvenate skin in the fall? Let us know in the comments.
*this blog is for informational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease.
