Over time, the cosmetics industry has realized that skin differs not only by type, but also by age. The older a person is, the longer and more careful care is required. Especially if it is facial skin, because... it's the first thing other people see. In addition, the skin on the face is one of the most open and unprotected areas of the body. Therefore, the impact of harmful factors on it is stronger than in other places. Most often, specially developed series of cosmetics are used to care for aging skin. Creams with a lifting effect are in greatest demand.
Definition
A cream with a lifting effect is a cosmetic product that can tighten facial skin, eliminate fine wrinkles and smooth out deep wrinkles, and even out facial contours. This is the safest way to restore elasticity and youth to the dermis without surgery or salon procedures. This cream can work in two ways. First, the product works due to strong exfoliation and moisturizing. The second includes a complex of ingredients that stimulate collagen production. A characteristic property of a good lifting cream is that it combines both ways to achieve the effect.
Lifting creams should be used only after 40 years. It is at this age that the skin begins to need tightening.
Like any cream with a certain effect, lifting products have characteristic distinctive components in the composition:
- Vitamins A, E, C are the most beneficial for the skin and are found in most high-quality cosmetics. Retinol (vitamin A) – stimulates collagen production and maintains skin hydrobalance, C and E – antioxidants that remove free radicals.
- Hyaluronic acid, glycerin, urea are softeners and moisturizers for any creams. Retains moisture, restores collagen fibers and increases skin elasticity.
- Alpha lipoic acid and alpha hydroxy acid (ALA and AHA). Substances with strong antioxidant (ALA) and exfoliating (AHA) effects. They improve skin density, smooth out wrinkles, stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, and eliminate pigmentation.
- Peptide complex. Natural compounds that penetrate deep into the skin, tightening and rejuvenating it. Relaxes facial muscles by reducing nerve signals. The principle of action of the component can be compared to Botox.
- Coenzyme Q10. A natural component that is produced by the skin. However, with age, its production stops. Removes radicals, stimulates the immune system and the growth of collagen fibers, slows down the aging process.
- Natural oils and extracts. Most often tea tree, aloe, nutmeg, calendula, carrots, lemon. Provide care for mature skin.
- Essential oils have a beneficial effect on the dermis, especially the aging one. The most popular are citrus fruits, tea tree, cloves, jasmine, lavender).
A good and effective lifting cream should contain at least several of these components.
During the sunny season, you should choose cosmetics with an SPF factor. This way you will protect your skin from premature aging and burns.
Face mask Aquasource Everplump Night, Biotherm
This product is intended for night use. While you sleep, the cream renews the skin, deeply nourishes and moisturizes, giving it elasticity and silkiness. The cream contains an extract from Algae algae, which actively helps your skin look healthy and saturates it with all the beneficial substances and vitamins.
- Pros:
- The composition contains a rare component from Algae algae;
- Actively works at night;
- Effectively saturate the skin with vitamins and minerals.
Beneficial features
Any cream with the specified lifting effect must have certain properties:
- sufficiently moisturize the skin;
- restore elasticity due to saturation with missing elements;
- stimulate the natural processes of the skin and provide all its needs according to age;
- tighten facial contours and eliminate imperfections - sagging, dryness, peeling;
- fight the signs of aging, eliminate and prevent their reappearance;
- give the skin an even tone, healthy tone and radiance.
Depending on the needs of the skin, you can choose a cream with the appropriate effect. But with age, it is preferable to use lifting products, because... they simultaneously provide several effects necessary for mature skin.
When purchasing, pay attention not only to the word “lifting” on the packaging, but also to the composition of the cream. Some manufacturers attract attention in this way, but their products do not give the desired effect.
Mass market creams
The first in this category is the “Tightening” cream from Natura Siberica. Helps get rid of sagging and starts the process of restoring collagen fibers. The composition states black caviar and proteins.
After use, excellent nutrition and hydration of the skin is immediately noticeable.
Reviews of face-lifting creams also speak positively about Avon products. The Anew series stands out here - “Thermolifting” and “Ideal lifting”. The products tighten the oval, protect the epidermis and give it enviable elasticity with regular use.
There are many other creams available for tightening the contours of the face, including natural products from various brands. By choosing a product based on its composition, you can definitely protect yourself from side effects. However, no one can give a 100% guarantee that the cream will tighten the skin, because everything depends on the individual characteristics of the body.
Features of application
In order for the lifting cream to have the maximum effect, it is necessary to first prepare the skin and only then apply the product. Approximate usage:
- Thoroughly remove makeup and other impurities using special cosmetic products. After cleansing, wipe with tonic.
- For better results, you can do a light massage or perform a few facial exercises. This will relax the skin and “start” blood circulation.
- You should take a sufficient amount of cream with the fingers of both hands and apply it to your face with smooth massage movements. On the cheeks, forehead, chin up and to the sides. Pay special attention to problem areas.
- Apply the product to the area around the eyes with your ring fingers. The skin on them is softer and causes less damage to the delicate epidermis near the eyes.
- If possible, rest for a while and allow the cream to absorb well.
- You should not remove a portion of the product from the jar with your hands. There are special spatulas for this. This prevents the entire product from becoming quickly contaminated.
- Regular lifting cream can be applied morning and evening . Creams with increased intensity of action should be applied at night, before bedtime.
Scheme of how to apply cream to the face
However, like any cosmetic product, such creams have disadvantages and contraindications:
- You cannot use cosmetics with a lifting effect if you are under 35 years old.
- Individual intolerance to some components included in the composition.
- There are vascular skin diseases.
- There are inflammatory processes or extensive damage to the skin on the face.
- You have recently had plastic or other skin surgery.
To exclude an allergic reaction, a simple test should be performed before using the cream. Apply a little product to the inner elbow or wrist and wait 15 minutes. If there is no skin reaction, then the product is suitable for you.
The best folk remedies
Sometimes lifting drugs that are sold in pharmacies may not be suitable due to individual allergic reactions to the constituent components of the drug - then folk remedies come to the rescue.
The initial best tightening remedy is ice cubes frozen from solutions of herbal mixtures. They wipe the face during morning and evening procedures. This is the simplest and most effective remedy.
Lemon or cucumber, turned into pulp and infused with vodka (8 days), produces an excellent tonic that whitens the skin and eliminates age spots.
There is a huge list of all kinds of herbal or food masks that create a lifting effect. It is not recommended to keep them for more than half an hour, and the break between using them is a week.
Among the most effective are:
- bread;
- clay;
- lemon;
- rice;
- protein;
- cucumber
For bread : mix black bread and milk in a 1:1 ratio, soak into a paste and apply to the face. For a better effect, you can first add a spoonful of honey.
Clay : dissolve a spoonful of clay in warm water until it becomes a paste, apply to the face.
Lemon : prepared from crushed lemon zest and juice mixed with bran and protein.
Rice : rice ground into flour (2 tablespoons) is mixed with raw egg white. To this mixture you can add the juices of various plants that have the property of tightening the skin (incense, walnut, jasmine, cedar).
Protein mask : simply apply to the face for 10 minutes gradually, layer by layer.
Cucumber : if you mix grated cucumber with yolk, you get a cucumber mask.
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Manufacturers
Today, every reputable cosmetic brand produces a line of anti-aging products, including lifting creams.
Vichy Liftactiv Flexilift Teint
Anti-aging foundation lightweight cream-fluid. Suitable for mature skin after 35 years. Has double action. First, the silicone texture does not tighten the skin and does not allow it to accumulate in wrinkles. Secondly, collagen smoothes the skin and creates a lifting effect. The product is based on Vichy SPA thermal water. The product is hypoallergenic.
Price: from 1730 rub.
Clarins Extra-Firming Day Wrinkle Lifting Cream All Skin Types
Day regenerating cream, suitable for any skin type. Recommended for women over 40 years old. Instantly transforms the skin after the first application. The general strengthening effect of the composition reduces expression lines and other wrinkles, tightens facial contours. The texture is medium density, not greasy and not light. Easy to apply and quickly absorbed. After use there is no sticky or greasy feeling on the skin. The product is economical. Can be used as a base for makeup.
Price: from 4200 rub.
Christina Silk UpLift Cream
Skin tightening cream from the instant “Silk” series. Thanks to its light texture, it is quickly absorbed. Strengthens the skin and minimizes water loss. Silkworm lipids in the composition effectively strengthen the epidermis and give a second youth. Plant extracts of green tea leaves and linden flowers are natural antioxidants that protect the skin from the negative effects of external factors. Allantoin has an antibacterial and healing effect, removing minor irritations from the skin. As a result, the skin is instantly smoothed immediately after use. The effect lasts throughout the day.
Price: from 3400 rub.
Black Pearl “Intense BIO-Lifting”
Budget cream with excellent effect for women over 45 years old. A universal product - can be a night regeneration cream or a day cream for protection. Preserves youthful facial skin, stimulates regenerative processes and natural skin functions. After application it leaves a feeling of hydration and comfort. After use, the contours are tightened, sagging goes away, the skin becomes smoother, more elastic and firm, and a healthy and rested complexion is acquired.
Price: from 170 rub.
Limoni Peptide Skin Lifting Cream
Piptide cream for all skin types. The product is recommended for people with thin skin, facial wrinkles, dryness, and general weak tone. The main active component is copper tripeptide. It penetrates deep into the skin and starts collagen restoration processes. Adenosine enhances its effect and has an anti-aging effect on the skin, allowing you to maintain youth. Hyaluronic acid protects the epidermis, and extracts of cocoa and various plants tone the skin, soften and promote its restoration.
Dermacol Botocell Intensive Lifting Cream
Intensive face lifting cream. Contains a concentrated anti-wrinkle complex. The result can be seen already on the second day of use. Tightening treatment has an effect similar to the use of Botox. The product improves skin elasticity, smoothes it, reduces the number of wrinkles on the face and prevents their reappearance. Protects against free radicals.
Price: from 900 rub.
Clean Line Morning “lifting” cream for face and neck
The product is suitable for the face, neck and décolleté. Eliminates sagging skin, wrinkles, dryness and dull color. With constant use, facial contours improve, the epidermis acquires tone and elasticity. The cream has a pleasant smell and medium consistency, spreads and is absorbed well. Use only in the morning.
Vitex Night Lifting Cream for Face and Neck
The main effect is to give the skin youth and clarity of contours. Additional – moisturize, nourish and even out tone. The product helps restore the skin, giving it elasticity and a youthful appearance. The cream should be used before bedtime. At night, the maximum effect of application is achieved.
Regenerating cream for face and neck Sublimage La Crème Texture Fine, Chanel
This is a unique product for aging skin. The product is enriched with planifolia PEA, these are rare and very powerful molecules that, after special treatment, intensively rejuvenate the skin, deeply moisturize and nourish it. As a result of using this cream, your skin evens out its color, becomes even, smooth, and the contours of your face take on clear outlines. According to customer reviews, this cream is truly magical, it gives the skin a second youth and evokes a feeling of delight. The cost of this cream is quite high, but the result completely justifies it.
Pros:
- Manufactured using special technology;
- The composition contains rare components;
- 100% efficient;
- Famous brand.
Minuses:
- High price.
conclusions
Time is unforgiving to anyone. We all age every day, and our skin loses its original properties. But you shouldn’t give up and stop fighting for a young and healthy appearance. Thanks to the well-developed cosmetics and cosmetology industry, today it is much easier to prolong the youth of your skin. A variety of effective anti-aging products and treatments promote this desire. You can look good at any age. There would be a desire to spend time and money on self-care.
