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Classic
Beauty skin care utilizes the most technologically advanced and scientifically
proven ingredients to achieve the best possible products for your skin.
And, here is why:
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What are Cosmeceuticals?
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the cosmetics industry uses the word Cosmeceutical, "to refer to
cosmetic products that have medicinal or drug-like benefits." They
are intended to enhance the health and beauty of the skin by altering
the structure of the skin and how the skin functions. These are
skin care products that go beyond coloring and adorning the skin.
These products actually improve the functioning of the skin, encouraging
collagen growth, and making the skin healthier. Cosmeceuticals may
be helpful in preventing and diminishing the signs of premature
aging; wrinkles, fine lines, and age spots. Certain key ingredients
are essential to the skin for changes to take place. You may find
these ingredients in small amounts in cosmetics. Cosmeceuticals
contain greater percentages of these ingredients, boosting their
ability to effect changes in the skin. Some of these ingredients
are considered drugs or medicine and are regulated by the Food and
Drug Administration. |
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Ester
C® - vs. - Vitamin C
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Every cell in your skin requires Vitamin C for proper functioning.
Ordinary Vitamin C in most skin care products is unstable, acidic
and degrades quickly, losing 90% of its potency within 30 days
after bottling.
Ester C® Topical is a patented form of non-oily, neutral pH and
highly stabilized vitamin C which has an astounding 2 year shelf
life, thus delivering high quality vitamin C where it is needed
most, the skin. Ester C®. Additionally, skin penetration studies
established that topically applied Ester-C Concentrate can penetrate
the skin to access viable cells and tissues involved in the maintenance
and repair of skin integrity.
To prove that Ester C® Topical achieves greater stability than
ordinary vitamin C, scientists at Inter-Cal pioneered laboratory
and analytical methods that gauge the stability of vitamin C liquids,
topicals and cosmetics. Extensive accelerated tests revealed the
remarkably long shelf life of Ester C® Topical... and the remarkably
short shelf life of ordinary vitamin C. To understand the stability
concept, consider the vitamin C in your orange juice. You buy
it 'fresh' at the market. But as this chart shows, its vitamin
C content deteriorates very rapidly. By contrast, the vitamin
C in Ester C® Topical lasts over two years with a potency of 90%.
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LaraCare®A200 - vs.
- Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA's)
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Proven Effectiveness of LaraCare®:
19% Reduction in fine lines
and wrinkles.
A new, non-irritating alternative
to AHA's. Studies showed statistically significant improvement
in exfoliation (greater than an 8% AHA formulation and less irritation).
Extracted from the Larix family of trees, galactoarabinan, has
been shown to reduce water loss and exfoliate human skin.
LaraCare® is a natural, mild, non-irritating, readily
biodegradable water soluble polymer capable of providing the following
benefits to a variety of personal care skin and hair care products:
- Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
as a stand-alone, primary cell exfoliator having AHA exfoliation
replacement efficacy
- Enhances AHA exfoliation without irritation
- Reduces transepidermal water loss (aids in moisturization)
- Enriches skin and hair feel
- Provides film forming and skin tightening yielding
an instant skin radiance and hair sheen effect
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"Free Radicals
are not California Hippies"
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Basically:
Free radicals have always been a part of daily living. These unstable
oxygen molecules can be created from digestion, blood circulation,
and other simple bodily functions. Outside environmental factors
including UV rays from sunlight, cigarette smoking, pesticides,
pollution of the air, and more, also create excessive free radical
damage to the body. Damage includes a reduction in the youthful
look of your skin. Consequently, dryness and thinning of the skin,
along with an inability to repair skin damage may occur. Our
products help to reverse this damage.
Scientifically: By definition, free radicals
are highly unstable oxygen molecules with unpaired electrons that
must seek other molecules with stable electrons to achieve their
own stabilization. Attaching to the stable electrons of other
molecules accomplishes stability, but as a result the "good" molecule
is then transformed by the free radical into another free radical
whose function and shape is now altered. Free radicals work quickly.
In mere seconds, one free radical can trigger a chain reaction
that produces thousands of additional free radicals. The damage
caused by the free radicals can range from cell damage to the
ultimate of cell death. Such cellular breakdown manifests itself
superficially in lines, wrinkles, dry skin, loss of elasticity,
and skin discoloration. On a deeper level, free radical destruction
can substantially destroy the collagen and elastin support system,
degrade DNA, damage vital enzymes, impair critical immune functions,
and cause general tissue deterioration.
Antioxidants to the Rescue! Antioxidant
enzymes are your first line of defense, but their levels diminish
with age. This emphases the importance of getting additional antioxidants
both externally and internally. Another term for antioxidants
is free radical scavengers. The term scavenger refers to their
ability to provide electrons so that the free radical can attach
itself to the antioxidant electron and be rendered harmless before
it can attach itself to a so called "healthy" radical and begin
the destructive chain reaction.
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