If you’ve been converted to using sunscreen year-round (bravo!), you’ll be glad to hear that this one ingredient will make your sun protection product work even better. We’re talking about antioxidants and how they work hand-in-hand with your favorite sunscreen to fortify your skin against the harmful rays of the sun, 365 days a year…. Read more »
Learn how to fight free radicals, molecules which can damage skin, by adding this serum to your daily skincare routine. Buy Bespoke Vitamin C Serum Purchase Apothekari Skincare at our online store PhaMix.com What Are Free Radicals? ‘Free radicals’ AKA Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) impact our health, including that of our skin. They are created… Read more on Apothekari »
3 essential skin care products, found in our Anti-Aging Set, are important to protect and perfect skin this summer and year-round. Buy Anti-Aging Set Buy Apothekari products at our online store Phamix.com Protect Skin & Prevent Damage Hands up if you love the sun! Sunshine and the sun’s heat make us feel good. The sun’s… Read more on Apothekari »
Now that we’ve hit August and the height of summer, now is the perfect time for a reminder that sunscreen and antioxidants are as much summer BFF’s as shorts and sandals. While most of us are aware of the importance of using a well-formulated broad-spectrum sunscreen with effective sun filters daily, we may not yet… Read more »
After many months of testing, testing and more testing, we are proud to finally unveil the new formulation of Apothekari Bespoke Vitamin C Serum! We promise you that this is not a case where you’ll be lamenting the old version! Just when you thought we could not pack any more actives into the bottle, we’ve… Read more »
After cleansing your skin, it’s time to move on to Step 2: Prevent. You’re never too young or too old to aim for great skin, and with consistency and persistence following a simple 4 step routine, it’s within everyone’s reach. Skin damage can occur as a result of many factors such as free radicals, UV… Read more »
Daily living involves many assaults upon your skin and while we tend to focus a lot on sun protection, other factors, like pollution, are also at play. Researchers are increasingly paying attention to pollution and how long-term exposure to pollution plays a major role in premature signs of aging. Pollution is a global danger and… Read more »
If you’re serious about skin care, you know that antioxidants are one of the cornerstones of a good regimen. And while most antioxidants can be used as a single agent, studies have shown that they work best as a team. You only have to look to nature to see that plants, including fruits and vegetables,… Read more »
Hot on the heels of a recent study linking sunscreen use with young and healthy looking skin, Newcastle University researchers have singled out Tiron, which they claim offers complete skin cell protection against UVA sun damage as well as free radical damage. In a world filled with concerns about skin cancer and anti-aging, these findings… Read more »
Ferulic acid is a potent plant antioxidant that has been finding its way into a variety of skin care treatments over the past few years. Found in the bran of rice, wheat and oats, it is also present in coffee, apple, artichokes and peanuts. In plants, it plays a key role in the plant’s self-preservation… Read more on Apothekari »
You may have heard about Spin Trap, a novel skin care ingredient being included in a range of skin care treatments today. Also known as Phenyl t-Butylnitrone or PBN, it is a highly active oxygen and nitrogen complex. Spin traps are compounds that have the ability to stabilize or ‘trap’ free radicals thereby reducing the… Read more »
What exactly are free radicals? We’ve all heard of them and how they can damage cells in our bodies. We also know, in some vague way, that antioxidants help counteract the potential for damage. So why are we looking for ‘anti-oxidants’ and not ‘anti-radicals’ in our skin care products? The answer lies in how a… Read more »
Carnosine, not to be confused with carnitine, is a dipeptide (protein compound) that has a number of antioxidant properties and may be increasingly found in a range of skin care preparations. Naturally found in high concentrations in muscles and brain tissue, carnosine is backed by research to support its ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species… Read more »
Found naturally in foods, antioxidants are compounds that can help to protect your body’s cells (that includes your skin cells) from damage. How do they work? Free Radicals And Aging Free radicals are unstable particles, which may develop as a result of unprotected sun exposure, topical skin treatments, pollution or normal chemical processes in the… Read more »
A relatively new ingredient to hit the skin care market, coffee berries (CoffeeBerry is the trademarked name) refer to the whole fruit of the coffee bush. Red in color, the bean is found inside the fruit. Coffee berries are rich in antioxidants as the plants grow near the equator and at high altitudes where the… Read more »