Originally published August 26 2005
Anti-aging cosmetics use antioxidants
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Some cosmetics companies are utilizing antioxidants for their rejuvenating effects in makeup.
"It's an anti-aging foundation that has a light powdery texture, covers up my spots and lines, and has skin care benefits thrown in," Ms.
The product ($48), from the French cosmetics maker Payot, contains vitamins, moisturizing agents and skin soothers not usually found in color cosmetics.
Her new foundation is not meant to replace moisturizers or creams designed to make skin look younger.
It is meant only to provide some added protection.
So-called anti-aging makeup is now available at drug stores, department stores and beauty Web sites in a variety of prices and formulas.
Revlon's Age-Defying Light Makeup with Botafirm/SPF 30, which retails for $13, for example, has peptides (short chains of protein fragments) that are supposed to reduce wrinkles by temporarily diminishing muscle movement in the face.
La Prairie's Cellular Radiance Lifting Foundation ($225) has vitamin C and soy, ingredients designed to improve the skin's firmness and elasticity.
Shiseido's Makeup Lifting Foundation SPF 16 ($40) contains hyaluronic acid, a gel that attracts water, which the company says will plump up skin and fill in wrinkles.
Other products contain retinol to stimulate skin cell turnover, or acidic compounds intended to help exfoliate or anti-inflammatory agents like rose extracts and chamomile meant to soothe sensitive skin.
"After you put on your moisturizer, if you want to add an anti-aging foundation that contains antioxidants or Retinol, it's not going to hurt you," she said.
Cosmetics companies say they are not suggesting that consumers substitute makeup for other skin care products.
The antioxidants in the foundation are advertised as protecting the skin and the yeast and white birch as helping the skin retain moisture.
Although some dermatologists are skeptical of the benefits of such makeup, they do like the idea of including sunscreens in foundations.
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