Skin care sorting ? And ....How to know if I need an acid toner ? Advice appriciated .

[ginorwine]

My skin is clear .
Am early 50 s.
It's clear but getting duller - older!
Am trying to up my game re skin care .
I use Liz Earle cleanse and polish
Super drug simple serum
Body shop vit e cream
Factor 50
Night serum as above
Body shop new precious oils thing
Vit e night cream
What I think I need is a thing to re surface skin but not upset it ? To brighten and nourish hydrate my skin
Do I do glycolic , retinol , Salic acid ? And if so how ?
I would really appriciAte advice .
Also does anyone know
A product to help collegen ? A serum ? And a night cream that will help w collegen , nourish .
I know I want to brighten and nourish - does one product do that or do I need two ? I went in body shop y day and asked and was shown vit e for nourish and vit c for glow but I didn't know which to get as I want both effects so ended up getting my usual vit e .
Also on a thread I was advised to look for a night cream with peptides in . I don't know what they do or what spefic product a peptide wd be in ?
Please may someone sort me out ? I feel bambozeled in the shops by assistants ! Thankyou !

[ginorwine]

Spefic recommendation s for
Night cream
Serum
Day cream
Salic
Retinol
Glycholic peel
Wd be v much appriciated

[Nabootique]

I'm not great at retinols as I don't really use them (apart from Sunday Riley Luna), so won't advise there, but will give the other bits a go.

Unless you are oily/clogged/spotty I wouldn't worry about salicylic acid too much. Stick to glycolic. Liquid Gold is a treatment that is used after cleansing two or three times a week. Strong glycolic content. You use it after cleansing with nothing else on top.

If you also want something gentle for acid toning on other days lots of people love Pixiglow and the Nip + Fab glycolic pads (I prefer the latter personally, but I think I'm in the minority).

I'd recommend a couple of serums. I use different ones night and day. Save the more brightening one for day (a lovely glow is a bit wasted at night!). Vitamin C is a good place to start, but you could do better than the Body Shop. A good one that won't break the bank is Avalon Vitamin C Vitality Facial Serum (I get mine from Vitamin Grocer).

Nice firming ones that are also good for lines are Cell Food by Elemental Herbology and Arctic Elixir by Skyn Iceland. I'd recommend the former if you are more on the dry side. Both help with the collagen production.

My favourite day cream is Elemental Herbology (bit of a theme here!) Cell Plumping Facial Hydrator. Again, will help with collagen production. Lovely under make up. Just love this and wouldn't be without it now. The SPF (8) is a joke though, so rely on something else for that.

I don't use a night cream with peptides so hopefully someone else will have a good recommendation for that. I'm still looking for my holy grail night cream.

[ginorwine]

Oh thankyou nab !
Will get googling !!!

[Nabootique]

You're welcome. If you decide to go with Elemental Herbology I'd recommend getting it from Look Fantastic as they usually have some good offers on, either by range or in general. Also, M&S stock Skyn Iceland and there's usually some discount code floating around.

[ginorwine]

Liquid gold looks fab !
I have dry skin on nose that can flake and I think it is because it's not exfoliated as it can sort of peel of holding together in small sheets of skin .

[Nabootique]

It will sort that right out, I reckon. I like to use it when drunk late going to bed, because you don't have to do your full routine, just whack it on and go to sleep.