A review of Korean anti aging products!

The search for anti-aging products is on but unfortunately, it’s a hard one as people find it difficult to know where to start. Luckily enough, you are at the right place. Keep on scrolling to access more information about the best K-beauty products and ingredients to prevent and treat signs of aging.

The various forms of Retinol are the most powerful anti-aging skincare ingredients that you can find around. K-beauty products, unfortunately, are leaving it out of their ingredients labels. This is not because they aren’t effective at getting rid of wrinkles and fine lines, or aging but because they are opting for the gentler, softer, and more hydrating ingredients.

K-beauty products have a lot of potent anti-aging ingredients. So, here are a few of them that you really need to learn about.

Niacinamide

Niacinamide or vitamin B3 is one favorite anti-aging ingredients of K-beauty. Niacinamide is mostly used for the benefit it has to offer. It beefs up the barrier of the skin, strengthening it to effectively retain moisture. It evens out and brightens up the complexion. It also boosts the production of collagen but is not as irritating on the skin as retinol.

Peptides

This ingredient is another popular ingredient that is found in majorly all K-beauty products. Peptides are nothing more than protein chains broken into fragments. Let’s quickly take a protein class. Other protein chain fragments are keratin, elastin, and collagen. Peptides, when applied to the skin, penetrates into the barrier to produce elastin and enable collagen boost as well as repair damages in the skin barrier.

Ceramides

It kinds of sounds like a ceramic product but it’s not. Ceramides are your skins secondary substances. The primary being lipids, proteins, and water. Ceramides fall under the lipids. They are the substances that holds the skin’s proteins in place. They serve as the gel that makes the skin look youthful. They lock in moisture and shield the skin from damage by bolstering the skin’s barrier.

Snail Mucin

Snail mucin or snail slime is one icky ingredients but beyond its icky nature is a game-changer. Snail mucin is rich in content as it performs various functions to the skin. From providing hydration to the hyaluronic acid, assisting the peptides in boosting the production of collagen, to refining glycolic acid.

Green Tea Extract

This brand of tea is a Korean favorite as it is not just used as an antioxidant-rich beverage. It also functions as a topical skin care ingredient. Boosting of high antioxidant-richness, it helps to sooth the inflammatory parts of the body, making it look refreshed, refined, and nourished. It also helps repair the skin and acts as an anti-inflammatory to soothe the skin.

Vitamin C

This vitamin is one popular skincare product ingredient. It helps brighten the skin, even out the skin complexion and also serve as an antioxidant to fight any damages to the skin. When mixed with your favorite SPF, it boosts the benefits that they have to offer.

Licorice Root Extract

This is one K-beauty ingredient that just adds glow to your body like never before. It contains liquirtin and glabridin that helps combat melasma, sun damage, age spots, acne PIH (post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation), and hyperpigmentation. It also possesses antioxidants that help protect and repair the skin from damages as a result of pollution or the sun.

Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs)

AHAs are another favorite as they contain malic, lactic, glycolic acid. It is used to exfoliate the skin and make it smoother, clearer and brighter in complexion. It can be used weekly, daily, or twice a day.

Ginseng

The last on our list is none other  than the amazing ginseng. With roots firmly embedded in the Korean history as an ingredient for beauty and medicine, the ginseng is a quality skincare product. It is a source for skin nourishing minerals as well as a powerhouse, containing vitamins B1, B2, and B12. Ginseng smoothen the wrinkles of the skin, conceal dark circles, de-puff the skin and keep it firm. So much benefit in one package.

Did we miss or fail to mention a K-beauty skincare product? Let us know, we’d love to learn more about it and add it to the list.