Protecting Your Skin Microbiome with Green Tea Tri-biotics™
How much do you really know about your largest organ?
It’s easy to overlook all the essential work our skin does to protect us and keep us healthy. The topmost layer of your skin is called the stratum corneum and is what we are referring to when we talk about the “skin barrier”.
Structurally, your skin barrier comprises skin cells and a lipid interface that holds those cells together. It is often described as a brick-and-mortar structure. The lipid interface, or “mortar” is made up of free fatty acids, cholesterol, and ceramides. It is this simple “brick wall” that is responsible for your skin health.
Without our skin barrier, we wouldn’t be able to hold any water and keep external irritants away from our bodies!
What’s your damage?
There are many circumstances that can damage and weaken your skin barrier. It can be self-inflicted through overwashing, over-exfoliating, poor sleep quality, and high stress levels or caused by factors outside of your control, such as pollution or skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea.
If you’re on the prowl for beautiful and healthy skin, sit up and pay attention!
A broken or weakened skin barrier exposes you to bacteria and leads to dehydrated skin, skin infections, and oily skin. Think about it - would you be comfortable living in a house with big holes in the walls? What about one that has thin, papery walls?
What is the role of the skin microbiome?
The skin microbiome is composed of all the good and bad microorganisms that live on your skin. No need to be grossed out! I’m happy to report that, for the most part, these microorganisms are harmless or even beneficial for your skin. It’s only when their environment gets thrown out of whack that you will see issues like itchiness, acne-prone and irritated skin, to name a few.
And as we learn more about the skin microbiome, we are getting more skincare products designed to help maintain it.
Healthy skin is happy skin
Your skin microbiome benefits most from biodiversity. The more balanced and diverse the microorganisms on your skin microbiome, the healthier and more radiant it can be! innisfree’s Green Tea Seed line is now upgraded with Green Tea Biome (Green Tea Tri-biotics™), a combination of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics to balance the skin’s microbiome and reinforce a healthy skin moisture barrier.
Products in this line open up the moisture path of your skin to improve skin absorption. They contain five types of hyaluronic acids of different molecular weights to replenish moisture, while the inclusion of green tea seed oil helps retain the moisture deep inside your skin.
If you have different skin needs
If you’re looking for something lighter for your skin, you can check out the products in the Green Tea Balancing line. These products are milder but are still rich in amino acids and hyaluronic acid to balance your skin’s oil and moisture levels. This line also contains PHA to remove dead skin cells, zinc PCA to control sebum secretion and niacinamide to leave you with a clear complexion.
The Green Tea Cleansing line is newly formulated with amino acids to deliver even more hydration while gently cleansing so as to keep from stripping your skin of its natural moisture, which can lead to a damaged skin barrier.
There is also the Green Tea Special Care line for those days your skin needs some extra TLC.
Ready to rebuild healthier, glowing skin?
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