How to get a radiant glow

Everyone wants radiant skin. It signifies health, happiness and youthfulness. But as you age, in particular, that glow will slowly begin to fade. So how do you get your radiance back? Here’s some tips, thanks to LiveAbout:

Minimise Alcohol

Alcohol, although it can be healthy for your body in moderation, can seriously dehydrate and dull your skin. It can also increase the blood flow to the skin’s surface, resulting in a flushed appearance that can become permanent over time for some people. If you feel the need for a drink and don’t want to see the effects of drinking on your skin, drink clear alcohol and sip water along with your drink.  Just remember – keeping your alcohol intake at a minimum is an easy way to achieve healthy skin.

Eat the Right Foods

Incorporate more foods into your diet that are high in fatty acids: fish, especially salmon, walnuts, flax seed, etc. Fatty acids are crucial to healthy skin because they boost collagen and cell production below the skin’s surface. This helps to counteract or slow down the aging process. Think of it as nourishing your skin from within.

Eat foods that are rich in antioxidants to fight skin inflammation and free radical damage. Eat nuts and seeds like walnuts and pumpkin seeds in order to protect and rejuvenate your skin. Tomatoes can protect your skin from sun damage, and dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants that can make your skin supple.  Also make sure your diet is rich in probiotics because the healthier our gut is, the healthier our skin is too.

Slough Off Dry Skin

You cannot moisturise dead skin away. Dead skin is not only dead, it is also dry and can look flaky, and it’s not going to go away with just a moisturiser. Even if you moisturise often, if you don’t exfoliate, ashy skin will always come back as soon as the moisturiser wears off.

Exfoliation is key to a brighter complexion and you can exfoliate many different ways. You can gently exfoliate with a washcloth, use an exfoliating cleanser or scrub, or go even deeper with microdermabrasion treatments or a skin cleansing brush.  You need to remember to exfoliate both your face and the skin on your body regularly which means at least once a week and sometimes more often.

If you exfoliate on a regular basis, you are consistently sloughing off the dead skin and allowing new and plump skin cells to come to the surface of your skin, which is a crucial step to achieving a brighter complexion.

Start Your Day With Vitamin C

Sure, a daily dose of orange juice loaded with vitamin C is good for keeping colds away, but vitamin C is also a nutrient-rich antioxidant that fights off the signs of aging, and it’s a known skin-brightening agent, too. Your skin will definitely benefit from vitamin C applied topically.

Thalgo Melt-In Smoothing Brightening Cream – Creme Lumiere Lissante is the ideal product for all those wishing to brighten their complexion, who already have visible pigmentation marks or want to prevent their appearance.

This brightening cream helps prevent the appearance of pigmentation marks and stimulate the production of youth proteins. Its texture is ideal for use in the evening or during cold spells. Your face recovers its full luminosity and youthful appearance.

Active ingredients:

• Hydrolysed Wheat Proteins
• Clear Expert Complex: Dulse, Daisy and Licorice Extracts
• Shea Butter

Results:

The complexion is more luminous. The skin is more supple, plumped, and visibly younger looking. It feels immediately smoother to the touch. With consistent use, pigmentation marks appear diminished.