Summer is arriving…More than ever, the sun continues to give us some good elements but also transports the UV Rays which are the parts to control when they have contact with our skin.

The skin is an alive protective organ and thanks to that, all the organs inside of our body can continue to work safely and in good health. Unfortunately, if we don’t take care about the health of our skin, that can bring disorder and probably, illness. Certainly, if we don’t care enough about the health of our skin we will age prematurely also….

Sun has, I said earlier, positive actions for our skin. If we take sun raisonnably, it will help to create Vitamin D which is so important for our health.

On side of that, we have some negative points when we expose to much the skin under the sun. The most important problem will be to bring in our skin different categories of UV Rays. We can be touched by UV-B and also UV-A.

UV-B ray is the one who has a direct impact on the surface of the skin. UV-B touches the epidermis (where we can find our regenerative system for the division of the cells) and a part of the junction between epidermis and dermis. The dermo epidermal junction is full of a gelatinous collagen where we can see also a lot of capillaries (blood circulation) concentrated there. Thanks to this part, we can obtain a real good blood exchange but also a real good support for the smoothing effect for the skin surface.

But UV-B ray can burn  the skin…That’s why we can see redness appearing on the skin; it’s because we are touched by the UV-B rays. In cosmetics and particularly when we are a brand fighting the ageing process,  it is important to use sun filters against the UV-B. That’s why Valmont are using different filters (chemical and mineral) to obtain the best protection against the UV-B rays. Some creams like Infinite White Cream from White and Blanc contains a very good mineral filter (comparable to SPF 40 in North America). We have also the tinted Ceam Time Perfection with a chemical and mineral filter comparable to SPF 40 one more time. In Priority Cream we can find a mineral filter having a protection of SPF 30. They are not suncare products because the texture is made as a skin care product but it helps to protect the skin when you are going outside by example. If you go to expose your skin at the beach, then you will need a protection with a specific texture of cream; that’s why we are talking about « suncream ».

The measurement used against UV-B rays are different if we compare the different countries. In Europe a SPF 20 is comparable to a SPF 40 in North America. In Australia they are not using numbers, they just explain for which protection the suncream is good (for the beach, for the mountain, for the extremely sensitive skin, etc.)

In our countries (North America), we have to be careful about the choice of the number of SPF. Many times, we have people thinking that more the number is high, more it is protective…Well, yes but the SPF should be chosen about the capacity of the skin to use its own system to protect against UV-B rays. If you always take the highest protection without taking care about the own capacity of the skin, then, you will make your skin more lazy and in the future, the skin will not be able to create her own protection…The skin will become extremely sensitive aggravating the factors of ageing process. We should make a good choice about the SPF protection to make sure that we offer the best help for the skin.

About the UV-A rays, the protection is not really the same. We should also remember that UV-A rays are going deeper in the skin (dermis), creating more dammage in the area of fibers (collagen and elastin). That’s why the people that they expose to much the skin without a good protection against UV-A rays  can bring a lack of firmness and elasticity, presenting a very damaged and aged skin.

UV-A rays protection is calculated differently than UV-B and their SPF. We are talking about number of stars in a product. The best example in Valmont with a protection against UV-A is Energizing with a Cream wich contains a UV-A ray protection of 4 stars (****). That’s the maximum that we can see in the cosmetics today. Usually you can find products having 2 or 3 stars.

UV-A rays can be produced by the sun but also by the artificial lights like at home or when you are in contact with a screen like a computer or when you are working under magnificent lamps even if you are in your car the UV-A rays penetrate and attack already your skin. In fact we are constantly bombarded by UV-A rays….That’s why we should have a protection against these rays; they are extremely    dammageable for the skin and the worst is that we can’t feel them penetrating…

As you see, it is important to protect the skin against UV rays and thanks to Valmont high quality ingredients (particularly the Triple DNA) we can rehabilitate the skin to keep it younger, firmer, radiant and healthy. This is how we became  the Time Master, specialist of any kind of ageing process on your skin!

An Exceptional Repairing Power of bee products on continuous Wrinkle Repair and Tissue Firmness.

The latest Youth Serum by Guerlain!

I tried it for 3 nights and notice that the skin’s radiance have improved a lot and immediately every time when I apply it, next to the Orchidee line by Guerlain, this serum is definitely my new favorite from the line.

Coming Soon to Shifeon! Stay toon!

-Fiona