Skincare ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid

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The beauty industry often goes crazy over certain ingredients and Hyaluronic Acid is certainly one of them. It’s often hailed as the fountain of youth and a quick look at its abilities makes me understand why (hopefully by the end of this post, you would understand as well!)

Hyaluronic acids have the unique ability to attract and hold moisture and a lot of it too.( one gram can hold up to 6 litres of water!) this unique ability makes it perfect ingredient for moisturising products. It will attract moisture to the surface of the skin and keep it hydrated which leads to plumper, luminous and of course moisturised skin. But it gets even better, with more moisture in the skin, it takes on a plumping effect which effectively makes fine lines and wrinkles appear diminished.

It is this moisturising/anti-ageing ability that makes it so popular. As we age our skin naturally loses the ability to hold moisture as it once did which leads to a decrease in plumpness and firmness so imagine what a hyaluronic acid moisturiser can do for ageing skin!.

Products

Look out for products containing HA or its other forms: sodium hyaluronate, hydrolysed hyaluronic acid and sodium acetyl hyaluronate. Especially for moisturising products. Be sure you check the ingredients list to ensure it’s within the first 5 ingredients as this means they are responsible for what the product claims to do.

The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid Serum

Pure Hyaluronic Acid Facial Spray 

Vichy Aqualia Thermal Serum

Indeed Labs Hydraluron Moisture Boosting Mask

Missha Hyaluronic Acid Real Essential Sheet Mask

Neutrogena Hydro Boost range 

My collection of HA containing products

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So what do you think? Hyaluronic acid hype or worth it? Do you have any products with this wonder ingredient and how are you liking it? Let me know in the comments below.

Thinking about skincare and don’t know where to start? My Do I Need A Skincare Routine post is perfect for beginners. With effective drugstore recommendations and budget-friendly prices, it’s the perfect starting place for someone interested in skincare. Have a read, I promise you will like it!

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That’s all for now folks! Catch me again very soon with more to come in this series.

 

Sarah

 

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Hello there and welcome to my blog! My name is Sarah Fynn and I am the creator of this blog. So a bit about me, I LOVE travelling, all things hair and beaut. I love LOVE science! This blog came about as I began to transition to natural hair way back in 2011(Well it isn’t that long ago really lol). This blog will focus on 4 main areas Natural Hair. This area will have a diverse range of topics e.g. product reviews and recommendations, tips, advice and virgin hair review (my go to protective style) Lifestyle. This area is mainly poetry, inspiration and anything that doesn’t quite fit the other 3 areas Events. This is self-explanatory really. I will be covering events for my blog about natural hair, beauty and fashion or the odd event I find interesting Travel. Of course I will be bringing you posts on my adventures around the world! One of my goals is go to every single country! My travel posts may not be as regular as I would like (money problems lol) so in the meantime I will be talking about how to budget/plan and organise a trip! With any area, my aim is to INSPIRE you to either travel or go to an event even if it’s you alone, or to let you know your natural hair journey CAN BE SIMPLE! (Eek! I will try my bestest with that part)! Here you will find simple and straight forward information without the technical jargon or wooh-tah (seriously don’t you just hate that?) So don’t be a stranger and SUBSCRIBE its free. I make sure I post regularly unless I have had a very stressful week/month. Leave any comments or drop me an email to say hi, I would love to hear from you. If you’re a company/blogger and you’re interested in working with me, believe I want to too! Drop me an email if I don’t get to you first lol (I hope that doesn’t sound creepy) Email- sarah_fynn@hotmail.com Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day. Love Sarah.

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