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Boost your skin with our concentrates - a guide

There are several reasons why you should include one of our concentrates in your skincare routine. The main one is that it is an effective way to increase the moisture content of your skin while providing benefits such as reduced redness, smoother skin, even skin tone and a reduction in wrinkles and fine lines, thanks to several active ingredients. In our range we currently have three different concentrates - Probiotic Concentrate, Night Active Retinol and Night Active Control. They are developed for different needs and to partially provide different effects. Your skin type and needs will determine which concentrate you should choose. In this short guide we want to help you choose the right one.

Probiotic Concentrate

Who should use Probiotic Concentrate? If you have sensitive, normal, dry or mature skin and want to strengthen the barrier function, balance the skin flora and improve the skin texture.

Probiotic Concentrate is the first skin care product developed in Sweden that contains probiotics, i.e. live lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus Reuteri). Each bottle contains 160 billion good bacteria and the formulation is developed for normal to dry skin and is also suitable for sensitive skin. In our own clinical study, after only 3 weeks, participants experienced a more diverse microbiome, resulting in better balanced skin along with improved skin texture. The product is also suitable for a more mature skin type as good results were also demonstrated on fine lines.

It is a minimalist formulation with only six ingredients that nourishes, softens and creates a skin-mimicking layer thanks to the chemical structure of certain ingredients that improve the skin's hydration and barrier function.

Probiotic Concentrate can be used both morning and evening. Once a day is sufficient, but if you feel the need for additional moisture during the day, you can mix with your moisturizer in the morning as well.

Probiotic Concentrate is dermatologically tested for sensitive skin in an external testing laboratory. It is a cosmetic product and not a medical product, but we would like to mention that in our own clinical study, about 30% of the participants (a total of 32 people participated in the study) stated that they were diagnosed with eczema or atopic dermatitis and the product worked very well for them.

Night Active Retinol

Who should use Night Active Retinol? If you have normal, dry or mature skin and want to strengthen the barrier function, get deep hydration and prevent and reduce signs of aging such as fine lines, wrinkles and uneven pigmentation.

Night Active Retinol contains a high proportion of active ingredients with scientifically proven efficacy. In our own clinical study, we have seen that the product results in smoother skin, less fine lines and fewer wrinkles. This concentrate contains skin endogenous retinol (0.06%) which affects collagen formation in the skin, giving the skin more elasticity and support. We use skin endogenous retinol as it has such a small molecular size that it can penetrate the skin. 

Night Active Retinol works as a real moisture bomb for your skin thanks to ingredients like acetyl-glucosamine, which is the building block of hyaluronic acid and binds moisture and therefore increases the moisture content of the skin. Niacinamide contributes to a more even skin tone and zinc ascorbate helps to reduce irregular pigmentation.

Night Active Retinol is used in the evening as it contains retinol and this ingredient is light-sensitive.

Night Active Retinol är dermatologiskt testad i ett externt testlaboratorium. Eftersom formuleringen innehåller en hög andel aktiva substanser såsom retinol rekommenderas inte produkten till dig med hyperkänslig hud, välj då Probiotic Concentrate. Om du däremot inte har känslig hud så kan du om du vill kombinera Night Active Retinol med Probiotic Concentrate, t ex om du behöver extra fukt under dagen och vill addera Probiotic Concentrate i din fuktkräm på morgonen.

Either use Probiotic Concentrate in the morning and Night Active Retinol in the evening. If you prefer to use the concentrates only in the evening, take 1 pump of Probiotic Concentrate and 1 pump of Night Active Retinol and mix into your moisturiser for the evening. It also works well to alternate use so that you use Probiotic Concentrate and Night Active Retinol every other night. This also applies to Night Active Control.

Night Active Control

Who should use Night Active Control? If you have combination skin (i.e. normal/dry but with oily areas), oily or acne-prone skin and want to strengthen the barrier function, reduce pore size and control sebum production. It is also suitable for mature skin as it contains retinol which prevents and reduces signs of ageing such as fine lines, wrinkles and uneven pigmentation.

Night Active Control is a very light formulation containing a high proportion of active and skin endogenous ingredients such as zinc, bisabolol, lecithin, squalane, lactobionic acid and skin endogenous retinol (0.1%). We use just skin endogenous retinol as it has such a small molecule size that it can penetrate the skin. The formulation strengthens the skin barrier, improves skin texture and increases skin firmness, as well as moisturising the skin and preventing irritation and redness. Prebiotics nourish the skin microbiome to balance skin flora. Night Active Control helps control sebum production, has a pore-reducing and smoothing effect. 

Night Active Control är dermatologiskt testad i ett externt testlaboratorium. Eftersom formuleringen innehåller en hög andel aktiva substanser såsom retinol rekommenderas inte produkten till dig med hyperkänslig hud. Om du har kombinations-, oljig- eller aknebenägen hud och är väldigt känslig så kontakta oss gärna på info@skinome.se så kan vi ge en individuell rekommendation om du vill addera ett koncentrat till din Skinome-rutin.

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