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The Essentials Science continues to advance skin care. Its effectiveness attracts consumers seeking longevity and even skin rejuvenation. Cosmetics are reinvented with innovative ingredients that promise to transform beauty routines. At a time when consumers are looking for skin care that is both efficient, adapted to their many needs and non-aggressive, the cosmetics industry is refining its formulas. Key ingredients no longer promise instant miracles, but rather visible and lasting results supported by science, ranging from strengthening the skin barrier to cell regeneration. Thanks to these new generation products that are more targeted, smarter and more efficient, you can certainly maximize your beauty routine and have more visible and faster results!
1 1. Hydration Hero Inspired by wellness and the way we hydrate our bodies, Biotherm’s latest innovation brings electrolyte science to skincare with Aquasource+ Electrolyte Dewy Gel 100H, a next-generation moisturizer designed for modern skin facing daily dehydration. This new launch blends sciencebacked performance with a sensorial texture consumers are actively seeking especially as Canadians face record-breaking cold and skin hydration becomes even more essential.
BIOTHERM Aquasource+
Electrolyte Dewy Gel 100H, $59 at Shoppers Drug Mart COSMETICSMAG.COM
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2. Playing Defense Meet your skin’s new barrier bestie. This clinically proven face cream works to replenish and strengthen skin’s moisture barrier while delivering intense, fast-absorbing hydration. The rich and plush formula has a whipped, comfy texture and is formulated with 1 percent colloidal oatmeal that replenishes to calm and nourish, Cica to visibly reduce redness, and hyaluronic acid to quench and leave skin visibly plump and hydrated.
ELF Skin Holy Hydration
Barrier Goals Cream, $17 at Shoppers Drug Mart
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3. Mask Up Drench the skin in a moisture barrierstrengthening gel mask bursting with Polyglutamic and Hyaluronic Acids and hydration-boosting oil bubbles. This leave-on gel mask with a slushie texture that hydrates and strengthens the skin moisture barrier with megaplumpers and encapsulated oil bubbles.
FENTY SKIN Dew N Plump
Intense Hydration Slushie Face Mask, $50 at Sephora
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