Blue light has been a buzzword in the world of premium skincare for a while now, and it is everywhere: in daylight but also emitted by fluorescent lighting and LED devices that our lifestyle today dictates we can’t live without. Our smartphones, computer screens and TV’s all of which we are increasingly spending too much time staring at.
Millennials are reported to check their phones up to 150 times a day in the UK and this rate is rising. As this exposure builds up over time, it can affect the health of our skin and this is why our lab researched what could be done to combat the effects of blue light damage.
How Does Blue Light Affect Our Skin?
The largest source of blue light in our day comes from the sun however digital devices also play their part and emit it, albeit only a fraction in comparison to the sun. But because we keep devices near to our faces and stare straight at them for so long the effects are magnified.
Research has shown that, over time, blue light also known as HEV (high-energy visible light) can cause discolouration and uneven pigmentation, inflammation, compromise of the surface of the skin and affect how healthy skin cells behave. We know the exposure from sun does exactly this too and so protecting from both is your insurance policy for healthy-looking, youthful skin.
The effects of blue light can be counteracted with a blue light filter ingredient in facial skincare, combined with a broad-spectrum SPF and active ingredients that mop up free radicals around us all the time and your skin will be in safe hands.
Technological advances in research and clinical trials have proved that extracts from the Ginseng Root protect the skin against blue light damage so that’s why we added it to our LIFE DEFENCE SPF30 and SPF50 High Protection Moisturisers.
LIFE DEFENCE is your skin’s guardian 365 days a year creating a protective barrier against the five biggest environmental skin concerns:
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UVA/UVB Rays
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Blue Light (High Energy Visible Light)
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Free Radicals, which are skin cell damaging and age spot creating.
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City pollution and smoky environments, which are skin-damaging and affect the condition of the skin.
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Air Conditioning, which can lead to dry skin.
LIFE DEFENCE is a feather-light moisturiser carefully formulated to protect your skin against all the elements modern lifestyles can throw at it, safeguarding it, protecting it and delivering significant skin benefits each and every day.
Multi-functional, it can be used alone, or on top of your usual TEMPLESPA moisturiser and it can also be used underneath make-up as a skin primer with SPF, as part of your daily skin regime. A great all-rounder, all year round.