Hey there! I'm going to do a short series on aging skin and anti aging products. So you have a better understanding of why the process happens and what you can and cant do about it. I'll start with a little bit about understanding the skin in general, and well go from there. This post is going to be about pH balance.
A few things in stores now, like water for example are starting to state that the product has a balanced pH. This can be confusing because they all say a different number..so what is balanced and what are the alternatives??
The pH factor:
The acidity or alkalinity of a substance is measured on the pH scale, which ranges from 0 (extremely acidic as in lemon juice) to 7 (neutral as in water) to 14 (extremely alkaline, as in lye).
Maintaining the skin's pH factor helps maintani a proper balance of the "acid mantle", which aids in protecting the body from bacteria and helps prevent moisture loss. An exception to this is any product containing significant levels of alpha hydroxy acids (AHA's). AHA's require an acidic pH around 3.0 in order to maintain an effective exfoliating ability.
Our skin has a special feature:its surface is slightly acidic . On average the pH value of the skin is 5.5.
Arbonne products that contain AHA's are formulated to be as gentle as possible, without losing their effectiveness.
No comments:
Post a Comment