The way you apply a moisturiser shapes the whole experience of using it. With the Anti Aging Moisturizer, a slow, upward-stroke massage turns a routine step into a few calm minutes, and helps it spread evenly across the face, neck and jawline.
What the Moisturiser Brings to Your Routine
The Anti Aging Moisturizer is made with mature skin in mind. It combines retinol, an ingredient used to encourage skin renewal, with two peptides, acetyl octapeptide-3 and tripeptide-29, and ceramide NP.
These sit in a nourishing base of shea butter, meadowfoam seed oil, glycerin and milk lipids, with vitamin E. The aim is skin that feels hydrated and looks smoother and firmer, with a softer appearance of fine lines over time. As always, results vary from person to person.
Before You Begin
Start with clean, dry skin and clean hands. If this is your first time using the moisturiser, patch test it on a small area first. If you are new to retinol, many people find it comfortable to begin with a few evenings a week and build up gradually. If you are pregnant or nursing, check with your physician before use.
Choose a moment when you are not rushing. Evenings work beautifully, but a slower morning is just as good. Sit or stand comfortably, relax your shoulders and take a breath or two before you start.
The Upward-Stroke Massage, Step by Step
- Warm it. Take a small amount and warm it between your fingertips so it glides easily.
- Neck first. With flat hands, sweep from the base of your neck up to your jaw, alternating hands, five or six times.
- Along the jawline. Rest your index and middle fingers on either side of the jaw and glide from the chin outward toward the ears.
- Cheeks. With light upward circles, move from the corners of the mouth toward the temples.
- Forehead. Sweep from the brows up toward the hairline, then outward to the temples.
Throughout, keep the pressure soft: you are guiding the moisturiser, not pushing the skin. Keep it away from the eyes and lips; the delicate eye area has its own product, the Peptide Eye Gel-Cream. If any gets into your eyes, rinse thoroughly with water, and if irritation develops, stop using it.
Making It a Ritual
Consistency matters more than technique. A couple of unhurried minutes is far more rewarding than an elaborate session you rarely find time for. Some people like to pair the massage with a favourite playlist or the last cup of tea of the evening, so it becomes something to look forward to.
If you use it in the morning, let it settle and apply sunscreen before sun exposure, and remember to take your sunscreen down onto your neck as well. In the evening, it can be one of your final steps, a quiet full stop to the day.
Keep the moisturiser somewhere cool and dry, out of reach of children.
Where It Fits
The Anti Aging Moisturizer sits naturally at the moisturising stage of a simple routine: cleanse, apply any light serums, then massage in the moisturiser. If you would like a complete face, eye and neck routine, it is part of the Face, Eye & Neck Trio, alongside the Peptide Eye Gel-Cream for the eye area and the Peptide Moisturizer, which is made for face and neck. All three arrive together in one order.
