Many of our customers do not realise that Vitamin A is otherwise known as Retinol, which plays an important role in everyday skincare. Retinol is known to work as a natural sunscreen because it absorbs UV energy.

Exposure to the sun plays a large role in damaging our skin and that is mainly due to the sun damaging the Vitamin A that is found in our skin on a cellular level.

Vitamin A stimulates the production of collagen to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, stimulates cell turnover, decreases oil-production and has anti-inflammatory effects.

At the Little Parlour, we use ground-breaking skincare products from Environ. They performed research to show that Vitamin A is the one molecule that plays a vital role in our metabolic processes. It works on the DNA in our bodies that determine the behaviour of stem cells. Vitamin A is then able to influence our cells to behave in a younger, healthier way.

Vitamin A is irreplaceable for the skin. There is simply no alternative for healthy skin at a cellular level.

Dr Des Fernandes, Environ Founder and Scientific Director.

What does Vitamin A do?

• normalises the appearance of pigmentation
• stimulates collagen production
• reduces fine lines and wrinkles
• speeds healing and normalises oil production
• prevents breakouts and supports the skin’s immune system

All of the Environ skincare products we use in the salon have Vitamin A as a cornerstone ingredient. As a company, they believe the use of Vitamin A in your skincare routine is a marathon, not a sprint.

We therefore promote the Step-Up System skincare routine by Environ because it starts low and slow allowing your skin to become accustomed to the increasing levels of Vitamin A. Start to use Vitamin A once every three days and then increase to every other day and then every day as your skin grows accustomed to it.

If you would like to find out more about Vitamin A and how you can integrate it into your skincare regime, please get in touch and we can advise. 

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