Enjoy the benefits of vitamin C for your skin

In winter, vitamin C is your best ally for keeping up your energy and boosting your immune system. It's always a good idea to treat your body to a course of ascorbic acid - the other name for vitamin C - to help it get through the cold weather without losing its energy. Did you know that vitamin C is also of real benefit to the skin, making it more luminous and youthful? Follow our guide to boosting your skin and giving it all the benefits of vitamin C!

Vitamin C is the darling of many facial care products, promising brighter, fresher, younger-looking skin. And with good reason: it has real assets for fighting the signs of aging and helping you maintain beautiful skin. Its many properties are well proven. Judge for yourself:

• A radiance-boosting action: Vitamin C is renowned for giving your skin a real boost. Your face looks brighter, and thanks to vitamin C, you'll always have a healthy glow. It's particularly interesting for smokers, who tend to have a grey complexion, but also for anyone who lacks sleep or lives in a polluted environment. Vitamin C is able to counterbalance the effect of fine particles and dust that dull the complexion.

• Anti-aging action: Vitamin C stimulates the production of collagen, the protein that keeps skin supple and elastic. It is also reputed to reduce melanin production, responsible for the brown spots that appear with age and invade the face, neck and décolleté, as well as the hands.

• Anti-oxidant action: On a daily basis, the skin is subjected to varying levels of oxidative stress, depending on your environment and lifestyle. Oxidative stress, caused by an excessive number of free radicals, alters skin cells. In other words, all the elements that are harmful to the skin (sun, tobacco, alcohol, poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle, stress, etc.) attack its youthfulness, leading to premature skin ageing. Thanks to its anti-oxidant power, vitamin C is capable of reversing the trend and neutralizing free radicals to slow the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles!

Unlike hyaluronic acid, for example, vitamin C is not synthesized by the body. So, to benefit from its virtues, you need to provide it in sufficient quantities via your diet (yellow, orange and red fruits and vegetables in particular contain it in interesting proportions) or via dietary supplements. And because the skin is one of the last organs to benefit from a healthy diet, it's a good idea to give it a boost externally, with vitamin C-rich skin care products!

There are many different forms of vitamin C, and of course at Polaar we've decided to focus on natural vitamin C, using plants and fruits from the Polar region that are bursting with it. The advantages? It's better assimilated by all skin types, and therefore more effective! You may have heard that vitamin C skincare products are not suitable for fragile skin... It all depends on the product! We have formulated our skincare products with the needs of sensitive skin, prone to irritation or redness on the face in mind, to bring the benefits of vitamin C within their reach. 

You'll find this star vitamin in products from the Northern Light and The Genuine Lapland Cream ranges.

Enriched with salicylic acid to gently exfoliate the face, Northern Light skincare products also contain an extraordinary polar active ingredient:Siberian Olive. The fruit of this tree, which grows in the Tundra, is bursting with vitamins A, C and E. They even contain 30 times more vitamin C than an orange! As a matter of interest, the former USSR even classified these little berries as a defence secret. To preserve their high vitamin content, the fruits are pressed and macerated while still hot, then the extract is clarified and filtered to be incorporated into the range's skincare products.

Which products contain them? In the Micro-Peeling Mousse, Anti-Imperfection Serum and Smoothing Cream from the Northern Light range. These formulas also contain the first plant-derived salicylic acid, which refines skin texture and resurfaces the epidermis to combat the signs of aging. Vitamin C and salicylic acid work together in these radiance-boosting, anti-wrinkle skin care products, perfect for revitalizing skin in winter and combating skin aging!

Packed with vitamins A, C and E, the Arctic Berries (swamp raspberries, Arctic Cranberry and arctic blackberries) are among the ancestral beauty secrets of Lappish women, who have understood their value in helping the body resist the cold of winter. These superfruits have developed incredible resistance to adverse climatic conditions and are particularly rich in antioxidants. They act like a shield to protect skin from external aggression, while giving it a real boost.

In which products can you find them? In our iconic Lapland Face and Sensitive Areas Cream, so gentle it protects all skin types, even children's, or in Hand Cream, Lip Balm, Tinted Lip Balm or the Moisturizing Body Milk from the same range. The Genuine Lapland Cream products protect, nourish and repair even the most sensitive skin. Their melting textures leave a veil of softness over the skin, with no greasy finish. Genuine cuddly toys for the skin!