What routine should you adopt from the age of 45?

The skin's needs constantly evolve over time. At 20, a nourishing facial is enough for a healthy glow, but at 45, the situation changes a little and a basic moisturizer is no longer enough. Signs of ageing (wrinkles, fine lines, sagging facial contours, drooping eyelids...) intensify, and your beauty routine needs to slow down the ageing process and firm the skin. Find out how to care for your skin after 45, and defy the passage of time!

To take good care of mature skin, you must first understand its needs and how it functions.

As we age, the body naturally produces fewer collagen and elastin fibers, the two substances responsible for skin firmness and suppleness. This is how the first signs of skin ageing appear (generally around age 30): small, discreet fine lines mark the eye contour when we smile, then inexorably deepen until they are permanently visible, and spread to the rest of the face. The contours of the mouth, forehead and cheeks are in turn marked by more or less pronounced furrows. At menopause, skin aging accelerates: the sudden drop in estrogen production leads to more pronounced wrinkles that are harder to fade. Cell renewal slows down.

Mature skin is often drier, even dehydrated. The quality of the hydrolipidic film, the skin's natural surface barrier, deteriorates and water loss accelerates. Tightness and discomfort often go hand in hand with this lack of hydration. To restore suppleness and beauty to faces marked by the passage of time, we need to moisturize (i.e. provide water) and nourish (provide lipids).

By the age of 45, some women have many more wrinkles than others. One of the factors explaining this difference lies in their lifestyle. An unbalanced diet, lack of sleep, too much stress and exposure to pollution are all factors that accelerate skin aging. Around the age of 45-50, the appearance of brown spots is a direct consequence of photoaging: this hyperpigmentation occurs after several years of exposure to the sun and its UVA-UVB rays, without sufficient sun protection. All the more reason to take care of your skin before the signs of aging appear.

In any case, at 45, your beauty routine needs to moisturize, nourish, firm, illuminate and protect all at the same time. Not sure which skin care products to choose? The Polaar teams have relied on unique polar active ingredients to formulate skin care products with exceptional anti-aging properties.

The first step, and by no means the least, is facial cleansing! Every day, millions of invisible particles (pollution, dust, make-up, etc.) are deposited on the skin, clogging it. Our Micro-Peeling Foam Northern Light cleanses eliminates dead cells and restores radiance to mature skin.

Every morning, deeply nourish your skin with NEIGE ETERNELLE skin care products. Its star ingredient? The Nunatak Flowerswhich thrive beyond the eternal snows. Their history and properties are remarkable: thanks to their formidable adaptogenic capacities, they managed to survive the last ice age, which decimated 90% of living species. Integrated into a facial treatment, they improve skin elasticity and firmness , and smooth out wrinkles, fine lines and redness in a single step.

Take advantage of their benefits with Neige Eternelle Eye Contour . The eye contour is a fragile area, subject to heavy use and easily marked. To prevent and erase crow's feet wrinkles, apply a small amount of cream and gently pat it into the skin, from the inner corner of the eye to the upper eyelid.

Follow with Youthful Promise Serum from the same range: packed with antioxidants and moisturizing active ingredients, it regenerates skin cells. Its micro-emulsion texture is rapidly absorbed, restoring comfort and youthfulness to the face.

To boost the serum's effectiveness, finish by applying the Youthful Promise Cream Eternal Snow. It prevents the signs of aging and corrects established wrinkles. Its melting, velvety texture and fresh fragrance make it a pleasure to use.

At night, the skin's needs are different. It's during your sleep that cell regeneration is most important, and you can give it a little boost with the Polaar Night range.  

Its star ingredient, Rhodimenia Borealia, has multiple benefits: this algae, which lives in the abysses of the polar oceans, synthesizes high levels of phytomelanin - a plant enzyme similar to melatonin, secreted by the brain during the night to activate skin renewal.

You'll find it in Elixir Revitalisant Polaar Night, a serum which, with its 99% natural ingredients and addictive fragrance, illuminates and revitalizes wrinkled skin.

Polar Night Revitalizing Cream is an ideal complement, with its soft, enveloping texture for normal, dry and very dry skin lacking moisture. Rhodimenia Borealia and Eau d'Immortelle, a floral water rich in beta endorphins, work together overnight to relax and regenerate stressed skin.

To intensify the results of your skincare routine, remember to apply Polar Night De-Stressing Mask once or twice a week, to reinforce the effectiveness of your anti-aging routine. This multi-functional skin care product is ideal for mature skin, as it can also be used as a treatment (every evening for a week) or for a "boost" after being placed in the refrigerator. Fresh, revitalized skin guaranteed!