+100 Strength: How Boosters Can Make Daily Care More Effective
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Last year, exactly to the release of a series of Clarins boosters, the most perspicacious journalists and bloggers rushed to talk about the future of custom cosmetics and "smart" home care. To date, the expectations of skeptics have been more likely to come true, but it should be noted that the appearance of various boosters in widespread sales has quite clearly affected the trends in the beauty industry. We understand what boosters are, who really needs them, as well as the tricks of cosmetic naming and the intricacies of customization.
↑ Addition Concentré Eclat Visage, Clarins
What is a booster?
If we talk about the origins, the booster is a tool with a very high concentration of the active substance, intended for the customization of ordinary creams. In cosmetology (including injection), boosters are far from being used for the first year. For a long time, working with them was the prerogative of specialists: it is risky for any brand to market products that require strict adherence to instructions. Most often in this format there are capricious vitamin C and hyaluronic acid: today among them there are those that can be applied to the skin solo.
With the spread of fashion for deliberate withdrawal, professional means began to gradually enter the market, and today the main thing is not to get confused: sometimes familiar serums are also called boosters, for example, intended to be used as a makeup base. They give an instant leveling effect, but if a few drops of such a booster are added to a familiar cream, a miracle will not happen. Only one way out - clearly formulate your wishes to the tool and read the manual. Naming is an insidious thing: since the word "boost" hints at some enhanced effect, manufacturers can use a buzzword to denote the growth of eyebrows or eyelashes or a lip-rich product with active ingredients. So, once again: such products have no relation to customized care, but they are much simpler in circulation - at least, it is better for beginners to try them.
Another controversial question that I want to ask boosters concerns the compatibility of cosmetics of different brands: not all of us buy money in whole sets, and sometimes products of the same brand related to different lines may not work together. However, in the situation with boosters designed specifically for adding to other means and a cumulative effect, this risk is minimized due to the dominant substance. A good rule of thumb is to add a booster to a product that contains the substance you need from the beginning. Then you get the desired gain.
↑ Doctor Babor Hyaluronic Collagen Booster Fluid, Babor
Who needs them?
The answer is obvious: beauty-gikam, for whom multi-layer and thorough care is a familiar story. If your skin is undemanding and you are able to do it for years with the most ascetic means, then fussing with blending will make life more difficult than vice versa. To boosters, as well as to any other means from the professional category, you will have to adjust, calculating the optimal concentration and figuring out which combinations will work best.
On the other hand, if the army of cans on the shelves only grows, and the results quickly cease to satisfy you, then cleverly chosen boosters may well bring relief. With their help, you will be able to turn the “summer” version of the usual means into a more shock “winter” one, and also arrange intensive courses in the most difficult periods for the skin. You do not have to run to the beautician or look for the most potent product on all the shelves - the magic bank will always be at hand.
It should be borne in mind that this is about substances: that is, the acquisition of a booster will be really useful for those who are confident in the specific needs of their skin. Not everyone needs higher doses of hyaluronic acid or activation of collagen production, but if you are convinced of the existence of a specific substance that will give your skin the desired result, feel free to go for an “enhancer”. Given that we are talking about the dosage in drops, even with daily use, the investment is more likely to pay off.
↑ Bobbi Brown Remedies Skin Reviver # 91, Bobbi Brown
What brands should I look for?
Thank God, not only professional, but the fact - all these tools are quite expensive. The easy-to-use boosters in their assortment brought Bobbi Brown: they all have directional action, and each of them is responsible for fighting the specific problem. Academie boosters in ampoules designed to be mixed with the usual means are: they give a noticeable result, but are designed for use by courses. Clarins products are good for long-term use: there are four of them in the lineup and, despite the fact that they got their names for reasons of marketing appeal (banks promise detox and energy replenishment on the threshold), they are really effective.
We should also note the Addition Concentré Eclat Visage, which works like tanning, the effect of which can be adjusted according to your needs. If you are one of the lucky ones who are not embarrassed by too expensive care, then you should pay attention to Babor concentrates. In the development of such drugs, Kiehl's showed themselves well, having presented the Apothecary line last year. All care consists of a base concentrate with squalane and a lipid complex and five tubes with directional effects designed to reduce wrinkles, narrow pores, smooth the texture - with the help of a consultant you will pick up two really necessary ones.
Such care still looks more like a game than a serious offer. Still, at the moment we are all accustomed to choose clear and ready-to-use means. But the fact that consumers today receive more and more information about specific substances and their actions, as well as can independently select products with the right concentration, is more pleasing: it is more like an honest attitude of a manufacturer towards a consumer who is tired of vague promises and craves for specifics.
Photo: Clarins, Babor, Bobbi Brown