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Hydrate. Hydrate. Hydrate. Whether outside in the heat of the summer or planning an activity-filled weekend, you know the essentials of keeping your body happy. But who knew there’d be a buzzworthy term for “sandwiching” your skin with hydration and moisture?

This may sound like just a current trend, but Epionce has been in the field of keeping your skin happy, healthy and well-hydrated for more than two decades. So we’re here to tell you all about it!

How to Moisture Sandwich

Moisture sandwiching refers to the process of applying products on top of damp skin to ensure it stays hydrated. However, it’s about more than just hydration according to Epionce founder and board-certified clinical dermatologist, Dr. Carl Thornfeldt. “If the skin barrier is healthy and intact, it will lock in moisture. If the barrier is not healthy, any additional moisture added will only evaporate and provide no long-term benefit.” He explains that a healthy barrier is about 30% water. If you add additional moisture beyond this level your skin may begin to break. Bottom line: it’s about getting the barrier healthy with an Epionce regimen so it can hold the right amount of moisture necessary to keep skin happy.

As a pioneer in the skin barrier-bettering field, Dr. Thornfeldt knows the importance of layering gentle yet effective products to trap moisture to help smooth and refine texture.

Applying your preferred toner, mask, serum and moisturizer to damp skin right after cleansing allows your skin to hold water better than if your face were dry, resulting in ultimate hydration and maximized product benefits.

Is it necessary? For most people, dehydration, dryness and a compromised skin barrier can occur from time to time. These are scenarios when we would recommend trying the moisture sandwiching technique.

Recommended Products

Epionce Balancing Toner does the work of removing any traces of dirt, oil, makeup and other surface impurities gently without damaging the skin or causing unnecessary dryness, but its concentrated blend of botanical extracts and humectants is where its hydrating properties come into play. Humectants boost moisture and refine texture, resulting in a surge of hydration for your barrier.

Enriched Firming Mask is expertly formulated with highly emollient botanical ingredients to help soothe skin, calm redness and give a visible boost of hydration. Expert tip: leave on overnight for optimal skin-plumping benefit.

An Epionce award-winner, Intense Defense Serum is a highly advanced anti-aging serum using botanical sources of Vitamins A, B, C, D and E for healthier-looking skin. It’s a clinically-proven serum that visibly improves signs of skin aging better than leading professional-strength serums.

Last but not least, follow your Epionce regimen with our Intensive Nourishing Cream, which contains maximum levels of key complexes to improve radiance and help reduce the visible appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on the face, neck and décolletage. An ultra-rich cream, award-winning Intensive Nourishing Cream provides superior hydration for all skin types, especially photoaged skin.

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Rooted in hard science, our philosophy is simple: healthy skin is beautiful skin. But what does that mean for keeping your specific skin type clear? While some of us may be more oily or blemish-prone than others, our unique approach paired with industry-leading clinical proof allows you to find products that truly work for YOUR skin. All while keeping it protected, hydrated, and blemish-free!

Avoid Harsh Chemicals

With blemish-prone skin, one may be tempted to try the “strongest” or “fastest-acting” skin care product on the market. But as a barrier-first company, we’re here to tell you that it’s best to be highly selective towards the ingredients you put on your skin.

At Epionce, the latest trending ingredient rarely makes the cut. That’s why, unlike many other products on the market, our products do not contain harsh ingredients that irritate the skin or cause unnecessary dryness. Our well-balanced formulas used for your step by step skin care routine are vigorously tested and clinically proven.

We recommend staying away from parabens, fragrances, sulfates, and other harsh chemicals that can strip the skin of its naturally-occurring and necessary oil and leave you feeling irritated and exposed for other barrier issues to arise.

Be Kind To Your Skin Barrier

As the outermost layer of our skin that covers our entire body, it’s important we always treat our skin barrier with some love. It’s the kindest thing you can do, even when you’re frustrated by imperfections. While it may feel counterintuitive, keeping your skin’s natural production of oil in place is essential. Stripping too much oil can result in a feeling of dryness and oil overproduction, leading to clogged pores.

Finding the right balance of skin care essentials, like a cleanser and moisturizer for your unique skin type can be tricky, especially if you’re prone to blemishes. But Epionce carries a variety of products that are gentle, effective, and nourishing for your barrier.

For example, our Lytic Gel Cleanser is dermatologist-recommended, and a must-have for oily and problem skin types. It effectively dissolves dirt, oil and makeup, and calms the visible appearance of irritated skin without over-drying! Pair it with our Renewal Lite Facial Lotion. An ultra light-weight hydration for oilier skin types, it’s expertly formulated to improve skin clarity and radiance for more healthy-looking skin.

Protect Your Skin Barrier

It’s no secret that we’re fans of protecting the skin barrier. While we often consider barrier protection as only SPF, it’s essential to safeguard and support the barrier with the right products and adjust them to the weather in other ways. For example, use a lightweight moisturizer in warmer, more humid climates.

Our Daily Shield Tinted SPF 50 Sunscreen provides broad-spectrum protection that evens out skin tone while imparting a natural-looking healthy glow. It’s also water resistant (for up to 80 minutes), a light, quick-absorbing antioxidant rich sheer formula, and was awarded “Best Under Makeup” by the Shape Magazine 2017 Sun Awards!

See An Epionce Pro For Your Unique Regimen

Epionce provides the foundation to address your skin care needs, but we always recommend meeting with our Aesthetician to understand your unique skin type and start a weekly skin care routine that meets YOUR specific concerns.

Call us to schedule an appointment today!

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We all know that it’s smart to toss a favorite sunscreen in your bag for a tropical getaway, trip to the beach, or summertime picnic at the local park. But we often don’t consider the necessity of wearing sunscreen every day of the year.

Protecting the Skin Barrier

When it comes to your daily skincare regimen, protecting your skin’s barrier is a top priority. From fine lines and wrinkles, to sun spots and sunburns, too much sun is a leading cause of many harmful and unappealing skin issues. Protecting your barrier from harmful UV rays is not only good for your health, but has anti-aging benefits as well.

Choosing a sunscreen that contains physical blockers of harmful rays is important even in the cooler and darker months. Ingredients like Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide, which protect against the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays, are key ingredients you should look for in an everyday sunscreen.

A Year-Round Sun

While the harsh rays of a summer afternoon spent outdoors are an easy reminder to reapply your sunscreen, it’s easy to make it less of a priority in the snow, rain, and darker seasons. But regardless of how sunny a day seems, harmful rays are ever present. With its reflective properties, sunshine’s UVA and UVB rays will still affect your skin especially during winter sports in the snow and near water.

You may even need to reapply sunscreen regularly (AKA every 80 minutes) during winter sports, as the wind and water can wash it away. Another tip for easy application? Choose a sunscreen with tint, so you won’t be wondering about a greasy or white residue, just a lightweight formula that blends in and elevates your skin tone.

Daily Shield Tinted SPF 50

Epionce Daily Shield Tinted SPF 50 Sunscreen is recommended by the Skin Cancer Foundation as an effective broad spectrum sunscreen, and was awarded “Best Under Makeup” by the Shape Magazine 2017 Sun Awards. It helps prevent sunburn and, if used as directed with other sun protection measures, decreases the risk of skin cancer and early skin aging caused by the sun. A light, quick-absorbing anti-oxidant rich sheer formula with just the right amount of color to let skin look bare, Daily Shield Tinted SPF is ideal for most skin types and tones. It’s water resistant for 80 minutes, and provides-spectrum protection from both UVA and UVB rays.

No matter how little you may have considered SPF sunscreen in previous years, this spring is a great time to start taking your SPF-wearing more seriously!

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Spring is in full swing, and if you’re anything like us, spring cleaning extends beyond the closet into the skincare cabinet. So, take a moment to check – does your skin look and feel as healthy as it can? If not, it may be time to consult a trusted skin professional and swap out any less-than-beneficial skincare products for ones that really work.

5 Signs Your Skin Barrier is Compromised

When the skin barrier is healthy and intact, it keeps moisture in and irritants out. Your complexion looks healthy and happy. When it’s disrupted, though, your complexion will react in order to get your attention.

5 SOS signals that indicate a weakened skin barrier:

• Redness
• Flakiness
• Sensitivity and irritation
• Dryness and itchiness
• Blemishes

Many of these red flags may show up if you go overboard with exfoliation or active ingredients. Epionce products are carefully designed to be non-irritating and to support the skin barrier, so they won’t strip your skin of moisture!

How to Adjust Your Products For Spring

If you notice that your skin isn’t meeting its healthiest potential, a few simple skincare swaps can make a huge improvement. Your barrier can benefit from switching formulas with the changing seasons. For example, as the weather warms up and becomes more humid, your skin may not need the rich cream textures that soothed and protected in winter. You can lighten up with lightweight formulas such as gels, lotions, and serums that hydrate and support your skin barrier without feeling heavy in warmer weather.

Try These Tweaks:

The Cleanser Swap: As you encounter more sweat and humidity, you might consider changing from a creamy, hydrating cleanser like Milky Lotion Cleanser to a gentle gel wash like Lytic Gel Cleanser, which removes excess oil and impurities without stripping the skin. Ready for a refreshing pick-me-up feeling in the warmer months? Lytic Gel Cleanser also contains menthol, a calming and cooling ingredient derived from peppermint. .

The Lytic Swap: As the temps rise and fun summer activities are added to your schedule, try Lytic Tx Sport as an alternative to your usual Lytic. Designed specifically for more humid climates and those living an active lifestyle, it’s the perfect summer swap-in

The Moisturizer Swap: You might hibernate a richer cream like Renewal Facial Cream in favor of more lightweight Renewal Facial Lotion or Renewal Lite Facial Lotion. While they all help to fortify the skin barrier for optimal hydration, the lightweight lotions may be all the hydration you need as the weather leans warmer.

Of course, everyone’s skin is different, and you may not need to swap out any products at all in the spring! The key is listening to your skin and consulting a trusted skin professional. Need help building out the perfect skincare regimen for your unique needs? Call us to schedule a consultation with our Aesthetician today!

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Skin minimalism focuses on a bare essentials routine to calm irritation and support a healthy skin barrier – and is definitely a beauty trend that we can get behind. After all, simplifying your skin care routine and taking a “do no harm” approach is what Epionce is all about. Our mission has always been to use efficacious, proven, and gentle products with science-backed botanical ingredients that work together to keep the skin in balance.

What exactly is #skinimalism?

The #skinimalism trend started as the refreshing flipside to a previous beauty fad: the 10-step Korean beauty routine. This over-the-top technique involved an extensive multi-step skin care regimen that was overwhelming (all those products!), time-consuming, and most importantly—not so great for the skin. Overdoing it by layering on multiple formulas and potentially irritating ingredients every single night can be a recipe for breakouts, redness, dryness, and all-around skin sensitivity.

Less is more

Your skin care routine doesn’t have to be complicated with a lengthy to-do list and tons of products. It doesn’t have to take up the better part of every morning or evening, and it shouldn’t ever irritate your skin. Our barrier-nurturing products are carefully formulated to care for your skin without doing harm to your protective barrier, the outermost layer of skin cells and lipids. Keeping the barrier healthy, supple, and strong is the secret to having a radiant complexion.

3 skin minimalism must-haves

Here’s how to pare down product overload and start fresh with three essentials that form the foundation of your daily skin care routine: Cleanser, moisturizer, and sun protection. From here, you can add on an extra product when you need it (like Lytic Tx for skin texture and tone), but consider these your minimalist basics:

Cleanser

Gentle Foaming Cleanser — A mild, non-stripping face wash is a must-have to remove dirt, makeup, and other surface impurities at the end of the day. This one works for all skin types.

Moisturizer

Renewal Facial Lotion is a one-and-done hydrating formula that’s infused with skin-boosting botanicals (like  meadowfoam extracts, date fruit extract, avocado and olive oils), and packed with ceramides that support the protective barrier.

Sun Protection

Daily Shield Tinted SPF 50 — Using broad-spectrum sun protection every day (yes, on cloudy ones too!) is essential. In fact, it’s a proven way to prevent UV damage such as brown spots, fine lines, and wrinkles. Our Daily Shield Tinted SPF 50 is a multitasking antioxidant sunscreen that protects and evens out your complexion and imparts a natural-looking healthy glow.

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As winter approaches, you need easy fall skin care to adapt to the climate. While skin can become more dehydrated due to the lack of moisture in dry, cold weather, adding products to provide extra hydration can be a huge help in protecting your healthy, supple skin. Here’s our favorite products to add your routine for fall and winter:

Brighten and Correct

If you’ve experienced any damage from the summer months, you’ll want to use our MelanoLyte Skin Brightening System. Clinically proven to help reduce the appearance of unwanted spots on the face and body, our MelanoLyte Tx and MelanoLyte Serum are the perfect duo to undo any sun damage. Both products have a powerful botanical-based formula, gentle on the skin to help brighten and correct any uneven tone.

Replenish Lost Hydration

The weather is starting to get cooler and drier – give your skin barrier the proper hydration to keep up! Our award-winning, ultra-rich Intensive Nourishing Cream provides superior hydration for all skin types, including damaged and photoaged skin. Our newest formula features maximum levels of key complexes to help reduce the visible appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and improve skin radiance. The skin-boosting botanicals like acacia seed, maca root and green algae are complemented by powerful ceramides to accelerate the anti-aging power. Ideal to use as a night cream for your face, neck & décolletage to nourish and quench the skin as you sleep, for superior rejuvenation.

Soothe Sensitive Skin

To add extra hydration into your day, use our Renewal Calming Cream throughout the day for your face, hands & body. Formulated with colloidal oatmeal to soothe and calm skin as well as ceramides to optimize the skin barrier, help calm redness and scaly texture. Clinically proven to hydrate extremely dry, visibly irritated skin, this hydrating cream is ideal for skin that is resistant to preservatives and perfect for the dry, cold weather.

Treat Your Lips

The perfect product for your lips during the colder season, our Anti-Aging Lip Renewal is a powerful daily treatment to reduce the visible appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Our dynamic formula features avocado oil, shea butter and olive oil to deeply hydrate, smooth and calm dry, flaky, chapped lips. Use this lip treatment 1-3 times daily right after application of your Renewal Facial product for optimal absorption and moisture balance.

Protect Your Skin

As you start to add new products into your skin care rotation, try some of our favorites to keep your skin hydrated, smooth and radiant throughout the fall and winter. And remember to keep your Daily Shield Tinted SPF 50 as part of your daily routine, to protect your skin from the risk of UV rays throughout the year.

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Houston-based dermatologist DiAnne Davis, MD, FAAD told Women’s Health Magazine that she loves using this cleanser because it helps to invigorate her skin in the morning. New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Dendy Engelman, MD, FACMS, FAAD told PopSugar that she loves it “because it has willow-bark extract . . . and balances the skin’s pH.”

WillowBark Extract (aka Salix alba) is a naturally-occuring source of this common skincare ingredient that helps prevent and diminish blemishes.

This effective cleanser will remove impurities and calm problem skin. What it won’t do is cause unnecessary irritation or dryness, which makes it a must-have for oily and problem skin types.

It Has a Mild, Cooling Tingle

Thanks to botanically-based menthol, this cleanser has a mild, cooling tingle that will leave your skin feeling clean and refreshed after every wash.

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5-Step Anti-Aging Routine with Epionce™

Your anti-aging routine doesn’t need to be complicated to be effective. After 20 years of perfecting the art of healthy skin, Epionce is here to take the guesswork out of your skincare regimen. Our clinically-proven, botanically-based products can help you solve your specific skin concerns in 5 easy steps. Here’s how:

Start Your Anti-Aging Routine with your favorite Epionce Cleanser

Clean skin is the perfect canvas for your skincare routine. With four cleansers to choose from, there’s one for every skin type.

Correct with Lytic Tx or MelanoLyte Tx

Next, choose an Epionce Correct & Boost product based on your top skincare concerns. Epionce Lytics are a retinoid-free option to improve the appearance of imperfections and smooth skin texture. If uneven tone is a concern, MelanoLyte Tx is an excellent hydroquinone-free option that is clinically proven to help reduce the appearance of unwanted dark spots.

After applying a targeted treatment, reach for an Epionce Renewal. Renewal products provide beneficial moisture and help visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and other common signs of skin aging.

For skin that is in need of an extra boost of hydration, Intensive Nourishing Cream is an excellent choice. This product provides intense hydration and is ideal for use at night.

Finish Your Anti-Aging Routine with an Epionce SPF

Don’t forget to protect your investment! Protect yourself from harmful UV rays with an Epionce SPF of your choice.

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Fan favorite Lytic Gel Cleanser goes beyond the skin of the face; you can use it on your scalp too. It’s the ultimate multitasking cleanser!

It’s no secret, Lytic Gel Cleanser is popular — it’s a fan favorite and five-time NewBeauty® Award Winner. It’s well known as an effective face cleanser to remove dirt, oil and makeup without overdrying or leaving the face feeling tight. But here’s the secret…Lytic Gel Cleanser can be used on the scalp to promote a healthy and balanced skin barrier. The scalp is a sensitive ecosystem that’s often overlooked. Buildup caused by sweat and hair care products, like dry shampoo, can disrupt this ecosystem, causing flaky, visibly irritated skin.

Using Lytic Gel Cleanser for the Scalp

Treat your scalp to a once-weekly Lytic Gel Cleanser “detox.” Similar to a clarifying shampoo, Lytic Gel Cleanser will remove impurities without disrupting pH. When cleansing the scalp, it’s important to massage evenly and rinse thoroughly before continuing with your normal shampoo and conditioning routine.

Use Lytic Gel Cleanser for a Deeper Cleanse

If you’re looking for a deeper cleanse, apply Lytic Gel Cleanser and leave it on for 5 minutes before rinsing for a deeper exfoliation. As always, do a spot test beforehand and consult our Aesthetician for more tips and further skincare recommendations!

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