Anti-stress skincare

This article first appeared in our Consumer Revolution issue of My Green Pod Magazine, released on 19 Dec 2019. Click here to subscribe to our digital edition and get each issue delivered straight to your inbox

Pollution, radiation, chronic stress, lack of sleep, poor nutrition – modern lifestyles expose us to a cocktail of chemicals that can really make our skin suffer. Today skin conditions and allergies are on the rise, and becoming hallmarks of the generations inheriting toxic lifestyles and environments.

Living in conflict with nature’s rhythms causes inflammation in the body, which is linked to ageing. For the vast majority it’s simply not possible – or even desirable – to drop out of modern society and the stresses it induces, but now there’s a different option.

It’s logical that a potent dose from nature’s most extreme medicine cabinet could help to redress the balance and alleviate skin problems caused and exacerbated by increasingly stressful lifestyles that are out of sync with nature.

Stress-tolerant actives

Laura Rudoe, founder of S5 Skincare, has devoted years to the research and discovery of nature’s most effective bioactives, derived from plants that live in some of Earth’s most extreme ecosystems – including the Arctic, high altitudes and deserts.