Recapture Your Glow
Hydrated, effortless, illuminated, smooth, healthy, and awake, glowing skin will mean different things to different people, but regardless of our goals, we all have the same eternal question: How do I get it?
There are so many makeup products out there that can help give you a temporary glow (and we are so grateful for them), such as Westman Atelier’s Super Loaded Tinted Highlight, Ilia'a Lightshift Cream Highlighter, or the Beauty Master Radiance Base by RMS, but nothing can replace the beauty of naturally glowing skin.
You know those days when you wake up and feel alive and vibrant, and your skin is slightly flushed, dewy, happy, bright, and bouncy, and everyone you encounter asks us, what are you doing to look so fresh and awake? The makeup products we use to create this look are a play on the light that gets reflected off our dewy cheeks. Achieving this naturally is something we can all work towards, but it’s a little deeper than a surface glow. It’s our whole being radiating, lit from within skin, and we want it!
If you’re looking in the mirror and your skin is a bit less illuminated than you like, it may be dull, dry, irritated, patchy, ashy, or uneven; don’t fret! We may have found the Holy Grail Of Skincare and some solid advice from our new friend, Dr. Sturm:
“If we are healthy from the inside, our skin is healthy, we radiate.”
Dr. Barbara Sturm’s skincare approach is inspired by her research into anti-inflammatory medicine, and she is a passionate advocate for living a balanced, anti-inflammatory lifestyle for optimal health and beautiful skin. And she reminds us that this isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. Suppose our skin is a reflection of what is happening inside. In that case, the moment we look dry, patchy, or red and irritated, we can observe our lifestyle a little more closely and determine what might be adversely affecting us and causing our skin to react.
Reducing inflammation has always been at the forefront of Dr. Sturm’s medical career and is at the heart of her skincare innovations. Her products reflect the beauty of treating the skin as a vital organ that thrives on respect and kindness and reacts to harsh ingredients and aggressive treatments.
All her formulations are hydrating because she believes that “hydration is the key to healthy beautiful skin” and found it lacking in the skin care industry. And she’s talking about hydration, not oiliness. “You don’t solve the problem of dehydration with oil.” So why is hydration so important? Dr. Sturm explains: “One, hydration is proven to stabilize skin barrier function, and two, it allows your skin’s cells to take on active ingredients.” Hydrated skin makes your products more potent because your skin is receptive to them.
Her products also include her hero ingredient, purslane, an anti-inflammatory antioxidant rich in beta-carotene and omega-3 fatty acids.
“Hydrating, anti-aging, and anti-inflammatory are the keys to healthy, beautiful skin.”
To be clear, by healthy, we do not mean perfect. Perfect skin is not attainable. Skin can be healthy and glowing while also having normal characteristics: visible pores, fine lines and wrinkles, birthmarks, and occasional blemishes. Of course, we all want that Instagram filter perfection, but a healthy relationship with our skin in each moment may be equally, if not more important than the products we use or the ounces of water we drink each day.
Hydrated, effortless, illuminated, lit-from-within skin is achievable and something we can all work toward with these fantastic Glow Drops and a few simple steps:
1. Pay attention to what your body, particularly your skin, asks for.
2. Add a little more hydration to your diet and into your skincare routine.
3. Look into the mirror each day and love on that radiant, sweet self you see reflected back. Go ahead, be dramatic about it!
Loving on you,
Team Wren and Wild