SOS Skincare: Quick Fixes For Common Skin Emergencies

Whether you’ve woken up in the morning with huge eye bags, you’ve just noticed a new pimple emerging, or your skin has suddenly turned super dry and flaky, it’s common to experience a skin emergency every once in a while.

What should you do when this happens? Keep scrolling – Lionesse is about to share some quick fixes for the next time you have a skincare SOS!

Puffy Eyes

Puffy eyes can be caused by a number of different factors but, if yours have seemingly appeared out of nowhere, then this rules a lot of them out. Instead, you’re likely looking at sleep deprivation, fluid retention, or allergies, all of which can be easily dealt with by making a few tweaks to your lifestyle habits.

In the meantime, when it comes to diminishing the look of puffiness, a cold compress can often be helpful. This is why so many choose to place cucumber slices over their eyes. 

With that said, this can take a while to work. Speed things up by storing an eye cream in the fridge and applying this whenever you notice puffy eye bags appearing. The Lionesse Amber Eye Cream would be a good choice because of its caffeine content. This ingredient is revered for how it can tighten and de-puff the complexion while still being gentle enough for use around the eyes. Applying it while it’s chilled will have the same effect as a cold compress, yet it will provide better results because of the additional ingredients that you’ll be pampering your skin with.

If puffiness in the mornings is a common occurrence for you, then, in addition to eliminating the root of the problem (meaning sleeping better, taking medication for allergies, or adding in another pillow at night to prevent fluid retention), it would also be worth investing in the Lionesse Diamond De-Puffer. Not only will this fast-acting solution quickly eradicate the look of puffy eye bags, but it will also help to smooth away the appearance of any fine lines around your eyes!

Redness

Just like puffy eyes, redness can occur for a variety of reasons. Everything from allergies to rosacea or psoriasis flare-ups to inflammation can cause parts of the face to suddenly look red and blotchy.

Whatever the cause may be, redness is a sign that your skin is feeling irritated and sensitive. Ideally, try to work out what may have triggered that redness. By avoiding that trigger in the future, you’ll be able to keep your complexion calm.

Meanwhile, when it comes to your skincare routine, strip things back and go minimal. All of the products that you use should be mild and gentle, so as not to irritate your skin any further. All you need to be using is a cleanser and a moisturizer, plus a sunscreen during the day. Pick a moisturizer that’s loaded with fatty acids, such as the Lionesse White Pearl Day Moisturizer. These will support your skin barrier, leaving it feeling stronger and more resilient when faced with environmental aggressors.

Dry and Flaky Skin

If your skin has suddenly turned dry and flaky, there could be two possible reasons for this; dryness and/or dehydration. The two are often confused but there’s a big difference between them. Dryness is caused by a lack of sebum whereas dehydration is down to a lack of moisture.

If you aren’t sure what the exact cause of your flaky skin is, it would be worth trying to tackle both dryness and dehydration with your skincare routine. 

Focus on dehydration first by applying a serum that contains humectants. These are ingredients that attract and bind moisture to the skin. They’re capable of providing instant hydration, immediately leaving the skin looking plumper and fuller. You’ll find some of the most effective humectants around in the Lionesse Black Onyx Serum. Featuring a blend of sodium hyaluronate, glycerin, and lactic acid, the multiple humectants in this formula will do a great job of rebalancing the feeling of dehydration.

Of course, once you hydrate your skin with a serum, you then need to layer a moisturizer over the top. This will prevent the serum from evaporating away, ensuring that your skin receives maximum benefits. Go for a rich moisturizer that’s packed with plant oils, such as the Lionesse Black Onyx Cream, and you’ll be able to alleviate your dry skin too. This moisturizer also contains malic acid and lactic acid, both of which will work to eliminate the look of flakiness to give your skin a smooth and soft finish.

Acne Breakouts

The most common skin condition in the USA, acne impacts around 50 million Americans each year. Although it’s most prevalent during puberty, it’s a condition that often arises in adults too. It’s caused when the pores end up clogged with a mixture of dead skin cells, sebum, and dirt. Once bacteria join the party, inflammation occurs, resulting in pimples.

The first step in dealing with an unexpected pimple is to cool it down. Ice wrapped in a cloth and then held against the pimple for a few minutes several times a day will help to counter the feeling of inflammation. It will quickly soothe your complexion, making your pimples look less red and angry.

After that, it’s time to turn to topical products. There are so many acne treatments on the market, but a product containing salicylic acid would be the best way to go. It’s a beta-hydroxy acid (BHA) that exfoliates the skin. However, unlike alpha-hydroxy acids, BHAs are oil-soluble. This makes them more effective at penetrating through the extra grease that your skin is producing, allowing them to give your pores a deeper clean.

A clay face mask is another way to quickly calm the look of breakouts. Clay is revered for how it absorbs excess oil and impurities, pulling them out from the pores to leave the pores feeling clear. Numerous studies confirm these properties, particularly when it comes to kaolin clay. This is the softest skincare clay available, making it perfect for acne-prone skin that’s feeling sensitive and inflamed. You’ll find kaolin in the Lionesse Black Onyx Mask, along with a few other ingredients that are beneficial for soothing the appearance of pimples.

Acne Marks/Other Forms of Discoloration

For many people, the relief that comes from clearing a breakout is often short-lived once they notice the dark marks that their pimples have left behind. This is known as post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, which occurs after the skin has been inflamed or injured. 

Of course, dark spots can form for other reasons too, with sun exposure being one of the most common. Either way, not only do they make the skin look uneven and patchy, but discoloration also detracts from the skin’s natural radiance by inhibiting light from reflecting off the skin properly.

Unfortunately, other than concealing dark spots with makeup, there’s no quick fix that you can turn to. Dark spots usually affect multiple layers of the skin rather than just the surface, so it can take a while to fade their appearance.

With that said, there are a few skincare ingredients out there that can help to speed this process up. Licorice root extract is one, which you’ll find in our Golden Sapphire Cream. Vitamin C has also been proven to be fantastic at lightening the look of excess pigmentation, which is why we’ve included two forms of it in the Lionesse White Pearl Vitamin C Serum. 

A New Wrinkle

Everyone knows that wrinkles are inevitable at some point in life. They’re a natural part of the aging process, caused when the skin’s protein supply begins to dwindle. While that may be the case, it’s still often alarming when you suddenly notice a new wrinkle creasing its way across your skin.

Reducing the appearance of skin aging takes time. However, there are some products out there that are able to produce instant results, immediately making the skin look smooth and wrinkle-free. The Lionesse White Pearl Wrinkle Reducing Syringe is one, with this formula designed specifically to quickly iron out the visibility of wrinkles. Its effects can be attributed to a few high-performance ingredients, including DMAE, acetyl hexapeptide-8, and hyaluronic acid. Meanwhile, it also contains a blend of vitamins and botanicals to help counter the look of aging in the long run too.

Speaking of the long run, LED light therapy has been proven to be an effective way to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles when used consistently. That’s why at-home LED skincare devices, like the Photonix-2 Jade Eye Wand, are rapidly growing in popularity. They make it easy to treat your complexion from the comfort of your own home, giving you the benefits of professional-level results in a much more cost-effective way.

A Rough Skin Texture

While some of these skincare emergencies can be temporarily hidden with the use of makeup, it’s difficult to do this when dealing with a rough skin texture. Depending on the severity of your roughness, this is something that can often show through makeup, meaning that you need to tackle the problem at its root.

Roughness and dryness are often synonymous. This means that following the skincare tips that we shared earlier for dry skin will help with your roughness too.

With that said, if you’re looking for a way to quickly buff and smooth your complexion, exfoliation is what you need to be doing. This will remove the dry and rough skin cells from the surface of your skin, revealing the fresh and radiant layer of skin beneath. While it may be tempting to opt for a strong acid-based exfoliator, start with something gentler, such as the Lionesse White Pearl Facial Peeling. Unlike harsher exfoliators, this formula won’t strip your skin dry in the long run and make your roughness worse. Instead, it will gently exfoliate your skin while also hydrating it, which is something else that can make rough skin look softer and smoother.

Treat Yourself to Problem-Solving Skincare From Lionesse

As you can see, no matter the skincare emergencies you may be dealing with, you’ll find the perfect solution from Lionesse. Whether you’re trying to tackle the appearance of dryness, acne, wrinkles, or anything else, treat yourself to the recommended products while following all of the advice that we’ve shared above and you’ll soon once again have a healthy complexion.

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