Biobeautybalm - Calms Skin and Helps to Protect it from UVA Solar Radiation - 50 gr

Biobeautybalm nourishes and protects your skin from the effects of solar radiation and other environmental stressors, while at the same time it enhances the dynamic interactions between skin and your nervous system, keeping you happy and your skin velvety soft, hydrated, and beautiful.

Biobeautybalm contains the exact same rich biological skin regenerating ingredient in all our Berrysistible line of products plus RHODOLIA ROSE ROOT EXTRACT, a botanical adaptogen, which increases the consumption of oxygen at the cellular level and promotes the production of β-endorphins in the skin, thus stimulating inner wellness and relaxation which becomes manifest in your complexion.

Biobeautybalm also contains a liposomal preparation of Mycosporine-like amino acids from the red sea algae Porphyra umbilicalis that have an absorption capacity comparable to synthetic UVA-Filters.

The main factor in premature skin aging is UVA. In contrast to UVB, UVA is not much dependent on daytime and season and penetrates rather well through clouds and window glass. Our skin needs therefore help against the daily exposure to UVA and photoaging.

Remember that where ever you are, what ever you do, UVA-Radiation penetrates 365 days a year into your skin. As the radiation cannot be blocked by clouds or glass and permanently causes irreversible damage to the skin, we all need photo-protection – a NATURAL protection. And, since nowadays the ozone layer is rapidly depleting, our need for sun protection is greater than ever before.

Photoaging

Exposure to ultraviolet light, UVA or UVB, from sunlight accounts for 90% of the symptoms of premature skin aging. Most of the photoaging effects occur by age 20. The amount of damage to the skin caused by the sun is determined by the total lifetime amount of radiation exposure and the person's pigment protection.

Changes in the epidermis caused by the sun include thinning of the epidermis and the growth of skin lesions such as actinic keratoses, basal cell carcinomas, and squamous cell carcinomas.

UV-A is the principal etiologic factor for premature skin aging

Exposure to ultraviolet light, UVA or UVB, from sunlight accounts for 90% of the symptoms of premature skin aging. Most of the photoaging effects occur by age 20. The amount of damage to the skin caused by the sun is determined by the total lifetime amount of radiation exposure and the person's pigment protection.

A decrease in collagen content and fiber fragmentation ultimately leads to the typical signs of photoaging. ROS are formed after absorption of UV through skin chromophors, like urocanic acid or DNA. When UV light is absorbed by trans-urocanic acid (absorption maximum at 345 nm), singlet oxygen is generated. This highly reactive molecule can react with proteins or with lipids. The reaction products, such as lipid peroxides, are themselves ROS and have lost cellular functionality.

While UV-B is highly dependent on the season, daytime, cloudiness and latitude, UV-A is relatively constant during the year. In central Europe, erythemal UV-B is of minor importance in daily skin care products, but UV-A is present all year round at potentially harmful levels inside buildings as well as in the open air since UV-A easily penetrates window glass.

Of real relevance for daily skin care are therefore not SPF factors but UVA protection.

Sunscreens, while effective barriers, only physically hinder UV damage. A second line of defense is imperative … That second line of defense is Biobeautybalm.