Learning to cope with little sleep following the birth of a baby can have a major effect on your physical appearance, not to mention your mind. Most new mums have to welcome a steady influx of visitors while battling the negative effects of tiredness.
With time of the essence, a regular pampering trip to the beauty salon isn't usually an option for non-celebrity mummies. To have a hope of carrying off the yummy mummy look in sleep deprivation mode, easy anti-ageing, energy boosting skincare products are a must.
New Spa Sciences, from the US, is an affordable luxury skincare range that promises to dramatically improve the appearance of the skin and help reverse the signs of ageing and tiredness. These products use the latest beautifying ingredients and are designed to be convenient to use, which will realistically fit into baby's demanding schedule.
Picture caption: The Spa Sciences range promises to dramatically improve the appearance of skin.
The delicate eye area is often the first place to reveal the signs of lack of sleep. Spa Sciences has two eye patches to target this wrinkle-prone area to leave you looking radiant, fresh and bright-eyed instead of ravaged and fatigued. Its Collagen Retinol Eye Patch Therapy (£9.99) uses specially designed crescent shapes to fade lines, prevent premature wrinkling and promote smooth, youthful skin. The LipoPeptide Complex Eye Patch Therapy (£9.99) helps to restore elasticity and firmness, decrease under-eye bags and discolouration and promote lymphatic drainage to reduce puffiness.
Spa Sciences Microdermabrasion Professional Skin Exfoliation System (£29.99) makes light work of sluggish, tired skin. This battery-operated beauty tool has a dual speed exfoliating system to help increase cell renewal for smoother, softer and fresher looking skin. Clinically proven, it helps to fade the appearance of lines and wrinkles, skin discolouration, uneven skin texture and effects of sun exposure, while clearing pores of impurities and dermal debris.
The kit includes an exfoliation cream containing patented corundum crystals, which safely and gently remove dry, flaky dead skin. It also has Soothing Botanical Moisturising Cream to help balance fresh, newly exfoliated skin and provide optimum results after every weekly exfoliation. The Cellular Renewal Mask (£14.99) treats the effects of tiredness and broken sleep by refreshing and hydrating skin. The pre-formed mask contains clinically proven ingredients hexaPeptide-3 and gatuline age defence. Each pack contains one mask and a soothing anti-wrinkle eye patch, which is excellent at treating dark circles, puffiness and wrinkles.
Spa Sciences Anti-Aging Cellular Renewal Serum (£17.99) is a professional formulation to help fight the visible signs of the ageing process and provide optimal skin cell renewal for restored facial tone, texture and firmness. In clinical studies, the serum showed up to a 27 per cent wrinkle reduction in 30 days. Smooth over a freshly cleansed face and neck every morning and evening before applying your regular moisturiser.
Spa Sciences products are available in selected Tesco, Boots and Superdrug stores.