How to prolong youth and beauty? This question has been of concern to everyone for a long time. Magic means exist only in fairy tales (remember the tale of rejuvenating apples and living water). However, medicine and cosmetology at all times create more and more new means that return health to a person, eliminate some appearance flaws, and at the same time return youth and beauty.

Facial booster: what is it?

The beauty industry is replenished with new products every year, and the booster is one of those many tools that have been talked about lately.

What is this remedy?

Booster comes from the English word boost, which means - gain, acceleration. And like many other unusual products, he came to the Russian beauty industry from South Korea around 2015. However, Asian girls have been using it for over a decade. But initially, South Korean cosmetologists intended to use this remedy as a replacement for serum. But it turned out that the booster became its alternative.



In Russia, more often hybrid products are produced, for example, a booster serum, a booster cream, a booster lotion. Such names tell us that this product is intense.

When to use

The booster moisturizes the skin well, so it can be used to combat dryness. It also evens out the relief of the face and is used as an express aid to restore skin turgor. The concentration of active substances in boosters is much higher than in conventional products, therefore the booster penetrates deeply into the skin, and thus the effect is achieved faster.

Dry, dull, dehydrated and loose skin can be a reason to use a booster. The booster will be especially relevant for intensive facial skin care after an illness. At this time, the dull complexion does not please us in any way, the skin loses its radiance and becomes pale.

All these negative external signs, which depress us, appear during menopause. If you are in your 20s or older, you do not need to use a booster. Let the skin work on its own. If you are 40+, the booster can become your first assistant, but cosmetologists do not recommend using it all the time. After the skin improves its appearance, you need to pause and let it work on its own.

How to use

It can be used as an independent product and for its intended purpose - as an enhancer of the action of other cosmetic products, for example, applied to the skin before using the cream. In this case, it helps the active ingredients of the cream to penetrate deeply into the skin. Some boosters can be added to other products, such as lotion, essence, cream or mask. By adding just a couple of drops of booster, any of them will work more efficiently.

Most boosters have a light, non-greasy texture. They are applied to a cotton pad, then to the face, gently spreading over the entire surface of the skin. Most boosters absorb quickly and leave no stickiness. On the face, 1-2 drops of the booster are enough, as it spreads easily over the skin.

Before using the booster, you must read the instructions. For example, if the product is acidic, then it should not be used often (especially in summer), as a rule, it is 2 - 3 times a week, moreover, during the period of use, you will have to avoid the sun's rays. In winter, after applying the booster, you can go outside after 30 minutes.

Booster selection

First. To make the right choice, you must decide what problems you need to deal with.

Second. If the booster is applied to the skin to enhance the effect of the next cosmetic product, then you need to know that the components of these two products should not come into conflict with each other.The composition of boosters contains ingredients with a high concentration, for example, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, AHA and BHA acids, retinol, various extracts and many other substances.

Boosters with hyaluronic acid effectively nourish and moisturize, with vitamin C they protect the skin from free radicals, help to achieve a healthy complexion, products with retinol fight against signs of acne and pigmentation.

Some boosters have healing properties, there are anti-aging and collagen ones. When the choice of a booster is made, for the best effect use them with the means of the same action.

Booster contraindications

As mentioned above, the booster should be used at a time when the skin needs additional help.

Those who often have inflammatory processes and skin rashes should not use the booster.

Allergy to various components is also an obstacle to the use of a booster. In any case, the tool needs to be tested.

To achieve the best results, do not forget that one booster is not enough, remember how its name is translated - amplifier. It follows that it must be used with other means and do not forget cosmetic procedures.

What boosters are there?

Today the beauty industry produces boosters not only for the skin of the face. There are boosters for hair with keratin complexes. They can be added to conditioners and masks.

Sports boosters, or body boosters. Some of them are used before fitness, they warm up the body before physical activity, others after fitness to increase the elasticity of the body.

Nail boosters help strengthen and repair damaged nails. They can be added to medicinal baths. These boosters are concentrates with trace elements. There are other boosters that are applied to nails in the form of a coating under varnish or instead of it.

And here are some of the most popular facial skin boosters that have proven themselves well among many consumers.

Booster Repair, Clarins
The concentrate fights flaking and redness, restores damaged facial skin, eliminating dryness.

Anti-Aging Rapid Response Booster, La Prairie
A booster with anti-aging properties that helps fight wrinkles by effectively tightening the skin and also enhances collagen production.

Turbo Booster C Powder, Philosophy
A booster with vitamin C. Together with the cream, it evens out the complexion and fights hyperpigmentation, stimulates collagen production.

BEYOND Timeless Phyto Cell Renew Booster
The booster helps to eliminate the signs of skin aging and strengthens the protective function, stimulates cell renewal, all thanks to the hydrolyzed rye phytoplacenta extract and soybean extract.

A'PIEU Glycolic Acid Peeling Booster
This is a peeling booster. The product has an exfoliating effect, evens out the texture and tone of the skin, intensively moisturizes and soothes it. Its main ingredients are glycolic acid, salicylic acid and birch sap.