You beauty! Skinceuticals Redness Neutralizer

Let’s begin: there is a difference, you see, between the tinted cheek-apples that pink-up honeyed young faces and the flush of ruddy inflammation that can start to colour the cheeks and noses of the over-35s.

If you have rosacea, this can be an early onset affliction; if not, you will begin to notice the palette of your complexion start to redden and deepen when you are not blushing, sunburnt or drunk.

Inflammation is ageing. And that tender, mottled skin needs to be tackled gently, without stripping, because redness demonstrates that skin is crying out to be protected.

A friend — herself no stranger to powerful product and cosmetic procedure — asked me what I was using on my face. ‘Aha,’ she nodded, ‘you have that Skinceuticals glow.’

Get to know this brand — a miraculously active and scientifically muscular range with its backbone of antioxidants — because it is a weapon against ageing. Really.

Today we are here to talk about its Redness Neutralizer, a light cream to be used under moisturiser twice a day. It prevents and reduces increases in skin temperature; it protects against inflammation; it relieves irritation and soothes UV-induced redness. I just hopped up from my desk for a sec to look in the mirror. Wanted to check before I sign off. And the thing is, it works. Is it a surgeon? Is it a laser? No, it’s Skinceuticals!

Skinceuticals Redness Neutralizer, £69, at dermacaredirect.co.uk