It’s important to remember that our bodies were made to age. In Japan, aging is viewed as a gift, rather than something to worry about. The goal is not to look perpetually young, but rather the Japanese approach is
about
having the
best skin of
your life, at any age.
However, perhaps you’re experiencing “accelerating aging”, or you'd like to reduce fine lines or wrinkles —there are a few tips, tricks, and skincare rituals that can help make these lines appear less visibly noticeable. Below, we deep dive into why premature fine lines occur, the best serums and moisturizers to help reduce the look of wrinkles, and a facial massage for a quick glow that also helps ward off excessive aging over the long run.
What Causes Fine Lines and Wrinkles?
Fine lines are basically baby wrinkles, created when the same muscles contract day after day. With continued use of those same muscles for years, those fine lines mature into wrinkles and become more permanent. Wrinkles are more prominent, and it is more difficult to reduce their appearance. It’s common to see fine lines and wrinkles in areas of the face that move excessively, like eye wrinkles and neck wrinkles.
If you feel as though you might be experiencing “accelerating aging”, which is where skin is aging faster than the body’s normal rate, it could be caused by a variety of situations. Conditions like diet, stress, pollution, smoking, and even your skincare routine can negatively impact and accelerate aging. Maintaining a proper skincare ritual, along with a healthy lifestyle and diet, will help keep you as close as possible to the balanced, biological rate of aging, rather than accelerating the process. Plus, this wellness plan can also help diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
How to Minimize Fine Lines and Wrinkles
A Healthy Skincare Ritual
A healthy, skin-repairing ritual is one of the most beneficial ways to reduce the appearance of accelerating aging, fine lines, and wrinkles. A skincare routine filled with loving, hydrating, and healing ingredients is the best way to address aging skin.
The
Rice Wash
The first, and perhaps most important, step in your ritual is to
purify your
complexion.
This gentle
foaming
cream cleanser washes away daily buildup without stripping skin for a soft, luminous complexion. Cleansing
the
skin also allows for the next important steps in your ritual to work even better.
The
Essence
After cleansing, apply The Essence, a treatment essence that is formulated with Hadasei-3™—our proprietary
complex of nourishing green tea, rice, and algae—to exfoliate, brighten, and moisturize the skin. This
potent
formula boosts the effects of skincare, resurfaces, and hydrates for primed, plump, petal-soft skin at any
age. Resurface, soften, and plump with The Essence. Made of 100% Hadasei-3, a trio of fermented Japanese
superfoods, the Essence is proven to make your skincare more effective.
The
Silk Cream
This rich yet weightless gel cream delivers the
optimal level of moisture
for any skin type, helping to
minimize signs of aging for your healthiest-looking complexion. Boosted with liquid silk protein,
squalene,
and our proprietary Hadasei-3™ complex for softer, smoother, and firmer-looking skin.
Ageless
Revitalizing Neck Cream
Don’t forget about another area that’s quick to show signs of aging skin—the neck. The skin on the neck is
put
through stress from constant movement and sun exposure, and is naturally prone to premature aging,
particularly neck wrinkles. Packed with antioxidants, Ageless Revitalizing Neck Cream was formulated with
natural botanical actives, Vitamin C, and Japanese superfoods to create firmer-looking skin over time.
The Silk
Peony
The
skin around your eye area
is the thinnest on your entire face, so it needs extra moisture. The Silk
Peony
eye cream melts to release a double shield of hydration for the delicate skin around the eye area. It’s
formulated with line-smoothing liquid silk and Japanese white peony, which seals in moisture, reduces
dryness,
and helps visibly reduce the appearance of eye wrinkles.
Indigo
Overnight Repair
While you rest at night, your skin is actively refreshing itself, making it the prime time to wear a
super-hydrating mask to alleviate visibly fine lines. Our Indigo Overnight Repair is like beauty sleep in
a
jar. It’s more than a mask or moisturizer—this ultra-hydrating concentrate of botanical oils and extracts
is a
cushiony, fragrance-free soothing serum-in-moisturizer treatment that visibly calms irritation,
strengthens
skin’s barrier, and balances the microbiome so you can awaken with skin as strong as you are. It is meant
to
melt into skin overnight, revealing a youthful glow and calmed skin by the time your morning alarm goes
off.
Resurfacing Serums
Balancing and gently resurfacing skin for the most smooth, calm, and radiant surface goes hand-in-hand with healing moisture. After all, once you effectively exfoliate, everything you apply afterward only works that much more efficiently.
Violet-C
Brightening Serum
Formulated with two forms of
Vitamin C
and antioxidant-rich Japanese beautyberry, this brightening serum
effortlessly glides onto skin to restore radiance and reduce the appearance of wrinkles, helping to reveal
a
translucent, youthful glow.
The
Dewy Serum
This youthful serum works to replenish skin and reduce wrinkles with continued use over time. The Dewy
Serum
restores and replenishes the key components of healthy skin, lost over time, to help it perform at its
optimal
level. Our proprietary Hadasei-3™ complex comprises 73% of The Dewy Serum. The three superfoods are given
new
life through a double fermentation process that generates high levels of naturally-occurring lactic acid
and
gentle AHAs that promote natural skin surface turnover, smoothing the look of lines and improving texture.
As
dead skin cells are washed away, the serum replenishes with two substances native to our skin—plumping
hyaluronic acid
and moisture-locking squalane. Together, these ingredients help return supple, bouncy
radiance
to your skin.
Sunscreen
SPF is vital every single day, rain or shine. Not only does it protect you from sunburns and sun damage, but it also helps improve skin quality over time with consistent usage.
Silken
Pore Perfecting Sunscreen
This lightweight sunscreen provides broad-spectrum SPF 35 protection from UVA and UVB rays with pure,
skin-loving ingredients. Silk extract leaves skin feeling silky-smooth, Japanese wild rose helps tighten
the
look of pores and smooths skin texture, and loquat leaf extract offers a rich source of antioxidants to
protect and calm skin.
Facial Massage
Japanese facial massage is a very special beauty regimen enhancement. This practice has been proven to de-puff skin, and boost microcirculation, and increase skin’s overall glow. This invigorating massage not only refreshes blood cells and removes that waste, but feels wonderful, too. With only two extra minutes, it is an excellent way to incorporate a moment of self-care into your skincare ritual.
Tatcha founder Vicky Tsai is a big fan of daily facial massages in both her morning and evening rituals. “In the morning, I massage my face with the Purify step to stimulate my mind as well as my skin,” she says. “In the evening, I perform a massage as I moisturize skin in the Nourish step. There are many ways to perform facial massages, but the key is to always move upward and outward, from the center of the face.”
Discover a skin-healthy ritual and more at tatcha.com.
Victoria Tsai
Chief Treasure Hunter