Ever wonder why children and teenagers have a radiant glow to their skin? It's due to their incredible production of youth enhancing nutrients coupled with the production of abundant amounts of collagen and elastin. Additionally, their skin has a tremendously efficient rate of cellular turnover. When we are teenagers and younger, it only takes about 28 days for cellular turnover of the skin in comparison to 35 days by the time we are 35 years young. This seven day difference is evident in a dull, rough, thicker layer of skin cells that do not allow for effective tissue respiration and even can prohibit nutrients from entering the skin via skin preparations you pay dearly for.

Your Skin's Best Friends: AHA's, BHA, and Fruit Enzymes
To encourage an efficient and effective cellular turnover, we can utilize nature's gift; fruit acids (AHA's) and enzymes. AHA's get a bad rap due to skin care companies that use cheap sources and have no intention to produce skin care products with good conscience. You see, when one abuses these acids by using too much or using an inferior source just for the sake of profit and marketing, one risks over exfoliating or even burning the skin. Many unfortunate victims of these ill formulated preparations have even experienced hyperpigmentation, melasma, or worse, scarring. At MyChelle we take a different approach. Our formulas, designed to rev up the cellular turnover of the skin, are formulated with exceptional AHA's and BHA in addition to fruit enzymes to gently, yet effectively, loosen and dissolve dead, unwanted surface skin cells without irritating or chaffing the skin. For example, glycolic acid can come from many different sources: The lab, sugar cane, and even rhubarb. In this case, rhubarb yields the highest quality; this is similar to comparing olive oil to extra virgin olive oil. MyChelle utilizes glycolic acid polymer from rhubarb with a simple molecular structure, which enters the skin with great ease and no irritation to dissolve binders holding surface cells together. By incorporating glycolic acid polymer and fruit enzymes in our Fruit Enzyme Cleanser, we can complete the job of exfoliation since the fruit enzymes dissolve those loosened surface cells. Using multiple AHA's, BHA or simply adding fruit enzymes to a product designed to exfoliate, requires a lesser percentage in order to be effective. This is one of many reasons our cleansers and exfoliators do not chaffe or burn your skin. Look for products with a variety of exfoliators such as AHA's (glycolic acid polymer, lactic, citric, malic, mandelic, tartaric), BHA (salicylic), and fruit enzymes.

Feed Your Face...
Fruit pulps like pumpkin, cherry, apple, blueberry and raspberry are great sources of fruit acids and enzymes. Additionally, they provide nutrients and powerful antioxidants. Fruit pulps such as these rev up cellular turnover and nourish the healthy cells at the same time, while smelling good enough to eat. Simply apply the Incredible Pumpkin Peel or the Fruit Fiesta Peel all over your face and relax for a few minutes (some have reported to even walk the dog while the peel remains on their face), then rinse with warm water and see your radiant skin glow.