The video answers below questions:
- What is the stratum corneum, and where is it located on the skin?
- Why does removing the stratum corneum improve skin quality, according to Jodie?
- What are the three main benefits of removing the stratum corneum?
- How does the skin's natural exfoliation process work?
- What happens when the stratum corneum is removed from the skin?
- What is the importance of using the right type of exfoliator, and what does Jodie recommend?
- Why does Jodie emphasize using exfoliators with natural granules instead of synthetic ones?
- What alternative method does Jodie suggest for removing the stratum corneum?
- Can you describe the Homepeel fortnightly fruit peel and how it works?
- How often is the fortnightly fruit peel recommended to be used?
- What caution does Jodie give about overdoing efforts to remove the stratum corneum?
- What potential problems can arise if the skin's barrier is disrupted?
- How can viewers contact Homepeel for guidance or assistance regarding their skincare?
What is the stratum corneum?
And how does removing it improve my skin quality?
Hi, I'm Jodie Baker from Homepeel. I'm 50 years old. I do all my videos without any makeup on, no filter. And today, I'm here to tell you what a stratum corneum is and ways that you can try to remove it. So stratum corneum is a layer of dead skin cells that sits on top of your skin like a mask. Mask. And it's there as a barrier. It's there to protect your skin. So by removing it, we do three things. We get an instant glow, because dead skin cells on our face, like a mask, isn't very glowy. It can reduce fine lines because quite often that mask of dead skin cells can create those little fine lines. And it's actually not even your skin, it's just that mask. And thirdly, it allows your skincare to work better because it's not getting sucked up into a whole bunch of dead skin cells. And actually, it also accelerates the skin's natural exfoliation process. So I'm going to jump into that straight away, actually. So the skin's natural exfoliation process is this. So, day one, a skin cell starts this little round guide down like this, deep, deep down below in your epidermis sorry, in your dermis. And then it takes 28 days for it to slowly rise up, up until it gets to the surface of the skin, the epidermis. And whilst it's coming up, it's kind of flattening out. So by the time it gets to the top, there's a whole bunch of smashed, flat skin cells that are tightly compacted. And that's actually the stratum corneum. That's the mask of dead skin cells, okay?
So when you remove that, the skin acknowledges that, and it's like, oh, my God, we just lost our stratum corneum. We need to replace it. So it facilitates a whole bunch of new growth. So new collagens and elastins are quickly built to replace it. So all that action happens to sort of replace it. So you're getting all that beautiful regeneration happening. Okay, so that's the first thing I want to tell you about the stratum corneum. How do we try to remove it? Well, there's a few different ways. So first of all, exfoliation. So just general exfoliation is a really good idea. So obviously, at Homepeel, we have our exfoliating crystals because when you're choosing an exfoliator, you don't want it to be too thick. So have a look at that. It's a very fine powder. And what you do is you add this to your cleanser. And this one here is amazing because it is like a polish. So you just be using it around in kind of circles, and it's going to polish off the dead skin cells. If the granules are too large, it's just going to drag to the skin, sort of creating these little craters. And I don't know why there's so many still around, but there is your so what I'm saying, in essence, is your exfoliating needs to be very fine powder, but obviously it has to be solid as well, because if it's fine and soft, then it's not going to do anything.
Okay? So that's the first thing. And also, just as a side note, Homepeel only uses very natural ingredients that can go back into the earth. It's not synthetic, and there's a reason for that because synthetic granules, like the plastics and all that sort of stuff, get into the gills of fish. And in fact, they're pulling fish out of the ocean and they're seeing that there's exfoliators in their gills, which is an absolute disaster. So that's a little thing to keep note of. When you're choosing an exfoliator, get ones that have natural granules in it for that reason, to help the fishies. Okay?
Another idea that you can do to remove stratum corneum is with skin peels. Okay? So I've got one here to show you today. Homepeel has a fortnightly fruit peel here, which is designed to be done every two weeks. You add this one with a piece of fruit. We sort of recommend a strawberry. I've got a lot of videos about that if you want to have a look through our Instagram account where I take you through how you use this. But it's designed to be done every two weeks. You pop it on your skin, it loosens the bonds that keep those dead skin cells together in that mask. And then you let it sort of tingle for about two minutes, and then it comes with a gores, and then you manually wipe it away. And once they're loosened, they're moved. So then after that, your skin feels absolutely like fresh blank canvas, like silk, like velvet. So not only is your makeup going to go on perfectly because it's like a blank canvas, but it's also, as I said, going to allow your skincare to work so much better. And obviously, it's going to look really good. Okay? So before I go, you need to be very mindful. I don't want people to watch this and go, I'm going to do everything to rip apart my stratum corneum and rip it off, because you can if you overdo it and you don't know what you're doing, you can break your skin's barrier. So your skin has, like this balanced, barrier protected sort of mask as well on your skin. And if you disrupt that, you're going to have some problems as well. You're going to get red, flaky, blotchy skin, and it takes a little bit of time to nurse your skin back to health to get that balance. If you're in that position and you need some help with it, please contact one of our skincare coaches. If you've got a thick stratum corneum and you want to tackle it, please contact one of our skincare coaches here at Homepeel. We have your back. We're here to help. Have a wonderful day. I'll speak to you later. Homepeel.com.au.
