Your guide to beauty jargon

12 January 2015
By Fashion Quarterly

Do you know your coenzymes from your collagen, your stem cells from your GAGs? We decipher beauty jargon to help you find the best product for your skin.

collagen
5 Murad Rapid Collagen Infusion, $154; Joyce Blok Collagen & Elastin Gel Mask, $50; and Za Perfect Solution Restoring Collagen Cream, $31.

Collagen

How it works: It’s the protein that gives skin its firmness. As we age, it’s produced more slowly and degenerates faster, causing lines. To slow ageing you need to prevent collagen loss and facilitate production.

You need it if: You have crow’s feet and laughter lines.

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