The Best Advice for starting CBD Skincare, know your stuff.

Ever wonder about CBD for your use personally? While CBD has been touted as a natural support for rest, relaxation, and even muscle pain. CBD Skincare is still a relatively underrated topic. But CBD benefits the skin in a variety of ways by addressing a variety of skin conditions. In this post, we are going over CBD skin benefits and how to get started using CBD skincare in your skin routine.

This post is all about CBD Skincare and CBD Skin Benefits.

What is CBD?

CBD (Cannabidiol) is a compound derived from the Hemp plant part of the Sativa plant family. Naturally occurring, it is found in the resins of the flowering buds of the plant and has been used medicinally for centuries.

It is rapidly being researched and confirmed as a safe, non-addictive therapeutic ingredient. The Quality of the CBD you use though does make all the difference.

What’s the difference between CBD and Hemp Seed Oil?

CBD, as noted above, comes from the flower of the Hemp plant. Hemp Seed Oil as the name describes comes from extracting from the seeds of the plant. While Hemp Seed oil has its own benefits it does not interact with the body the same way CBD does.

Some of the benefits of Hemp seed oil are that it is:

• High in Antioxidants
• Omega 3 Fatty Acids and Omega 6 Fatty Acids
• A source of Vitamin E

Hemp Seed Oil does not however contain any cannabinoids.

How does CBD interact with the body?

CBD works synergistically with our bodies naturally. CBD helps to support our body’s main goal of always seeking to achieve homeostasis or balance. This function is driven by one of the body’s primary regulatory systems known as the ECS or the Endocannabinoid System.

The ECS helps regulate your other body’s other systems like your Nervous system, Emotional system, Metabolic, Digestive, and even Immune Systems.

Your ECS system essentially has a ton of receptors both within the brain and throughout the skin, and CBD acts as a transmitter delivering messages to these receptors that signal your body to activate healing functions.

For skin, CBD is interacting with CB2 Receptors to signal healing functions in the skin, the largest organ of your body.

But will CBD get me high?

One of the most common questions in regard to considering the use of CBD is whether or not it will give you a mind-altering reaction or get you high.

And the answer is No.

The compound that is attributed to getting you high is the THC found in the Marijuana Plant.

CBD contains no THC and so does not induce this state.

You can expect a relaxing feeling as your natural nervous system is supported by the signaling messengers from CBD interacting with your Endocannabinoid System.

CBD and Skin, what are the Benefits

CBD has been found to deliver amazing benefits to the skin and in aiding in the healing of sensitized skincare conditions. Check out this article here.

As a safe, non-irritating ingredient CBD in Skincare can address conditions such as:

• Inflammation, Wound Healing
• Acne
• Combating causes of Premature Aging
• Sensitive conditions such as Rosacea, Eczema, and Psoriasis

The various ways CBD Skincare delivers these benefits are due to the fact that CBD naturally is a potent Antioxidant, reduces inflammation, fights bacteria, and can help your body regulate functions like your oil production.

CBD and Sensitized Conditions

If you experience or have been diagnosed with chronic skin conditions like Eczema or Rosacea, even Psoriasis, you know firsthand how extremely inflamed your skin can get during a flare-up.

Each of these conditions can leave open wounds and irritating itchy patches that need both soothing and healing ingredients to address.

CBD skincare is naturally soothing and can calm red, inflamed angry skin flare-ups. It also has a unique way of interacting with your CB2 receptors that signal your immune response. This naturally calms your body’s response to counteracting what it perceives as a threat (the trigger for inflammation) and therefore reduces acute inflammation through this chain of events.

CBD and Oily or Acneic Skin Conditions

CBD Skincare benefits for Oily or Acnecic skin types lie in the ability to reduce skin inflammation through the cannabinoid’s natural anti-inflammatory properties, but also through another benefit from its interaction with your CB2 receptors.

You see, CBD also speaks to your natural sebaceous glands or oil glands, and in so doing can help to regulate or balance your production of oil.

For Oily skin types, this balances out the overproduction of oil which can help reduce breakouts due to the build-up of clogged pores and for Acneic Skin types by doing the same thing, CBD lessens the re-occurrence of breakouts from the build-up of oil in pores that can get clogged.

CBD benefits Acneic skin in the active support of clearing and preventing acne flare-ups. The natural antibacterial properties in CBD skincare help manage the P. Acne bacteria responsible for active breakouts so there is no environment conducive to the growth of the acne bacteria.

Best of all CBD is safe to use with other topical ingredients to support the overall clearing and prevention of breakouts.

Mature Skin and CBD Skincare

CBD Benefits for more mature skin are found in the antioxidant, supporting your skin’s elasticity and balancing cell turnover.

CBD is one of the highest providers of antioxidants which are essential to combat free-radical aging molecules. Free radical molecules attack healthy cells and scavenge your skin for more and more in a cascading effect. Anti-oxidants help to neutralize free radicals and protect your skin from their damaging effects.

Through regulating your natural oil production CBD can signal to your skin to produce more oil, where you naturally see less over time as you age. This helps to maintain your skin’s elasticity, reducing visible fine lines and wrinkles all while benefiting the hydration levels in your skin.

In promoting healthy cellular turnover (that process that brings your younger cells to the surface) CBD helps to keep that dull, rundown appearance resulting from the pile-up of dead, dry skin cells at bay.

So you’re left with soothed, hydrated, glowy skin that’s protected from external environmental stressors. Not a bad deal at all.

As always, Quality and Transparency Matter

Much like with the onset of the vast availability of collagen supplements for Skin and Bone health. Not all sources are equal in their potential benefits. Collagen studies for Skin and Bone support require at least 8-10 grams of hydrolyzed collagen peptides per serving. But most products on the shelf average around 5 grams. So you have to know what to look for.

Want to learn more about collagen? Check out this post here.

When it comes to choosing the right CBD Skincare Product knowing what to look for will ensure you are set up to get the best results from its use.

The 3 Most Common Forms of CBD

Full Spectrum

Full Spectrum CBD is Hemp Oil that contains all the natural plant properties and benefits of the Hemp Plant. It contains a variety of cannabinoids, many beneficial vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids found in the plant and combines to have a more synergistic effect in its interaction with your receptors. It is important to note that this form of CBD does include trace amounts of THC.

Broad Spectrum

Broad spectrum CBD denotes a hemp oil where either THC has been removed or a CBD Isolate which has had other cannabinoids added into the hemp oil. This version of hemp oil CBD lacks the overall synergy of the Full spectrum CBD due to the fact that it does not benefit from the supportive essential oils, nutrients, or plant properties found in the hemp plant naturally as it occurs.

CBD Isolate

Often found in skincare formulations due to its nature, the CBD Isolate is processed to extract a single cannabinoid element while stripping away all other plant properties. This process eliminates any smell or taste, but due to its processed state, these isolates are eventually rejected from the body over time.

This version can be effective at treating the skin on the topical level, but not so effective at the holistic healing benefits of CBD like addressing sleep or chronic muscle or joint pain which need to occur at deeper levels within your body over time.

As always, if you have any concerns starting CBD as a course of treatment or ingredient in your skincare routine. Consult your doctor first.

Some final points to consider:

Choose a product that can share with you their sourcing chain of supply.

CO2 is the best method of extraction when processing CBD for use, similar to Essential Oils.

Making sure the CBD comes from a single source and not a variety of different plants, farms, or even differing crops.

See if the manufacturer can provide sources of 3rd party testing so you can trust you’re getting the best potency of CBD.

Often topical benefits are visible quickly, but give your products time just like all others to achieve maximum benefit.

Will you or have you tried CBD Skincare yet? Let me know in the comments!

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