Skin & Body Care Products Overview 5:13

Taking Care of Your Skin

Your skin is your body's largest organ, and taking care of it is necessary not only for aesthetics but also for the health of your body. The skin is the largest gateway for the environment to interact with your body, especially as substances applied to the skin have fast access into the bloodstream. Taking care of your skin properly requires consistent care and a developed skincare routine. Incorporating the necessary skincare products into your routine based on your needs and skin type is important for maintaining your skin's health, as well as to achieve the aesthetic benefits associated with hydrated and healthy skin.

What is an Aloe Vera?

Aloe Vera has been used for thousands of years as a natural and effective healer in a wide variety of medicinal purposes, especially in skincare. A cactus-like plant, Aloe Vera stores water in its stems, producing a clear, jelly substance within the leaves that are packed with vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, and amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. The Aloe gel has been used throughout history in skin conditions like burns, frostbite, psoriasis, cold sores, and many others.¹

What are the Benefits of an Aloe Vera?

The benefits of Aloe Vera include aiding in healing and soothing skin burns, sunburns, abrasions, cuts, dry skin, cold sores, Eczema, Psoriasis, and inflammatory acne.²

What is First Fitness Aloe Vera Gel?

It is a multi-purpose Aloe Vera Gel that helps ease the discomfort of skin irritations, minor burns, insect bites, acne, and sunburn. It is also able to be used as a cooling after-shave balm for both men and women.¹

Quality Ingredients

First Fitness products uphold an excellent standard of quality, ensuring that all ingredients are incorporated into an excellent standard, raising the bar for skincare, lifestyle, and health products in all markets.

Highlighted Ingredient: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice is commonly known as Aloe Vera and is extracted from the leaves of the Aloe plant. Aloe has been used for thousands of years medicinally across many cultures, and it includes over 200 nutritional substances, including but not limited to 20 minerals, 20 amino acids, 12 vitamins (including A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, C, E, Choline and Folic Acid), and active enzymes. The vitamins are useful in protecting the skin from free radicals, which can damage skin and cause premature aging. The leaf juice of Aloe Barbadensis can serve as an anti-inflammatory and soothe the skin, even in cases of burns, and can also reduce scars and have wound healing properties. Aloe is also useful in protecting the skin from UV damage through aloin, an herb of aloe that can block up to 30 percent of ultraviolet rays when it's applied to the skin's surface.³

Highlighted Ingredient: Glyceryl Stearate

Glyceryl Stearate is a non-ionic opacifier, thickener, and stabilizer for skincare formulas, and functions as a skin conditioner, moisturizer, and hydrator. Applying glyceryl stearate to the skin provides lubricant to the skin layers, leaving them with a soft and smooth appearance of hydrated skin. Glycerin is also useful in the skin's aquaporins, or water channels, aiding in transport. Aquaporins are integrated membrane proteins that transfer water and small solutes across the skin's cell membrane to its uppermost layers. They are necessary for maintaining the skin's moisture balance, leaving it smooth and hydrated even in drier climates.⁴

Who is the Aloe Vera Gel For?

First Fitness Aloe Vera Gel is for individuals seeking an addition to their daily skincare routine that can provide them relief from dry and damaged skin, which contributes to aging and lack of attractiveness and appearance of vitality.

The Bottom Line

Skin is the body's largest organ and access point to the body and bloodstream, and what you provide it with can have significant effects on your health. First Fitness Aloe Vera Gel may be effective in aiding individuals with discomfort and damage to the skin, especially in cases needing enhanced healing methods and improvement of the moisture barrier of the skin in dry areas.